Sea Salt, No Iodine Please

[kagalingan]

pag matataray talaga taste eh ayaw sa iodine. Just like the owner of zubuchon

dapat may choice ang tao, pwede mamili kung wala iodine or meron. Kaso sa mga top supermarket hindi ka makakabili ng walang iodine even sa palengke. Sa supplier ka mismo pupunta. Mahassle pa.

03OCT2007
Sea Salt, No Iodine Please…
by Marketman




For as long as I can remember, I recall my parents saying “you need iodine to avoid goiter…� what the heck is goiter, anyway? According to the Mayo clinic site, goiter is “an enlargement of the thyroid gland.� So in our household, iodized salt was a necessary ingredient (even though I did catch mom using plain sea salt in a lot of our food). Apparently, some natural sea salts can contain trace amounts of iodine, after all it is an abundant chemical in the sea… But for some reason, and there is a lot of history about those reasons on several sites on the net, iodized salt seemed like the best place to sneak that much needed mineral into our daily diets. This is similar to the argument that good potable city water should have flouride to help our teeth/bones, and now that everyone is drinking more bottled water, we all hope to get the flouride from our toothpastes instead…




If you have been reading this blog long enough, you will know I am a bit obsessive/compulsive about my salt. I know the base ingredient/chemical behind all salt is the same, and the taste should be the same too, but I am enamored with different kinds of salt and stock at least a dozen kinds at any one time, probably ridiculous I agree, but this is just one of my quirks. The shape of the crystals, the way it reacts with different ingredients, its various colors from black to grey to pink to white, and its source(s) like high up in the Himalayas, has always intrigued me. So on the drive back from Pagudpud, when we spotted several salt vendors roadside, we HAD to stop to buy some salt. It turns out that the local government mandates the addition of iodine to the locally collected and prepared salt. This sea salt is different from the ones directlly evaporated from salt water. Instead, this salt is cooked and the water steamed off, leaving the salt crystals. The salt is incredibly white and incredibly intense.

But I hate iodine added to my salt. It leaves a chemical flavour and if you use a lot of iodized salt, it really makes a difference to the final dish (try making tapa with iodized vs. not iodized salt to taste the difference). So I avoid iodized salt except in the finest table salts used in a salt shaker, and even then I would use that sparingly, instead putting out salt cellars with “good� non-iodized salt when guests are over for dinner. I wonder why the local government would mandate iodized salt when the province of Ilocos Norte is blessed with so much seafood and seafood is an incredibly good source of natural iodine… At any rate, I whispered conspiratorially with the Manang at the stand and she smiled, nodded, gestured to a young kid, and asked me to wait. Someone went off in a tricycle and a few minutes later I had 10 kilos of FABULOUS unadulterated Ilocos sea salt, without a trace of iodine, straight from the factory and just made that morning. Smell a big bag of iodized salt vs. the plain salt and you will always seek out the plain salt. I felt like I was buying contraband, but at PHP100 for 10 kilos of great looking and tasting salt, this was my buy of the day… P.S. This seems like a wonderful salt for a salt enrusted and baked lapu-lapu, yum!

Market Manila -
Sea Salt, No Iodine Please… - General

[misseksaherada]

pag matataray talaga taste eh ayaw sa iodine. Just like the owner of zubuchon

dapat may choice ang tao, pwede mamili kung wala iodine or meron. Kaso sa mga top supermarket hindi ka makakabili ng walang iodine even sa palengke. Sa supplier ka mismo pupunta. Mahassle pa.





Market Manila -
Sea Salt, No Iodine Please… - General

Sir Kags, pink salt? Mas ok ba yun? Ano brand ma recommend mo at saan pede bumili..
Kapag nauwi friend ko from Malaysia yun pinabibili ko..pero nahihiya na ako 2 years in a row na ako nagpapabili.. Eh ang bigat.. Hahahahahaha 3 kilo.. Mura kasi sa Malaysia..
Wala kasi ako makita sa grocery not sure kung di ko lang makita.. Hmmm..

