The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15
MAN WANTS BUT LITTLE
 IODINE

Thanks to the half.baked uter. anceS of near-specialists . great many people who need iodine do not get 1t. The near-specialists, that IS to say ambitious young doctors with the backing of indulgent r1ncles or doting aunts and hence the means to loaf for five or ton years while waiting for front and bluff to bring sufficient business to pay the rent of offices befitting a specialist" betrayed their incompetence by burs ting into print to warn the public against taking iodine in any form without the personal super vision of a specialist. This was the characteristic Yankeeland reaction to the sound and salutary teaching of the real authorities that every body should have a suitable iodine ration. One practical way to assure a supply of iodine to nearly every man, woman and child, the authori- ties found, was by adding the riaini- mum required amount of iodine, in the form of sodium iodide, to com mon salt. Thus every one who uses salt to season food may get a wee bit of iodine-that is, if iodized salt is used instead of plain salt. Iodized salt costs no more than plain salt.
 The point on which the near- specialists were so egregiously wrong, as actual experience with iodine as g. nutrient has shown, was in their bold assumption that even a small fraction of a grain of iodine daily or weekly would cause or aggravate exoph.halmic goitre or hyperthy- roidisi1i. Throughout the goitre belt (Great Lakes baSin) since the use of iodizsd salt has become widely popular, surgeons and hospitals have noted a marked decrease in the number of cases of exophthalmic ("inward'D goitre in the corn,nuni- ties where goitre, both ordinary or simple swelling of the neck and exophthalnhc hyper thyroid. "in- ward" or toxic" goitre. has always been prevalent. In the minds of physicians who are qualified to have an opinion there is no doubt that a suitable iodine ration prevents not only simple goitre but any other kind of goitre as well.
 The layman who hestitates to take his or her iodine ration be- cause. of vague idea that some specialist" has cautioned against it is too credulous for his own well fare. Remember, please, have certain reputation to maintain, and would not speak so positively about this were I not sure of my ground. ....,... .-.
 I have monograph telling how and why to take an iodin ration (iodin is my pet spelling for my particular iodin ration), and an glad to mail 8 copy to any reader who asks for it and incloses stamped envelope bearing his or her address There isn't room here to give thu details.
 Chilrren in their teens requit' considerably larger amounts O iodine than normal adults, Ex' pectantS mothers, too, need rnort liberal ration of iodine than ordin ary. ..-...,
 Sea water contains considerabl, iodine. See weeds (laminaria, kelp etc.) are the source Of mitch of th' iodine of commerce. Sea fish O shellfish are rich in iodine. Ever canned salmon is an excellent source of food iodin Gas well as vitainil D. Chondrus (otherwise called frisl moss or carrageen) is a palatabl' natural source of Iodine,
 Food iodine, organic iodine. iia organic or mineral iodine, so far a nutritional or medicinal effects arI concerned, all act alike.