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| 2001 India Postage Stamp commemorating Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Day |
Yes, I know. I should publish this ON October 21. I just got this stamp though and it's so lovely I just had to share. Do you know of another element that has it's own day? Another vitamin or mineral? Is there an international lysine deficiency disorders day that I haven't heard of? Calcium day? Protein Day? Noooo, I thought not.
Iodine, and iodine alone, has an entire day commemorated to it.
So, mark the date. We now have plenty of time to plan that io-party!
By the way, India has been largely successful at eliminating the most obvious manifestation of iodine deficiency, goiter, with it's salt iodization program.
More info on that here:
Iodine deficiency disorders control in India
1 comment:
Hello! I just found this blog and am so excited about it. I started doing iodine research a couple months ago when my husband (25 years old) found a 1 inch tumor on his thyroid. I discovered he was iodine deficient and started taking iodine myself, 1 month ago. I have been hypo since I was a teenager and would like to reduce my doses/ get off of levothyroxine. All of this information was shocking at first but now makes total sense. It's all back to basics. I am now following your blog and I love it. Thanks for sharing!
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