Most kitchen cupboards in the United States probably contain a box of iodized salt. Most salts sold in supermarkets display on the label, "This salt supplies iodine, a necessary nutrient." But do you know why the iodine in salt is added? Tiny amounts of several different iodine-containing salts are added to table salt since the common American diet provides very little. Iodized Salt can be damaging though. (more…)
There are many health benefits of iodine for thyroid health. Iodine, a micronutrient present in many of the foods we eat (in trace amounts), is key in helping the thyroid gland make thyroid hormones.[1] The body cannot produce iodine by itself, so we are required to get it from the foods we eat or supplemental sources.[2] Our soils have been depleted of micronutrients over time, and as a result, foods that used to have higher iodine have been depleted of their natural levels. Over the past century, people have gone […]
The following article will give you a better understanding of the most common uses for iodine as a supplement. Iodine is an essential micronutrient that’s readily available in a wide selection of foods and in dietary supplements.[1] (more…)
Thanks to a recent discovery by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, we may soon have a better understanding of why the long term use of antibiotic drugs causes secondary bacterial infections over time has troubled medical science for decades [1]. (more…)
Any parent can tell you that respiratory infections are all too common in caring for a very small child. Bronchial infections are, in fact, one of the leading cause of hospitalization in American newborns. (more…)
