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David Evans

Independent Health Researcher

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Vegans and vegetarians have high iodine deficiencies

Published in the Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism 2003;47:183-185

Iodine Deficiency in Vegetarians and Vegans
M. Krajoviová-Kudlákováa, K. Bukováb, I. Klimešb, E. ebokováb
aInstitute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine and
bInstitute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

This study can be accessed at: http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowAbstract&ProduktNr=223977&Ausgabe=229175&ArtikelNr=70483

The data from the study revealed:

80% of vegans had an iodine deficiency
25% of vegetarians had an iodine deficiency
9% of mixed diet people had an iodine deficiency

The results show that under conditions of veganism & vegetarianism there is a higher prevalence of iodine deficiency.

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