@GSVBemusementPk @pressFToTweet It was, but iodine deficiency’s re-emerged. https://t.co/pLPTo9ONJZ https://t.co/AJGtRO3oWa
@March_for_Life It's eugenics. Down Syndrome is caused by maternal thyroid hormone deficiency. Mother's thyroid hormones (made from dietary iodine) are responsible for fetal brain development, insufficiency leads to brain and motor damage in child. GET TES
If serum TSH and T4 are within normal limits, individuals are assumed to be iodine sufficient, since a decrease in T4 and increase in TSH only occurs when iodine deficiency is severe. https://t.co/ArgGYs5yt4
RT @MicroBerto: Been getting after #iodine deficiency for a bit. Full-text: https://t.co/ltu0RIAMu0 Many causes: competing bromine in brea…
Been getting after #iodine deficiency for a bit. Full-text: https://t.co/ltu0RIAMu0 Many causes: competing bromine in bread and fluoride in water, fewer using iodized salt, "eggs are evil", nobody eats small fish or kelp, etc. Not the MAIN obesity proble
Despite widespread use of iodized salt, the US population has seen dramatic decrease in iodine status: important for thyroid/breast health in women. I don't use iodized salt; supplement every other day (not daily to prevent excess). https://t.co/mTs09VHqkF
An often overlooked important nutrient/ https://t.co/axMGCjC9bC