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Now, if you have a cold feet, you don't want to forget about iodine, I've done several

other videos on this topic. There's other causes of cold feet, but an iodine deficiency

is definitely one of them. Let's take a deeper look at an iodine deficiency to kind of

observe some of the symptoms that can occur. Number one, a slower metabolic rate. Your metabolism

is dependent on iodine. Why? Because iodine is part of the thyroid system, and without

iodine, your thyroid cannot work. The thyroid innervates every single mitochondria. That's

the energy factory of your cells. So, without iodine, you have a slow metabolism. You're going

to be tired. You're going to be weak. You're going to have hair loss, possibly, dry skin,

but definitely you're going to get cold. Trouble learning is connected to low iodine, especially

in a child. A lower IQ is also associated with an iodine deficiency, especially if the mother

who's carrying a child is deficient in iodine. A child's mental capacity is definitely related

to iodine, and it's very important for a woman who's pregnant to get enough iodine. Problem

is, trying to get enough iodine from food, because the soils are so depleted. So, unless

you're consuming food from the sea, or sea kelp, or you're taking an iodine supplement

or a tracement or a supplement, you may not get enough. So, it's a very important thing.

That child will also have trouble learning if they're deficient in iodine. And iodine

does a lot of other things, but one thing it definitely will do as well is help buffer

excessive amounts of estrogen. So, if there's an estrogen-dominant situation, iodine can

help to regulate that. And this is why it's really beneficial for something like ovarian

cyst, or a fibrosistic breast, where a female has too much estrogen. The iodine can actually

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