Iodine

Iodine is a health-promoting trace mineral and micronutrient.

It is found in sea vegetables and plants and is vital for your body to produce thyroid hormones.

Benefits of iodine supplements

Supplementing with iodine can:

• Help regulate the production rates of thyroxine, T4
• Support maintaining healthy thyroid levels
• Promote a healthy metabolic rate (rate of chemical reactions in the body) 

Iodine deficiency

Iodine deficiancy can lead to some of the most serious diseases and conditions. Deficiency disorders can produce symptoms of low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) even without abnormalities in measured thyroid hormone levels. 

Recent evidence suggests, for example, that iodine deficiency is linked to obesity, cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorders, fibromyalgia, and a variety of cancers.

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