Sentences with phrase «excessive iodine intake»

When It Comes to Iodine, Think Moderation: Too little iodine, an increasing problem in the United States, increases your risk of hypothyroidism or goiter, but excessive iodine intake, including kelp or bladderwrack, can also affect the thyroid.

Coupled with selenium deficiency, one can understand that excessive iodine intake can lead to dangerous levels of hydrogen peroxide production.

Studies have proposed that supplemental selenium could alleviate toxic effect of excessive iodine intake on the thyroid.

And another on the potential dangers of excessive iodine intake: http://www.forefronthealth.com/iodine-supplements/

Animal models strongly support this pathophysiological mechanism whereby iodine induces thyroid autoimmunity, as, «Excessive iodine intake can precipitate spontaneous thyroiditis in genetically predisposed animals, by increasing the immunogenicity of thyroglobulin (TG)» (19).

An experiment was done that resulted in a case of hypothyroidism, which researchers misinterpreted as being caused by excessive iodine intake.

Not exact matches

«There is a relatively narrow margin between dietary Iodine deficiency (< 140 µg / day) and excessive intakes (> 500 µg / day) from our diet which can lead to thyrotoxicoxis.

«Optimising iodine intake is therefore challenging, since globally there seems to be as much concern about excessive rather than inadequate intake.»