Thyroid Disease and Seafood Iodine
Generally speaking, seafood includes algae, fish, shrimps and shellfish. Specifically, kelp and laver belong to algae. Fish include hairtail, salmon, etc. Metapenaeus metapenaeus and scallops are shrimps and shellfish. The iodine content of these seafood is actually very different. Iodine Content of Common Seafood Iodine content Seafood species 举例 Up to 100 grams of algae, dry kelp contains 36 240 micrograms of iodine; 100 g Porphyra contains 4 323 micrograms of iodine. Secondly, 100g shellfish and shrimps contain 346 micrograms of iodine. 100g shrimp skin contains 264.5 micrograms of iodine. At least 100g of fish, cuttlefish contains 13.9 micrograms of iodine; 100g Pseudosciaena crocea contains 5.8 micrograms of iodine; 100 grams of hairtail also has only 5.5 micrograms of iodine. Read More …