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Iodine Deficiency in the U.S. and the World Today

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, Iodine deficiency (IDD) is one of the four major deficiency diseases in the world.  Supplementing our diets by adding iodine to salt had a profound effect in reducing the serious conditions caused by iodine deficiencies, such as cretinism, goiter, stillbirth, miscarriages, and retarded physical and intellectual development.  (1)

The National Center for Health Statistics also states that iodine deficiencies is on the rise.  From the initial Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 1974 to the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (III) in 1994 the percentage for iodine deficiency quadrupled.  What can cause this rise in iodine deficiency?

Changes to our diet should be the first consideration.  With an increase of fast foods and other processed foods we may be losing our iodine “fix” if the food processors are not using iodine enriched salt.  Pass the salt shaker.  No, wait!   What about all those recommendations that point us toward a low salt diet?   According to the Center for Health Statistics, nearly a quarter of the population in New Jersey was diagnosed with hypertension. (2)  Their recommendation: physical activity, weight loss, and a low-salt diet.    Put down the salt shaker, and find another source for iodine supplementation.

(1) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/iodine.htm

(2) http://nj.gov/health/chs/monthlyfactsheets/hypertension06.pdf

 

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