Surely mandalasarah is talking about Tincture of Iodine which is used
for the patch test mentioned and NOT meant for ingesting orally?
While minute amounts of Iodine Tincture may be added to large amounts
of water for purifying purposes, this isn't the same thing as taking daily
Iodine supplementation in the form of Lugols, Iosol or Iodoral.
BTW, anyone taking an Iodine supplement is advised to Not take it at night
before bedtime as it might hinder sleep. Also, I think I've read where it Should
be taken 30 minutes Before any food is eaten.
Please correct me if this info is wrong.
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This is a rather simple question to what is a rather spirited, informed and important thread. "The lack of Iodine is the single most important issue happening these days in healthcare". Agreed, along with Vitamin D deficiency.
Oh .......... my question. JFH, I missed the article reference. Is it Dr. Abrahams or the biomedical research crew at the UCLA medical school?
Oh .......... my question. JFH, I missed the article reference. Is it Dr. Abrahams or the biomedical research crew at the UCLA medical school?
Jay, I normally do refer to Dr. Abraham a lot, when referring to iodine for medicinal use. He and Drs. Flechas and Brownstein seem to have done the most clinical work, which included 100s of patients. However, I was responding to a post of Arrowwind when she linked to https://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller20.html That would be Dr. Donald Miller.
This doesn't apply if you have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, does it?
It seems like each time I want to implement something to help my health it causes problems.
For example:
I want to drink green tea for it's antioxidants for cancer prevention and help with tooth decay BUT it has a high amount of fluoride and I get anxiety when I drink it.
I also want to eat cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage for cancer prevention and health but they are high in goitrogens. I get really tired when I eat them.
I also love fruit but it has a lot of fructose. Vegetables have more nutrients than fruits but I love fruits!
Hi,
I am undergoing investigations to find out about a lump on my neck. Test have ruled out lymphoma, glandular and viral infections. The lump appeared amost overnight 3 days after i had a C section. It is under my jaw bone on the left of my neck. When at its largest it was the size of a tennis ball.....it had been drained and is now like a golf ball.
It no longer hurts, [though was agony at its largest size].
I have joined here to see if anyone has had any experiences similar to this....and if they have any advice. My doctor has now referred me for an MRI scan and wants to remove the cyst.
Can i go running? [gentle running....i am only 7 weeks after a cesarean!]
Or will running affect the cyst?
I just got my Lugol's solution (I had been using potassium iodide) in the mail Thursday, and I took a small dose Friday morning to see if I would have a negative reaction. I felt good, so I upped the dosage this morning. I still feel good, but a cyst that was in the palm of hand (a water based cyst) has gotten enormous. It is so huge that I can't close my hand. It also feels warm.
I've fiddled with this cyst for about three years and it never went away. I would press and rub it and it would get smaller, but never go away. This reaction was immediate (within an hour of taking the higher dosage), so I'm hoping that this means that the cyst is going to gone soon.
I noticed a change when I started the Lugol's solution instead of just the plain potassium iodide. I started Friday and I have energy to spare. The cyst on the palm of my hand is almost gone, my appetite is less, I have almost no interest in sugar or snacks, and this old lady feels like she could go out and climb a mountain.
I haven't had this kind of energy in about thirty years; I feel great. I woke up this morning at 5:30 full of energy and ready for a nice long walk. I didn't crawl out of bed and want to crawl right back.
The energy difference is dramatic. I slept without constantly waking up during the night.
I thought that my elderly cat with allergies might need some help, so I put a couple of drops of potassium iodide in her water bowl (I would have put a drop of lugol's but I thought she might notice the taste) and her runny nose seems to be drying up.
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I've been really caught up recently. If you put something on your skin, it avoids the digestive system and goes straight to the bloodstream. That can be a terrible thing with such things as make-up and cosmetics, but a benefit with iodine. This is especially because when you place iodine on your skin - you only absorb what your body needs. While I have agreed with you that iodine is found naturally in foods, there is a difference between that, and the iodine that we find bottled and for sale over the counter.
For your interest, this iodine is 2% iodine, 2.4% Potassium iodide, and 47% ethyl alcohol (non-toxic).
This really reminds me of the case with MSG. You see, back in Japan, seaweed was added to the food to enhance the flavor. It worked wonderfully. It was because it contained glutamic acid. MSG was not isolated until 1907, and then patented in 1909. While it caused no harm in the natural state, when taken away from other minerals (like L-Taurine, which was also present, which counteracts ill-effects) it has a LOT of health problems. It's the same way with iodine.
For your reference, there are many minerals that can be neutralized. If we lived on a diet of raw vegetables from nutrient-rich soil, which would get plenty of iodine, and we would feel better for it. Many of our health problems would go away. It's the same way with copper, but copper can also be toxic when taken in quantity.
I think it is safer and more sensible to place it on the skin, because it is absorbed at the rate of the body. It will be just as effective, with minimal side-effects when compared with oral ingestion. While natural iodine in foods is great for the body, adding synthetic is not.
Also, people tend to think that if you put something on your skin that you can avoid toxic issues with it, as though the skin wasn't really a part of them.
It is clearly evident with more and more medications going to topical application that topical enters the system just as effectively as orally and the body will be subject to similar toxicity issues.
Arrowwind, can Logol's be just as effective by using a transdermal application, as opposed to internally? It sounds like that can be an option if desired, is that correct?
Thanks for the very interesting discussions! It's good to know Iodine from different perspectives.
In China, salt sold on the market must add Iodine since many years ago, the rule has been changed a few times according to several statistics, the latest regulation is （35�15）mg/KG.
Some people do it transdermally I guess, but I have a hard time believing that it will significantly nourish your thyroid this way. Doctors say take it orally. Its cheap, no rx needed and you need to be able to control the amount that gets into your system. You should also get your thyroid checked a few times the first year to be sure all is going well.
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