I need your brains... what's the daily requirement of iodine for cats?
Since I've moved to Australia, I cannot find Morton's Lite Salt... so I've followed Dr Lisa Pierson's suggestion to use 3/4 regular iodine salt + 14 capsules of potassium citrate (99 mg each).
The iodised sea salt I'm using now has potassium iodate (iodine content 25-40mg/mg).
Nutrition Facts on Morton's Lite Salt (1/4tsp = 1.4g):
Sodium 290mg
Potassium 350mg
Iodine daily value of 40% for humans = 150 μg * 40% = 0.15mg * 40% = 0.06mg
Recipe requires 1stp of that, so per 1tsp = 5.6g:
Sodium 1160mg
Potassium 1400mg
Iodine 0.24mg
Regular Iodized Salt (3/4tsp) + Potassium Cirate (14 * 99mg capsules)
Sodium Unknown
Potassium 1,386mg
Iodine per 4.2g (3/4tsp * 5.6g or 1tsp)
25-40mg/mg = 105,000-168,000mg per 3/4tsp (4.2g)
Am I overdosing iodine?
Since I've moved to Australia, I cannot find Morton's Lite Salt... so I've followed Dr Lisa Pierson's suggestion to use 3/4 regular iodine salt + 14 capsules of potassium citrate (99 mg each).
The iodised sea salt I'm using now has potassium iodate (iodine content 25-40mg/mg).
Nutrition Facts on Morton's Lite Salt (1/4tsp = 1.4g):
Sodium 290mg
Potassium 350mg
Iodine daily value of 40% for humans = 150 μg * 40% = 0.15mg * 40% = 0.06mg
Recipe requires 1stp of that, so per 1tsp = 5.6g:
Sodium 1160mg
Potassium 1400mg
Iodine 0.24mg
Regular Iodized Salt (3/4tsp) + Potassium Cirate (14 * 99mg capsules)
Sodium Unknown
Potassium 1,386mg
Iodine per 4.2g (3/4tsp * 5.6g or 1tsp)
25-40mg/mg = 105,000-168,000mg per 3/4tsp (4.2g)
Am I overdosing iodine?