Iodine


Introduction to Iodine

32 items in Iodine category

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


$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.

Iodine levelsin 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


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
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


32 Iodine articles in VitaminDWiki


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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

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