I thought I would share some of the benefits that I've noticed with taking Iodine. For the record, I take lugol's, 3 drops/day, and have been for a few weeks now.
The first benefit, I'm not sure exactly what helped, as I have been doing several things differently, and just today noticed the benefit. But anyway, about 10 years ago, I was in a nasty car accident and split my nose wide open. 26 stitches that went from the right side to underneath the tip to the left side. Left a very nasty scar - very prominent. Today I noticed the scar is almost gone! It could be the iodine, but here is what I've been doing: OP'ing with VCO, washing with VCO, moisturizing with Iodine/Nature's Miracle mix, taking Iodine.
Another benefit I've noticed: last week I went walking with my sandals on. Got blisters on both feet. Right foot worse than left. I applied my lugol's/nature's miracle mix on the right foot. Next day, the right foot felt just fine whereas the left foot still hurt.
My allergies are getting better, and that's even after letting a cat back in that we had thrown outside. Using rescue inhaler very rarely. Using
Lugol's and lobelia 3x daily and feeling much better with my breathing.
Negatives so far on Iodine: very fatigued in the afternoon (but could be my diet, lack of sleep, etc), upset stomach if taking more than one drop of
Iodine on empty stomach, waking up at all hours at night (used to sleep like a baby, now wake up several times in the night, sometimes having to use the bathroom), "bumps" on face, probably
Acne type, most likely bromides coming out on skin, some constipation.
I took a test on hypothyroid last night at about.com. It really opened my eyes on some things. For years now I had a tight feeling in my throat, and could not swallow sometimes when eating processed foods. I always thought it was acid reflux, but it sounds more like a thyroid problem now. After about 3 weeks on iodine, the tight feeling in throat has come back, but I remember reading from someone else that that happens when supplementing with
Iodine - things get worse before they get better. I'm pressing on!
EDITing to say I forgot improved eyesight! I woke up this morning and looked across the room and could see the numbers (digital) on the clock - could not ever previously do that! I love this stuff! Now if I could only stop getting nauseus when taking more than 1 drop at a time! I want to increase my dosage, but can't get past the sick feeling :(