Re: Side effects of iodine

I respectfully disagree about side-effects, anything benign like water (H2O) can have side-effects. Too much water too fast, you die.

Also, Sea Salt is mainly comprised of "Chloride" (Cl(-)) - a necessity for our bodies. It is an electrolyte, balances body fluids, and involved in digestion (hydro-CHLORIC-acid). Sea Salt is also comprised of Sodium, Sulfate, Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium, and others, respectively in decreasing order. Chloride also helps the liver clear waste and maintain the body's acid-base system.

Chlorine (Cl2), on the other hand, is a bleaching agent, disinfectant, and added to water. In water, it readily forms hypochlorous acids and hypochlorite ions that kill bacteria, but it also forms chloramines that are toxic to life. The hypochloric state is the least oxidative, while perchlorates are the most. Contrarily, perchlorates are the least oxidative in water.

Perchlorates (ClO4(-)), however, interfere with Iodine uptake into the Thyroid. The general recommendation is no more than 15 ppb in drinking water.

I believe that we need to pay special attention to language and all the different chemical names. Chlorine and Chloride do not function the same. Tweet