Recommended daily dose of iodine: 150-200 mcg
Iodine food sources
The main sources are iodized salt, algae, fish, saltwater seafood, sea salt.
The health benefits of iodine
• It enters the composition of thyroxin, the hormone that regulates energy production, maintaining a constant body temperature, breathing and muscle tone;
•It provides healthy skin, hair and nails;
•It helps in maintaining body weight;
• Serves in external use as an antiseptic on wounds on the skin to treat inflammation and infection.
Useful health tips about iodine
• Iodine supplementation should be given by doctors and it is contraindicated for pregnant and nursing women;
• Certain foods like broccoli, cabbage and peanuts slow the absorption of iodine by the thyroid.
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November 14, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I am hypothyroid and on Armour. I do take kelp too. I got my thyroid levels correct first and then I did a few iodine patch tests to see if it picked up a deficiency. It showed I was deficient, so I started the kelp. Many people do fine with a little bit of iodine, then there are others that don’t. I started out by taking powdered kelp, but the problem with powdered kelp is that there are no dosages. Plus, iodine deficiency is a symptom, not a cause. There are other, more pressing headaches associated with hypothyroidism. Metabolism, for starters, which can play hell with your immune system, and also your mental health. If you look at a nurses’ guide, you’ll see that thyroid issues can lead to some chemical difficulties in brain/body day-to-day functioning.