For maintaining a good health iodine is very important to be part of our diet. It helps in proper functioning of the thyroid gland. The deficiency that arises due to this can causes various problems with the proper functioning of the organs of the body. When deficiency rises during the pregnancy period of women or at an early stage in infants it may cause very severe problems irreversible mental retardation and serious motor impairments. When the level of this mineral reduces in adults it may cause hypothyroidism. Even when the mineral level rises within the body the adults may experience the same problem hypothyroidism.