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'f-JQjLS.ion fJQjLS.ion 'f f JQjLS.ion JQjLSion 1/00ILJto-n 1 00ILJto n / ' - ! . - Cfosjifil qoad qizi qiziDiscusses ; Discusses theNEED the theJ -J J - NEED NEEDDF DF FOR R " IODINE IODINEKey IODINEKey DINE DINEI DINEKey I of the Gland-TellsHow Gland TellsHow Gland--Tells Gland Tells GlandTellsHow Key Substance Thyroid - - - How to A Avoid vOId Iodine Starvation StarvationBy By C HOUSTON GOUDISSa GOUDISS 8 6 a East 39tl 39\1 39 1 39ti \ St Sl New Ncw York CityTHE cityT cityHE City CityDHE HE discovery of our vital need for iodine IOdme is one of the themost themost themost T DHE THE most thrilling thrIllmg chapters in m the long history of sCientIficresearch scientificresearch scientific scientificresearch research researchMany Many investigatofs mvestIgatols investigators contributed contnbuted to our understanding understandmg ofIOdme ofiodine of ofiodine iodine IOdme hunger , but ut spec1a special c.re cre credit . lt is due to Dr David Dav1d Marine Manne and his co workers worhers , ana and to tDr \ Dr E C Kendallof Kendall of the Mayo MayoChmcs MayoClinics MayoClinics Chmcs Clinics at Rochester , Minn Mmn MmnToday MinnToday MinnToday Today we know that al although although although though it constitutes only onlyabout onlyabout onlyabout about one part in three mIl mIllIOn million milhon lIOn parts of the body weIght weightiodine weightiodine . lodme iodine is 1S so essential that ItsI Itsabsence itsabsence its I | absence from the diet may mayhave mayIhave mayhave have the gravest conseI consequcnces consequences consc conse I Ihave quences71 qucnces quences qucncesThyro -71 71 - * * : -Thyro Thyro - Thyro d-The d The d - The Glandof Gland of Glands GlandsIodIDe GlandsIodine GlandsIodine IodIDe Iodine is necessary for the nor normal normat normal mal mat functioning CunctIonmg ot of the thyroid thyroidgland thyroidgland thyroidgland gland situated in m the front part of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nech neck The thyroid is so 1m im 1mportant important important portant that it is often regarded regardedas as the throttlehlch throttle , which \hlch hlch \ governs the thehuman thehuman thehuman human locomotIvend locomotivetntl locomotive ' \ - ind \nd nd -tntl tntl when It Itfads itfails itfails fads fails to function CunctIon normally the thebody thebody thebody body machinery machmery may be thrown thrownout thrownout thrownout out of balanceThyroid balanceThyroid balance balanceThyroid Thyroid disturbance durmg during durmgChIldhood duringchildhood duringchildhood ChIldhood may affect mentaland mental and andphysIcal andphysical andphysical physIcal development and manychildren many manycll1ldren manychildren cll1ldren children have been accused of oflazmess oflaziness oflaziness lazmess laziness who are suffering suffermg from fromthyroid fromthyroid , thyrOId deficiency Thyroid dlsor disor dlsorder disorder disorder der may be a complicating factor factorin In obesity and specialists have havefound havefound havefound found that it is associated with withmany withmany withmany many stubborn skin skm diseases It ItI ItIS ItIs Itis I IS also claimed that iodine IOdme starva starvatlon starvation starvation tlon tion influences mental make up upand upand upand and emotional tendenciesD tendenciessf'yur tendencies tendenciesk --k- k - kD ksfgur - k-D k D - D sfgur sf'yur sfyur ' ng GOiter GOiterSimple GoiterSimple GoiterSimple Simple goiter is a common dls dis dlsorder disorder disorder order of the thyroid gland At Atdisease Atone Atone one time the very mentIon of thIS thISdisease thisdisease disease terrified ternfied girls and women womenwho womenwho womenwho who feared the unsightly lump In Inthe inthe inthe the neck which disfigures the VIC vie VICtIm vietim vietim tIm Now thanks to dramatic e'C eC ex e'Cpenments experiments eipenments ' penments periments we know that simple simplegoiter simplegoiter simplegoiter goiter is an iodine Iodme deficiency dcficIel\cy dcficIel cy \ dis disease disease disease ease easey easeAn - y * k-An k An - An mal mil Expenmenfs Experiments Po nt the WayIn WayIn Way WayIn In 1916 it was estimated that a aI amIllIOn amillion aj million young i oung pigs died annuallyI annual1yIn annual1y annually I in Wisconsin Investigation