Both folate and iodine are important in our health, especially in children and pregnant women, and efforts must be made to address deficiency. Members of the UK Iodine Group have written an article in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, and … Read More
Now that Veganuary is over, you might be toying with the idea of continuing with your new plant-based way of eating and planning exciting meals for the coming weeks. But have you considered where you get your iodine from? Iodine … Read More
This post was inspired by a paper by Kristien Hynes and colleagues in 2018. In the 1990s, Tasmania was a mildly iodine deficient country. This led to the implementation of a voluntary bread fortification programme in 2001, where bakers used … Read More
Many countries across the world supplement iodine through the iodisation of salt. For the last decade, some states of India have been using double fortified salt (DFS) – this includes both iron and iodine. This intervention has proven to be … Read More