iodine

Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: Are they safe to take?

Are supplements safe to take?  Should you then take supplements?  Is more better?  Or could you be making yourself sick? I do support taking certain supplements, because I know that there are issues with soil nutrient depletion and long transport times (which all depletes nutrients from fruits and vegetables).   So what do we do?  Well, […]

Should you take iodine if you have an underactive thyroid?

One the first things I learned when I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid, is that the thyroid gland needs the mineral iodine to make thyroid hormones.  So the “logical” conclusion is that if you take a supplement with iodine in, surely your thyroid gland will make more thyroid hormones.   But unfortunately, this is not […]