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SSC 2019 TYPING PASSAGE

created Jun 29th 2022, 06:10 by vrkant


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Iodine fortification is what most countries
rely on to encourage adequate dietary
intake. In more than seventy
countries that iodize salt generally serves as the major
source of
iodine intake. One fourth of a teaspoon of iodized salts has about hundred
micrograms of iodine. Note that the salt used in processed foods, which is
the major
source of salt for most Americans typically does not contain
iodine. If salt used in a
processed food contains iodine, it will be
listed in the ingredients list of that food.
Focus on decreasing the amount of
salt consumed from processed foods and get
your sodium from iodized salt.
Seaweed, saltwater fish and seafood are natural
sources of dietary iodine.
Dairy products also supply iodine in the diet at varying
levels. During lactation,
the breast concentrates iodine in milk so breastmilk tends
be a good
source of iodine as long as the iodine intake of a mother is adequate.
Plants grown in iodine rich soil are also good sources. However, this is not
a reliable
source of iodine since there is no way of knowing whether
produce purchased
in grocery stores is grown in iodine rich soil or not.
Iodized salt usually adds less
than about three hundred micrograms iodine
daily to the diet. Most multivitamin
mineral supplements contain 150
micrograms of iodine. With the safe upper limit of
daily iodine intake for
adults set at 1,100 micrograms by the IOM it is unlikely to hit
an excess
amount when including a multivitamin and including natural sources of
dietary iodine. The trend of eating less table salt, dairy and bread has
some experts
concerned that iodine deficiency could be on the rise again.
Eating a healthy,
balanced diet that includes iodine rich foods and iodized
salt is key to good health.

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