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iodine deficiency
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iodine deficiency

Inadequate intake or metabolism of iodine. It directly affects thyroid secretions, which influence heart action, nerve response, growth rate, and metabolism. Simple goitre, the most frequent result, is most common in areas without access to salt water and is rare along seacoasts. Severe, prolonged deficiency can cause hypothyroidism. Eating seafood regularly or using iodized table salt will prevent iodine deficiency. Some countries have made dietary iodine additives mandatory.
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These effects are due to inadequate production of thyroid hormone and are termed iodine-deficiency disorders.
Iodine-deficiency disorders by Life Extension
57,58) Presented with the evidence on fibrocystic disease and on breast cancer, it is reasonable to hypothesize that fibrocystic disease of the breast and breast cancer may, like goiter and cretinism, be iodine-deficiency disorders.
Extrathyroidal benefits of iodine by Miller, Donald W., Jr. / Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
Because of all the people in the world, the Japanese, whose diets are high in iodine, have some of the lowest incidence of iodine-deficiency diseases like goiter, hypothyroidism, and cancers of the reproductive system (breast, ovaries, and uterus).
Startling news about iodine--it prevents breast cancer! by Fucsh, Nan Kathryn / Women's Health Letter
 
 
 
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