Iodine

Podcast 444: Thyrodine

With Phil Thomas. Thyrodine supports and protects your thyroid gland from radiation, balances hormones, reduces joint pain, strengthens immunity and more… Read More

Iodine Remedies: Secrets From The Sea

Iodine deficiency is common and terribly harmful. Your body produces none therefore supplementation is essential. We cannot get adequate amounts from the food we consume… Read More

One of the vegetables you definitely don’t want to miss out on is seaweed. You probably never thought about sea plants as a group of vegetables, did you? But just like fish and other seafood, seaweed is packed with nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and many health benefits! Read More

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Potassium Iodide (SSKI)

It’s very likely that SSKI helps eliminate fibrocystic breast disease and ovarian cysts at least partly through it’s interaction with estrogens Read More

Iodine Health Benefits

There is growing evidence that Americans would have better health and a lower incidence of cancer and fibrocystic disease of the breast if they consumed more iodine. A decrease in iodine intake coupled with an increased consumption of competing halogens, fluoride and bromide, has created an epidemic of iodine deficiency in America. Read More

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Iodine Skin Test

The iodine disappearance rate is unrelated to thyroid disease or even iodine content of the body Read More

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Iodine Deficiency Effects

While iodine will help the thyroid increase the production of hormone where necessary, it also inhibits over-release from the gland by giving thyroid enzymes what they want. Read More

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Iodine Research

The RDA for iodine was based on the amount of iodine/iodide needed to prevent goiter, extreme mental retardation and hypothyroidism. The optimal requirement of the whole human body for iodine has never been studied. Read More

Iodine Deficiency Causes

All glands (thyroid, adrenal, etc.) especially need iodine for the production of hormones. Read More

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Iodine Malabsorption and Staph Infections

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a tough, hardy and insistent pathogen that can cause major upsets in a healthy system and it can be devastating (I mean deadly) to a protein deficient system. Read More