Show I. I bail Daily Health S Service B By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN The minerals you OU need mol moat f for or your health are calc calcium m. m phosphorus phosphor us and arid iron I However there are re many others of considerable importance including particularly iodine pot potassium ium sodium sodium um urn magnesium um sulphur and chlorine and also in very small amounts copper copper cop cop- per zinc fluorine aluminum manganese manga manga- nese nose and silicon The exact manner In which all these function in the human body has not been completely determined bulit but bul it is known that they are arc present and some of their purposes are understOod under under- stood Iodine has been studied particularly particularly particularly boc because o of its relationship to the thyroid gland It has been known s since ince 1895 that iodine is a rather large constituent of this gland but it is only within recent years that its relationship rela to the gland has been definitely definitely definitely determined Actually the human body contains 25 of a gram of ot iodine which represents 4 of or the total weight of the body Of the total iodine iodine io io- iodine io- io dine in the body two-fifths two is found Inthe in inthe inthe the thyroid gland The activities of this gland depend l largely on the theIo l Io Iodine that It contains e e 0 The natural supply o of iodine coming com cam ing lag into the body depends on the part of ot the country in which we live The drinking water of ot various sections sections' o oi of the c country varies in iodine content conten For example th the drinking water of Stanford Cal contains times as much iodine as that hat of ot New York a and aUd d the New York ork drinking water contains times as much iodine as that of Duluth and 50 tImes limes as much muchas as as- that of Indianapolis T THe food available available- in various parts of f the the- c country als also differs in the amount of iodine it if contains In Iri fact foods differ their iodine content Iodine e is invariably present In milk but rom m a trace in the sections of ot th the country where the supply of water is loW loto to a great reat deal in those sections of ot the country where it is high high Lobsters clams dams and oysters con con- t lain Jn more iodine than salmon but bul salmon cont contains ins more mare than tJan a good many many- vegetables w w w Fresh water fish contain much less Jess iodine than do salt water fish Ish Seaweed Sea weed contains contains' a good deal of iodine but is not much used as a food in the tae United States In Japan it is used a a great deal and arid the Japan Japanese s suffer very little from goiter Among foods which h contain rela rea little iodine are re white bread and orang oranges s. s Among those which co contain considerable amounts of ot iodine Jodine io Jo- dine are oysters sardines eg eggs and and spinach The ex exa exact t amounts of ot iodine necessary necessary sary for lil life and health are not definitely deli deli- dete determined ed but but butil it il h has S been shown that children and d women who exp expect ct to give birth to children should have at least leat 10 of a gram oi ot iodine each week Once upon a time the salt that we ate contained iodine but modern refined re re- reLined re- re fined Lined salt in many instances has has' had the Jodine removed For this reason salt with iodine added is furnished to t those who desire it Because the necessary iodine is easily available it has not been sug sug- fo foods ds in general be en riched in ifs m the content of iodine as has been done by the addition of vita vita- mine D to food products |