Micronutrients & recovery
Iodine supplementation during preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum periods corrects maternal iodine insufficiency but shows no significant benefit for preventing preterm birth, low birthweight, or improving child neurodevelopment.
If you are pregnant or planning pregnancy, iodine supplementation is recommended to correct iodine deficiency, which is common. However, do not expect this supplementation to prevent preterm birth, low birth weight, or significantly boost your child's intelligence or motor development beyond what is achieved by correcting the deficiency. Stick to recommended prenatal doses.
Iodine supplementation during pregnancy and the postpartum period corrects maternal iodine insufficiency. However, there is no evidence that iodine supplementation prevents preterm birth, low birthweight, or improves child neurodevelopment.
Why this rating
Based on a Cochrane Systematic Review with high-quality meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.
Source
Iodine supplementation for women during the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum period
Kimberly Harding et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017
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