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Ovaries

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Ovarian Cancer

IODINE AND THE OVARIES

Iodine is concentrated at high levels in the ovaries via the NIS symporter.

Iodine deficiency is strongly correlated with ovarian cysts and may also be related to ovarian cancer.

Flechas states that the greater the iodine deficiency, the more ovarian cysts a woman produces, resulting in the extreme form known as polycystic ovarian disease.

Howenstine asserts that Iodine therapy can reduce or eliminate ovarian cysts.

Slebodzinski states that iodine concentration in the ovary is higher than in every other organs except the thyroid. The ovarian iodide uptake varies with sexual activities, is enhanced by estrogens and a hypothyroid state and blocked by goitrogens.

Escobar investigated the effect of various levels of iodine intake on thyroid hormones in different tissues in the rat.  They discovered that, under conditions of iodine deficiency, the concentration of T3 in the ovary was much higher than in the blood or most other tissues.

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