Iodine

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Introduction to Iodine

33 items in Iodine category

See also Vitamin D and Iodine are similar, and both are deficient and important to health

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$25 billion reduced health care cost due to Iodine fortification in Iran - 2024

The economic cost of iodine deficiency
After more than 30 years with improved iodine nutrition, the article estimates that Iranian children have collectively

• gained approximately 90 million IQ points.
• 30 million cases of goitre and thousands of thyroid surgeries have been prevented,
• with an approximate savings of more than $25 billion in health care expenditure.

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Iodine levels in the US have dropped by more than half - Nov 2024

A scourge that damages babies’ brains is coming back Economist Nov 2024

• "In America, where good data exist, the median urinary concentration of it in adults has fallen from around 300 micrograms per litre in the 1970s to 116 in 2020, just shy of insufficiency, which begins below 100. Most at risk are pregnant women, who need more iodine to keep themselves and their fetuses healthy."

Most countries REQUIRE Iodine fortification, the US does not
In an attempt to reduce blood pressure, people are consuming less salt, so less Iodine if the supplier happened to fortify with Iodine
Whereas table salt is often fortified, the salt in processed foods generally is not
Alternative milks are rarely fortified with Iodine

Doctors Are Worried That Iodine Deficiency Is Coming Back Jan 2025

• " Processed foods now make up a large part of the American diet, and though they contain a lot of salt, it's not iodized. Leading bread brands no longer add iodine."
• "A Michigan State University study of about 460 pregnant women in the city of Lansing found about a quarter of them were not getting enough."

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Typically takes a century for govts to fortify food with nutrients (like vitamin D)

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4 books on the importance of Iodine to health

Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It - 2014
 Excellent substack highlights and review of the book Jan 2025
The Iodine Crisis: What You Don't know About Iodine Can Wreck Your Life - 2018
Healing With Iodine: Your Missing Link To Better Health - Sircus 2018
Iodine: Why more is better - 2022 Free Amazon kindle unlimited

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33 Iodine articles in VitaminDWiki

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See also web

• Nutritional iodine status and obesity - Nov 2021 PDF
• Video interview by Dr. Campbell of Dr Eccles on Iodine, Vitamin D, etc. March 2022
• No Iodine supplementation requirement in 20 countries on earth - The UK is one of them Oct 2018
• 150 micrograms of Iodine needed daily for months before conception July2019
  • 6 verbal IQ points less at age 5 - not statistically significant
  •  Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
• India finally mandated that all common salt be Iodized July 2019
  • Does not apply to rock salt, black salt, Himalayan pink salt
  • Unknown about iodization of salt used in prepared food
• Map of Iodine levels in Europe Oct 2018
  
• http://health101.org/art_iodine.htm
• https://iodinehealth.wordpress.com/iodine-types/
• https://www.biobalancehealth.com/toxins-fluoride-bromine-chlorine-can-make-sick/
• https://www.naturallyreplenish.com.au/blogs/news/beginners-guide-to-iodine
• "In the 1960's, iodine was added to our bread dough. This was a good thing, since one slice of bread gave you your recommended daily allowance. Unfortunately, twenty years later, the National Institute of Health came to believe we were getting too much iodine. This idea was not based on any credible scientific evidence."

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Iodine associated categories: Omega-3 9, Magnesium 7, Zinc 7, Iron 7, Vitamin K 6, Vitamin B12 6, Supplement 5, Boron 5, Pregnancy 5, Vitamin A 4, Resveratrol ,3 Curcumin 3, Vitamin C 3, etc

Thyroid and parathyroid 3 Cost savings 2 Cognitive 2 Fortification 2 Calcium 2 Cancer - Breast 2 Obesity 2 Vitamin D Receptor 2   March 2024