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People who eat seafood do not suffer from goitre. Explain.

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  • Goitre commonly develops as a result of iodine deficiency.
  • Iodine is found in large quantities in seafood like shrimp, cod, lobsters, oysters, etc.
  • As people who eat seafood meet the iodine requirements of the body, they do not suffer from goitre.

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