dIS dISclosed disclosed disclosed closed that their thyioid thYIOld thyroid glandswere glands glandswere glandswere were abnormally abnormal1y large and ab abnormally abnormally abI I normally lo 10 to v in iodine Iodme When 10 io 10dme iodine 10dine dme dine was administered admlmstered to the themothers themothers themothers mothers the young pigs were born bornnormal bornnormal bornnormal bornnormalScientists normal normalSCientists Scientists reasoned that if gOIter gOItercould goitercould goitercould could be prevented in animals ammals It Itcould itcould itcould could be prevented in humans humansand humansand humansand and undertook the now famous famouscensus famouscensus famouscensus census in Akron Ohio A study studywas studywas studywas was made of the thyroid glands of ofall ofall ofall all school girls from the fifth to tothe tothe tothe the twelfth grades Almost 50 per percent percent percent cent were " ere found to have hav ( ' enlarged enlargedthyroid thyrOId glandsThe glandsThe glands glandsThe The girls were gI\ gI gn gnen gIen \ en small smalldoses smalldoses smalldoses doses of sodium iodide dIssolved dissolvedin In drinking drmkmg water at given penods periods penodsover periodsover periodsover over over2i 21 2i 2'S 2S ' ; years At the end of ofthat ofthat ofthat that time investigators found that thatof thatof thatof of developedthyroid 2 000 pupils only 5 developed thyroId enlargement Of the same samenumber samenumber samenumber number not treated 500 showedenlargement showedenlargement showed showedenlargement enlargement . i iDanger enlargementDanger - * - Danger Periods PeriodsThIS PeriodsThis PeriodsThis ThIS demonstration aroused the themterest theinterest theinterest mterest interest of the scientific \ world \ orId and . gave impetus to additional e'Cpcn eCpcn expert e'Cpcnments expertments exponments ' ments which increased our knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge of the iodine IOdme reqUIrementThe requirementThe requirement requirementThe The great danger periods are aredurmg areduring areduring durmg during : pregnancy childhood chddhoocl and andadolescence andadolescence andadolescence adolescence The diet d.et det . of the e\pectant e pectant e'l el ex expectant \ ' : pectant mother must include mclude an andequate anadequate anidequate \dequate dequate adequate ' \ supply to protect herself herselfand herselfand herselfand and avoid the early development developmentof of simple goiter in the childIt childIt child childIt It is also essential essenhal to provide providesufficient providesufficient providesufficient sufficient iodine lodme tor for growing growmg chd chit chddren chitdren children dren as the incidence mCldence of the dls tlis dlsease tlisease disease ease increases mcreases steadily up to theeighteenth the theeighteenth theeighteenth eighteenth sear ear in 10 girls in boys boysIt boysit boysit It reaches its peak at twelveSome twelveSome twelve twelveSome Some investigators also claIm claImthat claimthat claimthat that one way to enhance the ac actlon actenon action tlon tenon of the glands after middle lIfe lIfeand lifeand lifeand and so prolong youth is to includem Includeill includein Include ill in the dally daily diet some foods with vith a ahIgh ahigh ahigh hIgh iodine Iodme contentNature content - * A ANature - Nature s Storehouse of lodne lod ne neIt neIt neIt It is the duty of e\ e e-iery e iery ecry every \ - cry home homemaker homemaker homemaker maker to learn where the neces necessary necessary necessary sary iodine lodme can be obtained obtamed and to tomclude toinclude toinclude mclude include iodine Iodme rich nch foods in thediily the thedlly thedrily d\lly d lly drily ' \ diet but it is especially espcCJ:1.11y espcCJ1.11y espcCJ111y : . 1m im 1mportant important important portant for ( or those living hVlDg in an the thegOiter thegoiter thegoiter gOiter belt This area stretches stretchesalong stretchesalong stretchesalong along the Appalachian mountams mountains mountainsas mountamsas as far north as Vermont west westward westward westward ward through the basin basm of the theGret theGreat theGreit Gre\t Gre t Great ' \ Lakes to the state of ofVtashington 11 \ ashmgton ashugton and southward over overthe overthe overthe the Rocky \ Mountain 1\Iountam 1 Iountam and Pacific Pacificstates Pacificstates Pacificstates states - * A Alod - lodne lod ne Rch R ch FoodsThe FoodsThe Foods FoodsThe The sea is as the great storehouse storehouseof of oflodme ofiodine iodine lodme and hence the most mostabundant mostabundant mostabundant abundant sources are sea food m in mcludmg ineluding ineluding cludmg eluding salmon cod cr.5 cr5 cr crneatand . . 