Fun Notes:

• It buffers estrogen in estrogen dominance.
• It helps prevent a person from developing estrogen dominance – i.e. heavy periods, cysts in the breasts, cysts in the ovaries, extra weight gain in lower section of the body.  It can increase risk of cancer of these organs.  In men it can even develop into prostate cancer.
• Low Iodine can cause high estrogen and it affects the thyroid creating hypothyroid condition.  Low Iodine can also cause lack of thyroid hormones which leads to hypothyroidism.
• Iodine is involved in detoxing the liver in the phase I and phase 2 detox.  It is used in phase 2 which is detoxing of plastics, herbicides, fungicides and heavy metals which are endocrine disruptors.  If you don’t have enough Iodine, these toxins back up into the liver and into the body causes a host of illnesses.

Now how can Cholesterol connect to hypothyroidism and lack of iodine?

If you have a hypothyroid condition (slow thyroid) – your ability to metabolize cholesterol is poor.  We need cholesterol, and this means the cholesterol in your body is raised and not used for certain things. 

Cholesterol is needed to process Vitamin D, its needed to create bile.  Bile that is produced by the liver and stored there is made by Cholesterol and if you don’t have enough cholesterol, whether its because you have lowered hypothyroid issue or you are using statins for cholesterol, you could develop a bile deficiency.

 If you have bile deficiency with elevated cholesterol, you end up with a concentration of cholesterol causing gallstones and bile sludge.  These issues can cause pain after eating in your stomach, pain under the rib cage, pain on the right shoulder. 

Bile function is to help you to get rid of excess cholesterol and also estrogen and toxins.  Toxin backup in the body can make you really ill in many ways. Bile also helps to kill bacteria in your small intestines.  SEBO is the condition.  It helps clearing out the bad bacteria. 

Iodine can help if you are producing too much cortisol (if you have too much stress you produce too much cortisol). 

Iodine helps buffer the effects of consuming too much soy products.  In Asia they eat a lot of soy but they also eat a lot of seafood and kelp in their diet which assists in getting rid of the estrogen caused by the soy.

So what are the natural ways to get iodine in your body?

Can I take iodine if i have Hashimoto's disease?

So do you need some but not too much using.  But you can take selenium for this condition. Selenium assists in the conversion of T4 to T3 in your thyroid.  Zinc also assists Hashimoto’s and Vitamin D3 helps inflammation from Hashimoto’s.  Hashimoto’s you should use Myo-inositol.

Conclusion:

So lack of iodine can create many issues in the body, and tests are not always done for these things.

A simple test to see if i have lack of iodine - Another way to test if you have enough iodine in your body. Buy Iodine drops from you pharmacy/drug store and place a drop or 2 on the inside of your lower arm with a cotton swab.  Leave it there with a band aid for about 5 hours, if the iodine color has disappeared within that period, you may have an iodine deficiency.  If the stain is still there – your iodine levels are good and no need to worry.

Final note:

We hope this has given you some insight into possibilities.  Kindly note we are not professional doctors and do not suggest you simply take Iodine supplement.  Best to see a natural doctor who usually can and is willing to do these tests to assist you.