by Sara Banta | Jun 17, 2026 | AHP News, Iodine, Thyroid Health
What if your thyroid isn’t actually fine, even though your labs say it is?What if the reason you’re exhausted, cold all the time, gaining weight despite doing everything right, losing your hair, suffering from brain fog, puffy, inflamed, and just...
by Sara Banta | Sep 12, 2025 | AHP News, Iodine
Wait—iodine? Didn’t we fix that a century ago with iodized salt? Turns out… not for everyone. A Brown University pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Monica Serrano-Gonzalez, has been seeing more kids and teens with iodine deficiency—yes, in 2025—and her team is sounding...
by Sara Banta | Sep 10, 2024 | AHP News, Iodine
For decades we took it for granted that iodine was supplied in our soils and our iodized salt; it wasn’t a mineral you focused on supplementing with. Nowadays, the soils are significantly depleted of not only iodine but most minerals. To make matters worse, the...
by Sara Banta | Aug 30, 2024 | AHP News, Family Health, Iodine
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) finally published a controversial report on Wednesday that links fluoride exposure to neurotoxic effects in children. This report, which has faced years of pushback from public health officials who tried to block or weaken its...
by Sara Banta | Mar 25, 2023 | AHP News, Iodine, Men's Health, Thyroid Health
While it is true that most who suffer from hypothyroidism or thyroid issues are women, thyroid health does affect men. Part of this issue is that men are less likely to get blood tests and be diagnosed with hypothyroidism, or any health condition for that matter. The...
by Sara Banta | Aug 18, 2022 | AHP News, Iodine, Kids
Many practitioners question whether it’s safe to give children iodine supplements. Most practitioners don’t recommend more than 150 to 290 micrograms daily for anyone, let alone children. However, not only do children and pregnant women need iodine, but their needs...
