A global report into kelp forests has found they are under threat from climate change. Advocates for the Great Southern Reef say it is not getting the attention it needs. Thousands of ...
Varieties of edible seaweed include nori, kelp, dulse and wakame. More than just a tasty ingredient, seaweed is also packed with powerful health benefits. Seaweed is rich in iodine and protein. It ...
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Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly needed boost to Northern California’s kelp forests — underwater cathedrals of green and gold that nearly vanished from the north coast a ...
After trials showed that supplements of iodine could prevent goitre, iodised salt was rolled out commercially in 1924, starting in grocery stores in Michigan. By the 1940s, the goitre belt had ...
A low-iodine diet is prescribed before diagnostic radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) tests and before radioactive iodine treatments. The RAIU test is an imaging scan used to check thyroid health.