One of the best things about iodine is that it’s an over-the-counter supplement available to almost everyone. Iodine, as a therapy for thyroid disease, can be extremely effective and is within the reach of everyone reading this. It’s cheap, readily available, and doesn’t require a prescription to obtain. That being said, there are some potential …
On one hand, iodine is a critical nutrient required for the creation of thyroid hormone. But on the other, it has the potential to cause thyroid dysfunction and trigger autoimmune thyroid disease. So how are you supposed to look at iodine as a thyroid patient? As a thyroid-boosting ingredient that will help you feel better …
Iodine is the single most important nutrient for managing almost all of the hormones in your body. We don’t normally think about iodine as impacting your hormones, but it absolutely does. Through its impact on the regulation of thyroid hormone, iodine has downstream effects on estrogen, progesterone, and even cortisol. That’s great and all, but …
