(I love it when you do that.)

The flax oil I have tried always tasted reallt brackish, flat and bad - probably always rancid. But, my sister grinds and eats fresh flax seed daily and has for years.

Thats so sweet of you to say V - I cant believe I actually contributed a little to the knowledge of the master :)

Use seaweeds instead so all the minerals get in...my most fav guy (short of trapper and vulc of course) is J. Brunetti. He says we've lost most of it in our soils from extensive plowing.

L

MH puts Lugols on his garden. puts it in his pond and then waters with that.

http://iodine4health.com/special/goitrogens/foods/bruce_goitrogenic%20foods.htm


Isoflavone supplements do not affect thyroid function in iodine-replete postmenopausal women.

Bruce B, Messina M, Spiller GA.

J Med Food. 2003 Winter;6(4):309-16.
[abstract only]



"Despite the safety review conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the process of awarding a health claim for the cholesterol-lowering properties of soy protein, concerns about the possible goitrogenic effects of soybean isoflavones persist. Concerns are based primarily on in vitro research, animal studies, and older reports of goiter in infants fed soy formula not fortified with iodine. In a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study, we investigated the effect on thyroid function of a daily supplement containing 90 mg (aglycone weight) of total isoflavones/day versus placebo in 38 postmenopausal women, 64-83 years old, not on hormone replacement therapy. Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroxine (T4), and triiodothyronine (T3) were measured at baseline and after 90 and 180 days. In the supplement group, at baseline and 6 months, TSH (micro U/ml), T4 (nM), and T3 (nM) levels (mean +/- SE) were 3.00 +/- 0.44, 149.00 +/- 5.04, and 1.53 +/- 0.13, respectively, and 3.49 +/- 0.52, 154.52 +/- 2.09, and 1.78 +/- 0.12, respectively. In the control group, levels at baseline and at 6 months were 3.35 +/- 0.51, 145.39 +/- 6.69, and 1.55 +/- 0.18, respectively, and 3.63 +/- 0.57, 153.77 +/- 6.64, and 1.75 +/- 0.10, respectively. Intragroup differences for all three measures were statistically indistinguishable at 6 months, and levels were similar between the isoflavone supplement and placebo groups at each measurement. These results indicate that in this group of healthy iodine-replete subjects, soy isoflavones do not adversely affect thyroid function."