The Iodine Crisis: What You Don't know About Iodine Can Wreck Your Life

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And if you suffer from a health condition such as hardening of the arteries, where too much salt could present a danger, it’s important to take advice from your GP or iodine-literate practitioner.

Unfortunately, Iodine is a vital nutrient that seems go very unnoticed in today's world, even in conventional medicine. A few reasons why iodine has been vastly neglected, or even strongly opposed by many Doctors, Pharmacists, and even popular Medical institutions, is because it is inexpensive, can cure most diseases, and/or significantly improve symptoms of disease. In the 1940's, when antibiotics came into vogue as the treatment for most disease, iodine therapy vanished from popular medical vernacular. The research of David Brownstein, MD, and the late Guy Abraham, MD, suggests that this belief is based on unreliable evidence, and that the current recommended daily amounts of iodine, 150mcg are far too low. Improved cognitive function: Iodine is crucial for proper brain development and cognitive function. Pregnant women with iodine deficiency may give birth to children with cognitive impairments, while adults with low iodine levels can also experience cognitive decline. Usually when individuals discover that they have Hypothyroidism or some form of Thyroid Dysfunction, the first thing they resort to is taking Thyroid medication that is prescribed by a doctor. While this may serve as a temporary fix, this can actually end up causing worse issues in the long run, as your Thyroid Medication may actually make you even more Iodine deficient than you previously were, here is why. Mainland Japanese people are believed to consume approximately 13.8mg of iodine daily, more than 10 times the WHO recommended dose, mainly from seaweed. The Japanese have relatively low levels of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers, and Japanese women have significantly lower levels of fibrocystic breast disease.

Aceves, C. Is Iodine a gatekeeper of the integrity of the mammary gland? J. of Mammary Gland Biol. and Neoplasia. Vol.10, No.2. April 2005. Rodzaevskai, E.B., et al. Age depenent thymus involution in experimental iodine deficiency. Arkh. Patol. 2002 Mar-Apr;64(2):13-6

The dosages recommended for the supporting nutrients are based on the idea of taking 50mg of iodine. A lot of people start with lower doses of iodine and move up slowly. Lugol’s iodine solution is not a brand – it’s a name given to the formulation made from iodine and potassium iodide which was first developed by Jean Lugol, a French doctor, in 1829. Iodine is the answer to fibrocystic breast disease. Iodine is the answer for breast cancer prevention. Iodine is the answer I should have been giving to all the women over the years I worked in the hospital X-ray department, but didn’t. So I am making up for it now. We routinely test for Iodine level, and give Iodine supplements to every woman in my clinic. I consider this extremely important.The iodine crisis refers to the increasing prevalence of iodine deficiency across the world, leading to a range of health issues. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 2 billion people worldwide suffer from iodine deficiency, with 54 countries considered iodine-deficient. For years, the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for iodine has been set at 150 micrograms (mcg) for adults. This requirement was initially set to prevent Goiter. However, new research and clinical observations suggest that these recommendations may be too low to ensure optimal health, especially considering our modern day toxic environments saturated with Halides that deplete our Iodine levels, thus contributing to the “The Iodine crisis”. Dr Brownstein says that all of these elements are more toxic when iodine deficiency is present. What is Lugol’s? If you are a woman diagnosed with fibrocystic breast disease or breast cancer, you need to read this book. If you are a woman who undergoes repeated breast biopsies or breast cyst aspirations, then you need to read this book. If you are a breast cancer survivor, then you need to read this book. Teaching myself how this works and experiencing success myself has given me an amazing view of how our system works. A little more about me and a few links to my other content – whyiodine.com/micah-coffey As an interventional radiologist for 30 years, my job was to read the mammograms and perform the procedures, the breast biopsies and needle aspirations. Some women had multiple cysts and nodules and returned to the department every year for repeat aspirations and biopsy procedures. They would always corner me in the reading room and ask, “Doctor, what can I do to make these cysts and nodules in my breast go away”? And for 30 years I would throw up my hands and say “we just don’t know”.. .

Book Genre: Food, Food and Drink, Health, Medical, Medicine, Nonfiction, Nutrition, Science, Self Help After I retired from radiology and returned to clinical medicine in 2004, I attended medical meetings and listened to David Brownstein MD and George Flechas MD speaking about the health benefits of Iodine supplementation. Dr Guy Abraham, one of the world's leading researchers on iodine, has shown that the required daily intake of iodine necessary for maintaining iodine sufficiency is at least 13mg per day (after fully saturating the body, which may take some time loading). At sufficiency, the thyroid gland holds a total of approximately 50mg of Iodine. The thyroid gland needs approximately 6mg/day of iodine for sufficiency. The breasts need at least 5mg of iodine (not including ovaries or Prostate for Males), that leaves 2mg of iodine for the rest of the body. This 2mg is still well above - 14x - the RDA of 150mcg/day of iodine. This would clearly explain why the RDA for iodine is inadequate, and may actually lead to health issues in the long run. Eskin, B. Different Tissue responses for iodine and iodide in rat thyroid and mammary glands. Biological Trace Element Research. Vol. 49, 1995.

Thyroid Meds can make your symptoms worse

Magnesium 200mg – 400mg – More body weight and activity can increase demand. I try to get small amounts of chelated calcium as I take magnesium. I aim for 4 times as much magnesium as calcium. – Read more at whyiodine.com/magnesium magnesium oxide (I didn’t take this, as an online diet analyser showed that I was already getting more than 600mg magnesium in my diet, and I managed fine without it.) An increasing body of evidence supports the idea that higher doses of iodine may be more beneficial than previously believed. Iodine is found throughout the body, with approximately 15-20mg stored in the thyroid of the average adult (not necessarily Healthy). As previously stated, when body iodine levels are sufficient it is said that the thyroid gland can hold up to 50mg of Iodine, and 1,500mg-2,000mg in the entire body! Koutras, D.A, et al. Effect of small iodine supplement on thryoid function in normal iondividuals J. Clin. Endocr. 24:857-862, 1964. Abraham, G. et al. Orthoiodosupplementation: Iodine sufficiency of the whole human body. Original Internist. December, 2002.