Dr. Kepal Patel

And so I don't know if you're familiar with the whole goiter belt story.

I mean, fascinating.

I mean, fascinating.

I mean, fascinating.

Goiter.

Goiter.

Goiter.

There's no goiters. No, this is multiple people.

There's no goiters. No, this is multiple people.

There's no goiters. No, this is multiple people.

You have one goiter.

You have one goiter.

You have one goiter.

As I was saying, the most common cause for goiter is still iodine deficiency worldwide. The rate of people having goiter in this country has dropped tremendously. And I think it's probably one of the most, if not probably the greatest success story for the U.S. public health service was in the 1920s.

As I was saying, the most common cause for goiter is still iodine deficiency worldwide. The rate of people having goiter in this country has dropped tremendously. And I think it's probably one of the most, if not probably the greatest success story for the U.S. public health service was in the 1920s.

As I was saying, the most common cause for goiter is still iodine deficiency worldwide. The rate of people having goiter in this country has dropped tremendously. And I think it's probably one of the most, if not probably the greatest success story for the U.S. public health service was in the 1920s.

They discovered that there was a good portion of the middle aspect of America, which was called the goiter belt, across the Midwest where you didn't have access to fresh seafood, good sources of iodine, and patients had large thyroid. That thyroid gland's kind of really enlarged and they had goiters. And I think that became a real public problem.

They discovered that there was a good portion of the middle aspect of America, which was called the goiter belt, across the Midwest where you didn't have access to fresh seafood, good sources of iodine, and patients had large thyroid. That thyroid gland's kind of really enlarged and they had goiters. And I think that became a real public problem.

They discovered that there was a good portion of the middle aspect of America, which was called the goiter belt, across the Midwest where you didn't have access to fresh seafood, good sources of iodine, and patients had large thyroid. That thyroid gland's kind of really enlarged and they had goiters. And I think that became a real public problem.

And the solution was easy to get these patients to take in iodine, but it was hard to administer iodine because iodine doesn't taste good, number one. And how do you get people just to take iodine? So I mean, it was a brilliant, you know, there's a big backstory to this, but it was basically a stroke of genius to say, hey, why don't we just put iodine into the salt? Salt is a known quantity.