{"id":49988,"date":"2025-04-25T21:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/hypothyroidism-should-i-take-iodine-supplements\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:39:45","slug":"hypothyroidism-should-i-take-iodine-supplements","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/es\/mayo-health-library\/hypothyroidism-should-i-take-iodine-supplements\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypothyroidism: Should I take iodine supplements?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>It&#8217;s best not to take iodine supplements unless your healthcare professional tells you to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Iodine is a mineral in some foods. It helps the thyroid gland make important hormones. If the thyroid doesn&#8217;t make enough hormones, that&#8217;s called hypothyroidism.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true that having too little iodine in the body can cause hypothyroidism. But the condition can have other causes. If a lack of iodine isn&#8217;t the reason that you have hypothyroidism, then taking iodine supplements won&#8217;t help you. In fact, getting too much iodine from supplements could cause hypothyroidism or make it worse.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, it&#8217;s rare to have low levels of iodine in the United States and many other developed countries. That&#8217;s because iodine is added to foods such as salt. This is called iodized salt. So, iodine pills and other supplements high in iodine such as kelp tablets usually aren&#8217;t needed.<\/p>\n<p>If you have hypothyroidism, you can treat it safely and effectively with medicine called levothyroxine (Synthroid, Levoxyl, others). 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