See our permissions policy. The PGPF chart pack illustrates that budget-making involves many competing priorities, limited resources, and complex issues. In this set of charts, we aim to frame the financial condition and fiscal outlook of the U.S. government within a broad economic, political, and demographic context.
Because your body uses dietary iodine to make thyroid hormone, iodine deficiency can lead to hypothyroidism -- which slows down your metabolism -- and cause mental retardation in babies born to iodine-deficient mothers, according to the American Thyroid Association.hoto Credit Maria_Lapina/iStock/Getty Images. Eating seafood â especially fish â or seaweed is a good way to boost your dietary iodine intake. Three ounces of cod, fish sticks and shrimp provide 99, 54 and 35 micrograms of iodine, respectively, according to the Office of Dietary Supplements.
Most people in the United States get enough iodine from foods and beverages. However, certain groups of people are more likely than others to have trouble getting enough iodine: 1  People who do not use iodized salt. 2  Adding iodine to salt is the most widely used strategy to control iodine deficiency. Fruits and vegetables, which contain iodine, although the amount depends on the iodine in the soil where they grew and in any fertilizer that was used. 2  Iodized salt, which is readily available in the United States and many other countries.