Oh. Thanks Anna for the heads up about the extension agent. Yes, I know iodine is a necessary element but the amt. of it we need is far less than we get these days. And with my condition; I have to sometimes limit the amt. I take in to the min. requirement & sometimes even go low iodine for no more than a 2 week period at a time.
This means I have to make choices. Here are some of the foods high in iodine: Egg yolks, seafood of any kind, spinach, turnip greens & all the other greens, ham, lima beans, asparagus, many of the dried bean family, milk, butter, cheeses made from cow milk (except the really hard cheeses). There are plenty of other foods containing iodine which are lower in content. So you see I have to do a balancing act between getting calcium & B vitamins from food & not getting high levels of iodine. I am taking vitamins but I believe it's better to get your vitamins from food than from pills. If I could get iodine free milk then I could "have my cake & eat it too"
(except I can't eat cake anymore).
Anyway, thanks for your input.
