Side Effects of Iodine Supplements & What They Mean

Having trouble getting iodine supplements into your body? If so, this episode is for you. While most people who take iodine supplements will have absolutely no issues, there are a handful of people who may experience negative side effects.

But what causes these side effects? Why do some people react negatively to something that your body needs and uses on a daily basis?

Even though iodine is required to produce thyroid hormone, there are some situations in which it may result in unwanted symptoms.

There is always an answer for these symptoms, though, so don't blame iodine right away! Often, the cause is not iodine itself but other problems that already exist in your body.

Here are some symptoms that patients may experience while taking iodine supplements:

- Acne-like pustules
- Racing heart
- Sweating
- Headaches
- Fatigue
- Changes to your weight
- Nausea
- Stomach pain
- Metallic taste in the mouth
- Joint pain or muscle pain
- Changes to your hair, skin, or nails
- Thyroid gland pain
- Swelling in the neck
- Other symptoms of hyperthyroidism
- Other symptoms of hypothyroidism

Iodine can have an impact on thyroid function so it shouldn't come as a surprise that some people who use iodine notice changes in their thyroid!

These changes can result in symptoms ranging from hyperthyroidism (rare) to worsening hypothyroidism (rare) and even detox reactions like acne from the elimination of halides.

The good news is that there is an explanation for these side effects and they aren't all bad.

Have you had issues in taking iodine supplements? If so, let me know below!

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[Abstract]

Iodine is very powerful, most people are very deficient and their thyroids are empty or full of fluorine. If you take iodine the body goes crazy for a while. So start slowly.

[wober]

Thank you for speaking quickly and not wasting my time. Much appreciated!

[stuarthutt]

Good fair video. If you react negatively to lugols iodine you may have following issues:
Hot nodule that expresses uncontrolled hormones and should be removed.
Too many toxins: fluoride, chlorine or bromide. These block the thyroid from accepting iodide to the thyroid. Mountain Dew has a great deal of bromide. Your body is reacting to pushing out toxins.
Autoimmune: Hashimotos is low iodine and selenium, B2 B3 etc.
The recommended RDA of .15 mg is insufficient.
Other facts:
Thyroid can store 50mg iodine.
Body should have 1500mg
Iodine is stored is saliva glands, breasts and other glands.
Thyroid hormones are made in the thyroid but also ovaries make T2 and bone marrow white T cells. When a woman goes through menopause they become very iodine deficient. Iodine can help with menopause.
The process of iodine organification provides transport in the lipids and produces iodolactone which is required for apoptosis or programmed cell death. Hint: cancer cells don't have apoptosis.
Lack of iodine in breasts cause glands to become fibrocystic and can lead to cancer.
If you have dry mouth and don't sweat low iodine.
Women need more iodine than men because they have breasts and estrogen inhibits iodine.
Never start taking thyroid hormones without checking iodine levels. Think root cause. Many doctors see low thyroid numbers prescribe hormones and makes you feel worse.
I take 15mg lugols daily. Seek out a naturopath or doctor that specializes in iodine

[hopefulforhumanity]

Iodine pushes out bromides, and that can cause negative symptoms. Drink salt water, take vitamin c and selenium every day. That should help.

[ddavis]

Wow I'm more confused now than I was before!

[larryraffburn-egwg]

I’m male, as I worked around the house my nails would split and rip they seemed thin. I saw a video on iodine and thought, I have sea kelp that I don’t use so …
I take it with 200mcg. Selenium and tyrosine, two things needed for iodine absorption and conversion to T3.
I wasn’t paying attention to my nails but they got thick and didn’t break any more!
I let them grow to see how long I could go without them breaking;
I had to cut them. They got too long which never happens. 👍🏼
It seemed to take almost a month and my thinning hair looks like it is getting thicker.
I am glad I caught the video that opened my eyes to this. Now I try to catch other iodine videos. This one is very thorough, excellent video.

