Fortunately,
sufficient iodine intake can counteract the potentially negative effects of goitrogens.
Sufficient iodine intake is a must!
Not exact matches
Diet can definitely affect thyroid function, and a plant - based diet may actually improve it over time, as long as
iodine and selenium
intake are
sufficient.
But assessment of
iodine status in pregnancy is difficult, and it remains unclear whether
iodine intakes are
sufficient in this group, leading to calls for
iodine supplementation during pregnancy in several industrialized countries.
In addition, there is epidemiological evidence that populations with «
sufficient» or «high normal» dietary
iodine intake have a higher prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis, compared with populations with deficient
iodine intake.
Many people, including physicians, assume that
iodine intake from diet is
sufficient.
Excess
iodine intake in the mother may block thyroid function in the fetus, leading to hypothyroidism and goitre, and is associated with poorer mental and psychomotor development or behaviour problems in children.22 56 64 However, the risk for adverse effects of
iodine supplementation is higher in cases of preconception ID due to sudden increase of
iodine intake, and should therefore not be the case in Sweden where the normal population is
iodine sufficient.65