Researchers urge awareness of dietary iodine intake in postpartum Korean-American women
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 14:01
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have brought attention to the potential health impacts for Korean and Korean-American women and their infants from consuming brown seaweed soup. Seaweed is a known source of dietary iodine, particularly in Korea; however, there is no scientific data on the iodine content in Korean seaweed soup.