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Today iodine is added to this edible rock to guard against goiter while sodium silicoaluminate prevents it from clumping on muggy days What is it?
Salt
Name the mineral which prevents goiter disease?
Iodine is the mineral that prevents goiter disease. It is a key component of thyroid hormones, which regulate metabolism and prevent the enlargement of the thyroid gland that occurs in goiter.
What is a mineral that prevents goiter?
avoid the use of goitorogenic substances
Is goiter contageous?
No. Goiter is the result of insufficient intake of iodine, which regulate the thyroid gland, which then swells, and is called a goiter. This is the reason that table salt has been required for decades to have a small amount of iodine in it . . . this is the best way for the most number of US citizens to avoid goiter. Look at a box of table salt . . . it says "Iodized". (Pure salt is available for use in pickling and in aquariums)
What is the name of the disease that has to deal with salt?
the lack of salt is called Goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland.
What element is added to table salt?
Goiter is a problem with the thyroid gland, most commonly caused by an iodine-deficiency disease. You can prevent or cure it by eating seafoods which are rich in iodine, or by using iodized table salt.
What is an enlargement of the thyroid gland resulting from a deficiency of dietary iodine called?
An enlargement of the thyroid gland that results from a deficiency of dietary iodine is called a goiter. A goiter is inflammation of the thyroid gland. Worldwide, the most common cause of a goiter is due to a lack of iodine in our daily diet.
What element is added to salt?
Iodine is the element added to table salt to prevent iodine deficiency disorders like goiter.
What vitamins prevent from goiter?
No, vitamin C does not prevent goiter; the nutrient that you need in order to prevent goiter is iodine, which most people get by using iodized salt. Sea food is also a good source of dietary iodine.
What is a goiter. What happens when you get a goiter?
Goiter is the enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Medicine for goiter?
I don't know if theres a medicine for it but you get it because you don't have enough iodine in you diet. Iodine is in salt water fish and shellfish. They also put it in salt.
Why does water freezes faster then salt water?
the salt prevents the water from getting cold
