• troybot [he/him]
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    2 hours ago

    Wonder if there’s a way to extract the iodine to avoid getting high blood pressure from eating fistfuls of salt

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      2 hours ago

      You could just buy iodine tablets now…

      But the high blood pressure from salt might kill you decades later.

      A radioactive thyroid would make you wish for death as your lower jaw rots away and eventually falls off.

      Don’t half ass it because of a fear of heart disease. A large dose kills cells in your thyroid (still terrible) a moderate dose wouldn’t kill the cells but almost guarantee rapid onset cancer.

      It’s why the tablets aren’t “enough that your body needs” they’re “a literal insane amount”. Like take your daily requirement times 3-5 years level of crazy.