| s-801
| Professor Eastman says manufacturers could easily remedy the situation by using iodised salt in their products in line with the United States and most European countries. |
| s-802
| 'I suspect they won't do that on a voluntary basis, we've tried so far and haven't succeeded, so we've convinced the Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand | that all salt should be iodised,' he said. |
| s-803
| The report says the decline in iodine intake appears to be due to changes in the dairy industry, where chlorine-containing sanitisers have replaced iodine-containing sanitisers. |
| s-804
| Iodine released from these chemicals into milk has been the major source of dietary iodine in Australia for at least four decades, but is now declining. |
| s-805
| Another contributory factor has been the decreasing consumption of iodised salt used in foods. |
| s-806
| The report states that few if any food manufacturers use iodised salt in the preparation and manufacture of foods. |
| s-807
| Professor Eastman says iodine is added to only 10 per cent of Australian salt in contravention of a World Health Organisation recommendation that all salt be iodised. |
| s-808
| He says authorities are reacting slowly to his urgent calls for mandatory iodised salt. |
| s-809
| 'The effects of iodine deficiency are dependent upon how severe it is and when it occurs. |
| s-810
| So if we go to the pregnant woman, she doesn't get enough iodine, she won't make enough thyroid hormone, and the foetus won't get the amount of thyroid hormone it needs for adequate and proper development of the brain, so you'll then see consequences being loss of IQ, learning difficulties, hearing difficulties and other neurological problems,' Professor Eastman said. |
| s-811
| 'If an infant's not getting enough iodine ... brain development won't be completed and they won't grow normally, and as you get older the problem will be that you will develop a goiter and your thyroid won't function as well as it should, so that may have all sorts of pernicious effects upon normal function in life.' |
| s-812
| More than two billion people around the world live in areas prone to iodine deficiency, and yet the problem is easily fixed. |
| s-813
| The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that every country should iodise all edible salt. |
| s-814
| The most well known effects of IDD are visible goiter and cretinism, a condition characterised by severe brain damage occurring in very early life. |
| s-815
| WHO say Iodine deficiency is the world’s most prevalent, yet easily preventable, cause of brain damage. |
| s-816
| Professor Eastman said he is alarmed by what they found. |
| s-817
| 'Pregnant women in Australia are getting about half as much as what they require on a daily basis. |
| s-818
| So that alarms me, because there's quite serious potential for adverse effects and brain damage in the next generation of children born in this country,' he said. |
| s-819
| 'If Iodine deficiency is serious you lose 15 IQ points, on average. |
| s-820
| There shouldn't be anyone suffering from iodine deficiency in a developed country like Australia.' |
| s-821
| Lydia Buchtmann for Food Standards Australia New Zealand, says they are looking at mandatory guidelines on iodine by the end of the year. |
| s-822
| She says the issue is complicated and will take time to get right. |
| s-823
| We need to 'make sure there's sufficient iodine added into the food supply, to help those people with a deficiency. |
| s-824
| But at the other end of the scale we've got to make sure the people who eat a lot of food - we all know the teenage boy who comes home from school and eats a whole loaf of bread - that those people don't get too much and get overdose,' Ms Bauchtman said. |
| s-825
| 'One of the reasons that iodine is going down is because people are taking that good healthy eating message and not adding salt during cooking.' |
| s-826
| Senior researcher Mu Li, of the University of NSW's school of public health, said 'it is reasonable to assume that pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers are also iodine deficient, putting the next generation of children born in this country at risk of the neuropsychological consequences of iodine deficiency.' |
| s-827
| Good evening everybody and welcome to Beyond the Mat! |
| s-828
| The Beyond the Mat show after WrestleMania. |
| s-829
| Well, it happened folks. |
| s-830
| WrestleMania happened, Raw happened, Smackdown happened, everything fucking happened. |
| s-831
| Holy shit, there is so much to talk about this week, and we’re going to cover it all, the best we can. |
