Iodine Deficiency
Since we are talking about the importance of minerals, do you know the two most deficient minerals in America affecting people’s health and wellness? One of them is iodine, a chemical element that our body does not naturally produce. In fact, the only organ in our body that can store iodine is the thyroid. The other mineral is magnesium – and I wrote about it quite a bit in the past.
Many areas of the United States, including their mountain regions and many river valleys, have very low iodine content in their soil. Because of this, it is no wonder that there is a great iodine deficiency in the country. Even in areas where iodine content was once high, repeated farming over a century has depleted this soil of the iodine it once had. This means we no longer get the iodine our body needs from the plants we eat. Iodine was added to salt, bread and milk when nutritionists figured this out, yet today is no longer added to bread and very little if any to salt. This means you need to find your own ways of getting iodine into your diet.
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