Clinical clarity for one of the most misunderstood nutrients in thyroid care
A practical, evidence-informed guide to when iodine helps, when it harms, and how to prescribe it safely in hypothyroidism, autoimmunity, pregnancy, and complex thyroid cases.

What This Guide Gives Practitioners
In this practitioner-only resource, you’ll learn:
The iodine–thyroid physiology refresher
NIS transporters, pendrin, deiodination, tissue-specific iodine demand
Why Australia is a high-risk iodine environment
Soil depletion, food system changes, selenium interactions
How iodine deficiency actually presents clinically
Salivary glands, skin, hair, ovaries, breast tissue, brain & muscle patterns
The difference between iodine deficiency, selenium deficiency, and mixed states
How to interpret low T4 vs low T3 patterns
When iodine worsens antibodies — and when it lowers them
TPO vs TG patterns, dose thresholds, sequencing strategies
Clear clinical cautions
Graves’, hot nodules, high antibody states, pregnancy timing
Testing pathways
Urinary iodine, iodine loading, pathology timing, monitoring intervals
Safe starting doses & escalation principles
Including when iodine should not be the first intervention
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