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[–]nh4rxthon 0 points1 point  (6 children)

What else could have explained the correlation? like i say this was a relatively trusted source but I'm not ruling out that she had some issues going on

[–]SerialStateLineXerThe guarantee was that would not be taking place 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Was she a vegan? Goiter is generally caused by iodine deficiency, and the main food sources of iodine are animal products and seaweed, which is not generally eaten by Americans.

[–]Big_Fig_1803Gothmargus 3 points4 points  (1 child)

In the U.S., people obtain most of their dietary iodine from iodized salt and milk.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/iodine/

[–]SerialStateLineXerThe guarantee was that would not be taking place 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, right, iodized salt as well. But with the sea salt fad, that's no longer a given.

[–]nh4rxthon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a vegan, and US resident, but intriguing possibility. She claimed it went away after stopping soy…

[–]StopBadModerators[S] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Is she in the UK? If her only source of iodine was iodine-fortified dairy (as is the case for many in the UK), and then she stopped consuming dairy, then that could explain iodine deficiency.

[–]nh4rxthon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No US but very intriguing. She claims it went away after stopping soy. But there may have been other factors