Around 50% of Australian children are suffering from iodine deficiency. Iodine deficiency can lead to cretinism and thyroid problems. Nearly all of or vegetables are grown in soil lacking natural iodine but we used to receive our iodine from milk because the milk vats were cleaned with it. Since the mid 90's milk corporations replaced iodine as a cleaning agent with cheaper chlorine. The Krudd Govt. were talking of legislating to force bakeries to add iodine to all bread recipes but I am unsure of where that's at at this stage.
I am loathe to add salt to children's diets as Western diets are usually high in it anyway but in this case a pinch of iodised salt here and there puts my mind at ease. The healthiest (or least harmful) option is iodised rock sea salt.
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Originally Posted by TheDirtyDigger
) but (again parental brag here) doctors have told us that Marcus' vocab, comprehension and memory is way above what it should be for a 2 and a half year old so we really haven't had too much confusion with the language thing.
