No one’s diet is perfect. There’s always going to be things we’re getting too much of (maybe sugar) and nutrients that we should be consuming more of (like omega-3s). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently assessed a range of nutritional biomarkers (measures that taken by a blood or urine test for example) to evaluate the country’s nutritional status. It found that certain key nutrients are quite lacking in the average diet. The first is omega-3s (and we dive into that info here). Another is iodine.
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