Re: Selenium

I can verify this, and at least some of that I have been posting for months, let me make it simple Selenium, Selenium, more Selenium. If you have metholating issues add something like TMG or add SeMC...add SeMC anyhow because you never know when that Mercury dump occurs:

from:
http://www.garylittleton.org/gl/content/view/31/31/


So mercury displaces Iodine and so do halogens (things in the same chemical column of the periodic table as iodine) like chlorine, fluoride. Most people with mercury that are prone to colds and flus need iodine, or if your body temp is below 98.6. And speaking of body temp, it is certain that mercury causes most hypothyroidism and certainly Wilson's Syndrome, where average body temperature (taken 3, 6, and 9 hours after waking) usually averages 97.8. I have seen Lugol's alone raise temp and help with fatigue, but there are some other factors here that are important that require a lot more investigation. For example, selenium will usually need to be supplemented, as selenium bound to the amino acid cysteine is how the liver extracts Iodine for use by cells (it's called deiodinase by doctors) and mercury cripples deiodinase because of it binds perfectly to selenium and cysteine. Therefore you can have enough Iodine stored in the liver but not be able to use it due to lack of selenium.

This is what happens in the case of the mercury caused hypothyroid condition they call Wilson's Syndrome. In Wilson's syndrome if your mercury burden is low, taking their timed release T3 will raise temp and it will sometimes hold. Too much mercury and lack of selenium (they go together) will also cause it not to hold, so I'm not sure how effective complete restoration of body temp would be with just getting mercury out and restoring iodine levels with Lugols. It may require much more, or at least some form of thyroid stimulation to jump start things.

Iodine also causes you to be less electrosensitive (protects you against radiation... that is why all those nuclear survival fanatics sell potassium Iodide caps on their sites).