Kelp

[Tommy Wall]

Hi,

I posted a while ago my latest Thyriod values:
Ac.anti-Tiroglobulia (Tg) 14.00 kUI/L <115
Ac.anti-Tiroperoxidase (TPO) 11.00 kUI/L <34
TSH 2.96 (0.27-4.20 mUIl/L)
T3 1.49 (1.30--4.4 pg/ml)
fT4 1.05 (0.82-1.77 ng/dl) 13.44 pmol/L 12.00-22.00

And some comment that these are not optimal values in spite being in range. I talked to my doc about it and she simply said " oh your Thyriod is working nothing to worry about" but you can always supplement with Iodine. So bougth Kelp (North Atlantic) Sollgar. 200mcg per serving and 1 per day.
Anyone that has experiences with this type of supplements?

 

[Vince]

Nobody knows the ideal dose of iodine. I believe, however, that it is somewhere in the 500-1000 mcg per day range. In this range, many people improve T4 levels and reduce TSH over several months and no toxicity.

Note that higher doses can provoke toxicity.

Chris is the thyroid expect, hopefully he will chime in.

 

[Vettester Chris]

Kelp supplementation can really help with Sub-Clinical hypothyroidism. At one point, many years ago, my TSH was hanging up there regardless of the FT4 & FT3 values. It dropped 1.5 just on Kelp alone.

However, that's just one aspect .. Beyond that, overt hypothyroidism needs to be diagnosed and effectively treated with medications like NDTs, which work great in conjunction with supplements like Kelp/Iodine and selenium. Also, factors like FT3/RT3 ratios need to considered to understand if other variables like cortisol and/or iron are preventing thyroid hormone from working effectively.

 

[Vince Carter]

What's happening there is your T3/FT4, look how low those are in the lab ranges. Your body is low on thryoid hormone and the pituitary is signaling the thryoid via TSH, to make more hormone, but it's still low.
Your engine, in a manner of speaking, is racing but you're going rather slow.
Iodine could certainly help you, but I'd think more along the lines of supplementing your thyroid hormone directly, at least you need to keep that in your back pocket as I think that that's where you're going.
Also if you need iodine, make sure you use an iodized table salt.

 

[Gene Devine]

Lugol's Iodine is a much better source with much higher uptake...recommended by those Physician's "in the know".

Also, combine it with Selenium as well.

Also, use iodized table salt as noted above...it makes food taste great and is an excellent source as well.

 

[Vince Carter]

Lugols is tough to dose and know how much your getting. Im fine if I was too dumb to figure it out but the idea of a pill of known value was more conducive to my needs at the time.

 

[Tommy Wall]

Thank´s guys for your interesting input. I will however only take 100 mcg to start with more I think could be toxic at least that what I´v been reading. I will also buy iodized salt.