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On 05/26/2013 06:33 PM, W. Baker wrote:
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
> : On 5/26/2013 5:34 PM, Todd wrote:
> : > Hi Guys,
> : >
> : > Since my former main source of iodine in my food was
> : > potatoes and I don't eat iodized salt (contains toxic
> : > to me Dextrose). I was wondering where you guys get
> : > your main supply of iodine? Sea fish?
> : >
> : > Many thanks,
> : > -T
>
> : Spinach and other dark leafy greens.
>
> : Todd, you should Google the USDA database. That database will list the
> : nutrients in every kind of food you will imagine. Every kind of
> : nutrient, as well.
>
> : --
> : Janet Wilder
> : Way-the-heck-south Texas
> : Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
>
> How much salt would you put on a given food? How much dextrose are you
> likely to find as a tiny part of that small amount of salt? It is likely
> that the amount of dextrose in iodized salt is miniscule adn will not
> affect your bgs even with your 15 grs pod carb per meal. some things get
> to be too fussy to mean anything.
>
> Wendy
>


Hi Wendy,

Thank you!

They are not saying. And, you are probably right. Until I get
better at this stuff, I will be a bit more paranoid than I need
to be.

-T