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Low iodine content foods
(Pregnancy)
multivitamin
Dairy
alternatives
Sea salt Himalayan salt
Vegetables Fruit
b
c
Examples of supplements and foods with high and low iodine content are shown. Iodine is taken up by
the sodium/iodide symporter at the basolateral membrane of the thyroid follicular cell in both the mother
and fetus, as needed for thyroid hormone production for which requirements are higher during pregnancy.