Two thirds of your body's iodine is found in your thyroid gland. It is an important component of thyroid hormones-essential for reproduction. Since your thyroid also controls your metabolism, a lack of this micronutrient may show up in weight gain, lack of energy, and sluggish mental reactions. On the other hand, proper levels of iodine will help you diet by burning off extra fat, give you more energy, and heighten your mental sharpness. Iodine also promotes healthy teeth, skin, nails, and hair.
Other Benefits:
Signs of Deficiency:
Sources:
RDA: 150 mcg for adults
Optimal Level: From dietary sources
Maximum: 1,000 mcg
Signs of Toxicity: Goiter (swollen thyroid)
Iodine Deficiency Disorders are not a problem in most developed countries because the population has access to iodized salt, seafood, iodate in bread, and iodine added to community drinking water. Historically, however, Iodine Deficiency has been a significant problem in the Alps, Eastern Europe, the US Midwest, and Atralia where, for the most part, this scourge was eliminated in the first half of the 20th Century. Iodine Deficiency continues to be a significant problem in many other parts of the world as the 20th century comes to a close.
Iodine Deficiency severely effects the lives of children during a mother's pregnancy:
In childhood Iodine Deficiency can cause:
Worldwide nearly one billion people live in iodine deficient areas. Iodine-poor soil and food are common in mountainous regions and in areas where iodine is periodically washed away by heavy rainfall and floods.
Iodine Deficiency Disorders are a SILENT SCOURGE. Whole communities are affected--yet Iodine Deficiency Disorders are 100% PREVENTABLE.
TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS to overcome Iodine Deficiency Disorders are known, available, effective and affordable, waiting only for governments, World Health Organizations, UNICEF, and non governmental organizations (NGOs) like Kiwanis International and Key Club International to put programs into action.
The cost of resolving Iodine Deficiency Disorders for ALL the children of the world, is less than the cost of a JUMBO JET.
The human body needs only one teaspoon of IODINE for a lifetime. This vital micronutrient, however, must be absorbed in small doses--throughout one's life.
Researchers have found that whenever infant mortality rates are reduced, birth rates in that population are also reduced. Adequate iodine in diets will, therefore, have an effect on birth rates in areas of the world where Iodine Deficiency Disorders are a significant problem.
In 1978 the people of the village were given access to iodized table salt. By 1982 there was a dramatic change in health and mental retardation problems related to Iodine Deficiency Disorders. The goiter rate no longer was a health problem, and no cretins were born after 1978. Additionally, from 43 yuan per year in 1981, the average annual income per person rose to 414 yuan in 1984. An increase ten times the 1981 per person production.
Infant mortality rates have been lowered and children's school performance has improved, all because of the implementation of iodine control programs, the simplest being the addition of iodized table salt.
One machine designed to add iodine to salt can provide iodized salt for up to one million persons living in areas that are iodine deficient.
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