There is one internet site that has accumulated a wealth of information about nutrition, food supplements, and research with regard to hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. That is John's site at ithyroid.com. More than any other place on the internet, this site gave me encouragement and information. I believe that John stopped adding information a couple of years ago. I differ with ithyroid.com only in that I am a minimalist when it comes to taking supplements. I take the least I can to do the job. Right now I take a single vitamin and mineral tablet that has more than the recommended amounts of nearly everything, along with additional iodine and vitamin C. John's method is to have each person evaluate and fine tune to their individual needs. I started with John's method and simplified to mine.
THANKS, JOHN.
Incidence of Selenium deficiency in thyroid disease. 2005 abstract from Germany researchers.
Dr. Podell on Hypothyroid Diets and Alternative Thyroid Treatments A comment from a general medicine site.
Dietary Selenium - Time to Act. An comprehensive article reviewing low selenium levels in Britain and Europe. Recommends 100 micrograms of Selenium a day.
Selenium deficiency mitigates hypothyroxinemia in iodine-deficient subjects. This short note supports the information that selenium supplementation should not started in iodine deficient patients. Further, it contains a clue as to why selenium deficiency can result in autoimmune disease.
Letter commenting on the relationship between selenium deficiency and hypothyroidism (Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine) This letter generally indicates that you should not supplement with selenium if you are iodine deficient. You can supplement with both at the same time, or first with iodine, adding selenium later. Further, you should not over supplement with either.
Selenium deficiency and hypothyroidism : a new etiology in the differential diagnosis of hypothyroidism in children. This short article about three young girls does not give the location but shows that hypothyroidism can be a caused by selenium deficiency and cured by selenium supplements.
Low selenium status in the elderly influences thyroid
hormones. The main result in this trial was a significant improvement of
selenium indices and a decrease in the T4 level in selenium-treated subjects. They
concluded that selenium status influences thyroid hormones in
the elderly, mainly modulating T4 levels.