{"id":63271,"date":"2016-11-15T15:57:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/iodine-nutrient-we-usually-dont-get-enough-of\/"},"modified":"2016-11-15T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:57:20","slug":"iodine-nutrient-we-usually-dont-get-enough-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/iodine-nutrient-we-usually-dont-get-enough-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Iodine, nutrient we usually don\u2019t get enough of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our bodies iodine is primarily stored in the thyroid. Despite iodized salt lots of people still don\u2019t get enough of it. Actually almost 40% of all people are in increased need for iodine.<\/p>\n<h2>Why is iodine important?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For thyroid function.<\/li>\n<li>For good digestion.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of iodine can cause many symptoms and also cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Signs that you don\u2019t have enough iodine<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dry mouth (salivary glands are unable to produce sliva).<\/li>\n<li>Dry skin, reduced sweating (it takes 3 to 4 weeks after supplementing ioden for the body to start normal sweating again).<\/li>\n<li>Lack of concentration.<\/li>\n<li>Tight muscles, scaring, pain, fibrosis\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When supplementing with iodine you have to take care not to overdose! Overdosing is often a problem when supplementing with concentrated sources of iodine in the form of tinctures (like antiseptics) or when supplementing for a prolonged time. Signs of iodine overdose include: cramps, nausea, fever, vomiting.<\/p>\n<h2>How much iodine should you take?<\/h2>\n<p>Opinions differ. Some studies say that about 150 mcg daily for adults and about 300 mcg for pregnant and nourishing women.<\/p>\n<p>Some alternative medicine specialist are of the opinion that our bodies need way more and suggest up to 1 mg daily.<\/p>\n<h2>What are natural sources of iodine?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>raw milk,<\/li>\n<li>eggs,<\/li>\n<li>sea weed, spirulina, kelp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When supplementing with iodine you should be careful taking supplements that contain bromine.<\/p>\n<p>To supplement with iodine naturally we recommend Now Foods KELP that you can buy in our web store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5241,1363],"tags":[5242],"class_list":["post-63271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-2","category-uncategorized","tag-thyroid-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fmed.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}