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RE: Adventures into Mexican Markets, Part 12: Unnamed Roadside Restaurants!
FYI, most salt in Mexico contains fluoride. Worse, it's not required to be listed on the label (sometimes it is). When you see "sal yodada" (iodized) there is a good chance it also contains fluoride. I discovered that after coming here and have since completely stopped buying prepared foods or eating in restaurants. It's been good for my waist line at least.
In case you're not aware, sodium fluoride has been used as pesticide for over 100 years. It causes all kinds of health problems and has no nutritional value.
any benefit to teeth is questionable, even for children.
I am aware, I've mentioned this fact previously and have repeatedly considered writing on the topic. Considering I don't eat out very much and I don't use flouridated salt, its not a huge deal for me to deal with it every once in a while
If you ask nicely Lily will tell you where to find the good salt!
You can find plain sea salt it in the fancy section of most grocery stores
You can find sea salt without iodine nor fluoride at very cheap prices in the roadside stores between Acapulco and Zihuatanejo. You can also find it in the roadside stores between Acapulco and Copala. A 10 kilos sack is about $40 pesos.