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Although a lack of dietary iodine is the main cause of goiter in many parts of the world, this is not often the case in countries where iodine is routinely added to table salt and other foods. 1  Graves' disease.2  Goiter can sometimes occur when your thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism).lthough a lack of dietary iodine is the main cause of goiter in many parts of the world, this is not often the case in countries where iodine is routinely added to table salt and other foods. 1  Graves' disease.
Iodized salt. Bob Ingelhart / Getty Images. Iodized salt is a form of table salt which has had iodine added to it to prevent a disease called goiter. Goiter is characterized by the swelling of the thyroid gland due to iodine deficiency.Iodine is a nutrient that usually occurs naturally in vegetables, which absorb it through the soil in which they grow. But a diet consisting of food grown in soil that lacks iodine can cause an iodine deficiency, leading to goiter.oiter is characterized by the swelling of the thyroid gland due to iodine deficiency. Iodine is a nutrient that usually occurs naturally in vegetables, which absorb it through the soil in which they grow.