Re: History of fluoride antagonism of iodine
This is so important links. The best is that all can probably be investigated. I highlight just a few of them; that may be caused of high fluoride, low iodine; symptoms that comes up far too often at this forum;
The body temp, and liver connection;
"1934 - Purjesz and colleagues (Poland) give chicken eggs high in fluoride to hyperthyroid patients and achieve lowering of body temperature, of pulse and BMR, as well as weight gain; report that most of the fluoride is found in liver; no fluoride is found in the blood of healthy people."
The detox connection;
"1978 - George Waldbott writes that in most cases of poisoning from fluoridated water in which he had occasion to study the action of the thyroid gland, it's function was low. He cites a case of a 33-year-old male who exhibited typical manifestations of pre-skeletal fluorosis and a basal metabolism rate of -22, indicative of hypothyroidism. Within three months after the man ceased consuming fluoridated water, the thyroid function had returned to normal (BMR=0). In addition, Waldbott writes that "simultaneously, other symptoms associated with low grade fluoride poisoning - including excessive thirst, headaches, blurred vision,
Arthritis in shoulders, elbows, knees, and gastrointestinal disturbances - also disappeared." [He did not know that the symptoms he ascribed to "low-grade fluoride poisoning" would likewise be considered symptoms of hypothyroidism some 20 years later."
The brain connection;
"2004 - Wang et al. investigate the effects of fluoride and low
Iodine on biochemical indexes in the brain and learning/memory in offspring rats.
“In comparison with control rats, the learning and memory ability of the offspring rats was depressed by high fluoride, low iodine, or the combination of high fluoride and low iodine. Brain protein was decreased by low
Iodine and even more by the combined interaction of high fluoride and low iodine. The activity of cholinesterase (ChE) in the brain was affected to some extent by high fluoride and low
Iodine but was especially affected by high fluoride and low iodine together.”