Women with PCOS usually have great results in treating this condition
using Iodine supplements or adding more natural Iodine foods to their diet such as kelp, chlorella or spirulina.
Unfortunately, since today plants often grow on soils which are deficient in iodine and thus they are low in this important mineral we are encouraged to
use iodine supplements.
Not exact matches
And finally,
iodine can be obtained from seaweed or iodized salt, but if you don't
use these items, 150 mcg daily in a
supplement is recommended.
For baking, I
use both iodized and non-iodized sea salt including Himalayan, but consider your own dietary
iodine loading from
iodine rich whole foods and
supplements (i.e. multivitamin).
However, if you are going to
use a
supplement I would strongly advise
using supersaturated
iodine (SSKI) which is available as an inexpensive prescription.
They're not exactly traditional kitchen items, but for
supplements, detoxing and health care products such as nascent
iodine, transdermal magnesium lotion, magnesium oil, magnesium bath flakes and even the clay - based detox «Edible Earth» (which is especially interesting stuff, based on this recent study associating topical clay treatments with increased fat loss) we
use Magnetic Clay's website.
Barring any lab - validated
iodine deficiency, restriction of
iodine seems to be warranted in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and
use of iodized salts and
supplements containing high doses of
iodine would appear to be contraindicated.
Certainly those things would be harmful to anyone, not only Californians:D, but on the site they mention it basically says that you have to make a choice on whether to
use it
using your own discretion... I'm torn now... I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's 5 years ago after which I went vegan and would like to
supplement my plant based diet with
iodine safely, not risking other parts of my body... What should I do here?
Hello Paul, I
used to have high TSH (9 + mIU / L) with normal thyroid hormones so I
supplemented iodine for a while (First month 200mcg / day, second month 400mcg / day).
Discuss with your doctor before taking
iodine supplements and
use with caution and only under supervision of a health care provider.
I also did buy an
iodine supplement though stopped
using it because one drop is 400 mg which I later found out is too high and can cause problems -LRB-?).
I'm curious to know how much is to much
iodine, especially if
using a
supplement.
this has been the best part, I
used to feel cold all the time and
supplementing with
iodine and selenium, diet, etc., my body temperature went from 97 to 98.2.
To help get off the Nexium, be sure to take adequate salt and
iodine; do intermittent fasting; entrain circadian rhythms; support bile production by
supplementing glycine (5 g / day), taurine (1 g / day), and vitamin C (2 g / day); take vinegar 3 tbsp per day, mix some with food and
use a bit to flavor water, but not too much at once; 5 egg yolks per day, no whites.
Many do it alone, and if they make
use of resources such as the Yahoo
iodine group and aren't already on thyroid
supplements, insulin, etc., it's possible to do it safely that way, too.
All three of these negatives can be avoided by
supplementing selenium along with
iodine,
using potassium iodide rather than seaweed as the source of
iodine, and increasing
iodine intake gradually.
Is it safer to
use food sources of
iodine and
supplement with selenium for short period of time (if selenium deficient)?
Dairy products contain a little
iodine, but most of it comes from iodophor, a cleanser
used to sterilize milk tanks, and from cow feed, which is
supplemented with
iodine in the United States.