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Correcting an iodine deficiency has to be a slow process due to the possibility of some derangement because of the prolonged stress of not getting enough. The thyroid becomes very avid in picking up iodine during the deficiency, Rayzord commented about the hyperthyroidism of repletion. If you overwhelm the capability for regeneration, you start stressing the gland even more and likely making problems worse than before. Abrupt changes are overlooked in supplementation, but you have to allow to body to adapt by a gradual change; gurus go from nothing to all.
It's different getting iodine from seaweed and a purified supplement:
Certain species of seaweed can concentrate bromine, a halide similar to iodine with no known physiological function, at very high levels [58,59]."
A recipe for fried thyroid is taking massive amounts of iodine during a selenium deficiency or excess.
Selenium deficiency mitigates hypothyroxinemia in iodine-deficient subjects.
I believe iodine is used up quickly during infections, prolonged inflammation leads to storage of iron and in turn copper is increased along and won't be as available for other functions to protect the person from the excess deposition of iron. This seems to be what happens when chronic inflammation sets in: a person has excess copper but can't use it. That must be the copper toxicity that hair mineral analysts, orthomoleculars, etc, notice in patients.
Perinatal Iron and Copper Deficiencies Alter Neonatal Rat Circulating and Brain Thyroid Hormone Concentrations
Taurine and glycine are depleted in chronic inflammation as well. They play a role in immunity and are involved in proper functioning of proteins. Zeus created a thread about taurine being useful in detoxifying fluoride. You can expect all sorts of deragements from these two deficiencies, which can reflect in inefficient use of iodine.
It's different getting iodine from seaweed and a purified supplement:
"Asian cultures, seaweed is commonly cooked with foods containing goitrogens such as broccoli, cabbage, bok choi and soy [18]. The phytochemicals in these foods can competitively inhibit iodine uptake by the thyroid gland (i.e., isothiocyanates from cruciferous vegetables) [53-55], or inhibit incorporation of iodine into thyroid hormone (i.e., soy isoflavones) [56,57].
Certain species of seaweed can concentrate bromine, a halide similar to iodine with no known physiological function, at very high levels [58,59]."
A recipe for fried thyroid is taking massive amounts of iodine during a selenium deficiency or excess.
Selenium deficiency mitigates hypothyroxinemia in iodine-deficient subjects.
I believe iodine is used up quickly during infections, prolonged inflammation leads to storage of iron and in turn copper is increased along and won't be as available for other functions to protect the person from the excess deposition of iron. This seems to be what happens when chronic inflammation sets in: a person has excess copper but can't use it. That must be the copper toxicity that hair mineral analysts, orthomoleculars, etc, notice in patients.
Perinatal Iron and Copper Deficiencies Alter Neonatal Rat Circulating and Brain Thyroid Hormone Concentrations
"Interestingly, Cu deficiency reduced serum total T4 by 21% (P = 0.06) and Fe deficiency reduced serum total T4 by 67% compared with controls in P12 pups (Fig. 2A2A).). In addition, both Cu deficiency (48% reduction) and Fe deficiency (43% reduction) significantly reduced serum total T3 concentrations (Fig. 2B2B)."
Taurine and glycine are depleted in chronic inflammation as well. They play a role in immunity and are involved in proper functioning of proteins. Zeus created a thread about taurine being useful in detoxifying fluoride. You can expect all sorts of deragements from these two deficiencies, which can reflect in inefficient use of iodine.
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