Re: iodine and hashimoto's

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Shomon is not generally supportive of iodine. You can find some of her comments here:

Links > How Iodine Affects the Body > Thyroid > The other point of view

People seem to disagree on whether iodine is recommended for people with Hashimoto's. Brownstein's point of view has changed considerably in the past few years, and he now recommends it. You can find two past emails on Brownstein's evolving point of view here: Links > How Iodine Affects the Body > Thyroid

Zoe

Re: Re: Intro & Iodine Tinctures, also Hashimoto's

Thanks Sharon for your response. I will look into this some more. I have a couple of Shomon's books that I bought when I was diagnosed...but I haven't read them because quite frankly I was turned off by some of the nutritional advice that she was giving. But I probably need to go back and pick through what works and what doesn't. It's just such a daunting subject! lolThanks again,

On 2/16/06, sharflin <sharflin@...> wrote:

Hi ,I don't have any research to back this up but in the back of my head I have this impression that people with Hashimoto's don't do as well with iodine. I first got this idea from Shomon, who writes a thyroid column on about.com and has Hashimoto's. You may want to go slow with it and/or look into it further. I don't recall Hashimoto's in particular coming up on this list before. Again, I look forward to hearing other opinions on Hashimoto's and iodine. Best wishes,Sharon

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Guy E. Abraham also seems supportive of iodoral plus magnesium

(between 800-1,200 mg/day)for Hashimoto's as well as autoimmune

thyroiditis in general see: Links, Iodine Information, Major People

in Iodine Field, Dr. Guy Abraham,

The Safe and Effective Implementation of Orthoiodosupplementation In

Medical Practice

> Hi ,

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> I don't have any research to back this up but in the back of my

head I

> have this impression that people with Hashimoto's don't do as

well

> with iodine. I first got this idea from Shomon, who writes

a

> thyroid column on about.com and has Hashimoto's. You may want

to go

> slow with it and/or look into it further. I don't recall

Hashimoto's

> in particular coming up on this list before. Again, I look

forward to

> hearing other opinions on Hashimoto's and iodine.

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> Best wishes,

> Sharon

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Hi Amy!

You will find a lot of disagreement here also. I do take selenium. I

take 200mcg daily. I do not take iodine or zinc; iodine because of

the controversy and still not convinced it if the thing to do for

Hashi folks and zinc, no reason. Just know that if you take zinc you

also need to be aware of your copper also.

Venizia

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> There seems to be disagreement about whether you should take iodine

> supplements if you have Hashimoto's. My doc said to take iodine,

> selenium and zinc along with Armour. I haven't started iodine because

> of the controversy. What do you guys think? Thanks, Amy

>

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your doc sounds very rare. have you read the history of iodine posted on

this group by Sam? maybe you can search for it. Iodoral has been a huge huge

part of my wellness--now I am taking 100mg per day. It takes some skill to use

it properly and companion nutrients are helpful. Allopathic medicine just

doesn't use it b/c it doesn't come from big pharma.

http://www.optimox.com click on research

Gracia

There seems to be disagreement about whether you should take iodine

supplements if you have Hashimoto's. My doc said to take iodine,

selenium and zinc along with Armour. I haven't started iodine because

of the controversy. What do you guys think? Thanks, Amy

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amygreen53 wrote:

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> There seems to be disagreement about whether you should take iodine

> supplements if you have Hashimoto's. ... What do you guys think?

Depends on how much your doctor is recommending. Just above the RDA is

probably not going provoke the condition. If it is more, I would try a

little a day or two before you test for TPO and see. If iodine is going

to trigger or accelerate the attack, you would know right away from the

test.

Also, you can get too much selenium and zinc. As I recall the threshold

for problems was around 200 mcg per day with 400 mcg definitely toxic

for Se. RDA is only around 55 mcg.

Chuck

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-Hi, Amy!

I haven't written the group for a long time, though I read the

responses of others. Can you or someone else tell me what foods have

copper in them, so I know what to avoid?

Thanks,

Ayers-- In hypothyroidism , " venizia1948 "

<nelsonck@...> wrote:

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> Hi Amy!

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> You will find a lot of disagreement here also. I do take

selenium. I

> take 200mcg daily. I do not take iodine or zinc; iodine because of

> the controversy and still not convinced it if the thing to do for

> Hashi folks and zinc, no reason. Just know that if you take zinc

you

> also need to be aware of your copper also.

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> Venizia

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> > There seems to be disagreement about whether you should take

iodine

> > supplements if you have Hashimoto's. My doc said to take iodine,

> > selenium and zinc along with Armour. I haven't started iodine

because

> > of the controversy. What do you guys think? Thanks, Amy

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I was searching the internet to find a supplement list to take with Hashimoto's.

The link is:

http://thyroid-disorders.suite101.com/article.cfm/iodine_and_hashimotos_thyroidi\

tis

There information that said, " on the other hand, people with Hashimoto's disease

often develop a goitre that can be aggravated by supplementing with additional

iodine, especially in large doses.

Read more:

http://thyroid-disorders.suite101.com/article.cfm/iodine_and_hashimotos_thyroidi\

tis#ixzz0S7S2imUk

I was talking to another natural practicing doctor about my high antiobodies and

he said stop taking the iodine--iodine can worsen Hash's.

So now I don't know if I should just stop taking Iodoral and ATP CoFActor.