Your facebook friend needs to read the book, "The Iodine Crises" by Lynne Farrow.

She cannot get enough Iodine from painting her skin. Also, kelp capsules are not recommended, and also don't provide enough iodine.

I recommend that she follow the Dr. Brownstein Iodine Protocol:
http://tinyurl.com/Iodine-Handout


Dr. Brownstein recommends titrating up to 50mg a day of iodoral capsules or Lugols Iodine with the required co-supplements listed in the above link.

Most of the iodine painted on the skin evaporates and only 12% is absorbed by the body. The seweed capsules also contain contaminants from the ocean, and iodine content is not reliable because iodine evaporates from the seaweed when it is processed.

The best reliable sources for iodine are Lugols and Iodoral.

Grizz

Jenifer,
Your facebook friend needs to read the book, "The Iodine Crises" by Lynne Farrow.

She cannot get enough Iodine from painting her skin. Also, kelp capsules are not recommended, and also don't provide enough iodine.

I recommend that she follow the Dr. Brownstein Iodine Protocol:
http://tinyurl.com/Iodine-Handout


Dr. Brownstein recommends titrating up to 50mg a day of iodoral capsules or Lugols Iodine with the required co-supplements listed in the above link.

Most of the iodine painted on the skin evaporates and only 12% is absorbed by the body. The seweed capsules also contain contaminants from the ocean, and iodine content is not reliable because iodine evaporates from the seaweed when it is processed.

The best reliable sources for iodine are Lugols and Iodoral.

Grizz

I believe it could be this easy for some folks. I'm not 100% convinced that everyone on the planet needs huge doses of Iodine supps a day. But..... I'm doing it anyway!

Dr. Brownstein himself started Iodine while not ill. He thought he was in good health himself. But after starting Iodine he realised that he had not been in optimal health.

So yes, I believe that low dosages of Iodine keep a lot of people functioning quite well. BUT not optimally.

For instance at the school where I work, I bet most colleagues consider themselves to be in good health, but they get the flu every winter. Personally, I believe a person in excellent health (which to me means on iodine and good food) does not get ill.

Also, two acquaintances, who would themselves have said to have been in good health, got hyperthyroidism after being pregnant. That proves they were NOT in good health before getting pregnant.

With only limited iodine, your health is on the edge of the knife: one bad thing happens and the health is gone. This might be a virus, stress, you suddenly started eating soy, pregnancy, ...

Ah, I have one more. These "healthy" people (on low iodine) get cancer!! So, even though they were feeling "well", there bodies were fighting to keep them alive.

I think there is a big difference between feeling "well" on low iodine, and feeling WELL when you're saturated.

that is not how it works. its just another internet fable to keep people from getting enough iodine. Iodine is an essential element that must be taken daily. it takes a minimum of 100mg a day to combat halogen imbalance. it can take years to get Iodine sufficient.