Sentences with phrase «as goitres»
With a balanced diet, the body can detoxify small amounts of cyanide; but when certain proteins are lacking, cassava consumption in particular causes health problems, such as goitres and blindness.
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While Nestlé asserts that there is no cause for panic, experts say that babies who ingested the product might develop goitres as a result.
Therefore, a deficiency of iodine leads to decreased production of T3 and T4, enlarges the thyroid tissue and will cause the disease known as simple goitre.