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Why iodine is important for brain health

Posted on the March 20th, 2012 under 365 daily messages,Brain Basics by

Severe endemic iodine deficiency such as in New Guinea, China, Indonesia, and Thailand causes the clinical picture of cretinism with dominant neurological pathologies;  that the most detrimental is the combination of iodine and selenium deficiencies. In the rat fetuses in such condition, experiments showed the developmental failure of the central nervous system…

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