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Characteristics of nutrients

• About 13 mg is present in the body of an adult (mostly the thyroid)
• Mineral that is a constituent of thyroid hormone
• Promote cell development and tissue growth
• Increase basal metabolism and increase energy consumption

Function of nutrients

• Components of thyroid hormone
• Promote growth
• Adjustment of basal metabolism

When nutrients are deficient

• There is no worry of deficiency in normal diet
• Hair loss, anemia, physical strength reduction, thyroid hypertrophy, goiter
• Hoarseness, fatigue, poor growth, delay of mental development

When nutrients overdose

• Weight loss, tachycardia, urticaria, fever,
• Hypothyroidism, goiter, thyrotoxicosis, etc.

Food that contains a lot of Iodine

Foodstuff	Ingredient per 100g (㎍)
Chopped kelp	230000
Kelp tea	26000
wakame	1600
hijiki	1300
fruit-bearing leaves	390
cod	350
Tokoroten	240
abalone	200
walleye pollock	160
Japanese quail eggs	140
salted products	140
shoulder bacon	130

Summary

• About 13 mg is present in the body of an adult (mostly the thyroid)
• Components of thyroid hormone
• Absorption rate from food is high
• Excessive attention than deficiency