Re: Re: Kelp or Any Alternatives thyroid hormone?

[Guest guest]

I didn't know that, Tish. Thanks for the info.

I get plenty from the air though, I am sure - I live 300ft from the

beach and everything in my house gets coated in a layer of sea salt

every 2 days. I also know in my case more iodine ---> getting sicker.

Ever since I moved to the coast I can't get my thyroid balanced, and I

felt excellent living away from the sea and eating non-iodized salt

(here I can only buy iodized). I don't eat fast-food either but I eat a

ton of seafood, and that has iodine as well. I've had the goiter come

and go regardless of the iodine too.

Jan

lkwetter wrote:

>Actually this is not true anymore. Recent studies where they looked

>at modern iodine intake have found disturbing results. Large

>percentages of people are now not getting enough iodine. Most at

>risk are those who have cut down on salt and who eat healthy non

>processed foods. Also, our diets, high in carbohydrates and sugars,

>deplete iodine from our bodies. One thing that they found was that

>the salt you buy in the store has likely been sitting around so long

>that it has lost it's iodine to the air and no longer has much in

>it. Iodine easily volitalizes into the air. People who eat fast food

>however are getting plenty since it is used as a food preservative.

>People in the Midwestern states were found to be the ones not

>getting enough. This is because soils and waters of the Midwest are

>low in Iodine and so foods produced on them are also low. Areas,

>where soils were formed out of old sea beds have highest iodine

>content. I was one of those Midwesterners last year and my iodine

>levels were very low when I had my first battery of thyroid tests. I

>don't cut out salt, but avoid most fast food.

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>Tish

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[Guest guest]

I've wondered about that myself.. my dad has switched to a salt substitute... and it doesn't have iodine... and he HATES fish and seafood...

He's under docs care for his heart... and at his last check up his heart rate was 45.. that just does NOT sound good to me.... but no one here listens to me.. I'm stupid and lazy and irresponsible!

Topper ()

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:37:38 -0000 "lkwetter" writes:

Actually this is not true anymore. Recent studies where they looked at modern iodine intake have found disturbing results. Large percentages of people are now not getting enough iodine. Most at risk are those who have cut down on salt and who eat healthy non processed foods. Also, our diets, high in carbohydrates and sugars, deplete iodine from our bodies. One thing that they found was that the salt you buy in the store has likely been sitting around so long that it has lost it's iodine to the air and no longer has much in it. Iodine easily volitalizes into the air. People who eat fast food however are getting plenty since it is used as a food preservative. People in the Midwestern states were found to be the ones not getting enough. This is because soils and waters of the Midwest are low in Iodine and so foods produced on them are also low. Areas, where soils were formed out of old sea beds have highest iodine content. I was one of those Midwesterners last year and my iodine levels were very low when I had my first battery of thyroid tests. I don't cut out salt, but avoid most fast food.Tish

[Guest guest]

I've wondered about that myself.. my dad has switched to a salt substitute... and it doesn't have iodine... and he HATES fish and seafood...

He's under docs care for his heart... and at his last check up his heart rate was 45.. that just does NOT sound good to me.... but no one here listens to me.. I'm stupid and lazy and irresponsible!

Topper ()

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:37:38 -0000 "lkwetter" writes:

Actually this is not true anymore. Recent studies where they looked at modern iodine intake have found disturbing results. Large percentages of people are now not getting enough iodine. Most at risk are those who have cut down on salt and who eat healthy non processed foods. Also, our diets, high in carbohydrates and sugars, deplete iodine from our bodies. One thing that they found was that the salt you buy in the store has likely been sitting around so long that it has lost it's iodine to the air and no longer has much in it. Iodine easily volitalizes into the air. People who eat fast food however are getting plenty since it is used as a food preservative. People in the Midwestern states were found to be the ones not getting enough. This is because soils and waters of the Midwest are low in Iodine and so foods produced on them are also low. Areas, where soils were formed out of old sea beds have highest iodine content. I was one of those Midwesterners last year and my iodine levels were very low when I had my first battery of thyroid tests. I don't cut out salt, but avoid most fast food.Tish

[Guest guest]

I've wondered about that myself.. my dad has switched to a salt substitute... and it doesn't have iodine... and he HATES fish and seafood...

He's under docs care for his heart... and at his last check up his heart rate was 45.. that just does NOT sound good to me.... but no one here listens to me.. I'm stupid and lazy and irresponsible!

Topper ()

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:37:38 -0000 "lkwetter" writes:

Actually this is not true anymore. Recent studies where they looked at modern iodine intake have found disturbing results. Large percentages of people are now not getting enough iodine. Most at risk are those who have cut down on salt and who eat healthy non processed foods. Also, our diets, high in carbohydrates and sugars, deplete iodine from our bodies. One thing that they found was that the salt you buy in the store has likely been sitting around so long that it has lost it's iodine to the air and no longer has much in it. Iodine easily volitalizes into the air. People who eat fast food however are getting plenty since it is used as a food preservative. People in the Midwestern states were found to be the ones not getting enough. This is because soils and waters of the Midwest are low in Iodine and so foods produced on them are also low. Areas, where soils were formed out of old sea beds have highest iodine content. I was one of those Midwesterners last year and my iodine levels were very low when I had my first battery of thyroid tests. I don't cut out salt, but avoid most fast food.Tish