There are many vital nutrients we need from food. Some are well known - such as iron or vitamin C - but there is another, which is rarely mentioned despite a widespread insufficiency of it in our ...

Iodine is a tiny mineral with a big role in keeping your body balanced. While most of us think we’d recognize an iodine deficiency, some of its signs are surprisingly easy to miss. From ...

especially iodine, vitamin E, calcium, iron, riboflavin, folate, vitamin C and vitamin B6. The study also found deficiencies varied by gender, with women more likely to have inadequate intake of ...

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 large swaths of ...

Women were more likely than men to not consume enough iodine, vitamin B12, iron and selenium. Men, however, didn’t get enough magnesium, zinc, thiamin, niacin and vitamins A, B6 and C.

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 large swaths of ...

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 ...