This was in Newsmax Health issue that I received today - response is from Dr Hibbard

[Guest guest]

I get the idea that this doc doesn’t care for iodine! My

doctor that I do trust has me taking tyrosine in the mornings, and iodine.

in WV

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4. How can I raise my metabolism? My basal metabolism (checked early in

the morning when awakening) is 96.6. My daytime temperature is 96.6. I am

taking extra iodine (4 - 6 mg/ day) and the glandular from Life Enhancement

called ThyroPlex. I also take 750 mg of tyrosine daily.

— P.

I

hope you enjoy gambling with your thyroid health, because that is exactly what

you are doing. An adequate iodine oral intake is approximately 100 micrograms

per day (there are 1000 mcg per 1 mg!). Iodine toxicity occurs with intakes of

over 2 mg per day, so you are taking a toxic amount.

If

you have been on this dose for several months, you may have caused

hypothyroidism and induced a goiter with this excessive amount of iodine. You

need to reduce it now.

You

would be wise to establish your thyroid baselines. Have a TSH

(thyroid-stimulating blood test – 3rd generation) test and consider

having your urinary amount of iodine checked as well.

The

ThyroPlex formula you were taking contains tissue extracts of ovary, thyroid,

brain (hypothalamus), pituitary, and adrenal....do you have any idea what you

are taking? If I don’t know, neither do you!

The

tyrosine has no proven value. Do yourself a favor and seek professional advice

on your medications. Don’t blindly follow product advertising for

anti-aging formulas whose claims are a hoax, but are probably metabolically

active enough to foul up your own endocrine system balance.

I

hope you feel better soon. Let this case serve as an example of how unguided

supplement use can do more harm than good.