Re: Body turns iodide into iodine??? No iodine needed?

Hi Glaxony,

The coughing could be from acid reflux.

Iodine/iodide body preferences:
Thyroid needs 3% prefers iodide (50mg iodide)
Lungs prefer iodide
Skin needs 20% and prefers iodide (400mg iodide)
Salivary Glands prefer iodide
Muscles (650mg) and fat needs(700mg iodine) 70% 
Breast tissue needs 3-5 mg / day minimum and prefers iodine
Prostate prefers iodine
Stomach prefers iodine
Entire body needs 1500 mg - 2gm total
 
Body's Daily Iodine Need:
Thyroid needs 6 mg iodide /day
Breast needs 5 mg iodine /day
Other tissues needs 2 mg/day
(adrenals, thymus, ovaries, hypothalamus, pituitary and others)
 
Sodium-iodide Symporters (NIS):
thyroid
pancreas
liver
small intestine
large intestine
salivary glands
gastric mucosa lining
lacrimal
mammary glands
nasopharynx
choroid plexus
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