People are telling me Im gaining wei... 
Jay77
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MoreHi Everyone,
So ive bumped into a few people I havent seen in some time and they've mentioned ive gained weight.
I was away for 6 weeks in Europe for work, and preceding this I was hitting the gym and was more or less 100% paleo. I was worried the travelling packed the pounds on, but surprisingly I only gained 2 pounds.
What I have noticed is my face does look a little fatter, especially around the neck. It seems to be swollen a bit in that area and formed a double chin.
I've complained that my throat feels constricted and sore, and I get a lot of neck sweat and have been losing lots of hair.
Can anyone weigh in a little? Im usually taking 100-200mcgs of selenium now.
Otherwise I havent been salt loading at all these days. Is this important to do every day?
FYI - Ive been taking about 100-150mgs of Lugols for the past 8 months.
Thanks!
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- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Ferventer
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May need more selenium, I get about 400mcg daily from supps and been supplementing Lugols for about as long as you with no issues.
That being said fat distribution is based on more than just Iodine and thyroid function. Perhaps you have high estrogen levels, high cortisol or who knows what.
Paleo diets due to limited selection of food can make one miss quite a few nutrients, potassium certainly comes to mind.- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Jay77
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This is a reply to # 2,182,915thanks, i found the swelling started very early on though, 6-7 months ago.
It's the area above the adam's apple and under my chin, it feels swollen and tough.
Also I noticed when I take more selenium my hair starts to fall out more. i dropped it completely and the hairloss completely stopped for a few weeks. but then it started and quite a lot was coming out. - Re: People are telling me Im gaining... NuttierThanFruitcake
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This is a reply to # 2,182,915Yes, when I was losing my hair, I also discovered it was more of a potassium problem than selenium.
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This is a reply to # 2,183,060Yes, potassium is an increaser of human growth hormone (by 30%) and also a promoter of hair regrowth.
- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Jay77
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- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Ferventer
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This is a reply to # 2,183,452at ~500mg potassium from a banana you would need to eat about 10 a day to get recommended amount of potassium.
Also I though bananas werent on the paleo menu? Neither are potatoes, another good source of potassium.
The problem I have with most "diets" is they too severely limit nutrient intake in one form or another and most people simply dont think about the micronutrient effect this has on them so sooner or later, if they maintain a strict "diet" they will suffer problems unless they are on the ball and supplement accordingly.
- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... grizz
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This is a reply to # 2,183,483What potassium supplement do you recommend? Everything I see at Amazon.com comes in milligram pills, clearly no where near the amounts needed.
Grizz- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Ferventer
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This is a reply to # 2,183,518i use a combination of potassium bicarbonate powder and potassium ascorbate powder.
- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Professor Terguson
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- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Ferventer
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- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... UserX
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This is a reply to # 2,183,483Yes, 10 bananas will also bring a lot of sugar...
Low potassium contributes to hypothyroidism, by not only preventing nutrients from getting into the thyroid cells - limiting production of T4 itself, but also by limiting how much T3 can get into the cells, thereby lowering the metabolic rate of the cells and body.
Potassium opens the cellular door for the important minerals to get in so they can perform their duties.
Sodium/potassium/calcium/magnesium minerals are critical - they are the "magic square of life" look at Mendeleev table.
They should be corrected, since this balance controls the transport of water, other minerals and nutrients through the cell walls.
Trapper gave an excellent information in another thread for potassium, Jack you should read it, it is a must !
100% agreement with you Ferventer as for the diets !
- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Wondergirl77
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Heard of Freelee? Bananas are her main item of diet. I wouldn't do it, but it seems to be working for her.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/freelee-banana-girl-diet-51-bananas-...
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- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Jay77
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- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... UserX
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This is a reply to # 2,182,904Salt is an antidote to iodine, that s why it is used in protocol to get rid of excess iodine...
Zinc increases an activity of thyroid and is excellent against hairloss. How much Zn do you take ?
- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Jay77
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This is a reply to # 2,183,288I take 50mgs, Ive been taking zinc for about 15-17 years. Picolinate I find has been most effective.
When you say it gets rid of excess iodine, isnt that basically saying that it's flushing out the Iodine I dont need? In other words shouldnt I just cut back on my intake?- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... UserX
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- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Jethro Bodine
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This is a reply to # 2,183,288Now I'm confused... From what I understand, salt is used to bind with the bromine that Iodine loosens up to allow it to be more easily flushed from the body through the kidneys instead of being reasorbed by the body.
If salt rids the body of excess iodine, then why are some of us taking 50 - 100mg and more of Iodine per day? If it's just being flushed out of the body by the salt intake, isn't just a waste of product and money?
Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... UserX
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This is a reply to # 2,183,868Dr. Flechas' iodoral loading test with 24 hr urine cache pretty much prove that what the body doesn't or cannot use is simply flushed out by the kidneys...
- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... Jethro Bodine
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This is a reply to # 2,183,906Yes, I understand that. The more saturated the body is in iodine, the more that is flushed out of the body. But that is not the salt pushing out the iodine.
I have been reading this forum from page 1 and have yet to read that salt is an "antidote" to Iodine until your above post. (I am only 120 pages in though.) Again, the way I understand it, the salt is used to counter effect the bromine toxicity and help the body eliminate the bromine the Iodine loosens up, not the Iodine itself.- Re: People are telling me Im gaining... UserX
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This is a reply to # 2,183,920Natrium from salt can also be linked to Iodine and do sodium iodine, it is not the only antidote, Calcium is too.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_iodide#Organic_synthesis...
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