1.
Ph.D. Dissertation
Between 2002 and 2007 the Jódaqua Medicinal
Water Research was the topic of a doctoral dissertation at
Corvinus University Budapest, Faculty of Food Sciences. The
Jódaqua Medicinal Water Research found several interesting
coherencies, new perspectives and scientific results between
the physiologic effects of Jódaqua and a potential iodine
deficiency prevention strategy.
2.
Severe iodine deficiency
Several research results show that 80%
of the Hungarian population has iodine deficiency. The drinking
water contains less than 50 microgram iodine/litre, which
is not sufficient to cover the daily iodine need of the human
body. Metabolic hormones (Thyroxine and Triiodothyronine)
can not be synthetized in the body without iodine. This can
cause several severe physiological symptoms and disfunctions
in humans not only in Hungary but worldwide too.
According to relevant data, about 1.5 billion
people are suffering from iodine deficiency disorders worldwide.
In accordance with
WHO experts, more than 30% of the world population are living
in iodine deficient areas, and the prevalance of iodine deficiency
disorders reaches 80% in areas of severe iodine deficiency.
Consequently the elimination of iodine deficiency is a common
aim, as generations growing up in iodine deficient areas may
count with higher incidency of health-disfunctions. These can
cause very negative effects in the lifestyle, lifequality and
sociologic-economic activity of these people.
The most important role of iodine is in the synthesis
of two metabolic hormones Thyroxine and Triiodothyronine, which
two are generated by the thyroid-gland (Machovich 1996). The
thyroid gland locating under the larynx, can only be seen if
the thyroid-gland cell number
increases due to the iodine deficient nutrition. As only increased
number of gland cells can produce enough level of thyroid-gland
hormones and compensate the iodine deficiency of the body.
If the thyroid gland gets larger and becomes visible then this
status is called goitre.
The scope of iodine deficiency disorders is very complex and
covers plenty of physiological disfunctions.
