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Graves-Basedow disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including hyperthyroidism (over activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower extremities). This disorder is the most common cause of...
Do you know what the status is with eating fish? In the book Graves disease: A practical guide by Elaine Moore she seems to sum up American diets getting to much iodine from iodized salt as well as the iodine conditioners in breads. All artificaially fortified.
I have personally called many of my favorite food companies of some of the processed foods I eat (which is not much) For example Sun Chips, Jif P-nut butter. Turns out they used non-iodized salt in their products.
I love fish, eggs and meat I don't think these contain enough iodine to worry about. Naturally occuring.
I now use Kosher salt which though corse is quite tasty and does not have that chloride after taste.
Dairy on the other hand only has high iodine especially in the winter because they suppliment the cows with iodine. Also, I read that the milking equipment is washed down with iodine solution to kill germs etc.
Also, a suprising source of iodine is Nutrisystem. I was on Nutrisystem for a month back in May to loose some of the baby weight I had gained when I was pregnant.
I called Nutrisystem and they said they add extra iodine to the food. I guess to get all the people that are Hypo to loose a bit more. So beware of that.
The book Thyroid for Dummies my Dr. Alen Ruben states that women only need about 150 micrograms of iodine to support function and Graves and Hypers need to try and hit below that mark.
1 tsp of iodized salt contains 3000 micrograms
more info
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20080201/can-us-shake-iodine-deficiency-risk
chart
http://www.foodcomp.dk/fcdb_foodcomplist.asp?CompId=0066
chart
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/books-phds/books/foodfacts/html/data/data5k.html
FOOD IODINE CONTENT
(micrograms per 100 grams of food)
Salt (iodized) 3000
Seafood 66
Vegetables 32
Meat 26
Eggs 26
Dairy products 13
Bread and cereals 10
Fruits 4
I have personally called many of my favorite food companies of some of the processed foods I eat (which is not much) For example Sun Chips, Jif P-nut butter. Turns out they used non-iodized salt in their products.
I love fish, eggs and meat I don't think these contain enough iodine to worry about. Naturally occuring.
I now use Kosher salt which though corse is quite tasty and does not have that chloride after taste.
Dairy on the other hand only has high iodine especially in the winter because they suppliment the cows with iodine. Also, I read that the milking equipment is washed down with iodine solution to kill germs etc.
Also, a suprising source of iodine is Nutrisystem. I was on Nutrisystem for a month back in May to loose some of the baby weight I had gained when I was pregnant.
I called Nutrisystem and they said they add extra iodine to the food. I guess to get all the people that are Hypo to loose a bit more. So beware of that.
The book Thyroid for Dummies my Dr. Alen Ruben states that women only need about 150 micrograms of iodine to support function and Graves and Hypers need to try and hit below that mark.
1 tsp of iodized salt contains 3000 micrograms
more info
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20080201/can-us-shake-iodine-deficiency-risk
chart
http://www.foodcomp.dk/fcdb_foodcomplist.asp?CompId=0066
chart
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/books-phds/books/foodfacts/html/data/data5k.html
FOOD IODINE CONTENT
(micrograms per 100 grams of food)
Salt (iodized) 3000
Seafood 66
Vegetables 32
Meat 26
Eggs 26
Dairy products 13
Bread and cereals 10
Fruits 4
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I never even thought of getting the unsalted microwave popcorn!
I miss it so much....I might even take my own to the movies ! lol :)
Hugs
You will be proud of me went o daughter VB game last night they popped fresh popcorn it smelled soooooooooo good I about died but I avoided getting any jsut for you guys cause I know its not good for me!!! LOL
Kel
I love popcorn, too, but hate the prices at the movie theater. I have an old-fashioned air popper, and I love it! I put on a little bit of "I can't believe its not butter spray." I know its not butter...but am not exactly sure what it is, so I always try to limit it, lol! It has zero calories and no fat. Its probably something really weird.
Love,
Heather
I was under the impression though..from my doc...that those that are on ATD's shouldnt have to worry so much about that because the meds block it. Im thinking now though I might research that a bit more.
I live on the Gulf Coast as well, so seafoods are a very large part of my diet. Seafood is sold on every corner, fresh off the boat, or caught yourself....( mmmmm fresh shrimp and crab.... ), and is sold much cheaper than anything at the store.
I would imagine the locally grown fresh produce here would be full of iodine too?
I cook/bake with iodine free sea salt/coarse salt when I can, and eat very few pre-packaged/refined foods from the store (I get sea salted potato chips for those gotta have days....).
I think they need to list iodine contents on packages - or use iodine free salt in the food production process. I'm pretty sure iodine deficiency here in the US is pretty rare these days?
I only know 1 person, besides me, that tastes their food before salting the hell out of it at the table or drive-thru lane or fast food place...
It was Boxing Day 4 years ago and I got food poisoning from Crayfish.
Talk about projectile vomiting!
I havent touched seafood since though did love tuna sandwiches but gave that away because of the iodine content.
I guess while I am still in early days after RAI (10 weeks) , I still tend to stick to the foods that I ate before RAI.
I guess habit more than anything.
Though I did notice my lips swell with salted popcorn (as I said before) and I get mouth ulcers if I eat salted potato chips.
So I stay off them.
Even Tuna in cans that I used to love lol.
In regards to Post RAI, I suggest you ask your Doctor or even try it yourself but I know if I eat Tuna, it puts my levels up with the FT3 (and gives a false reading with labs in regards to dosage of Thyroxin) so I avoid it.
You may be different, I dont know . But its worth a try finding out.
Take care... :-)
Not sure where the info on the iodine from salt you got was - i looked at the box of Morton iodized salt i have and it said that 1/4 tsp supplied 45% of the rda - so i checked the rda on the link below
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals/iodine/
which is 150 mcg so 1/4 tsp = 67.5 micrograms times 4 to get the amt in 1 tsp = 270 mcg. Actually this article was quite interesting in that it talked about compounds called Goitrogens that interfere with iodine uptake or thyroid hormone production such as soy products and broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower as well as some others listed in the article under "Goitrogens. Another interesting link on amts of iodine in food is:
http://iodine4health.com/research/iodine_in_food_table.htm
I have read that now the dough conditioners used in bread utilize bromide/bromine rather than iodine and that the bromide reduces the amount of iodide absorbed by the body as it binds as readily to the iodide binding spots and can contribute to a deficiency.
The table at the healty eating website you gave the link to noted that there are 3000 mcgs of iodine in 100 grams of salt - 100 grams of salt at 1.5 grams/1/4 tsp would be 6 grams per tsp so there is 3000 mcg in 16.66... tsps of salt. 100 gms can be alot of food particularly if it is lightweight. Nutritiondata.com can be helpful in gauging portions by gram weight as well as food pkg nutrition labels. Hope this helps!
I ran across this website looking the the amt of iodine in canned Tuna and i guess it can vary a bit!
Take care!