Health Benefits and Sources Of Iodine

Estimated Amounts Needed

• Adults should get 150 mcgs per day.


• The children’s recommendation for iodine is 70 to 150 mcg (that is micrograms).

Benefits/Deficiency Symptoms

• Iodine helps regulate the rate of energy production and body weight and promotes proper growth. It also promotes healthy hair, nails, skin and teeth.


• In countries where iodine is deficient in the soil, rates of hypothyroidism, goiter and retarded growth from iodine deficiency are very high.

Fruit Sources

•  Fruits grown in iodine-rich soils contain iodine.

Vegetable Sources

•  Vegetables grown in iodine-rich soils contain iodine.

Nut/Seed/Grain Sources 

• Nuts grown in iodine-rich soils contain iodine.