Prospective mothers using iodized salt avoid maternal thyroid failure: new study
A new study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that "Prolonged iodized salt significantly improves maternal thyroid economy and reduces the risk of maternal thyroid insufficiency during gestation, probably because of a nearly restoring intrathyroidal iodine stores."
Women who used salt for at least two years before becomng pregnant avoided thyroid failure during pregnancy. The Italian research team found in its study of 100 women, 62 of whom were "long-term" users of iodized salt and 38 of whom were not. The short-term group had a six-fold greater incidence on thyroid failure.
