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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Vegans are an ‘at risk’ group for Iodine deficiency

Published in the British Journal of Nutrition (1998), 80:529-535

Iodine intake and iodine deficiency in vegans as assessed by the duplicate-portion technique and urinary iodine excretion
Helen J. Lightowlera1 c1 and G. Jill Daviesa1
a1 Nutrition Research Centre, School of Applied Science, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK

This study can be accessed at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=882768

Lightowlera concludes: "The findings highlight that vegans are an ‘at risk’ group for Iodine deficiency....... The Iodine status of vegans and the subclinical effects of low Iodine intakes on thyroid function in this group should be further studied".

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Pregnant vegan mothers put their unborn child's health in danger

Published in the J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Jan;16(1):111-3.

Transient neonatal hypothyroidism due to a maternal vegan diet.
Shaikh MG, Anderson JM, Hall SK, Jackson MA.
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, Birmingham Children 's Hospital, UK.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12585349
 
The study report a 10 day-old infant with a goitre whose mother also had a goitre. The mother was a vegan and, on dietary assessment, her iodine intake was extremely low. Both mother and infant had abnormal thyroid function tests.
 
Adhering to a vegan diet, in the case of pregnant mothers, puts their unborn child's health in danger.

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Increased risk of iodine deficiency with vegetarian nutrition

Published in the British Journal of Nutrition (1999), 81:45-49 Cambridge University Press

Increased risk of iodine deficiency with vegetarian nutrition
Thomas Remera1 c1, Annette Neuberta1 and Friedrich Manza1
a1 Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Heinstück 11, 44225 Dortmund, Germany

This study can be accessed at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=886620

The study demonstates the potential danger of iodine deficiency disorders due to strict forms of vegetarian nutrition.

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