Never have been and here again…

The discussion in this column is not about legislation but about issues that are closer to the readership. What products mainly provide for the need of the human body in iodine in Russia and other (near and far) countries of the world? For example, is there such a substance as an “optimal thyroid diet” and how can it be achieved both by healthy people and patients with thyroid disorders? Unlike North America, Australia and New Zealand, the Scandinavian and some other European countries, dairy products are not the main sources of iodine in the diet of the Russian population. There are not so many of these sources, let alone their availability and price. Even the high iodine content in feijoa is proven fake. And what will happen to our “thyroid” diet, when, finally, Russia will adopt a law on mandatory salt iodization? If everything goes as planned, in a few years, bakery products will become the main source of iodine in our diet, and the daily intake of iodine due to the use of iodized salt in baking will increase by an average of 80–100 mcg per day. Then the dream of an “optimal thyroid diet” will come true even without expensive seafood and amazing feijoa.