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[kagalingan]

yan pink salt na sinasabi mo nagbigay sa amin last year, month of september ata. Kirkland ground himalayan pink salt. Hindi ko pa nabubuksan kasi dudey ako mahirap pang marinate yan sa sukiyaki cut na beef or pork. Kailangan kasi rock salt yung parang coarse para pantay kapit sa karne. Nagtry ako dati sea salt masyado pino sosobra alat hindi pantay.

Pero kung flavoring lang eh like sa sabaw or sauces ok na sea salt para tunaw agad.

SA supermarket as in lahat iodized. Ilan taon na ako umiikot, kumakauspa na magbenta sila kaso wala nangyayari. Feeling ko may kalokohan dito sa iodization bakit ayaw bigyan ng choice mga tao. Natatancha ko mas nagwoworsten health sa iodized.

Ang supplier meron sa binondo nalimutan ko name. Basta naglalakad ako one time nung bago pa mayor si isko domagoso eh bigla ako may nakita supplier of salt so dinial ko landline number sa cellphone ko para to "save" Kinabukasan natawagan ko sa landline meron sila walang iodine.

Pupuntahan ko this month kasi paubos na stock ko ng asin na nabili ko pa year 2016-2017 pa sa garcias supermarket dito sa true qc. PAti sila wala na din kabwisit.

TAga rizal ka di ba. Baka jan sa inyo magtanong ka sa palengke pero siguraduhin mo na hindi iodized. Kasi yung sa article ni marketman eh sa ilocos na yan tapos sa bangketa lang eh iodized pa!!!! Kailangan pa nya pasecreto sabihin kung meron ba pure. GAnyan ang kalokohan ng FDA DOH. Imagine nasa ilocos, tabig-dagat na nga eh magiiodize pa. Pwede naman kumain seafood seaweeds kung talaga need iodine.

Kaya hindi na ako nagulat tinamaan ng controversy sa dengoyvaxia and acetic acid. Sa future may iba pa kalokohan lalabas Imagine ang nakatuklas sa acetic acid eh Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI). Tameme sila jan.

EDIT: Ayun nakita ko na sa google maps. Piao Hio Salt Dealer Inc.

Pero as much as possbile mas gusto ko yung galing sa pangasinan na coarse rock salt.

[monty_GTV]

kapag nagawi kayo sa amin sa bandang western Pang-asinan, maraming asin, bundok ng asin[emoji23]

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[StockEngine]

kapag nagawi kayo sa amin sa bandang western Pang-asinan, maraming asin, bundok ng asin[emoji23]

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Grabe ang amoy ng mga tao dyan hahhahaha. Amoy dagat hahahhaha.

The view is scenic.

Kags is right about the goiter folks there.

[monty_GTV]

i reckoned when i was young, i saw few adult women with goiters sa probins but lately wala na ako nakikita. maybe nasolb ng iodine?

afaik, sa bahay sea salt ang gamit. i remember my lola before sa probins, bumibili talaga ng stock na asin. sa mga palengke sa probinsiya, marami pa rin tindang sea salt.

i like this guy, flav city[emoji6]
5 Best Salts For Cooking...And One To Avoid - Salt Grocery Haul - YouTube

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[BratPAQ]

kapag nagawi kayo sa amin sa bandang western Pang-asinan, maraming asin, bundok ng asin[emoji23]

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Pag na dadaan kami dyan during vacation bumibili kami dyan, less than ₱100 worth can last us more than a year.

Yung iodized salt ang silbi lang nya eh sa lasa (maalat) pero sa ibang gamit ng asin hindi effective, like when using it in a frying pan to avoid food sticking to the pan.

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[kagalingan]

^
kalokohan kasi yung mga unang lumabas na iodzied salt na sobrang pino kagaya ng mccormick brand. Ginawan ng paraan yan iodized rock salt but still may iodine pa din na unnecessary sa pinas.

[kagalingan]

monty,

magkano presyo sa pangasinan ng isang sacko bale 50kilos rock salt?

