Relationship between iodine and human health

Iodine is an essential raw material for human body to synthesize thyroid hormone, which is closely related to human growth, development and metabolism. It is the patron saint of human understanding, creativity and logical thinking. If the living environment is short of iodine, people's iodine intake is generally insufficient, threatening men, women and children. Women and children are the most threatened. Iodine deficiency will affect women's reproductive function, leading to abortion, stillbirth, congenital malformation, low birth weight and increased infant mortality. Iodine deficiency can lead to fetal brain development disorder, infant nervous system development lack of Confucianism, resulting in mental retardation. In severe cases, it will also cause serious defects such as stupidity, deafness, strabismus, spastic bilateral paralysis, and physical development disorders. For adults, there may be goiter and hypothyroidism, which can not exert the potential of the body, and the ability to accept new things and adapt to society is poor, which affects the normal progress of study, work and even life.