Editing Hyperthyroidism (section)

===Diet===
People with autoimmune hyperthyroidism (such as in [[Graves' disease|Grave's disease]]) should not eat foods high in iodine, such as [[edible seaweed]] and [[seafood]].<ref name=NIH2012/>

From a public health perspective, the general introduction of iodized salt in the United States in 1924 resulted in lower disease, goiters, as well as improving the lives of children whose mothers would not have eaten enough iodine during pregnancy which would have lowered the IQs of their children.<ref name=BI72213>{{cite news|title=How Adding Iodine To Salt Resulted in a Decade's Worth of IQ Gains for the United States|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/iodization-effect-on-iq-2013-7|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=Business Insider|date=22 July 2013| vauthors = Nisen M |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723154256/http://www.businessinsider.com/iodization-effect-on-iq-2013-7|archive-date=23 July 2013}}</ref>