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Iodine content in various organisms

What is iodine? Iodine is a chemical element, the fifty-third according to the number of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements of D. I. Mendeleev with an atomic mass of 126.90. Its content in nature, in living organisms, most of all in algae - up to one percent of iodine, and in the human body only 12 to 200 milligrams of iodine. tenth thousand percent.

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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

@Soulshine @cairobraga @humanhorseshoes

I have a fringe belief

But I think it is scientifically sound

There are 2 studies I am aware of, of prefectures in Japan, and counties in Texas. Showing that higher levels of natural lithium in the ground water led to lower levels of suicide, homicide, drug abuse, mental health issues, domestic violence, etc. Adjusting for other variables

I say we should be supplementing table salt or municipal water with #lithium, like we do with #fluoride and #iodine

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Ashwin Nanjappa 🐘

Iodine deficiency is coming back!

"Without iodine, the thyroid gland cannot produce hormones that enable the human body and the brain to develop properly. Iodine deficiency causes goitres (swellings in the neck) and can cause a 15-point drop in IQ."

economist.com/leaders/2024/11/

The Economist · A scourge that damages babies’ brains is coming backBy The Economist
#iodine#TheEconomist
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Angstrom Minerals

#iodine is used for a multitude of #health problems? Everything from #healingwounds, #diseases, and killing off #bacteria and #viruses. Iodine was once a conventional #medicine. Many are under the impression that we get enough iodine from iodized salt. Many people today are #iodinedeficient #Americans today have cut back on table salt usage. Today's #foods and #drinks have #chlorine, #fluoride, and #bromide, all block iodine receptors. Even some foods block iodine, such as #soy and gluten.

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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 11 September 1924:
GOITRE
GROWTH IN NEW ZEALAND
A SIMPLE REMEDY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S
CAMPAIGN.
Recently “The Post” has published several articles [about] the prevalence of #goitre in New Zealand and the special measures that are being taken by the Department of Health…. Professor Hercus, of the Medical School of Otago, … is carrying out investigations into the #iodine content of soil and vegetables in various parts of New Zealand.… valuable information … indicating the districts [to] be concentrated upon for … prophylactic measures.
The School Medical Service of the Health Department is this year undertaking the administration of minimal doses of iodine preparations to school children in specially selected areas. This work, which has been under way for two or three years, has produced satisfactory and encouraging results. Lately, in the food and drugs regulations recognition was made of the fact that the addition of iodine to common salt is a most useful means of prophylaxis…. A regulation has been introduced allowing the sale of salt containing iodine.… the use of iodised salt may be made compulsory in certain districts….
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#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Health #IodisedSalt #IodizedSalt #Goiter #NewZealand

Black-and-white portrait photo: Ashley Heath Baigent. 1917. Photography, Berry & Co., Wellington. Description: The soldier in this almost-full portrait is wearing military uniform, but without a hat. He has short hair, is clean-shaven and seated on a small table. has been identified as Gunner Ashley Heath Baigent of the New Zealand Field Artillery.  Ashley was a farmer from Takaka at the time he attested for service on 8 January 1917. He was assigned to the 25th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery  but was found to have a goitre and therefore ‘unfit for active service’. Citation: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (B.044366). https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/362531
Colour photo: Bag, 5lb Selva Iodised Table Salt. Manufactured 1930s. Description: A white bag with red and green printing. It was manufactured by the New Cheshire Salt Works in Northwich, England, and sold in Southland A1 Stores. The bag was probably imported before the establishment of New Zealand salt works in the 1940s. Background: Before the 1920s, many New Zealanders suffered from goitre as a result of iodine deficiency. This deficiency also caused mental disabilities in young children. In 1924, the New Zealand government established an initiative to add iodine to table salt. This public health action virtually eradicated goitre by the 1950s. Citation: Wyndham and District Historical Museum, Object No. WY.1990.153.6.  https://ehive.com/collections/3102/objects/996257/bag-5lb-selva-iodised-table-salt
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