America’s great salt swap began in the 1980s, when farmers’-market culture and the health-food movement helped American chefs ...

However, if you look closer at your table salt container, you'll notice it probably says something like "iodized salt." While most folks might not think twice about this since it's just one of ...

But after iodine supplements were shown to help prevent them, iodised salt was "rolled out" in 1924. By the 1940s, goiters had all but "vanished". Now, thanks to complacency, changing diets and a ...