How to cover your iodine plant-based.

Hello beautiful being,

today I would love to share with you

• what iodine is all about,

• why it is important for your body

• and easy ways to cover it on a plant-based diet easily.

This one plays a big role in producing thyroid hormones in the body as well as it has a huge impact in the energy metabolic system.

✨Iodine is essential for a healthy nervous system aka very important for the brain to function.
✨In plays a big part in cell separation which is essential for your body to be able to absorb nutrients and get rid of toxins and all it doesn’t need.
✨It is essential for growing processes of the body
✨Espechially as newborns we need iodine for our cognitive development as well as throughout our whole life it supports our cognitive system to evolve.

FUNCTION

In short: What is iodine used for in the body?

• part of the thyroid system

• important for nervous system & growth

• antioxidative, immune stimulative & detoxifying

Even the bioavailability (how accessible it is for the body to take out the nutrients) is pretty high at 90% the regional supply in Germany is limited due to the iodine poor grounds.
Fish and seafood might provide iodine but are valid for heavy metal exposure, which we do not want to have in our bodies because it is in the long term plugging our cells, brain, and bloodstream which can lead to different severe health issues.

At this time sea algae happen to be the best iodine source from plants.

DAILY NEED 0,23 mg
PREGNANCY & BREASTFEEDING 0.23-0,26 mg

How do you like to eat your iodine-rich foods? I would love to know!

I like to sprinkle algae over my meal as a topper or I also supplement it sometimes.

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With love,

Greta