yes, it's possible to feel detox at such a "low" dosage, I know I did...actually, I'm not sure whether or not it's true "detox" at that dosage. My gut tells me that the body is "shocked" at the reintroduction of this much-needed element. Do a new posting re: children & iodine. We have a few forum members who are supplementing their children...actually, search HighonWater, Sandover & Sojo's posts for info on what they're doing.

Salt is IMPORTANT! follow Monica's lead:


//www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=886135#i


on the purpose of salt in the protocol:



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http://optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-11/IOD_11.htm



"Approximately 4 months ago, she was placed on Vitamin C sustained release (Optimox C-500) at 3 gm/day. She continued the every other day Iodine 12.5 mg. Prior to Vitamin C administration and 3 months after, the serum profile of inorganic Iodide levels was obtained following a load of 50 mg iodine/iodide. The pattern of serum inorganic Iodide levels prior to supplementation with Vitamin C is displayed in Fig. 1. The profile of serum inorganic Iodide levels obtained in 6 normal female subjects is superimposed for comparison. The sharp peak of serum iodide at 32 mg/L at 1 hr post load, followed by a rapid drop suggests that the gastrointestinal absorption of Iodine was very efficient but she was unable to transfer efficiently the serum iodide into the target cells. Following 3 months on Vitamin C, the same test was repeated. The data presented in Fig. 2 revealed a normal profile of serum inorganic iodide levels. Her baseline serum inorganic iodide increased from 0.016 mg/L to 0.42 mg/L and she retained 50% of the Iodine load (49.2% recovered in 24 hr urine collection), compared to 10% of the load prior to supplementation with Vitamin C.

During the post Vitamin C loading test, serum bromide was measured in the serum samples collected for the iodide profile displayed in Fig 2. Serum bromide levels were markedly elevated with a pre load level of 143 mg/L and values increased up to 202 mg/L post load (Fig. 3). The 24 hr urine collection contained 192 mg bromide. Serum bromide levels reported in normal subjects 20 years ago ranged from 3-12 mg/L (8.9). Since chloride increases renal clearance of bromide (10,11), the patient was told to ingest 10 gm of sodium chloride/day (in the form of Celtic Sea Salt ) for 7 days. This resulted in a bromide detoxification reaction. The patient became very fatigued. In addition, she developed facial and body acne, most likely due to mild bromism. However, one positive response to the chloride load was that urinary frequency decreased significantly during that week. This was the first time that frequency of urination became normal since the onset of Graves’ disease five years ago."

My teenage children all take Lugol's almost daily and all have realized significant health benefits. 2 are almost fully grown and one has started to grow rapidly since Iodine has been introduced. She takes 2 drops of Lugol's daily along with supporting vitamins and lightly salted water.
I have several friends now supplementing preschool children some as young as 14 months and all are giving their children from 1-3 mg of Iodine several times a week. They add Lugols to a liquid Iodine bought at a health food store. They added enough Lugols to make the tropic iodine 1 drop=1mg of iodine. Both are water soluble. All children have had improved immune function since starting the iodine and cognitive function seems to be growing in leaps and bounds since starting the iodine. Hard to know what can be attributed to iodine because preschoolers change and develop so rapidly.

My 14 year old just brought home an amazing report card. Her marks improved as much as 15% in some subjects and she went from being a B student to a strait A student and just graduated from middle school with honours. She started Lugols in early Febuary about the time her third semester was starting. So along with rapid growth she has improved attention span and cognitive function as well. She continues to grow at an amazing rate. Since febuary she grown almost 3 inches. (she is very small for her age).
Hope this helps,

Sojo