Re: Four years of taking Lugol's drops /Low Loading Test!

"Do you believe your mental function has increased since the iodine?"

Yes, I do.

I believe that all three points of your post have merit. I would go with 3. I think that if the body utilizes Iodine in many more functions than just thyroid hormone production alone, for instance, blood cleansing, then I would expect it to be used in varying amounts by different bodies due solely to individual need, based on size, health, and "recognized" assimilation\utilization... even after some point of normalization.

For example, when I start supplementing, I am ill and diseased, user #2 (same weight\height as I) is not. Assuming that we both need the same (which I would question) amount to begin with AND we both have the ability to absorb and utilize the iodine/iodide identically, my "need" could still be considerably greater than user #2.

Lifetime absorption would most likely be illustrated best by the peoples who average around 12mg a day in dietary intake and never seem to show signs of overdose, even after that lifetime of ingestion. I might add, that the dosing is most likely started soon after weening... but how much do the infants ingest through breast milk? That would be interesting to discover.