Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In contrast with Amadeus' advice, I have gone for processed iodized salt.
>Last winter, my first Paleo winter, was one in which I felt the cold far
>more than I ever had before.  I went from being unusually cold resistant
>for the first 53 years of my life to being unusually cold-susceptible,
>even having chilblains on my toes.  Our Australian soils are iodine
>deficient and so I wondered if I needed some iodine to get my thyroid
>functioning more effectively.  That seems to have worked, too.  I would
>not go so far as to say theat I'm back to even mid-range, but I'm well
>back from the extreme of cold susceptibility.

Processed iodized salt is out of the question for me. Nor do I take any
iodine pills. I eat wild salt water fish and shellfish instead. Gives
plenty of iodine, and resistance to cold. (I don't worry about the mercury.)

Fredrik