Assertion: salt's iodine | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: for humans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Why is iodine important?
text: Table salt usually contains added iodine, an essential mineral that helps prevent hypothyroidism and other health problems that result from an iodine-deficient diet.
text: (Iodine is an important mineral.
text: Most table salt also has added iodine, an essential nutrient that helps maintain a healthy thyroid.
text: Iodine is an important micronutrient for humans, and a deficiency of the element can cause lowered production of thyroxine (hypothyroidism) and enlargement of the thyroid gland (endemic goitre) in adults or cretinism in children.