We have to make a bit of fun at times or weep for the stupidity of the times we live in.


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Iodine: the newest ingredient in bread

Posted 3 hours 34 minutes ago 9/10/09

Australians will now be getting extra iodine in their bread, as the mandatory iodine fortification regulation comes into force today.

New standards which force bakers to use Iodised salt instead of regular salt have been developed because of a growing iodine deficiency.

Professor Chris Eastman from Sydney University says it will take time for the change to have an impact on health outcomes and even then, some people will still need more iodine.

"We've still got a problem with regard to pregnant women and breast feeding women, so they're going to have to do more than just eat bread to correct the deficiency," he said.

"We are strongly recommending that all pregnant women should take extra iodine through an iodine supplement, and that will correct the problem for them."

Australian Thyroid Foundation president Beverley Garside says adding iodised salt to bread is important for the nation's health.

"Without iodine your thyroid will not make enough hormone and therefore our body won't have enough energy to function," she said.

"It also can be very important in the development of a newborn baby. Without a mother having enough thyroid hormone the brain development of the newborn can be impaired."

She says over the last decade Australians have been shown to have an iodine deficiency.

"We were getting it through our milk supply and that was because the dairy industry was cleaning their milking equipment with iodine, which isn't happening as much as it was," she said.

"So we need to make sure that everybody includes iodine on a daily basis because our body doesn't store it."

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says the new regulations will improve the health of Aboriginal babies.

AMA's Territory branch president Paul Bauert says Indigenous babies are three times more likely to die than non-Indigenous infants and he's hoping the iodine fortification will help address that.

"Although we haven't seen any large numbers of babies born who are severely iodine deficient over the years, it's the subtle changes that are important," he said.

"I think anything that we can do that gives babies the best chance and the best start in life is really worth doing and this is based on very sound scientific evidence and the AMA welcomes it." [/quote]

Watch out for rashes on children and adults on Iodine overload if you eat a healthy diet and therefore dont need to be force fed.


Tasmania hasn't had iodine free bread for about 8 years since Labor decided we needed it because many do not feed their children a healthy diet. Now it is because pregnant women don't eat correctly seemingly too. Many smoke so what legislation will they bring in for that? Of course they could ban tobacco and go without the billions in revenue from the very high tax on smokes - around $8 on a $10 pack is tax.

So since we know that kids only eat white bread - they tell us on the ads daily - why not just put it in that and let those of us who eat good grain non white bread use Ionised salt if we need more iodine.

Rosemary Stanton said at the time Tasmania started on this that it would led to skin rashes etc and she is recognised as being one of the best in nutrition if not the best.

Welcome to the invigorated Nannie State of the Rudd era which intends to legislate to make the majority so sick of their interference that even the less well informed or not so bright or all of the above who vote for them may one day wake up and say enough is enough.

Pray for that day or weep when the ETS adds 40% to everything single thing we eat as power will be put up by 40% and that will be passed on in the prices we pay.

Mind you the Liberals may not be any better as long as they keep the ambitions millionaire they have in charge currently who is a leftie anyway and probably should have joined the Labor party.

Blooming heck where is Pauline when we need her!
Or any party who has common sense and want to govern in the public interest and not for big business and political correctness (meaning back pockets of the politicians come first after the donations to keep them in power of course)