NUTR 3210 Lecture 15: NUTR 3210 - Lecture 15
10 Mar 2017
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Iodine deficiency: when t3 levels are low, the pituitary gland releases tsh. If iodine deficient, thyroid still being stimulated to produce hormones, but can"t: hyperplasia (increased number of cells in thyroid gland, hypertrophy (increased cell size, the result, goiter thyroid enlargement in adults (hypothyroidism) If left untreated, it becomes thyroid cancer: cretinism when iodine levels are low in mother, the fetus doesn"t develop properly. Irreversible: 50 million people have some degree of mental impairment caused by. Iodine deficiency disease (idd) affects over 740 million people (or 13% of the world"s population) Iodine deficiency worldwide (international council for the. Iodine around the world is mandatorily legislated in many parts of the world, besides the us and. A brief history of vitamin a: night blindness was recognized disease before 1500 bc, ancient egyptians recorded that juice squeezed from cooked lived onto the eyes cured night blindness (greeks realized you could just eat it)
