Re: Food sources of Iodine

[Guest guest]

You left out turkey, and most commercial grocery store beef. And any

processed food that contains carrageenan or one of the algins. This can

include all raw poultry that contains " xx % of a solution " as

carrageenan can be added under that umbrella label without being

specified. Of course " high " is relative. The only ocean seafood I can

eat is oysters. Weird, but oysters have FAR less iodine than asparagus.

Also, just a tidbit FWIW, " vegetarian " fed chickens that produce

" vegetarian " fed egg get oyster shell in their feed. So not really

vegetarian in my book. I'm not specifically sure about Egglund brand,

but you might want to check with the producer. The " vegetarian " eggs

available where I live are all from hens that get oyster shell.

Another tiny quibble I can't resist--only some mushrooms are high in

iodine, not all. Problem there is no way to tell which ones are which.

Even some farmed fresh water fish are now " high " in iodine due to

being fed kelp meal or crushed shrimp shells or meal from salt water

fish, or some damn thing. Makes my life difficult. It is much, much

harder to avoid iodine than it was 23 years ago.

sol

jaxxon2003 wrote:

> Hi Chantelle,

> I use Egglund's vegetarian fed eggs, as each egg provides 40% of daily

> iodine (two eggs=80%). Here is list of other iodine foods:

>

> Sources: Foods that are high in iodine include dairy products (from

> cattle fed iodine-supplemented feed and salt licks), iodized salt,

> seafood, saltwater fish, and kelp. It can also be found in asparagus,

> dulse, garlic, lima beans, mushrooms, sea salt, sesame seeds,

> soybeans, spinach summer squash, Swiss chard, and turnip greens.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Another good source of iodine is the sushi wrapper " NORI " made of seaweed.  One

sheet is more than enough for the day.  My docs stopped me from taking a 3mg

iodine pill and tyrosine pill from a health food store as i felt so sluggish and

depressed for no reason.  Two days after i stopped i was ok.  But this morning i

again could not get out of bed and felt so very tired and sleepy.  I took one

Nori sheet (slightly heated in toaster oven, do not scorch) and in minutes i am

ok.

 

[Guest guest]

I thought I was the only one who are nori for the iodine! I get the

purest ones I can find from the international market and eat a couple

of them a day as a snack. I think it has helped with weight

stabilization and maintenance.

Blessings,

Trisha in Nashville