Guaranteed income supplement. Seniors may be eligible for the guaranteed income supplement (GIS), which is a monthly benefit paid to residents of Canada who receive a full or partial OAS pension. If a senior is single, his or her income should be below $14,352.
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) increases the activity of the Sodium-Iodine Symporter (NIS) that drives iodine into the thyroid and into the cells of the other organs. That is the reason that the TSH blood levels increase when patients are taking iodine â the TSH is needed to drive iodine into the cells.
The American Thyroid Association (ATA) has issued a warning about the risks of too much iodine from iodine, potassium iodide and kelp supplements Ingesting more than 1,100 mcg of iodine per day (the tolerable upper limit) may cause thyroid dysfunction, according to the ATA, but many supplements may contain iodine in amounts that are up to several thousand times higher than the tolerable upper limit