Introduction Iodine is an essential nutrient found in seawater, seafood, and iodine-enriched food, such as iodized table salt. The most common forms of iodine in diet are iodide and iodate, with additional iodo-organic compounds providing a small fraction of bioavailable iodine. Iodine deficiency affects thyroid hormone production and leads to developmental diseases, goiter, and paralysis.1 Tab...

To investigate whether dietary salt intake and urinary sodium and potassium levels are related to respiratory symptoms and bronchial responsiveness, a cross-sectional study among 2593 subjects aged 9 to 16 was conducted in four communities of the Latium region (Italy). Questionnaires were administered to the parents, urine samples were collected, lung function, methacholine challenge tests and ...

Plants, by influencing water fluxes across the ecosystem–vadose zone–aquifer continuum, can leave an imprint on salt accumulation and distribution patterns. We explored how the conversion of native grasslands to oak plantations affected the abundance and distribution of salts on soils and groundwater through changes in the water balance in naturally salt-affected landscapes of Hortobagy (Hungar...

The limited Australian measures to reduce population sodium intake through national initiatives targeting sodium in the food supply have not been evaluated. The aim was, thus, to assess if there has been a change in salt intake and discretionary salt use between 2011 and 2014 in the state of Victoria, Australia. Adults drawn from a population sample provided 24 h urine collections and reported ...

indicated the concentrations were equivalent. Table 1 shows that the amine salt is an acceptable material for use in alkaline phosphatase determinations. Use of AMPD-TMP has several advantages. Preparation from the magnesium salt is considerably easier and faster than the preparation of the sodium salt (5). Including the time for the preparation, AMPD-TMP costs about %oth as much as commerciall...

BACKGROUND The UK introduced an ambitious national strategy to reduce population levels of salt intake in 2003. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of this strategy on salt intake in England, including potential effects on health inequalities. METHODS Secondary analysis of data from the Health Survey for England. Our main outcome measure was trends in estimated daily salt intake ...

While sodium reduction in the diet is an important objective, when salt (NaCl) levels are reduced in foods, its palatability is also generally decreased. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavour enhancer that contains about 12% sodium, which is less than half of that contained in regular table salt at about 39%. Therefore, by the addition of an appropriate amount of MSG, the palatability of low ...

Edible salt is the most used food additive worldwide. Therefore, any contamination of table salt could be considered as a health hazard to the consumers. The present study goal is to determine the levels of heavy metals in the table salt refined and unrefined. Eighty one refined salt samples and 81 unrefined salt samples were purchased from retail market in the province of Hamadan, Iran. The le...