Re: Chloride Competing with Iodine for Absorption in the Gut

I never fully understood the salt pushes in regards to iodine, as the chloride would in theory (based on atomic weight), displace Iodine you just took from the body. Likewise, Iodine cannot displace any of the other halogens because of its atomic weight.

I have never received a good explanation to this...

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http://drsircus.com/medicine/iodine/iodine-protects-fluoride-toxicity

"The mechanism behind “halogen displacement” was probably best described by J. C. Jarvis, M.D. (Folk Medicine, Henry Holt & Co., 1958, HB, p. 136), who wrote: “The clinical activity of any one of these four halogens is in inverse proportion to its atomic weight. This means that any one of the four can displace the element with a higher atomic weight, but cannot displace an element with a lower atomic weight. For example, flourine can displace chlorine, bromine, and Iodine because fluorine has a lower atomic weight than the other three. Similarly, chlorine can displace bromine and iodine because they both have a higher atomic weight.” Likewise, bromine can displace iodine from the body because iodine has a higher atomic weight. A reverse order is not possible." Tweet