Hormone Health Hub: Expert Insights on Testing, Balance & Better Living — sodium iodide symporter

By Tracy Tranchitella Reading and testing limitations: This article includes historical treatment accounts, older population estimates and proposed links with cancer and other conditions. These are not recommendations to use iodine to treat or prevent those conditions. Population urinary iodine thresholds are not individual diagnostic cut-offs. A urine result alone cannot establish tissue iodine stores, explain symptoms or determine a safe supplement dose. Excess iodine can disrupt thyroid function; discuss supplementation with a qualified healthcare professional, especially during pregnancy or with thyroid disease. The use of iodine dates back to 4th century China where seaweed and burnt sea sponge were...