| Iodine fortification is what most countries rely on to encourage adequate dietary intake. In more than seventy countries that iodize salt generally serves as a major source of iodine intake. One fourth of teaspoon of iodised salt has hundred microgram of iodine. Note that salt used in processed food, which is the major source of salt for moat American typically does not contain iodine. If salt used in processed food contain iodine, it will be listed in the ingredients list of that food. Focus on decreasing the amount of salt consumed from processed foods and get your sodium from iodized salt. Seaweed, saltwater fish and sea food are natural sources of dietary iodine. Dairy products also supply iodine in the diet at varying levels. During lactation, the breast concentrates iodine in milk so breast milk tends be a good source of iodine as long as iodine intake of mother is adequate. Plants grow in iodine rich soil are also good sources. However, this is not a reliable source of iodine since there is no way of knowing whether produce purchased in grocery stores is grown in iodine rich soil or not. Iodized alt usually adds less than about three hundred micrograms iodize daily to the diet. Most multivitamin mineral supplements contain 150 microgram of iodine. With the safe upper limit of iodine intake for adults set at 1,100 microgram by the IOM it is unlikely to hit an excess amount when including a salt, dairy and bread has some experts concerned that iodine deficiency could be on the rise again. Eating a healthy, balanced diet that includes iodine rich food and iodized salt is key to good health. |
kalesh KALESH M S
