Iodine is, to say the least, a very interesting thing. It’s not talked about very often and yet it’s importance to your body is absolutely staggering when you think about it. But before we get into that, what is iodine? It’s an essential trace nutrient that is mainly responsible for simply producing thyroid hormones. These particular hormones are the reason for regulating the metabolism, body temperatures, cholesterol, heart rate, mental growth, physical growth, the list goes on. If you’re not getting enough of it, you’ll probably get and feel really sluggish and slow, which then can lead to multiple medical conditions, including weight gain without the ability to lose it.

Iodine deficiencies are all over, far more common than they should be, we’re trying to fix that today, one person at a time. Let’s get started.

Foods Rich in Iodine

Sea vegetables – Sea vegetables, also more commonly known as seaweeds have an insane amount of iodine, some more than others of course. It’s actually quite odd and unusual to not see more people eating seaweeds, simply because of how good they are and the huge variety of ways to eat them. Here are some sea vegetables that have unusually high levels of iodine (NOTE: Bladderwrack has, by far, the most iodine out of all of them) bladderwrack, arame, dulse, kombu, nori, and wakame. 50 grams of any of these seaweeds is almost guaranteed to deliver enough iodine to the system the only time this isn’t true is when the seaweed is of especially poor quality, which definitely has a possibility of happening, so just be aware.

Himalayan salt – Now, we’d like to point out that you could just get all of your intake for the day from ordinary table salt, however, we’d also like to point out that this is probably a terrible idea and I would definitely NOT recommend it. You see, the reason for this is because nearly everything about the regular iodized table salt you see everywhere is, in fact, toxic for your body. not only that, but the iodine in it is fortified, synthetic, artificial and fake. So instead of getting it from that nasty table salt, get it from real sea salt, or, even better, some delicious Himalayan salt, just half a gram of Himalayan salt contains a whopping amount of 250 micrograms of it, which is actually 167 percent of our RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) Just sprinkle this on your food and you’ll never have to worry about getting enough iodine again.

Fish – Not really that surprising, considering they come from the same place as seaweed and in some cases, they even eat that very seaweed, most fish and seafood are actually very good sources this spectacular mineral known as iodine. Jus think about it, a three-ounce serving of cod, gives you and your body a whopping total of 99 microgram, which is, amazingly 66 percent of our RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) Heck, even Another shrimp is another amazing source of it, with just three-ounces providing us and our bodies with 23 percent of our RDI (Recommended Daily Intake)