'Ileat Ileat rieat 'Ileatand ' -neatand neatand - rieatand and oysters , cod liver hver eland elandsalt c cl 1 and andsalt andsalt andsaltFruits salt saltFruits Fruits and vegetables glown grown glownnear grownnear giownnear near the sea contain contam var varying varyingamounts varyingamounts mg mgamounts amounts ofiodine of iodine IOdme depending- depending dependmg dependingupon - upon the he water and soiland soil , . and n the iodine lodme content be h.n hn . the thermum "I'mum Imum " Imum rmum ' aoaIn in the time autumn autumnaoa 0 n nthe aoa aoat n 1 t In 'the the ' genera general ] , generalit it l11y rnly m- m m'the , - the leaves of plants pl % be IOd iodine me than co coq t 'I I ' at atleafy the roots root roots'I rootat roott r oi \ ' leafy vegetables andad ad adstore store Isexcept more than fru frm and Is isr " , r except on ofcranber of cranber cranb ' are vn'is a goodsource good source vn When Wh , T Tis 'is is ' IS rich in lod lad rod wai6 " ' ne waterrq , waferCcomes comes a fine waferC/ waferC / sourceoT1stance bystance source by stance stancelod 01 of ( "ai ai " - * - ilod SatOne tOne lod lodzed zed Sa t } One of the methods sabermethods for add mostsaber most 1110st sat lab saber . ( ; . " methodsforaddng addrig diet methodsforaddngdiet ng rig IO < IIJI iodut , especially especlalIy , In n go got t gotgions gions is through the then u . ueoic . . ? ' salt In Detroit QII a c 11 tp of tpof Iodized saIt salt reduced II1r : ! th lence of simple go ter Iremlcent froialcent Ireml froial cent to 2 Sineures per cent Sill Sine am ) , , have - ures been c led ted forcalit lor for ( or-calites or calites caht calit es i lodlzedsalt 'lodizedsalt * iodized lodlzed 'lodized lodized ' salt salt- salt saltyiu - more ymore . . . ? - > . than . > . ? . , ord yiu y nary nary table lablfRis tabler4ms tabler4 lablfR ! < . is ms safeguardsimple an e excellent celIent safeguard safeguardIt safeguardu . " ' " It- It - u % sImple ItsImple goiterlod goiter goiterlodne F --lodne lodne - * - nDrnlngVEven lod lodne ne n nDrnlngV/ nDrnlngV Dr nl"9 nl9 nnlng nnl ng " W.f Wf wlx / . , ) , , s sEven Even in m early t tmes itrlievod mes it i r " lIevcd lieved rlieved that there 'tion tion ' was ME sor It . . sortion tIOn between go ter c aadfolwater and andwater andc andwater water and recent ev d < d dax axdisclosed evdaajdisclosed . / ( ! ax dIsclosed that thort there con Bai as a basis Baibasis abasIs for this bel held ef of Two TFa Twogators TFagators T , gators found that the l'iait liait Rant ' . ! . iti.o1large itio1large l'iaitlarge Rantlarge large norttitnibithe northerntthe part of the northernt northem ! ininiodine fallsinluaiodine the United Umted States fallsinlua falls II1 I Iodme iodine class ficat onSeveral onSeveral on onSeveral Several Severalcoml11un Severalcommun conlmun coml11un commun t cs es la ha r t rconsideration tconsideration fconsideration consideration to the pre tI ' ! es nz : ! nzgoiter ; sthe wlthe withe goiter \the the by the add ton t on 01 of o ( s wl- wl - wi \ the water supply Th Ths Thsiati.commendable Thsiaticommendable s rnr\ rnr rnrcommendable rx . \ : ; . commendable but it Ini sd ! : ] borne CMborne sdborne in mind mmd that v.herr vherr when . he ( ; r dme dine 31dine rdine is taken in forms o ottt olliifood otttfood food carE'Julsuperv carefulsuperv careful carE'Jul carEJul ' superv s oil 00 on ft ftphysician lpphysician physIcian or the publ c hltt heat hlttthonties heatthorities liaSithonties thonties thorities is necessaryTo necessary | To those homemakers homemal.ers homemalers homemakersin . nititJin 10 in planiun plannmg planning ? the best pos P05511 P05511for pissiMfor i for their families famlhes 1 I sb1Usend shallsend still sb1U shall lUsend send lists hsts showing vh wh cbtiQ cbtiQrIch ct ch tv ! toilrich : + l lrich rIch in m iodine lodme and winch v.l1Icb vl1Icb which . anm anin in an ] iin m in this substance |