Great informative comments. In the US we do have iodine rich foods, especially in foods that come from coastal areas and in sea foods. This is because of the iodine found in the ocean. Be careful with the amounts of iodine supplements that you take in because too much iodine can be bad for your thyroid as well. There needs to be a healthy balance in your diet. Soy products are very bad for people who have hypothyroidism because the goitrogen levels found in soy and soy products will attack and deplete your iodine levels.

sigh… I have decided to supplement iodine 12.5 mg daily,which eliminates my fibrocystic breast disease and take thyroid medication for what seems to be a resulting hypothyroidism. My mother and sister already had hypothyroidism so the predisposition was always there whether the iodine would have caused it in any person without the predisposition I can not say.

In addition I am now filtering fluoride from my water and supplementing my body with bioidentical hormones,selenium,Atp cofactors, and other vitamins to help my thyroid try to recover. fingers crossed

During my last visit to my thyroid Doctor I asked if it was true that soy is bad for people with an under active thyroid and she verified that soy products are bad for people who have hypo and that soy should be avoided or extremely limited.

Some vegetables that contain goitrogens can or actually should be included in your diet because of the other nutritional benefits that they provide your body with. Most of the goitrogens in these common vegetables like broccoli are counteracted by iodine levels also found in those foods and if you eat those later on in the day, a good while after taking your thyroid meds then your body should have already absorbed the necessary synthetic hormones from your meds and there will be very little interference at that point. But as far as soy goes. It really should be avoided.