Your a good man Grz better then I ! There is a chart that claims elemental iodine is only usable by the thyroid in a very tight pH range, as it should be, I believe what you are saying verifies that, one must be fully mineralized for the long term positive effect, which of course leaves the potential for toxicity, which from what Ive read, this has occurred in many of those using these high dosages ! I often felt that a warning of this should have been expressed ,but it would have been discarded as my own biased opinion, so I stayed clear of the iodine forums simply because I believe one can only find these things out for themselves, no one can help those who feel the initial placebo effect of taking a new drug!
Thanks for such a thoughtful and honest report Grz, you the man!
Celcius