18 Apr
list of problems: cretinism, stunting, deaf-mutism, malformed limbs, spastic motor disorders, stillbirths, reproductive failure, and poor vision.
• Severe iodine deficiency in pregnant women can result in babies being born with physical and mental retardation.
• Goiter (a grotesque swelling of the thyroid gland on the neck), as well as milder forms of mental and physical impairment. Goiter, a large swelling of the thyroid gland in the neck, is a chronic iodine deficiency disease.
• Goiter, cretinism, and delayed mental and physical development are collectively known as IDD.
• Irregular heartbeat, hardening of the arteries, obesity, low blood pressure, angina, arthritis, hair and skin problems, breast cancer, etc. can all be traced to chronic low levels of iodine.
• Excessive salivation, feeling as if something has been neglected, forgotten or left unfinished (which prevents contentment and peace), hearing deterioration, sense of odor is missing, and restlessness at sunset (sensitivity to the electrical changes in the environment).
• The problem of cataracts comes from the calcium being out of solution (in the blood), due to lack of iodine.