Here's at least one piece of good news

[vocalEK]

Being hypothyroid doesn't increase death (from all causes) if we get breast cancer. breast-cancer-research.biom...

[Caroline888]

Thanks! Good news is always very welcome.

[silverfox7]

Would have liked to know whether they looked into iodine levels. After being diagnosed a few tearsago and already hypothyroid I came across lots of links re iodine. Many years after I was diagnosed with thyroid issues it had been suggested to me that mine could have been down to low iodine levels-I presented with a goitre and I don't have antibodies. Reading about breast cancer though and things connected I was reading that the breast is high in iodine and a suggestion that if low that could be an issue so have now upped my intake of foods that could help. Breast cancer is low apparently in Japan where I understand more iodine is in the diet.

[Chippysue in reply to silverfox7]

Dr Edward Group talks about the link between iodine deficiency and breast cancer, and how iodine is needed in the body. Have a look on youtube. Of course many predict that most of us are deficient in iodine, selenium, magnesium. We only need to look at the increasing numbers of cancer, now 1 in 2.

[silverfox7 in reply to Chippysue]

Yes I've passed my finding back to the team that diagnosed me etc it's difficult one though as it's the scientists that do the research and they need funding but I feel we need to get the facts out there.

[RockyPath in reply to Chippysue]

I had iodine, selenium, magnesium tested here in SE USA. My selenium was above range, I had plenty of iodine in my urine, and Mg was in the lower half of the range. Black beans and brown rice are great sources of selenium. Living on a pension, these are my staple foods. Black beans offer very complete nutrition.

Not presenting antibodies is inconclusive, as the standard tests catch about 90%, leaving a lot of us to slip past unnoticed. There are other antibodies produced but the testing isn't done often and probably costs lots more due to rarity.

[Hidden in reply to RockyPath]

You have to be careful with iodine though - too much can suppress thyroid levels! xxx

[BirgitteG in reply to Hidden]

How? Never heard about that! 8

[Hidden in reply to BirgitteG]

I didn't know either until reading it on here. Apparently iodine used to be used as a treatment for hyperthyroidism. I did a quick search and found this posted by helvella a couple of months ago:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[BirgitteG in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for the link.

It was your use of the word 'suppress' that confused me - I know about all the research showing the dangers of iodine. It's amazing that some researchers in that area apparently still haven't realized what a lot of other researchers have - that iodine is only dangerous to people that don't get enough selenium.

[Hidden in reply to BirgitteG]

I have no idea what the mechanism is that makes too much iodine have that effect, but used "Suppress" because couldn't think of another word to describe it.

Interesting the connection with selenium though. Do you have any more information about that, it sounds interesting?

[BirgitteG in reply to Hidden]

I'll come back to you 😊

[BirgitteG in reply to Hidden]

There's a fine explanation here:

livinglovecommunity.com/2017/06/20/iodine-selenium-and-hashimotos-a-balancing-act/

[Hidden in reply to BirgitteG]

Thanks x

[vocalEK in reply to RockyPath]

When you mix black beans with salsa, you get a tasty dip. It's called Texas Caviar.

[Angel_of_the_North]

Well, we'd be less likely to get run over, fall down stairs or get struck by lightning if we are too exhausted to get out of bed. I'm always dubious about studies that cite an increase or reduction in all cause mortality

[vocalEK in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

LOL. Good point!