Thyroid Function!
Are you having trouble losing weight? Has your doctor said you have an enlarged thyroid? Is your metabolism slowing or are you losing your hair?
Maybe you have a lack of iodine in your diet.
Iodine can be found in coastal areas or from the ocean. Seafood is a great source of iodine, breathing in sea mist if you live near the ocean and even drinking water near coastal cities have iodine. Two servings of seafood is recommended per week. Only 'iodized' salt has iodine added.
Low levels of iodine can cause goiter(lump on the neck), sluggishness, weight gain, and can have low IQ's for the fetus in pregnant women.
Taken from Whitney and Rolfes, Understanding Nutrition (p445), 2002
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