[TheRagbags]

I had sneezing, watery nose, red eyes, vile furry tongue taste first thing but felt better . I’d read so much & realised my lugols was 12.5 % so day off they I’ll use 5% and I’m excited to restart. I love, love, love your passion & my sister speaks this fast when she’s inspired! I’m going to subscribe this is great 😊

[DianneElizabeth]

Back when i was on thyroid meds, they weren’t absorbing so my dr said why don’t you take the iodine consistently (I wasn’t) and then we’ll recheck you. I had lovely labs after. She’s the dr that was so excited when I showed her that T2 is being manufactured.

[lisasternenkind]

I take MSM to support my detox, so my reaction to getting rid of toxic stuff due to iodine intake is not so extreme. I take 4 drops of iodine every week, but only 1 drop on 4 days. I'm also taking selenium, zinc and fol acid as tablets as a special intake for 90 days.
Yet MSM really helps with the initial side effects of iodine intake. MSM has so many other uses in our bodies, so I'm talking it continuously, 2 * 2 g per day. It really helps me fight the inflammations, also the silent inflammation.
I also am on my day # 46 of my all carnivore adventure. Yet I only started taking iodine recently after doing my research for perimenopausal issues.

[catherinecherniak]

I took an iodine supplement for a few weeks and developed debilitating symptoms - racing heart, palpitations, high bp, sweating, insomnia, tremor, mania, swollen eye sockets, finally no menstrual period and total collapse. I was diagnosed with Graves Disease.

[sarahkirbach]

Also, I was having terrible breast pain, the iodine did not help, but taking borax water daily helped immensely with that.

[mr-nobody-on-youtube]

Have been suffering with progressively worse CFS/ME for a year or so. I am already on a super clean diet and full supplementation routine. Started adding an iodine drop to a pint of water each morning, feel a little queasy and have a hangover like fuzzy head but my energy levels have made amazing progress in just a few days. Other symptoms are getting progressively better too, assumed detox. Time will tell but it may have just been a game changer.

[the-LeoKnightus]

I began taking iodine daily in 2016. I had a major neuro-systemic detox. It was rough for a week or two. But the changes in my overall health was very positive.

[robeeenz]

I’ve been reading and listening to everything you say about iodine. I wrote on one of your blogs yesterday and you responded. Thank you. I found out I’m deficient so today is day 7 on iodine (6.5mg). I had lowered it due to stomach pain on day 2 that went away. Very interestingly my Apple Watch alerted me that I have a 5 day trend where my resting heart rate is down to 52 (was over 65 for over 2 years). I’m extremely cardiovascularly fit so I always wondered why I was in the 60’s (I ran 122 miles last month). Today I was extremely lethargic - couldn’t do anything, haven’t been able to work out this week so today I decided to take a second 6.5mg pill and within an hour the lethargy was gone! So now I think I can take your 12.5 mg supplement. It is a night and day difference.

[kjbrocky]

My chiropractic internist at the time put me on Iodoral, and after a few months, I was very anxious and heart was racing and I was sweating like crazy for no reason. I finally figured out it was the iodine, and I stopped taking it and rhe symptoms stopped. Now I take a kelp supplement a few times a week instead of that other brand.

[hopefulforhumanity]

Iodine can be increased very slowly. 1 drop in a glass of water. Dump out most of the water. Drink what is left.

[sarahkirbach]

I started taking Lugol’s & I noticed the stiffness and pain in my hips went away, and my neck felt a tad swollen, but greatly improved upon taking the Lugol’s.

[Jennie-yolan]

You’re very satisfying to watch & listen to 😊

[milagallardo]

Your Chanel explains so complete and informative! Great job doctor !

[nedorj]

my internist mentioned that over 10 mg of I2 and/or KI iodine could lead to toxicity but in reality 99% of real clinical overdose cases involve over 1-2 grams for over many weeks. he also mentioned that it's true that a hundred years ago doctors used to prescribe or give up to 1-5 grams of iodine for so many ailments, even for extended periods, but with no complications listed in the med literature. also, the body needs KI and I2 iodine as various organs need either one or both types. (nascent iodine is good, but only offers I2 iodine. the thyroid etc. need KI iodine.)