Re: The Vegan Society’s take on iodine:

Okay back to Japanese diet…

Let’s remember that the Japanese have always maintained a diet high in iodine, Americans, on the other hand, have not. That said, let us also consider that research suggests that an Iodine deficiency may contribute to thyroid disorders, and let’s face it there CLEARLY is big problems in America when it comes to thyroid health. This is exactly why Iodine must be approached carefully! Our thyroids are extremely sensitive to Iodine and the continuous imbalance of minerals (fluoride, chlorine, bromide…) that has been fed to us over the years has really screwed us up! This is why I think we must be so cautious in the use of iodine.

Remember you did agree with me just recently when I brought up the possibility of our thyroids improperly working because the thyroid has been forced to work with different minerals for so long….

So Jim, what do you say to that?

Edit:

I just cam across this:

Dr. Richard Guttler's Thyroid.com Blog

11/24/04 Seaweeds Part 2 They are increasingly common now in food and food supplements in the U.S. 15% of Americans enjoy Japanese cooking. They are considered an all-natural source of minerals. Seaweeds are used for flavoring in Asian soup stocks, and other dishes where they remove the seaweed before serving. What is the effect on thyroid patients that are sensitive to iodine? Normals will escape from the effects of excess iodine, but patients with autoimmune thyroid disease will have negative effects. It can cause hypothyroidism in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, with growth of the goiter and even nodule formation. It can cause toxic hyperthyroidism in patients with nodular goiter. The problem is difficult because of the variation in iodine content of different seaweeds. People in Japan and Korea are habituated to their high iodine intake, but people with thyroid disease in low iodine consuming countries are at risk for iodine induced thyroid disease.


http://home.earthlink.net/~belluzzi/id2.html