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Are You Menstrual?
Welcome to the Are You Menstrual Podcast with your host, Amanda, a women’s health dietitian. In this podcast, Amanda helps you navigate the confusing world of women’s hormones and teach you how to have healthy periods. Each week will be diving into a different topic on women’s health and sharing our perspective using nutrition, female physiology, and metabolic health. The goal is to help you wade through conflicting health information and empower you on your healing journey. We hope you enjoy it! Website: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com
Are You Menstrual?
Iodine Series Part 2: How To Use Iodine To Support Healing
It’s time for part 2 of our iodine series. If you haven’t listened to the previous episode on what iodine does in the body, why it’s so important, and how to test your levels, I recommend starting there. Today I will be covering who iodine may be a good fit for, considerations when supplementing, and long term use of iodine.
As always, this podcast episode is for educational purposes only. If anything resonates with you, I hope it encourages you to talk with your provider before you make any changes.
I cover:
- Populations that are generally a good fit for iodine
- Why iodine should be avoided for Hashimoto’s
- 4 steps to supplementing with iodine, including cofactors
- Recommendations for long term use of iodine (6 months and 6-12+ months)
- How often to retest your labs, including thyroid blood panel and HTMA
Functional Thyroid Mini Course: https://hormonehealingrd.com/opt-in/free-functional-thyroid-mini-course-podcast/
Links/resources:
- Thyroid antibodies:
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8106604/#:~:text=This%20study%20also%20found%20an,for%20thyroid%20autoimmunity%20%5B69%5D.
- https://www.optimaldx.com/blog/hashimoto-thyroiditis-iodine#:~:text=Excess%20iodine%20can%20exacerbate%20autoimmune,major%20cause%20(Ruggeri%202021).
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25050783/
- Fertility
- Iodine and breasts:
- Iodine and prostate:
- https://www.larabriden.com/iodine-for-breast-pain-ovarian-cysts-and-pms/
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.com/opt-in/free-functional-thyroid-mini-course-podcast/
Feminine Periodical (weekly newsletter): http://bit.ly/2tWOBtw
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course