| There is a flood of advice from medical,
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| | degrees of thyroid disease. The
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| nutritional and public health authorities
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| | Recommended Dietary Allowance [RDA] of
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| about the changes we should be making to
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| | iodine for adults is 150 micrograms a
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| our lifestyle in order to reduce, amongst
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| | day. To ensure whole populations
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| other health problems, our risk of high
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| | throughout the world were receiving their
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| blood pressure. High on the list of their
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| | RDA of iodine many countries introduced
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| recommendations is the one where we are
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| | very successful public health
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| advised to reduce the amount of salt we
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| | interventions by requiring iodine to be
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| eat. It is generally recommended that our
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| | added to table salt. This does not affect
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| daily intake of sodium should be limited
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| | the taste of the salt, has no deleterious
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| to no more than 2400 milligrams per day -
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| | side effects and adds only marginally to
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| that is equivalent to about one teaspoon
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| | the cost of salt production. However, in
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| full - and that is across our whole daily
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| | many countries, including the US, only
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| food intake. However, like many dietary
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| | table salt has added iodine. The salt
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| recommendations aimed at improving our
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| | used in commercial food processing - and
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| health, it now appears that there could
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| | this is where we get most of our daily
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| be, or in fact is, a potential downside
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| | salt intake from - usually does not
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| to this practice of reducing our sodium
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| | contain iodine. By reducing the amount of
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| intake - if we reduce it too much. Recent
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| | table salt we use in cooking our own
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| research indicates that lowering our
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| | food, and also reducing our use of the
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| intake of sodium can have the very
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| | salt shaker at the table, we are reducing
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| serious consequence of lowering our
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| | our iodine intake. These lower levels of
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| iodine consumption. Iodine is an
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| | iodine intake, according to research
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| essential component in the production of
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| | published by Stephen Cann from the
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| the hormones manufactured by our thyroid
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| | University of British Columbia in 2006,
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| glands. In children, a properly
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| | are resulting in significant increases in
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| functioning thyroid is critical to both
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| | the levels of iodine deficiency related
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| their physical and mental development. In
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| | thyroid problems across whole
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| adults, the hormones from the thyroid
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| | populations. He claims that health
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| gland regulate our metabolism - that
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| | surveys conducted in the US during the
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| process which regulates our basic cell
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| | 1970s revealed that 1 in 40 Americans
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| functions, one of the most important of
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| | were suffering from moderate to severe
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| which is deriving energy from the foods
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| | levels of iodine deficiency. But,
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| we eat. For many generations, thyroid
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| | alarmingly, similar surveys during the
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| disease - the under functioning of the
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| | 1990s reveal that this figure has now
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| hormone production by the thyroid glands
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| | increased to 1 in every 9 of the US
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| resulting from lack of adequate iodine
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| | population. This unexpected outcome is
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| levels - was a major health problem not
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| | creating a dilemma for health authorities
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| only in the US but in other countries
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| | and more education programs will be
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| too. This relatively widespread health
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| | necessary to advise people about the need
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| problem, it was eventually discovered,
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| | to monitor salt intake to ensure that
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| was mainly due to low levels of natural
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| | adequate levels of iodine intake are
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| iodine in the many local water supplies.
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| | maintained.
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| In areas where iodine did not occur
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| | John Vanse has a network of health
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| naturally in soils of water catchment
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| | related sites. For more information see:
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| areas, or only occurred at very low
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| | The Better Health Guide About Your Blood
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| levels, whole communities were suffering
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| | Pressure.
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