Hi,

When I was supplementing over 500 Milligrams of Iodine per day, long ago my ferritin (iron storage levels) went low. I have had good success with iron citrate and orange juice to boost those levels back up. I don’t do well with Vitamin C vitamins… different strokes for different folks.

I think my wife will need Newports method to get her problems at bay. She has had an eating disorder for years and done a lot of damage to her body.

Note that, as with other iron supplements, you get the best absorption if you take the iron supplement together with a source of vitamin C--either orange juice or a vitamin C supplement. On the other hand, calcium decreases iron absorption, so avoid taking this or any other iron supplements together with calcium supplements or dairy products.

http://www.amazon.com/THORNE-RESEARCH-Citrate-Capsules-Misc/dp/B0012ZNM7U/ref...



Here’s how iron and your thyroid interact: If the thyroid gland runs low on iron, the chemical reactions that produce thyroid hormone cannot proceed normally. Iron deficiency impairs thyroid hormone synthesis by reducing activity of heme-dependent thyroid peroxidases by 30 to 50% depending on the severity of the iron deficiency. This iron-dependent enzyme uses Iodine ions and hydrogen peroxide to generate iodine, which plays a central role in the production of thyroid hormones. So you need good levels of both Iodine and iron (and selenium) for your body to be able to produce adequate amounts of thyroid hormones. In fact, research shows that people with low thyroid function respond best when they get both iodine and iron.

http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/your-thyroid-needs-iron/


Iron-deficiency anemia blunts and iron supplementation improves the efficacy of iodine supplementation.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12487769


t2t

I see the initial question of this discussion as being wrong, there is no single "best" kind of iron.

Too bad, when people get osteoporosis, they think "ooo, I can take more calcium and it will fix it". Similarly, when people are anemic they think "oooo, I can take more iron and it will fix it." Osteoporosis and anemia are not caused by lack of calcium or iron. I use these as being exemplary only.

To fix osteoporosis or anemia would be even farther divergent from the topic of this forum. But the answer to the original poster's wayy off-topic question is: "There is no single best kind or iron" Isn't it funny the variety of responses received ? Wow. People must have wayyy too much time on their hands