Symptoms of iodine deficiency are often similar to those with Hashi's, Grave's, Fibromyalgia, CFS & other auto-immune disorders. This is because iodine deficiency plays a large part in those conditions & symptoms too. As Dr. Brownstein mentions in his book, 'Iodine, why you need it, why you can't live without it', 95% of the 4000 patients he tested, were deficient in this essential mineral, iodine. Chances are high if you're not eating brown kelp or supplementing with Lugol's or potassium-iodide, you're deficient. Since most of the soils & hence foods don't contain iodine, you'll be hard pressed to find some in your diet. I've heard it said, there is no iodine deficiency in the US & Canada because we iodize our salt. When the iodization of salt was started in 1924 in the US & 1929 Canada to prevent the continued trend of thyroidism from occurring in the population, our air & world was not so populated with toxins like; Fluoride, Chlorine & Bromine, which leaches it from the body & competes for storage with iodine. Physicians of that day were regularly prescribing Lugol's Solution for depression, infection, arthritis, cysts, menopause & more. The overall depletion of iodine experienced in the population was endemic in nature, occurring mostly in the Great Lakes region, where the area was named, 'The Goitre Belt'. Currently, we still see lots of endemic goitre & hypothyroidism in the Goitre Belt today and with added occurrence, since physicians today don't prescribe Lugol's or potassium-iodide anymore. This iodine deficiency is compounded even further with the additions of Fluoride, Chlorine & Bromine into our foods, air, drinking water, swimming pools, fast-food, soda pop, fire-retardant & more....
A short list of common symptoms of iodine deficiency include:
Cold hands and feet
Low basal temp.(taken first thing in the morning)
Low immunity (catching colds & flu's)
Dry skin & hair
Brittle hair & nails
Inability to sweat (hypohydrosis)
Proneness to weight gain
Hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Hashimoto's Disease
Graves Disease
CFS
Fibromyalgia
Alzheimer's
ADD/ADHD
Any Auto-Immune condition
Any Cancer, especially breast, ovarian, brain, thyroid, skin, prostate & leukemia
Heart Disease (arteriosclerosis)
Poor memory
Trouble concentrating
Headaches
Cystic conditions of the skin, breasts, ovaries
Prostate enlargement & cancer
Edema
Muscle cramps
Constipation
Thalassotherapy and Iodine - discussing conditions like: Thyroidism, Fibrocytic Breast Disease, Endometriosis, Ovarian Cysts, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Eczema, Psoriasis, Cancer and more! Thalassotherapy is defined as the layering of ocean components onto the body; utilizing whole seaweeds, seasalt & ocean water over the body; allowing the absorption of important vitamins and minerals in a bio-available chelated form, for the purpose of achieving mind, body balancing.
Hi Rod
ReplyDeleteI'm an iodine fan too. I see you, too are Canadian so I just want to ensure that you know that our use in Canada of bromine is somewhat less than in the US...for instance we do not brominate our bread flour (thank heavens) and we do not use as much bromine in fertilizers or fire retardants...according to what I can find. If you have info to the contrary, please share it!
I now know that I'm hypothyroid. Iodine has helped but not fixed it...neither has thyroid hormone (T3)...but we're still messing around with dosages.
Hypothyroidism is one of the most disregard conditions in those over sixty and older. In order to ease the thyroid problems desiccated thyroid herbal supplements are recommended.
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