Doctors were puzzled. Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine. A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across ...

We can get around 50% of our daily-recommended intake just by drinking a glass of milk a day! Iodine is a key constituent of the thyroid hormones that are crucial to growth and metabolism in the ...

A lack of natural iodine in the soil and water, and an iodine-poor diet, led to the "characteristic neck swellings": enlarged thyroid glands. But after iodine supplements were shown to help ...

The shift in diet, driven by the popularity of alternatives like soy, oat, and almond beverages, contributes to inadequate iodine intake across Europe. According to the World Health Organization ...

One reason could be down to a key change in our diet in recent years. In the UK most dietary iodine comes from drinking cow’s milk, but consumption of milk has fallen dramatically over the last ...