You might not be getting enough iodine. It’s not easy to get enough in a North American diet. Not enough iodine leads to poor thyroid function. Poor thyroid function is strongly linked to breast cancer.

In an emergency you can take Thyro safe

How to Get Iodine Naturally

The Best Sources:

Kelp – Is the best source.  I take kelp tablets every day. It’s just seaweed made into a pill. It’s good for you in many other ways.

These caps have  .78  mg of iodine each.

Nori – This is the seaweed that you make sushi out of.  If you like it eat it!
Kombu – These are big fat (1″ x 6″) pieces of seaweed that I add to soup stock, or beans, or anything that you boil for a while

You can get smaller quantities of iodine from these foods:

• Unrefined Sea Salt
• Yogurt & milk   – has some iodine…but try to find out how it gets there. It could be a by-product from cleaning the cows and milking equipment, or by iodine added to the cows food
• Fish has some, but it varies quite a bit
• Pineapple
• Rhubarb
• Oats
• Garlic
• Pepper
• Cinnamon

Amazing facts

• When I was a kid they used iodine as a disinfectant on a cut or sliver
• When I was a barmaid, they used it to clean beer glasses
• When you have surgery, it’s the orange stuff they put on your skin
• It’s the only thing you can take to help you deal with the radiation from a  nuclear explosion
• Iodine is used  to purify  water from lakes or streams, when no other drinkable water is available.  The iodine kills many (but not all) of the germs and bacteria.  I have used an iodine filter when traveling.
• Iodine allergies are very rare.

You might have an undiagnosed thyroid problem.
So many things are related to poor thyroid function, like fatigue, weight gain and high cholesterol.   I was diagnoses with high cholesterol  when I was 20, even though I was an ideal weight, and had a low-fat healthy diet.  Nobody thought to test my thyroid, they just told me to stop eating pie. Boy that makes me mad.

What to do
Take kelp cause it can’t hurt you
Take kelp if you are getting radiation or x rays (even dental x rays)
If you think you might have a thyroid problem, get a thyroid test from your doctor – it’s a blood test called TSH.

Peace