Need to avoid or increase your iodine intake? Take note of these foods


By AGENCY
It has been compulsory to add iodine to refined salt sold in Malaysia since Sept 30, 2020, in order to help tackle the significant number of school children and pregnant women suffering from iodine deficiency here. — TNS

I studied it in school. I know it is a micronutrient that the body needs in teeny tiny amounts.

But I hadn’t thought much more about iodine until I was told to temporarily avoid it for an upcoming medical test.

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