To: Navy Patriot
A woman down the street from us had a goiter under her chin back when I was a little kid in the 50s. She walked by my great grandfather's house while we lived there (my dad was stationed overseas.)
I wonder if this occurs at all in Asia, with all the salty soy and seafood available...
23 posted on
07/27/2013 5:35:48 PM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I believe that iodine must be added to salt to obtain the recommended level for good health.
I don't know if Japan produces salt in the same manner as the US, or if they add Iodine.
25 posted on
07/27/2013 5:54:37 PM PDT by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
No it doesn’t. In fact in Japan they have practically a nil incidence of reproductive cancers, as well as thyroid cancer, because iodine protects against cancer. We have many iodine receptors in our repro organs.
A little trivia: an enlarged prostate is GOITER. It is the tissue swelling looking for iodine, same as the thyroid. The same applies to fibroids in the breast and uterus.
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