Iodine-concerns about adequate intake

[Guest guest]

Hello.

How do you make sure you're getting enough iodine with this diet? Are you concerned about that? I quit eating seaweed about a month ago (when I started the diet), and want to be sure I'm getting enough iodine. Also, can you get the scd legal vitamins and supplements at a store (instead of online)? I'd rather get my nutrients from food, but I might need to supplement.

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

How do you make sure you're getting enough iodine with this diet?I think sea salt is supposed to have trace amounts of a lot of minerals like iodine. The kind I have from Trader Joes says on the side of it that it has iodide, magnesium, and other trace elements. Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds!

[Guest guest]

There's also Redmond's Salt which has a lot of minerals, etc.  I got some at Whole Foods, I think it's a lot saltier than sea or kosher salt so I rarely use it.  It's a white with tan/grey specks in it.  You may want to google it to see what's in it naturally.

 

Debbie 40  cd

 

How do you make sure you're getting enough iodine with this diet?

I think sea salt is supposed to have trace amounts of a lot of minerals like iodine. The kind I have from Trader Joes says on the side of it that it has iodide, magnesium, and other trace elements.

Peace =)

Alyssa 15 yo

UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009 (restarted)

No meds!

[Guest guest]

I use Real Salt by Redmond, which I order online. It is natural salt

as dug from the salt mines and it has quite a list of trace minerals.

I've been using it for years and haven't gotten a goiter or anything

yet. Because it's the real thing, the proportions are supposed not to

raise your blood pressure, too.

[Guest guest]

Will not using iodized salt take care of this? I think it says on the pecanbread

website that though Iodized salt carries a bit of dextrose, its ok since we need

iodine.

[Guest guest]

I have recently started adding one drop of liquid iodine to my daily electrolyte-boosting drink once every 10 to 14 days. It seems to have helped my body; I always feel better for a few days, my body works a bit better. I am doing a trial of several liquid minerals I get from BodyBio/ELyte. Much easier to use the liquid minerals then crushing tablets or emptying capsules, and I do believe my body is absorbing the liquid minerals better. I've been able to cut back on the frequency of needing to boost my electrolytes or ease my muscle cramps, and my symptoms are easing much faster after I've had a glass. I think the extra iodine is helping with my low-thyroid issues, although it is still too soon to say definitively.

I do use sea salt and iodized salt regularly, but my stomach is cranky about salt, so I have to keep the amounts low. I wasn't getting enough of the minerals to do any good. Or at least that is what I'm learning from this trial of liquid minerals.

I'm careful not to overdo the amount of liquid iodine. Our bodies don't need much iodine, and the liquid version will be more readily absorbed.

I don't have any affiliation with BodyBio/Elyte -- just a happy customer!

http://www.bodybio.com/storecategory110.aspx

Kim M.

SCD 5+ years

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I do use Redmond Real salt. However, do you think it's too gritty? Sometimes, when I fix soup, I notice gritty stuff at the bottom of the soup bowl. Should that concern me? Is there a way around this? Also, I don't know if that's enough iodine for a daily intake. Sally Fallon said in her, "Nourishing Traditions" book that some cultures eat dried fish eggs (I think I've seen roe at the oriental market. Isn't that the same as fish eggs?) or fish heads and that that's how they get adequate iodine. However, I'm not sure if I'm at the point where I want to consider that yet. If I do, I won't consider it lightly. The only way I'd ever consider fish heads (if I do) would be with soup. I think I'd

rather use the liquid vitamins like Kim wrote below. I might see if there are some at my local health food store.

Thanks for all of the replies!

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Sun, December 20, 2009 9:56:48 AMSubject: Re: Iodine-concerns about adequate intake

I have recently started adding one drop of liquid iodine to my daily electrolyte- boosting drink once every 10 to 14 days. It seems to have helped my body; I always feel better for a few days, my body works a bit better. I am doing a trial of several liquid minerals I get from BodyBio/ELyte. Much easier to use the liquid minerals then crushing tablets or emptying capsules, and I do believe my body is absorbing the liquid minerals better. I've been able to cut back on the frequency of needing to boost my electrolytes or ease my muscle cramps, and my symptoms are easing much faster after I've had a glass. I think the extra iodine is helping with my low-thyroid issues, although it is still too soon to say definitively.

I do use sea salt and iodized salt regularly, but my stomach is cranky about salt, so I have to keep the amounts low. I wasn't getting enough of the minerals to do any good.. Or at least that is what I'm learning from this trial of liquid minerals.

I'm careful not to overdo the amount of liquid iodine. Our bodies don't need much iodine, and the liquid version will be more readily absorbed.

I don't have any affiliation with BodyBio/Elyte -- just a happy customer!

http://www.bodybio. com/storecategor y110.aspx

Kim M.

SCD 5+ years

[Guest guest]

At 12:32 PM 12/20/2009, you wrote:

The only way I'd ever consider

fish heads (if I do) would be with soup.

Fish heads, so I am told, add wonderful flavor to fish stock. Ditto using

shrimp shells or crab shells.

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Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Fish heads, so I am told, add wonderful flavor to

fish stock. Ditto using shrimp shells or crab shells.

Many years ago I took some oriental cooking classes. They had us

using whole dried fish (little ones) for soup. THey made a very

tasty broth though with those little eyes looking at me I always

thought the poor little fish were pretty sad.