The Silent Epidemic of Iodine Deficiency
Life Extension Magazine October 2011
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What You Need to Know: Iodine Deficiency

• Iodized salt is the chief source of iodine in the industrialized world.
• Rates of iodine deficiency have reached epidemic levels, increasing fourfold over the past 40 years.
• Recent scientific analysis reveals that many commercial table salt brands now contain inadequate amounts of iodine.
• Iodine is critical to healthy thyroid function.
• Inadequate iodine intake causes weight gain, low energy, depression, cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and a variety of cancers.
• Iodine is vital to breast health in older women, with low intake correlated to increased risks for breast cancer and fibrocystic breast disease.