In a message dated 8/26/03 11:54:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In a message dated 8/26/2003 2:37:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >I have read some vegoils have more iodine than others. Sunflower oil has > >too much iodine ( according with European Union rules). > > Dear Fellows and Friends: > > This statement cause me to recall that in the southern states of the United > States, > food grown had little or no iodine. I can only presume that that could > include Sunflower > or any plant. Goiter was a health problem back in the 1920's there when > Iodine was > added to salt as a supplement to provide the needed iodine to diets. It is > quite rare > these days to see football size thyroid glands protruding from sides of > necks. > > I suggest that the location where the plants are grown may differ in content > > in the > soil of elements and compounds. I do not think Sunflowers produce iodine > themselves > or do they? > > Best regards, > Sid. Are you, perhaps, referring to the "iodine number?" Iodine tends to add across double bonds of hydrocarbons, fats, etc., and is used as a measure of the compound's unsaturation. The iodine number is useful to track hydrogenation of fats and oils, and develop methods to split longer-chain compounds. It is a fairly easy test to run. See, for example, "Official Methods of Analysis" by American Organization of Analytical Chemists. -- Jay [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