| s-832
| I’m your host as always, Dave, and I am joined by Alex. |
| s-833
| Howdy! |
| s-834
| We were supposed to have word from Carl. |
| s-835
| We don’t know where he is, so I’ll just take that as a – he’s one of the people that is cutting his wrists because the Undertaker’s career is over! |
| s-836
| Those of you who take offense to that, fuck off and – |
| s-837
| What did, uh, what’s his name – what did, uh, our, our, wh-, the one that always is dressed up like Undertaker on Facebook? |
| s-838
| Yeah, he did the exact same thing, he folded his clothes and put ’em on or something. |
| s-839
| Yeah, I thought I saw that picture, what does it look like, what is he – what is he doing? |
| s-840
| I’m ignoring anybody who is taking this retirement personally and acting like this is the end of the fucking world. |
| s-841
| Um, I’m gonna say this right now, and I’m gonna say it again when we get to the match – I’m glad it’s over. |
| s-842
| And I know people that are getting offended by that. |
| s-843
| I’m glad it’s over. |
| s-844
| Look, I I can just – look, I fucking cried when – I fucking cried when – but it’s OK, it’s it’s not the end of the world. |
| s-845
| It’s not the end of the world. |
| s-846
| You can still watch wrestling, it’s not “oh, he retired; that’s it, I’m done, I can’t watch it anymore.” |
| s-847
| I mean, for God’s sakes, he was only there like – |
| s-848
| I mean, how many days are in a year? |
| s-849
| 365 days, so he was there one out of – c’mon. |
| s-850
| Three days. |
| s-851
| Four days. |
| s-852
| He made two appearances. |
| s-853
| I mean, I mean, OK, think about it like this: at Wrestlemania 31 he was there once the whole year, cause he was only there the day of Wrestlemania. |
| s-854
| So that’s one day of the year that you watched him, that year. |
| s-855
| So that’s , really? |
| s-856
| Are you really missing that much of wrestling by not having Undertaker there? |
| s-857
| I mean, come on. |
| s-858
| He’s my favorite wrestler, easily. |
| s-859
| Yeah, and he’ll be mine as well, but there does come a time when you have to go “look, it’s over”. |
| s-860
| I mean the guy – the guy – the guy can’t wrestle forever. |
| s-861
| I mean he’s – he was, 53? |
| s-862
| Yeah that was not -- he wrestled like a 75,000 year-old man. |
| s-863
| Yeah, when we get to that match I’m gonna be so critical on it. |
| s-864
| And I know people are gonna be pissed off at me. |
| s-865
| And I don’t care, I’m gonna call it like I see it, the rose colored glasses are off, the nostalgia is gone. |
| s-866
| Stop wanting the fucking 90s back, because the 90s are dead, get the fuck over it. |
| s-867
| Um, yeah. |
| s-868
| You people and your fucking 90s nostalgia, stop it. |
| s-869
| Let the 90s fucking die. |
| s-870
| Let it fucking die, please, just stop. |
| s-871
| Stop. |
| s-872
| Ugh. |
| s-873
| How’s your week been Alex? |
| s-874
| It’s been good, yeah. |
| s-875
| Um, it was – like, I don’t even remember – well, let me see. |
| s-876
| I forgot to mention, I guess I should mention this now. |
| s-877
| Ugh! |
| s-878
| Good time, better than never. |
| s-879
| This is actually not from this week but, let me see. |
| s-880
| When was this? |
| s-881
| Let me look at the calendar real quick on the computer. |
| s-882
| This would have been … not last week, but the week – no, not last week, not the week before that, but the week before that, on March 25th was my 29th birthday. |
| s-883
| And you’re just now letting us know? |
| s-884
| Well I belie- I think I was wished happy birthday by all of you on Facebook, so, that’s fine. |
| s-885
| But I didn’t – but I don’t think we’ve had a show since, cause we – cause we – cause we missed so many shows in a row. |
| s-886
| But uh, yeah, I put a video up on YouTube. |
| s-887
| We all drank a whole lotta shit. |
| s-888
| Um, I didn’t get drunk at all despite literally shotgunning I think six or seven shots of … was it tequila? .. yeah, I think it was like really really decent tequila, in a row. |
| s-889
| I didn’t feel anything, cause I don’t know that’s just how I am. |
| s-890
| And some sake. |
| s-891
| But yeah, that’s up there on my YouTube channel, not that anybody ever goes on it. |
| s-892
| So uh, this week I don’t know, they added more DLC, the only DLC for King of Fighters. |
| s-893
| King of Fighters XIV. |
| s-894
| Did you say you liked Rock Howard? |
| s-895
| I forget. |
| s-896
| I don’t mind Rock Howard. |
| s-897
| Um I think he’s cool. |
| s-898
| I’ve always been an Andy Bogard, Terry Bogard … |
| s-899
| Well they’re already in the game, so. |
| s-900
| Yeah, I know. |