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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sydney, Australia.
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Posts: 3,093
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Caroline, I agree with you that iodide is an essential nutrient and it could be that its RDI has been set too low.
However, I am a bit puzzled by what is in your link (quotes taken from it, my emphases):
"These halides cause health problems, including cancer, and include fluoride, bromide and chloride"
Chloride is an essential nutrient. It is needed for (among other things) maintaining acid/base balance, transmitting nerve impulses and regulating fluid transport into and out of cells. I know of no evidence that it is a carcinogen.
"Even worse, your body becomes starved for iodine when you have these metals in your body."
Halides are not metals - this is elementary chemistry.
For me, these errors are not a source of confidence about the content of that site.
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