Iodine Truth and Lies

Iodine insufficiency or deficiency is a growing threat to public health. Common environmental contaminants can disrupt thyroid function, which affects your overall health.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Your body does not produce iodine, so you must get it from your food. Iodine was added to table salt to reduce the public health threat, but recommendations for a low-salt diet have contributed to a rise in the risk once again

• Roughly 30% of the world is thought to be deficient. Physicians once prescribed drops of Lugol's solution for io…