Wednesday 21 June 2017

The Answer To Thyroid Complication Lies In The Iodine USP

By Susan Hall


Iodine supplements have been developed to aid people who are suffering from iodine nutrient deficiency. Definitely, you are aware that there are plenty of sources for this nutrient, but having a daily mineral supplement will make it a lot easier for you or for anyone. You don't need to go through the trouble of finding different food sources to help you increase its supply in your body. All you need to do is find a safe and reliable iodine usp brand as recommended by your doctor and you will already have the assurance that you are getting enough of the essential nutrient in your body.

With this information in mind, it's clear that the element can be used safely and effectively but more importantly is the optimization of iodine flow into and out of the thyroid gland. Too much or too little can significantly affect thyroid function, so how can each person be thoroughly evaluated before commencing the usp supplementation?

Evaluate for the presence of systemic inflammation that could adversely affect NIS (iodine transporter) activity using modalities such as clinical examination, white cell count, differential, and C-reactive protein. If present, use functional medicine modalities to reduce inflammation as much as possible.

If you have autoimmune thyroiditis such as Hashimoto's or Graves' disease, you should by no means ever take these supplements unless you are under the care of a qualified healthcare practitioner. Many studies have shown that when the element is added to the food supply to reduce the deficiency, the rate of autoimmune thyroiditis increases. Therefore, there is a risk in triggering autoimmunity if you supplement with this usp.

Someone who is deficient will retain a high percentage of the element that was consumed. According to those who developed this test, a person who takes this test and has a saturation lower than 90% has a deficiency and thus is a candidate for its supplementation.

The symptoms of its deficiency are often misdiagnosed for other illnesses such as stress, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and depression. If you aren't sleeping well at night, having unspecific aches and pains and feeling out of sorts for no particular reason, then you might want to try this self-test before visiting your doctor.

I personally began by taking a 3 mg tablet daily for one week, and then added an additional 3 mg tablet each week. According to "iodine expert" Dr. David Brownstein, you can take up to 50 mg of its usp per day, and even higher than this if you have an extremely severe deficiency.

As mentioned previously, if you are not getting sufficient intake, then this can result in hypothyroidism, which means that your thyroid can no longer produce enough thyroid hormone. It is believed that 90% of hypothyroidism cases are due to iodine deficiency, (although it may also be that you have sufficient intake and your body is just not able to process it properly).




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