hi, kathryn.

since i have started Iodine supplementation, i have not had any pain or aches from my liver. i never worried too much about my liver specifically because i knew that its condition was the product of my overall condition. my focus remained basically the same for about four years - avoid and remove toxins and provide proper nutrition(which includes plenty of fresh air and sunshine). this provided tremendous relief of my symptoms of chronic fatigue, deppression, multiple chemical sensitivity, retless leg, reynauds, high blood pressure and cold body/brain fog, to name a few. i also tried all manner of supplements - vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc.

all of this stopped the damage being done to my body and allowed me to feel human again. i still had digestion absorption issues and an enlarged liver that still ached. i was doing olive oil and lecithin as a tonic, but i was concerned about soy lecithin and all the solvents involved and the properties of soy in general. i then found clarkson organic lecithin and the difference was like the difference between a fresh tuna sandwich and one that had been sitting around on the counter for a couple of days. i will let you guess which was which. i have not been able to afford the clarkson or i would be taking lecithin to this day.

i have done two orange juice fasts(6 and 10 days respectively) and seven liver flushes( Hulda Clark standard). i also did a big deworming using barefoot dewormer. still, i could see the enlarged liver on my right side and felt some aching.

then V came along and said that Iodine chelates fluoride and heavy metals, including mercury. well, i had already replaced all twelve mercury fillings and avoided fluoride for years. i thought what a nice cleanup that would be. i could not have been more wrong. they dont call Iodine "essential" for nuthin.

iodine was the icing on the cake for me. halide imbalance is real and it can permeate and degrade the functions of the body to the point where nothing works right. fluorine and bromine in the presence of the lack of iodine changes the entire chemistry of the body and turns those functions in which iodine should play a role into dysfunction. the biggest problem is this condition does not kill you outright, it just makes you wish you were dead. is it any wonder these mass murdering raging gunmen and women who chop up their kids and stuff the shoes in their closet with their parts are ALL on fluridated drugs, mostly antidepressants? it is no mystery to me.

there is an entire forum about iodine and i cant cover all of that here. i will say that everything is better with iodine. it is like the gatekeeper in the body. if it doesnt belong there, it gets it moving along. it opens pathways and increases circulation. it softens fat for better access to breaking it down. etc, etc, etc.

as for my liver, it is slowly shrinking and the aches have been gone almost since i started. my skin is better, my brain works better, i have more energy, more stamina, more flexibility, i am tighter inside and out, better sleep, less sleep, all functions of the body work better, digestion is greatly improved, and again, etc. also, everything else i do works better. oil pulling is better. everything i do is more effective.

because of iodine, the sitz bath is not necessary any more. my lymph system is flowing. the formula "1/4 tsp of Sea Salt for every quart of water you drink" is simply the Water Cure for making sure you are hydrated. it is easier to keep hydrated with iodine and also with oil pulling.

i will leave you with this. the reason i like MH is because i believe he has fundamental truths essential for keeping a person in proper focus regarding their health. if you can understand that we were created to be breatharians, then you can begin to perceive just how far away from that we are. everything except the fruit of trees is poisonous to us. herbs help to correct the products of wrong eating. it is our own clean blood flowing freely throughout the body which brings health and healing. the life is in the blood and nothig else can give us life. this is why the orange juice fast is so central to MHs school. the goal is to get everything that is not "you" out of you. once we get our bad habits out of the way, the body is self correcting. i doubt that any of us can be perfect in this manner, but without our eyes on the goal, we cannot guide our steps in the right direction and we end up chasing our tails and doing aimless things in our desperation. i saw right away that it is not the symptoms we should worry about, its the cause of those symptoms which need to be addressed. we chose to put all that stuff in us and we cannot escape the consequences of that. all we can do is run to the roar and deal with it now instead of waiting until it is too late. as far as i am concerned, at 60 you are only halfway through life, if you choose and the lord willing and the creek dont rise!