5. May Prevent Breast Cancer
In the United States, one in eight women will develop breast cancer. Yet in Japan where iodine intake is 50 times that of an American, rates of breast cancer and thyroid problems are much lower. Japanese women who emigrate to the United States and adopt a western diet have a much higher incidence of breast cancer. In the United States thirty years ago when iodine intake was much higher, only one in 20 women developed breast cancer.
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