Vital Information
The Japanese people uptake an average of 12.5 milligrams of iodine per day since they eat just about anything that crawls, floats or swims out of the ocean and enjoy seaweed as a daily snack. The rates of prostate and breast cancer are significantly lower in Japan than in the united States. So you can see that higher levels of iodine are being consumed quite regularly around the world with evidence showing the consumption producing a healthier population. There have also been many studies showing iodine sufficiency in nursing mothers relating to significantly higher IQ in their children.
The Halides
What Dr. Brownstein and others found in their research was that other halides prevalent in our food chain and especially “Bromine” played a significant role in bullying the iodine receptors, kicking them out and moving in.
One of the main ingredients in Mountain Dew used to be “brominated vegetable oil”. Bromine was even given to replace iodine in bread as a preservative. They even started putting bromine in our spa’s as a sanitizer. It was everywhere for a long time. Lately we have seen the prevalence of this impostor of iodine fall out of favor. I’m not sure if it was due to the realization of the mistake and the harm or for other reasons, but I am glad to see it’s popularity in our foods ingredients on the wane. We still have many challenges to face. Consider the prevalence of chlorine and flourine in our water supply and you have to shake your head and we still have no proper source of sufficient iodine in the American diet. Are you starting to see the big picture yet?
Imposters
Testimony
I used to live in the backwoods country where the locals did not take going to the doctor or much less the hospital with much enthusiasm. It was kind of like the Knights of Ni from the Monty Python days, “Oh, it’s just a flesh wound” as their leg was chopped off. One day, a young lady developed appendicitis and she would not go to the hospital. I was not around during this drama but my friend went to my place and took my bottle of 50 mg. emergency Iodine/Iodine tablets and dosed her accordingly. She did not get better so eventually, she agreed to the hospital where she was operated on only to find out that her appendix had burst and had been in the burst condition for several days. Well, since no one survives a burst appendix much less still walks around with the condition, the doctors demanded to know how she had survived, what she had been doing different. She pulled out the bottle of Iodine and stunned the team of nurses and doctors. This had saved her life. Being a tad less stubborn would have also done the trick but you can see how significant a role iodine plays in our bodies.
I have used this during a bout with a brown recluse bite. No antibiotics were used. A drawing salve with activated charcoal and the iodine tablets healed it right up and it was bad. The wound had rapidly grown to about the size of a half dollar and was about an inch deep in dissolved tissue. The severe infection headache went away about six hours after taking my first dosage of iodine and healed up sufficiently within a week.
Looking into the past and seeing how Iodine was used before antibiotics came about is also quite revealing. This was the go to for anything that could not be cured by the normal first line of go to medicines of the time.
Wrap Up
Everyone should investigate having an emergency bottle of high dose Iodine around and investigate whether supplementation may be right for you. Listen to the Doctors studies and their findings in the links below to learn more. I am not a doctor and am not giving medical advise, I am simply suggesting you to investigate some of the material that I have taken in over the years and make your own decision.
Evan
Here are the links:
Be patient with this one this is a really good power-point presentation on iodine http://fibromyalgiarecovery.com/uploads/IODINE_-_Solution_to_health_problems.pdf
Dr. Brownstein’s Website and Books https://www.drbrownstein.com/Iodine-Why-You-Need-It-p/iodine.htm
An article about Iodine replacing Antibiotics in the near future https://www.naturalnews.com/022800.html
Iodine Myths http://hypothyroidmom.com/busting-the-iodine-myths/
Brownstein Interview http://www.naturalendocrinesolutions.com/archives/an-interview-with-dr-david-brownstein-on-iodine-and-thyroid-health/
NOTE:
IODORAL is the go to supplement and comes in 12.5 mg and 50 mg tablets. You can find this on several popular supplement websites.
Thanks for the useful information! I have found that seaweed is a great source of iodine in a natural form.
Realrose,
Yes the seaweed is a good source of maintenance iodine and may be the perfect amount for many people. The reason to keep the high dose iodine around is for emergencies and to act as an anti-biotic if there is ever a need. If you have not had a chance to read any of the links in the article, I highly recommend some research time. There is some really good information abounding.
Cheers,
Evan