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Iodine

 The total body contains about 20 mg iodine,most (80%) being present in the thyroid gland. Muscle, sahya glands and ovaries also contain some amount of iodine. 

Sources 

  • Seafoods, drinking water, vegetables, fruits (grown on seaboard). 

Deficiency. 

  • High altitudes are deficient in iodine content in water as well as soil. Plant and animal foods of these areas, therefore, contain lesser amount of iodine. In these regions, iodine is added to drinking water or to table salt. The disorders of iodine metabolism—simple goiter and toxic goiter.


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