I wonder what effect taking iodine supps has on our gut microbiome? Just curious, I recently started adding just one drop to my water and thought about it. I don’t get any iodine my diet so I thought it would be good but I wonder about the antibiotic effect….
Ps. You have brought up an excellent topic. I think there is a lot more to it and will research it more.
This study below show obese mice versus normal mice fed high fat (probably bad fats, like seed oils) respond to iodine differently so it may depend on your diet, what bacteria you are feeding!!! Shrugs.
not sure if it matters, but i am using nascent iodine as opposed to potassium iodide, which one of my doctors recommend, he thought the iodide to be toxic
Very interesting. This is what I found when I looked up the difference between the 2:
“The inorganic anion I−, iodide is the ionic state of iodine that occurs when iodine forms a salt with another element. Iodide is the main form of iodine found in nature. Iodide is absorbed in the stomach and duodenum, and is the substrate for the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS), which transports iodide into the thyroid. Iodide is commonly found in iodized salt, and is also available in dietary supplements.”
i’m always skeptical of anything that the government “fortifies “ our food with. i know that’s not very scientific, but it’s just a red flag to me. if gov says iodide is good and necessary then it’s either the wrong form of that thing or totally unnecessary and likely toxic. i maybe wrong though because it’s so hard to find truth anymore, buried under all the lies
Great question. From what I just researched, they are symbiotic, link below. Your gut microbiome may actually help metabolize iodine and they also utilize it.
"Emerging studies have provided a preliminary understanding of the thyroid-gut axis, indicating that intestinal microbiota and its metabolites may act directly or indirectly on the thyroid by l intestinal microelements uptake, iodothyronine conversion and storage, and immune regulation"...
"intestinal microbiota plays a pivotal role in thyroid disease pathogenesis and may act either by regulation of thyroid function through the uptake of thyroid-related micronutrients (12), metabolic enzymes derived from microbiota may regulate iodothyronine metabolism to affect thyroid hormone homeostasis (13), or may interact with the host immune cells and cytokines to regulate thyroid immunity. This review thus summarizes the available literature related to the thyroid-gut axis, providing a theoretical foundation for future in-depth mechanistic studies, and a new perspective for realizing microecological treatment strategies for thyroid disease."
Also checkout figure one in the link below. It looks like iodine is necessary for healthy gut bacteria:
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I wonder what effect taking iodine supps has on our gut microbiome? Just curious, I recently started adding just one drop to my water and thought about it. I don’t get any iodine my diet so I thought it would be good but I wonder about the antibiotic effect….
Ps. You have brought up an excellent topic. I think there is a lot more to it and will research it more.
This study below show obese mice versus normal mice fed high fat (probably bad fats, like seed oils) respond to iodine differently so it may depend on your diet, what bacteria you are feeding!!! Shrugs.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.943408/full
not sure if it matters, but i am using nascent iodine as opposed to potassium iodide, which one of my doctors recommend, he thought the iodide to be toxic
Very interesting. This is what I found when I looked up the difference between the 2:
“The inorganic anion I−, iodide is the ionic state of iodine that occurs when iodine forms a salt with another element. Iodide is the main form of iodine found in nature. Iodide is absorbed in the stomach and duodenum, and is the substrate for the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS), which transports iodide into the thyroid. Iodide is commonly found in iodized salt, and is also available in dietary supplements.”
i’m always skeptical of anything that the government “fortifies “ our food with. i know that’s not very scientific, but it’s just a red flag to me. if gov says iodide is good and necessary then it’s either the wrong form of that thing or totally unnecessary and likely toxic. i maybe wrong though because it’s so hard to find truth anymore, buried under all the lies
Great question. From what I just researched, they are symbiotic, link below. Your gut microbiome may actually help metabolize iodine and they also utilize it.
"Emerging studies have provided a preliminary understanding of the thyroid-gut axis, indicating that intestinal microbiota and its metabolites may act directly or indirectly on the thyroid by l intestinal microelements uptake, iodothyronine conversion and storage, and immune regulation"...
"intestinal microbiota plays a pivotal role in thyroid disease pathogenesis and may act either by regulation of thyroid function through the uptake of thyroid-related micronutrients (12), metabolic enzymes derived from microbiota may regulate iodothyronine metabolism to affect thyroid hormone homeostasis (13), or may interact with the host immune cells and cytokines to regulate thyroid immunity. This review thus summarizes the available literature related to the thyroid-gut axis, providing a theoretical foundation for future in-depth mechanistic studies, and a new perspective for realizing microecological treatment strategies for thyroid disease."
Also checkout figure one in the link below. It looks like iodine is necessary for healthy gut bacteria:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.943408/full
Thanks for that info, much appreciated!