Exposure to nuclear wastes can also have a similar affect of
displacing iodine in our bodies, leading to deficiency, as well as causing many forms of cancer as well as thyroid cancer.
60 % of
the iodine in our bodies is found in the thyroid gland.
While healthy amount of
iodine in body can help the thyroids it can also ensure certain anti-cancer properties.
Foods or ingredients that may impact the absorption of
iodine in the body should be eliminated from diet.
Almost all women know that iodine is required by thyroid to maintain proper functioning but they are not aware of the fact that after thyroid the ovaries contain the second highest concentration of
iodine in her body.
Your thyroid gland absorbs nearly all of
the iodine in your body.
Don't Eat Raw Cruciferous Vegetables — Cruciferous vegetables like: broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale, collard greens, bok choy and cabbage contain goitrogens which is a chemical that suppresses the function of the thyroid gland by disrupting and blocking the enzyme that lets your thyroid use
the iodine in your body to make the thyroid hormone.
Not having enough iodine in the diet has also been linked to hyperthyroidism (the thyroid stores most of
the iodine in the body).