Not exact matches
Usually, when women first conceive, the
thought of
iodine deficiency is not the first thing on their radar.
Even in Hashimoto's, I
think it's beneficial to supplement selenium and some
iodine, but these are even more important in hypothyroidism due to
deficiency.
I am working with a functional medicine dr who
thought maybe I was having that's symptoms due to
iodine deficiency so she started me on a very low dose of sea kelp that had 150mcg of
iodine.
Worldwide, it's
thought that up to 40 percent of the population is at risk of
iodine deficiency.
Sadly, it's
thought that up to 40 percent of the population worldwide is at risk for
iodine deficiency.10 As a matter of fact,
iodine deficiency is one of the three most common nutritional
deficiencies, along with magnesium and vitamin D. 11
I
think it would be fine to build up the
iodine again, but you have no obvious signs of
iodine deficiency so I don't
think it would necessarily affect the LDL number.
Having said that, I
think that most of selenosis symptoms are related to thyroid disfunction, caused by excess selenium coupled with
iodine deficiency.
I
think the same is basically true of supplementing
iodine at doses sufficient to remediate
deficiency of this most critical nutrient.