[monty_GTV]

monty,

magkano presyo sa pangasinan ng isang sacko bale 50kilos rock salt?

no idea kags. parang wala pa ako nakita na per sako sa palengke, mostly nakasupot na. and they sell not by kilos, may takalan sila na lata. and btw, sea salt ang meron sa Pangasinan[emoji4]

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[kagalingan]

no idea kags. parang wala pa ako nakita na per sako sa palengke, mostly nakasupot na. and they sell not by kilos, may takalan sila na lata. and btw, sea salt ang meron sa Pangasinan[emoji4]

meron jan rock salt like this. (kaso wala na ako mabili ganito)




Kaya ako napatanong kasi doon sa supplier sa binondo grabe ang mura around 280-340pesos 50kilos na. Tapos sa timog may supplier na branded eh kapalmuks price na 250 eh isang kilo lang!!!!

Eh yung nasa photo sa garcias ko nabili dati eh 11pesos 1/2 kilo.

yung sinasabi mo sea salt eh familiar din ako jan parang unique sa pangasinan na pinong-pino pero mahirap gamitin yan pang marinate pag sukiyaki cut. More pang sabaw yan.

[_Cathy_]

Kosher salt ginagamit namin kasi ang hirap na maghanap ng rock salt

[kagalingan]

cathey ano kosher yan, yung morton or diamond crystals? Saan ka bumili?

Nanghinayang ako dati sa landers meron diamond crytals na 1kilo tapos 150pesos ata dapat binili ko na tatlo kilo. Sayang talaga!!!! Years inaabot nyan.

[_Cathy_]

cathey ano kosher yan, yung morton or diamond crystals? Saan ka bumili?

Nanghinayang ako dati sa landers meron diamond crytals na 1kilo tapos 150pesos ata dapat binili ko na tatlo kilo. Sayang talaga!!!! Years inaabot nyan.

We buy Morton's sa US since hindi naman kami malakas mag asin, Pero pinakamaganda pang linis ng isda rock salt talaga

Sayang dapat nag hoard ka na ng kosher salt

[kagalingan]

May purpose talaga ito topic ko about sa asin.

Health
A biomedical engineer created a mask coated in salt that he says could neutralize viruses like the coronavirus in 5 minutes

insider*insider.com (Holly Secon)
Business InsiderFebruary 8, 2020, 8:38 PM GMT+8



ChoiMasksBlue.JPG Kendra Titley

Medical face masks can block some germs, but germs also linger on their surfaces.

Researchers say they've created a new type of face mask with a salt coating that can neutralize germs.

The technology has been tested on three influenza strains.

Medical face masks can feel almost impossible to keep on properly. Wearers constantly touch them to readjust, move them to scratch their faces, and regularly take them off and put them back on.

All of those actions can help the germs on a mask's surface get into your body. Experts say that for most people outside of Wuhan, China, face masks are unlikely to protect you from the current coronavirus outbreak, for example.

But Hyo-Jick Choi, a biomedical engineer and professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, says he has a potential solution: A mask that can kill harmful pathogens, rather than just block them. The secret ingredient is table salt.


wuhan face mask Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Because the molecular structure of salt is crystalline, its hard, sharp corners can pierce viruses, rendering them unviable, Choi says.

His team has been testing salt-coated masks in the lab for the past few years, and found that they can inactivate three strains of the influenza virus. The team published those initial findings in the journal Scientific Reports in 2017.

They think the pathogen-neutralizing technology could significantly improve infectious-disease prevention efforts and hope to bring the masks to market within the next 18 months.

How the salt-coated mask works

Viruses and other pathogens travel either through the air; in droplets such as saliva or phlegm from coughing, sneezing, speaking, or breathing; or on surfaces.

"The coronavirus-carrying droplets, expelled from coughing, sneezing, speaking or breathing, can stay on the surface of the masks," Choi told Business Insider. "The biggest technical challenge of the current surgical mask and n95 respirator is that they cannot kill the virus sitting on their surface, which increases the chance of the contact transmission."

But when a virus-carrying droplet encounters a mask coated in Choi's salt solution, he says, it begins to absorb the salt. Then once the liquid evaporates, all that remains is the virus and the crystallized salt — which slices through the virus, neutralizing it.

