It would be easy to dismiss his view because of our knowledge of iodine, Flechas saying that Iodine is good during pregnancy etc. - but I think it's worth trying to understand what went wrong in these cases.

This is the full report he refers to:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354797/

There was someone here on this forum who took Iodine in pregnancy and had a hypothyroid (by testing) baby. I would like to know what went wrong in her case as she seems healthy and was doing the Iodine protocol by the book.

ol bens noodle has gone from al dente to mush.

war is peace. hate is love. Iodine causes cretinism.

the danger of Iodine in pregancy is detox. displaced fluoride can go anywhere, even to the brain and the placenta. it also brings any friends it might make along the way like mercury and lead.

maybe ben could have a talk with dr brownstein who recommends 25mg per day for pregnant women. he knows this level will not produce a huge wave of detox when strictly maintained.

if i were to get pregnant i would stay at whatever level of supplementation i was at or lower. if i wasnt taking any i would go with dr brownsteins 25mg.

as the popularity of Iodine continues to grow we will see more bull like this guy.

Just for some additional information on congential hypothyroidism read what wiki says(and read with the normal disclaimers that info from wiki should be regarded with some skepticism):


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_hypothyroidism

1 out of every 4000 newborns are born with congenital hypothyroism. (is that worldwide or in first world countries?) That's an amazingly high number.

So, consider that congenital hypothyroidism is already not rare.

Taken from this article:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319261/


Excerpt:

"The overall incidence of CH ranges from 1 in 3000 to 1 in 4000 newborn infants.[7,8] The incidence of CH is higher in Hispanic and Asian individuals and lower in black individuals.[8] There is a 2:1 greater incidence in females compared with males and there is an increased risk in infants with Down's syndrome. In India, the prevalence has been reported to be 1 in 2640 in screening 40,000 newborn.[9] In 2007, Harris and Pass reported that the incidence (birth prevalence) of CH detected by newborn screening programs in the United States had nearly doubled over the previous two decades, increasing from 1:3985 (in 1987) to 1:2273 (in 2002).[10] Over the years described above, there has been a 37% increase in Asian births and a 53% increase in Hispanic births in the United States.[11] The exact cause of this increase in incidence is not known but factors that may be implicated include changes in screening methods (lower TSH cutoff), obtaining the screening specimen earlier (closer to the TSH surge after birth) [Table 1]."

So, in this article it's 1 in 3,000 o 4,000 in the US and 1 in 2650 in India.

Also:

"Harris and Pass reported that the incidence (birth prevalence) of CH detected by newborn screening programs in the United States had nearly doubled over the previous two decades, increasing from 1:3985 (in 1987) to 1:2273 (in 2002).[10]"

Is it possible the incidence of CH in the US has doubled over the past two decades are increase in fluoridation of water?

What I'm going through with detox I would never recommend it to a pregnant woman who is Iodine deficient.

The Depression alone from detox could trigger a miscarriage.

I would say wait until the pregnancy is over, but if it is a must then maybe a very low dosage after all the companion supplements are used for weeks, and even then I don't know.