Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I just realized the other day that my family does not consume any sources of iodine. I don't want to depend on supplements and therefore, decided that we could use dulse or kelp for our iodine needs. However, I read that even with the organic dulse, for example, there may be pesticide and heavy metal contamination. I was wondering what other vegans do for sources of iodine. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 This is something I had never thought about. I just checked our multivitamins and they do contain iodine, though not enough for a daily quota and we don't actually take them every day. We use natural unrefined sea salt so we're not getting it there. I do add kombu to the water when I'm cooking beans, I wonder if that helps? I use other sea vegetables sometimes, but not enough that I think it would supply anywhere near the RDV. Does anyone have ideas about this? Heather admartin5 wrote: > > I just realized the other day that my family does not consume any > sources of iodine. > > I don't want to depend on supplements and therefore, decided that we > could use dulse or kelp for our iodine needs. > However, I read that even with the organic dulse, for example, there > may be pesticide and heavy metal contamination. > > I was wondering what other vegans do for sources of iodine. Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Just thought of something else I do, that I hadn't even thought about as a source for iodine. I make gomasio and put it in a shaker, and we sprinkle it on top of anything, particularly things you might otherwise sprinkle salt or parmesan on. I start with a typical gomasio recipe -- lightly toast around 7tbsp of natural sesame seeds and grind them a bit in my vitamix, and add around 1 tbsp of sea salt -- but then I also add a tbsp or so of kelp granules and a couple of tbsp of nutritional yeast. My kids love sprinkling this on things. I just checked the package of my kelp granules and it says 1 tsp contains 76% of the RDV of iodine. My kelp is organic, I don't know about the potential for contamination. Heather admartin5 wrote: > > I just realized the other day that my family does not consume any > sources of iodine. > > I don't want to depend on supplements and therefore, decided that we > could use dulse or kelp for our iodine needs. > However, I read that even with the organic dulse, for example, there > may be pesticide and heavy metal contamination. > > I was wondering what other vegans do for sources of iodine. Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 We switched back to iodized sea salt from non-iodized. There doesn't seem to be any (vegetarian) reason not to, and a deficiency in iodine is a serious medical issue. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 we use a shaker of seaweed from maine coast sea vegetables: http://seaveg.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info & cPath=13 & products_id=63 1 tsp. provides 100% of RDA of iron so we add about that to a salad every day. then we're getting the benefits of natural seaweed iodine without risk of overuse. we only use one type of salt, because it's local (redmond realsalt) and i like the flavor much better than any other kind. most salts are very processed. chandelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Wow - those sound yummy! I wonder if I can get my MIL to send them to us - she's now back in Maine. hee. Missie On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:12 PM, chandelle' <earthmother213 wrote: > we use a shaker of seaweed from maine coast sea vegetables: > > http://seaveg.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info & cPath=13 & products_id=63 > > 1 tsp. provides 100% of RDA of iron so we add about that to a salad every > day. then we're getting the benefits of natural seaweed iodine without risk > of overuse. we only use one type of salt, because it's local (redmond > realsalt) and i like the flavor much better than any other kind. most salts > are very processed. > > chandelle > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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