The words "synthetic iodine" are a misnomer. The Iodine in Lugol solution is no more "synthetic iodine" than the copper in a penny in your pocket is "synthetic copper". Neither have been synthesized by man, only refined.
One question to ask, is, what is so "dark side" about ingestion of one of the first substances recognized / discovered (in the early 1800's) to have a cause and effect relationship of eradicating / curing a condition (goitre) ?
Is it really "alternative medicine" to ingest an essential mineral ? If so, does that mean that mainstream medicine is against the ingestion of essential minerals ?
Why do people spend time cutting down and demonizing Iodine supplementation ?
Why do they not focus on, say, selenium, herbs, or some other supplement ?
Answer: Because Iodine is effective, and costs pharma big $$$ , otherwise they wouldn't burn resources trying to say bad shlt about iodine.
Keep in mind the prescription PIMA syrup, has a typical dose per day of over 1000 milligrams of potassium iodide. Pharma's own stuff that's been around 100 years, is directed to be taken in LARGE quantities , even for little kiddies, which itself proves the safety of what some call large doses.
Oh well, I guess on any topic there will always be folks who disagree. Even on things like, cylinder head porting techniques, aircraft design, how to rear children, tie a fishing fly, make beer, etc.
I'm not out to change anybody's mind - people are pretty much going to think what they want to, and they should. Sometimes those who believe differently from us can actually teach us something, if we maintain a fair, open mind.
Who gave you the god-given ability to know you're "right"?
I don't oppose your using Iodine if you wish to self-experiment. But to tell everyone that Iodine is good is wrong, IMO. Sounds just like religion, black and white, we have all the answers, don't anyone dare question it!!!!
Iodine IS good. It's an essential nutrient. How you wish to get your Iodine is up to you. If you oppose the use of Lugol's and the like, that's up to you. You have posted previously that you have had negative experiences with iodine, could you provide some detail, please? Fleshing out the story a bit makes it seem more believable to readers:) And others could learn from your experiences!
Do you remember this thread, Mira? Did you ever watch the video that I posted to you? This video shows that with Iodine supplementation cretinism can be reversed in one generation. Now, how anyone could possibly dispute the value of a nutrient that can do that is beyond me.
And, contrary to allusions that Iodine supporters "gang up" on those that disagree, I was quite alone in that thread, and quite cordial:)
Now, here's the video again, please watch it, it really is quite mind-blowing:
"Kamidi lives on the slopes of Mount Merapi in Indonesia, one of Java's most active and dangerous volcanoes. He's three foot tall and has the tell-tale signs of cretinism: low hair line, bulging eyes, stunted growth - all associated with iodine deficiency, common in volcanic areas. Twenty years ago, Dr. Djokomoelyanto, a distinguished Indonesian endocrinologist injected large numbers of cretins in the surrounding area with iodine-infused oil. Kamidi was one of his patients. Within weeks, as Prof. Djokomoelyanto recounts in this moving Life programme, the cretins started feeling more energetic and lively. Kamidi eventually even married - another, taller, cretin, who'd also been treated with the iodine-infused oil, and they had two normal children."
Those arriving this forum usually wants an input on Iodine supplementation. Not the opposite.
We keep the debates out of here, in this way we can give our best advice. If I did let Hv in here for instance, we would be kept busy arguing instead of actually helping.
To take Iodine or not is up to the individual.
We are not right. But we are doing pretty well.
"For example, if you don't admit that too much Iodine can can have harmful effects, you are not presenting the whole picture."
I could be wrong, but I assume that most grown-ups recognize that "too much" of anything "can" have harmful effects.
In fact, the very words "too much" inherently contain the notion of excess.
Too much whiskey, too much greasy foods, too much stress, too much inflation, too much bromide in the diet, too much fluoride in the pineal, too much talk and no action, etc.
"Too much" Iodine is by definition , not a good thing. The relevant inquiry is therefore, "How much is too much ?" We've seen PIMA syrup being administered having Iodide present super-gram quantities daily to patients for over half a century. Clearly, that amount isn't "too much" in its context. Plus, we've seen folk report ingesting 100mg + daily with beneficial effects, including those shown in the Ghent-Easkin double-blind placebo-controlled study that shows that "large" amounts of ingested synthetic Iodine in the form of Lugol's, eradicates fibrocystic breast conditions.
What anyone concludes from that, is up to the individual to conclude - until somebody puts a gun to one's head and tells them to stop thinking for themselves, or else....