The process takes as long as it takes the water to evaporate, Choi said.

In his lab tests, he added, "the virus is inactive within five minutes, and it all got destroyed within 30 minutes."

Failed experiments sparked an idea for new masks

Choi said he got the idea for a salt-coated mask from the failure of a different experiment.

He was trying to develop oral vaccinations that are easier to deliver than shots. As part of that process, a weakened form of a virus was mixed into a sugar solution. But the structure of the sugars kept cutting the virus particles open, making the vaccine ineffective.

"Crystal formation in sugar-based formulations destabilizes vaccines," Ilaria Rubino, a University of Alberta Ph.D student in Choi's lab group, told Business Insider in an email. "We wondered: Would then crystal re-growth of salt be able to inactivate viruses?"


ChoiMasks4.JPG Hyo-Jick Choi

The group began developing a salt film coating and applying it to the fibers of mask filters. Then they built and tested prototypes.

Choi now has a provisional patent on the technology.

Choi says the technology is commercially scalable

Rubino said the simplicity of the salt-coating solution makes it easy to integrate into existing mask manufacturing processes.

"One of the advantages of our technology is that it is not complicated, yet it is robust," she said. "This would require very low capital investment and the material (salt) itself is inexpensive."

She added that the team hopes to work with companies to begin manufacturing the devices commercially within two years.

"This also means that salt-coated masks could be stockpiled in preparation for pandemics and epidemics," Rubino said. "They could be readily used at the time of outbreak, irrespective of the disease."

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A biomedical engineer created a mask coated in salt that he says could neutralize viruses like the coronavirus in 5 minutes

[dr. d]

perhaps the use of ordinary iodized table salt, and not non-iodized salt, will double its anti-viral activity.
we use yodo to clean our wounds...

[_Cathy_]

kags, we use himalayan pink salt too, it's bigger than rock salt, not sure if it's healthy though

[kagalingan]

ok lang kahit mas malaki pero dapat coarse yung madali mabiyak for marinating karne. Kasi dati may nagamit ako malaki hirap mabiyak tapos ang tagal sumipsip sa muscle meat. Sa healthy option ko pa nabili yun. Mahal lang tapos walang pakinabang.

yung himalayan itatry ko din meron dito bahay nakatengga katas ng regalo. Sumikat yan dahil himalayan kasi parang dalai lama yogi. Kaya reluctant ako kasi high in iron himalayan salt.

[kagalingan]

BUSINESS
In memoriam: Irasan salt beds

BIZLINKS - Rey Gamboa - The Philippine Star
September 6, 2022 | 12:00am

The best salt in the Philippines in the 1800s up to before the end of the century was said to have come from Irasan or the Barangay Pulanglupa salt beds of Las Piñas. At that time, the country was almost wholly reliant on its sea salt requirements, coming not just from Las Piñas, but also other shoreline areas where generations of salt makers made a living.

Things changed drastically starting in 1995 with the passage of the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), which required all salt sold in the Philippines to be iodized to quell the high incidence of iodine deficiency among Filipinos at that time.

Such a myopic law helped curb the country’s acute iodine deficiency levels, but doomed a thriving salt-making industry and all the families dependent on it. Without training and support to add potassium iodate to refined and dried salt, the farmers soon found themselves forced out of work, as selling their produce became illegal.

Hounded by threats of arrest, our salt farmers decided to give up on their livelihoods. In the next two decades, the country would lean more towards importing salts that were already iodized, and surprisingly, priced lower than what was locally produced.

ASIN deficiencies
Iodine deficiency, acute among Filipinos in the late 1980s, manifests itself in a prevalence of goiter cases not just among adults, but also in children. While the lack of iodine in diets is still regarded by the World Health Organization as a global health concern, the passage of ASIN has tremendously helped in curbing iodine deficiency, and limiting it to small pockets of communities, mainly in uplands.

As a sweeping response to a health problem, requiring all salt sold in the country to be iodized can be regarded as a successful measure. However, critics point out that it lacked foresight on two fronts: helping the local salt industry to produce iodized salt; and giving people the choice to buy the kind of salt they want.

