Iodine during pregnancy

Iodine is essential for our organism and especially for the thyroid gland, which is located slightly below our larynx. The thyroid gland needs iodine as a building block for a hormone it produces, the thyroid hormone.
This, in turn, is essential in the growth of the baby in the womb because it helps to develop the brain, build the bones and make the baby grow.
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