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Hi group, I have something I feel I need to share. I see so many folks in here and in some of my other health groups with thyroid issues, the overwhelming majority of which is women. I apologize now for the lengthy post, but there is a lot to know. I talk a lot about Iodine, and too often the response is, people think they don't need it. I'm no medical expert, I'll admit that up front, but in the past 10 years since I changed my WOE, I have given Iodine most of my attention, and hence I understand it a bit more than most. I guess that is because I found that it is probably the single most important nutrient in our lives, and yet it is the least understood. I hope to change the perception that it is something we don't need.
It isn't possible to show all of the things the body uses Iodine for in one post, but since we are seeing an epidemic of thyroid issues these days, including in this group, where many have seen some improvement, (but many still struggle with it), I thought I would start with the thyroid, which uses that majority of Iodine in the body. So I would like to show a graphic, since a picture is worth a thousand words, that shows how the thyroid hormones T3 & T4 are made by the thyroid. Many people take artificial or animal thyroid hormones for their thyroid. To the right in the photo, you see the blood vein, which carries Iodine to the symporters, where it starts the process of making hormones. Follow the arrows and you see, out comes the 2 main hormones, T3 (Triiodothyronine - notice the name Iodo) and T4 (Thyroxine). The numbers 3 & 4 indicates how many molecules of Iodine each has. It isn't rocket science to see that a lack of Iodine is going to affect normal thyroid hormone production.
You also don't need to be an MD to learn that the thyroid hormones are the master hormones, and so if you have a failing thyroid, other hormones start failing as well (domino effect). The other hormones control things such as ovulation and fertility, sustainability of a fetus in the uterus, and also breast milk production and maybe more I'm not aware of. They are the sex hormones, and to many of us, are very important indeed! Women are the most affected by hormonal issues, due to the complexity of them all. You have to look hard to find a man who has Hashimoto's for example, but not a woman.
I hope there is a realization that Iodine is not a drug, not something weird or strange, not some fad or anything else one might say about it. Life simply would NOT exist as it should if our mother is very deficient in Iodine during her pregnancy. Life STARTS with Iodine being key and it's importance never diminishes throughout our lives. Google Cretinism for more on it's importance to fetuses. Goiters were nearly eliminated after they started putting Iodine in salt and bread way back when.
I know this is a meat group, and we learn so much here about healthy living, BUT I see many coming here with lingering issues that they brought here with them to this WOE, and so I feel it is important to at least gain a little better awareness of the single most important nutrient that exists. We don't need to turn this into an Iodine group either, I would just suggest joining (yes another group) a good Iodine group that follows the teachings of Dr Guy Abraham and Dr David Brownstein and doesn't try to sell you anything in order to ask them any questions. One group has helped thousands with Hashi's, including some in this group. I want to end with a couple of myth busters. 1. - It is virtually impossible to overdose on Iodine for 2 reasons, a.- it's extremely difficult to get a large amount in you at one time, and b. - your body can only absorb a limited amount in the 90 minutes it takes for Iodine to be sent to the kidneys. Iodine goes out in your urine, and can be measured in a urine test, along with certain toxins (Halides) from the same family as Iodine, 2. - Hashimoto's patients by the thousands depend on Iodine for some relief from their symptoms, and you can ask them in those Iodine groups. It is hard to dispute so many Hashi's people not having problems taking high dose Iodine and in fact DID experience problems when they took small doses.
I highly recommend the guide in this link for supplementing with Iodine. Hope all this is of some help in showing how we DO in fact need Iodine, and in light of seeing SO many sufferers of thyroid disorders, it ought to be obvious we aren't getting enough. We have come to the right WOE, but not all can be fixed by it, sometimes we do have to add some things ALONG with our terrific WOE, unfortunately...http://steppingstonesliving.com/theguide/
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