Fishing for Iodine

I remember sitting in the kitchen as a kid just staring into space until I was able to generate a bright idea of what to do next. If that wasn’t achieved then my eyes would soon refocus on the nearest object and within this memory the object my beams fell upon was the classic Morton salt container. I would stare at that logo of the lady or young girl caught in the midst of what could be interpreted as a down pouring of salt. I recall thinking to myself man there’s no real way to help her out of this short of emptying the contents. Then I thought everybody must love this salt because its in almost every establishment. At this point in my life the idea of brand variety hadn’t quite settled in and perhaps due to Parker brothers believed that naturally this one company could obtain a monopoly.

Sometimes brands are well known due to phenomenal marketing and outstanding quality of product and packaging. Other companies ride the wave of demand and necessity! The beautiful part about the second one is that the process is simplified, offer a product that can yield results. Everything after that is extra in comparison of projection, and this is my opinion but it seems for design companies tend to take the clinical position on this. I say this to reach the point in time closer to present where at some point the salt selection and varietals began to change. I had stumbled upon seasoning salt through a restaurant offering and knew for certain I had struck gold. What I didn’t realize at this very moment I had placed the Morton container down and though I found flavor my iodine struggle was beginning.

Due to our scheduling and pace of life the whole culture of a country can shift through shared information that is valuable to all its citizens. The findings on iodine and its contribution of purification in many different scenarios led to this fusion of supplements with seasonings. Scientific chef’s kiss! The downside is what happens when the trend is low salt? As we know that’s exactly what happened high sodium warnings and high blood pressure tales began to regulate the industry rapidly. It’s hard to be mad at a natural opportunist and so pink Himalayan salt made its major debut and American families welcomed a healthy plus tasty addition to the cabinet The next shift that came down the trend pipeline was sea salt which became my favorite for quite some time. Daring to be different the sea salt was of a finer grain versus the coarse pink Himalayan and the blend possibilities were growing with each application. Within the back of my mind I knew I was getting my iodine from the sea salt and the reassuring idea of all the minerals in the pink salt things should be balanced out…..nope. The irony of iodine being sourced from the sea and sea salt not containing it still has my mind boggled but moving on to researching where to locate this elusive essential component. Without even considering if I needed iodine the intrigue had me and I imagine this is how fisherman are reeled in by the glory of a great story and a significant yield.

So once the process began and I really dug into what iodine does for the body mind and specifically the thyroid I started to gain a better understanding of the serious nature of our current blog star. I definitely suggest people do themselves a solid and look into the functioning of the thyroid and iodine’s role in the process. I won’t delve too far into the topic because I think this is a topic that should be covered extensively and understood thoroughly before someone should profess themselves a teacher on this topic. Due to the many horror stories I have heard from the misuse of this in supplement form and I have caused myself quite a few issues from trial and error( Perhaps another blog detailing some of my experiences at a later time if requested) I stayed far from recommendations for iodine use. Challenging is the word that comes to mind when I was working at a supplement store and someone asks my opinion on what is the best iodine? A hard question to answer but I was honest in that I found most of the companies made the iodine too strong for my liking. For a while I was on a liquid kelp kick and that kept me right where I didn’t notice any fluctuations but I felt there was more.

Dropping my line in the water to wait was pretty much my solution, utilize natural sources such as seaweeds and greens and simply wait. For what I had no clue of and that’s an odd feeling because an industry can sometimes exhaust the available options and if the feedback isn’t progressive, well when nothing is biting on the line. So years went by and the seaweed salt shaker grew in popularity so for the most part but what about all of those who through experimentation or lack of assistance were dealing with the system issues of iodine deficiency and excess. What could they do to carefully regulate themselves back to normal. One day of intense research and you will know what I mean; the scenario is too much in supplement that might not absorb or too little from food. One day a company carrying out a training introduced the answer right to my lap.

The owners of a company provided me the trainingng the product and the answer all in one session.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.