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Iodine Deficiency
A chemical element, found in trace amounts in the human body, in which its only known function is in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. From eMedicine.

The World's Healthiest Foods: Goitrogens
Article speaks of foods that contain goitrogens, a substance that interferes with thyroid function.

Express Newsline - Importance of Calcium
Severe calcium deficiency often occurs in individuals who have thyroid disease, or medical problems with the parathyroid. (January 16, 2005)

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Selenium supplementation in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis decreases thyroid peroxidase antibodies concentrations. (January 14, 2002)

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Study suggests that L-carnitine is effective in both reversing and preventing symptoms of hyperthyroidism and has a benefical effect on bone mineralization. (August, 2001)

Did you know?
 Just because in type-2 diabetes daily injections of insulin are not given, doesn't mean that it is a milder form of the disease.
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