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Are we graves people supposed to stay away from fish oil? If so why?
I have never been asked this question. I will try to find out and post the answer.
What is the general reason you are asking?I found this study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19793640
There is a U.S. clinical trial currently underway testing this theory.
I found lots of sites claiming hypO patients should increase their intake of fish oil to help boost their thyroid levels, but none of them were legit enough to post a link to.
Well, I couldn’t understand most of this. It is an animal study, done in Rio de Janerio. We can ask one of our Medical Board members; wait for the clinical (people) studies.
Take care,
Nancy
Someone on here posted that we shouldn’t take fish oil. I was just curious why because I take fish oil everyday. Twice a day. Didn’t know if it was pertinent to only hyper people or everyone with graves..
Page 3 of this
http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/lo_io_diet.pdf
states fish oil supplements are “likely to be high in iodine”
If getting omega 3 EFA’s are a concern, look into chia seed oil. It is iodine free and plant based.
That document is a diet in preparation for RAI specifically designed to deplete the body of Iodine levels so that the I131 uptake is most effective, so should be treated with caution.
Even individuals with Hyperthyroid conditions need to have a normal iodine intake, yes they need to be wary of excessive iodine intake, but a normal intake should be fine.
The topic has raised some interesting questions, I have also not been able to locate any specific information on iodine content of fish oil, so to that end have sent an email to the supplier of the product my partner uses to pose this question.
She has used this particular fish oil, an ultra clean version to eliminate any risk of heavy metal contamination, for the entire period of her treatment and has not noticed any ill effects.
With regards to plant based Omega 3 this is Alpha Linoleic Acid (ALA) which is the Parent Omega 3, although most animals, particularly herbivores convert ALA well to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), humans are not particularly good at converting it, even with a high intake of ALA at best we convert around 18% to EPA and only 5% to DHA, so it is very difficult to maintain adequate EPA & DHA levels.
Although we do use a certain amount of ALA in normal metabolic functions, we also need to consume EPA & particularly DHA through our diet.
This is the response I got:
Quote:Thank you for your email and enquiry.There may be minute traces of iodine (less than 10 mcg/g) present, most, if not all of it is removed during the manufacturing process.
As the RDA is 150mcg/day of iodine, it is unlikely that this particular product would result in an iodine overload.
My partner has regularly been using 3g/day which would be less than 30mcg iodine.
I suppose it is about the individual gathering enough information and weighing up the pro’s and con’s when it comes to using any form of supplimentation or dietary changes.
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