Iodine is more important than you think.
One of the essential nutrients for everyone. Until it is often added as a supplement to various foods In order for the body to receive sufficient iodine, today we will discuss the importance of this nutrient. If lack, what will happen to the body? The article will be brought up from the website joker game by Prof Kiattikhun, MD. Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University

Essential nutrients
Iodine deficiency isn't the only risk of getting a goiter. But there are other risks From a survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Health in 2009, Thai children had an IQ lower than the international standard. Because iodine deficiency Causing intellectual disabilities Moreover, research has found that If the intelligence tested of children living in an iodine-deficient area compared with children in an iodine-deficient area. It was found that the first group had less intelligence than the latter, respectively. Although the first group of children had all the normal outward appearance

In the past, most people with iodine deficiency lived in remote areas or in areas where iodized salt was not available, such as the Northeast or North. The disease has been around for a very long time, but it was actually found about 50-60 years ago. The goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland when iodine is deficient. The enlarged thyroid gland is called a goiter. Because iodine is a hormone made by the thyroid gland. Also known as the thyroid hormone, iodine is an important component.

At first, many people will understand that iodine causes goiter. It also lacks another important point of understanding. That is the intellectual disability. Even the iodine situation will improve. From the survey, goiter symptoms in schoolchildren decreased to less than 5 percent, but when exploring iodine in the urine. Appears to be below the benchmark

What happens when iodine is deficient?
The most important impact on iodine deficiency is the unborn baby. Therefore, fraternal women are essential to obtain adequate nutrition and iodine. And another age is female of reproductive age It is the age that is ready to conceive and before conceiving, you should be sure that you are getting adequate nutrition and iodine from your intake. Therefore, the campaign should be continued. Because people can always be deficient in iodine. In an environment that is not enough

Advice
Therefore, the National Board for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Diseases, therefore, must provide measures for the public to consume iodine thoroughly. Which has produced a standard iodized salt mixer And has been distributed to various production plants As well as quality control of the production of iodized salt at the factory level. Thus, the quality of iodized salt has been improved accordingly. But should be monitored every day, the production process will be up to standard

We also need to be careful about the use of iodized salt in the household. It also promotes a comprehensive distribution, such as in seafood, soy sauce, fish sauce or iodine-fortified tablets in *** women. Which is a measure currently in use The best thing is the understanding of the public, especially *** women and mothers. And be careful not to cause iodine deficiency disease And let this disease go away in Thailand