Cheaper methods of iodizing salt has been the subject of many researches, although these remain confined in the realm of studies since ASIN does not mandate any government agency to protect the livelihood of salt farmers through the introduction of iodization technologies.

Over time, such studies became less relevant as almost all of our salt farms disappeared and salt imports filled in for demand. A few local salt producers have persisted, but have to comply with tedious requirements to manufacture specialized sea salts much in demand abroad among culinary circles.

The other weakness of ASIN has to do with the growing preference of more people for “healthier” salt products, i.e., without the infusion of potassium iodate. Critics argue that iodine can be acquired through other foods such as seafood, and therefore buyers should have the choice to buy the kind of salt they want.

Also, gourmands prefer non-iodized sea salt because of its pure taste that enhances the taste of food. Iodized salt, they contend, leaves a bitter taste that interferes with the true flavors of cooked food. Specialized sea salt represent a lucrative market among a growing number of international chefs.

Amending ASIN
As Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has pointed out, the Philippines should revive its salt making industry given our country’s 36,000 kilometers of shoreline and the employment opportunities that come with encouraging the reopening of old salt beds sites or the establishment of new ones.

But ASIN should also be amended in recognition of health gains in the campaign to bring down iodine deficiency among majority of Filipinos, as well as new trends in healthy living that abhor the iodization process of salt in favor of “natural” sea salts. I, for one, only use “rock salt” to season my food, and make sure to bring this home when abroad.

The prospect of exporting salt may be a long-term objective and, as such, will require the development of a roadmap by the Department of Trade and Industry. Government resources will be needed to grow back the country’s salt-making capability.

Weaning our salt import requirements will also help reduce, if ever slightly, our trade deficit, which had widened to $5.84 billion in June as a result of new import tariff cuts on pork, chicken, and corn, as well as higher cost of crude oil.

Uphill climb
It could be a long uphill climb for our government to revive the salt industry, what with the many challenges up ahead. Sea pollution is a concern, as contaminated water currents could bring urban wastes that threaten the purity of salt extraction.

Bringing back the glory of Irasan, for example, may no longer be feasible given the encroaching urbanization of the area that has made land values unfavorable for salt making. The seawater for salt beds has likewise been sullied by industrial, commercial, and domestic sewage.

When defining areas where salt making can be incentivized, protection of the ecology should be factored in. We live in a strikingly different environment today compared to decades ago. Similarly, any changes in land use, except for salt making, must be strictly observed.

The biggest stumbling block, of course, would be the many other problems that the agriculture sector faces, foremost of them being those involved in the production of basic foods like rice, vegetables, livestock, and fish.

The country’s food security continues to be at risk with the government’s neglect of agriculture, as budget allocations have been reduced through the past years, leading to increased dependence on importations not just of pork and chicken, but also other commodities like onions and garlic.

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tamang-tama ito article kasi may napanuod ako ininterivew na mag-aasin na ahyaw daw ng gumagawa ng bagoong ang iodized kasi 24hours na nakababad eh hindi pa din natutunaw.

at hindi totoong nalunasan iodine deficiency. Mas lalo nagkaproblema mga thyroid ngayon ang dami inoopera at radiation ng goiter. Iodine is a foolish treatment sa thyroid.

kaya palpak ang medical community kasi sobrang pakialamlero eh. Imagine ang problema sa bosyo eh mga taga bundok eh bakit ginawang mandatory pagiiodized!!!!! Hindi naman lahat taga bundok.

Seafood county pinas tapos gusto iodized asin. Ang dami namumuno na luhtang!!!!!

Ayan ngayon covid gusto mandatory vaccine eh ayun ang dami minalas.

Tandaan the only contry nagmandatory fezshield. Saan ulit grumadweyt

[dr. d]

iodine deficiency is just one of the many causes of an enlarged thyroid gland.
dietary iodine can help these patients.
iodine does not affect the other causes of enlarged thyroid.

a common cause of an enlarging thyroid, is cancer. these cases are managed using surgery, external radiation, radioactive iodine, and other medication.