[Ski]

#1065759

The only place iodine is used in the body is in the thyroid, to make thyroid hormone, so if you don’t have a thyroid, you don’t need to worry about your iodine intake. I still get salt without iodine though ~ the only reason it was ever put into salt was because in states far from the ocean, people had chronic thyroid hormone deficiencies. It’s odd, because sea salt actually does NOT contain iodine naturally, but being near the ocean seems to help us absorb more iodine without having it in our diet, so they added iodine to salt in an effort to curb the chronic deficiencies in the American mid-west. I had RAI too, so at this point, I figure if I don’t need it, why ingest it?

[mamabear]

#1065760

This is odd… I use to use Iodized salt a lot as a kid into my adult life until I found out I had Graves’ disease. I use to eat a lot of salt mind you…. I know not good either way but just being honest.

I stopped using iodized salt completely when I found out I had Graves’ disease and although I use in on occasion I don’t cook with it, i use kosher or sea salt.

So should I be using iodized salt since I do have my thyroid even though I’m in remission?

[azroses2322]

#1018569

I had RAI so I do not have a thryoid and use replacement. But what about Iodine? I think I remember hearing that we still need iodine — is iodinized salt OK or do I need to avoid certain iodine sources?

[Bobbi]

#1065761

One of the reasons iodine was added to salt was to eliminate a type of avoidable mental retardation caused by hypothyroidism due to iodine lack.

[Kimberly]

#1065762

mamabear wrote: So should I be using iodized salt since I do have my thyroid even though I’m in remission?

I’ve heard theories that EXCESSIVE iodine intake may possibly be linked with Graves’. Since you’ve been doing well all these years, I wouldn’t expect an occasional sprinkle of iodized salt to be an issue. This is mostly a concern when we are still hypERthyroid, as consuming excess iodine is somewhat like throwing gasoline on a raging fire.

[Ski]

#1065763

To be honest, so many packaged foods contain iodized salt that it probably makes no difference. If you’re trying to avoid iodine completely, you may have to take that into consideration, but if you’re worried that you’re not getting enough naturally without iodized salt, I’ll bet you’re getting plenty in other foods. Keep in mind, too, that as long as you are getting your thyroid hormone levels tested and they remain in the normal range, everything’s working fine.

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