Why is iodised salt advisable?
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The iodine is needed by the thyroid gland for the production thyroxin hormone. This is the hormone, which regulates fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism in our body. If this is in deficient quantity then the neck will swell up due to the enlargement of thyroid gland. This deficiency disease is known as goitre. Therefore the iodised salt is advised by doctors. However, most of the people have got it from natural intake and only some people require additional iodine in their daily food intake.
It is advised to use iodised salt because thyroid gland needs iodine to produce thyroxin hormone . Thyroxin hormone controls all the metabolic activities of our body like metabolism of carbohydrates , fats and protein . Due to the deficiency of thyroxin a disease called goitre is caused .