Wed, Jan-28-15, 15:13
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,337
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Plan: vLC/GF,CF,SF
Stats: 197/136/150
BF:
Progress: 130%
Location: Alberta
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Maldon salt from England does not have iodine added, which may be why it doesn't bother you, pazia. I get ioderma (skin eruptions) if iodine is added to salt as potassium iodide. I have to read labels to choose potassium chloride (when I want to get extra potassium from 'fake' salt) and get my iodine from seafood, eggs, fresh meat. It is hard to find salt iodized with sodium iodide any more because people are worried about taking in too much sodium. I learned this the hard way when my brand of faux salt changed its potassium source from KCl to KI. My chest, back and upper arms broke out in horrendous pustules and it took me a year to figure out what was causing it, since I never had this problem before.
Side effects are rare when potassium iodide is used in small amounts for a short term. The most common side effects are abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting. Other, less common side effects include hives, swelling of arms, face, legs, lips, tongue, throat and lymph glands, vasculitis (the pin prick & muscle pains you feel).
Last edited by deirdra : Wed, Jan-28-15 at 15:50.
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