Re: Chloride Competing with Iodine for Absorption in the Gut

i do not claim to have a perfect (re: complete) understanding of the halogen mechanisms in the body, but i do have a working understanding that provides me with practical ways of looking at and dealing with these issues.

there are many pathways in the body. the salt push works because bromine gets hung up in the kidneys and chloride boots it on out. Iodine is not hung up in the kidneys so there is no Iodine there except that which is already exiting via the renal pathway. its gone bye bye already.

the reason chlorine does not have the deleterious effect of disturbing Iodine in the tissues is because of its stability and biocompatibility. the body needs chlorides. it handles chlorides quite well. it can even handle chlorine to a great extent. look at chlorine pools and using bleach as a cleaner and even Miracle-Mineral-Supplement as a medication. i dont know why. free chlorine DOES have an effect on iodine in tissues and i have a strong reaction in mucus membranes whenever i smell them. its not the chlorine that i feel but the free iodine that suddenly appears. it feels like snorting lugols, if you can imagine that. but this is nothing compared to the insidious way bromine and fluorine can affect iodine stores in the body. fluorine is the worst, being the lightest, and can wreck havoc with very little exposure, even in a sufficiently iodinated body. avoidance is key with both of those halogens.

as for the tendency for a smaller, lighter halogen to displace a larger heavier halogen, even in stable molecules, in a test tube, well, the body isnt a test tube. also, this reaction takes place in a one to one ratio of these halogens. exactly what this means i also do not know. one to one in number of molecules? one to one in weight? does this include the halogen only or the entire molecule as present and all of its constituents? dont know.

what i do know is that if this one to one ratio changes in favor of iodine then the tables start to turn. fortunately iodine can be taken in massive quantities, certainly in large enough amounts to prevent, inhibit, or even reverse this reaction in favor of iodine, which the body enjoys, tolerates and otherwise benefits from as opposed to fluorine and bromine.

the practical application is to avoid bromine and fluorine of all kinds and free chlorine and take plenty of iodine. its the biochemical equivalent of the easy button. do that and all will be well, generally speaking.

jarvis is wrong. a reversal is possible thanks to the body and its wondrous and mysterious ways. plus i dont think jarvis understood completely what he was talking about. obviously we get bromine displaced by iodine big time. fluorine species are harder but still possible. if it doesnt belong in the body it is already actively seeking to eliminate it. iodine is just the help it needs to do so better and quicker. Tweet