Did you know that in Italy the iodine is present in very low amounts both in water and in the underground?
Given its vital importance to the maintenance of good health and to combat thyroid disease, in Italy there are laws requiring restaurants, bars and retail outlets to use iodized salt.
The goitre is a disease that affects the thyroid gland and that manifests as a failure by the party concerned that leads to a widespread and swelling.
One of the causes of the occurrence of goiter is iodine deficiency. Given the special conditions present in Italy, in order to ensure the proper daily intake of iodine, so as to cover the minimum requirements for a normal thyroid activity, you must integrate this substance through diet.
The main source of iodine for Italians is iodized salt. For this reason there are in our country specific laws to prevent the problem, making it available and accessible to all foodstuffs containing iodine and, particularly, the already mentioned iodized salt.
Despite legislative efforts , it appears that the cases of goitre are undergoing a surge. We talk about 30 thousand diagnosing goiter per year: fall ill, i.e., 50 people each 100 thousand.
Health spending for the treatment of these diseases has reached 150 million per year. A real estate! For this reason, the Health Minister, Renato Balduzzi, announced the intention to change the old law (No. 55 of 2005) it and making it more effective.
How? Will be provided for very severe penalties (from 1,000 to 10,000 .00 .00 euros) for retail, restaurants, bars and canteens have constant availability of iodized salt.
The sanctions affect also all operators who will not notice a poster specifies that warn consumers about the risks of iodine deficiency in the diet.
