Re: Re: Iodine without Selenium

[Guest guest]

Selenium is also needed for glutathione production.

Steph

Re: Iodine without Selenium

This is the way I understand it; given sufficient iodine our thyroid gland will produce t4 and t3. T3 is the active form and t4 is the way our bodies store thyroid hormone until we need it activated. We normally produce about 20 times more t4 than t3. In order to convert t4 to t3 we need selenium. You get some selenium in your diet. I would think, at worst, with a temporary shortage in selenium, you would not likely suffer any thyroid problems by continued intake of iodine. And don't forget, the iodine is also used by other cells in your body besides the thyroid, plus it is involved in chelation of toxins. >> I have run out of selenium and am not going to have more for about two> weeks. Is it ok to keep taking my current dose of iodine - 100mg per day> - for the two weeks, without the selenium? Or should I cut out the iodine> until I have more selenium or just cut it down and, if so, to what dose,> please?> > Just wanted to add that I had very high Reverse T3 and have been taking> cynomel, HC for my adrenals and iodine for just over three months now and am> doing much much better. I also had Hashimoto's - I don't know what my> antibodies are like at the moment, but all my symptoms are improving.> > >

[Guest guest]

It is also needed to protect the thyroid from the waste products of T4 production (H2O2) which oxide thyroid cells so that the immune system no longer recognises them as part of the body and you get an auto-immune disease.

See "Facts about Iodine and Auto-immune Thyroiditis" on the iodine research page of this site www.optimox.com. The author is Dr Abraham.

MacGilchrist

From: ladybugsandbees <ladybugsandbees@...>iodine Sent: Wed, 9 February, 2011 12:17:45Subject: Re: Re: Iodine without Selenium

Selenium is also needed for glutathione production.

Steph

Re: Iodine without Selenium

This is the way I understand it; given sufficient iodine our thyroid gland will produce t4 and t3. T3 is the active form and t4 is the way our bodies store thyroid hormone until we need it activated. We normally produce about 20 times more t4 than t3. In order to convert t4 to t3 we need selenium. You get some selenium in your diet. I would think, at worst, with a temporary shortage in selenium, you would not likely suffer any thyroid problems by continued intake of iodine. And don't forget, the iodine is also used by other cells in your body besides the thyroid, plus it is involved in chelation of toxins. >> I have run out of selenium and am not going to have more for about two> weeks. Is it ok to keep taking my current dose of

iodine - 100mg per day> - for the two weeks, without the selenium? Or should I cut out the iodine> until I have more selenium or just cut it down and, if so, to what dose,> please?> > Just wanted to add that I had very high Reverse T3 and have been taking> cynomel, HC for my adrenals and iodine for just over three months now and am> doing much much better. I also had Hashimoto's - I don't know what my> antibodies are like at the moment, but all my symptoms are improving.> > >