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Letter: Nutritional gap

Published 10 September 2014

From The editor replies

• The UK’s NHS advises taking no more than 0.5mg a day of iodine supplements and that more could be harmful. Tinctures vary widely in strength: best consult a doctor before self-medicating. Good food sources of iodine include sea fish.

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Issue no. 2986 published 13 September 2014

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