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.
Shrimp are a relatively good source of dietary iodine. On average, 3 ounces of shrimp contain 25 micrograms of iodine. One of the reasons why shrimp and other seafood is so high in iodine is that they absorb some of the iodine that is naturally present in seawater, causing the iodine to accumulate in their bodies. Seaweed also is rich in iodine.