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dagnabit wrote: We tend to stress that a plant-based diet is sufficient, and no supplementation is needed except for vitamin B12. Should we also be supplementing iodine? I know I don't eat a lot of seaweed. I probably get sufficient iodine from salt, but I'm sure many of us do not.
Any thoughts on this Jeff?
Carroll wrote: and then getting the healthier natural sea salt option (with all the minerals and none of the anticaking agents and other gunk)?
Carroll wrote: I'm quite in a panic about it having only fairly recently discovered this was an issue and considering both my husband and I developed thyroid issues (in our early 30s), while it is too late for him (he had a thyroidectomy), I realize I really need to address this issue for our children... and it is troubling for me to think that possibly I didn't need to be on medication (in the form of levothyroxine), but rather just needed more iodine (I do not have an autoimmune form of hypothyroidism). I don't want my children to end up in the same situation, if it is something that is easily within my control. I think this is a tough issue because I read so much to be cautionary about overdoing iodine, but I don't know if that is just again based on the assumption that most people are eating a lot of processed packaged foods and heavily salting everything with iodized salt.
Carroll wrote: Right, I'm not really counting on sea salt for any health benefits, I just feel it is a better choice than a heavily refined processed version... and we try to avoid it altogether for the most part (especially since we already get sodium in the form of miso, tamari, etc.)
Carroll wrote: I guess I'm just trying to figure out if this IS a concern and it sounds like to me it is, understanding that it is ultimately a soil deficiency... I guess I'm just looking for how to best go about getting that iodine. Is it necessary to include some form of sea vegetable in most vegan diets... and if so, which one is the best choice to avoid overdoing it while still getting enough? and is it necessary on a daily basis? Or, rather, is a 1/2 teaspoon of iodized salt a day necessary, and if someone chose to iodize the salt themselves, how would you go about that? And if you did go that route, including all that salt, would you then have to avoid sodium in all other areas (i.e. no more miso soup or popcorn sprayed with bragg's, etc.)?
dagnabit wrote:It would be nice to have some kind of home test that could give us some indication whether or not we are deficient in iodine or B12. Otherwise it is kind of a crapshoot. We just cross our fingers and hope for the best.
Carroll wrote:I guess what I'm really asking is, is there a way to get the same effect as iodized salt, without the salt?
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