Date:   3/7/2010 2:28:58 AM ( 14 y ago)
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 If you were to supplement with iodine, what source and how much would you take?

In most cases I really prefer natural sources as close to their natural state as possible. Therefore I rely primarily on seaweeds and black walnut hull.

Yes, it is harder to determine how much we are getting exactly, but we are not talking about drugs we are talking about nutrients.

People too often put too much focus on how much of a particular nutrient they are getting. Am I getting 2g of C a day or 1.2g of calcium daily as examples.

But it is really not as easy as that. For example the body can only utilize a certain amount of vitamin C at one time. The excess is just eliminated in the urine. Although excess C can also be converted in to oxalic acid leading to kidney stones or urinary tract infections in some individuals. And in many cases natural sources of vitamin C are much stronger and more stable than the synthetic ascorbic acid. Therefore we need less vitamin C from many natural sources than we do from synthetic sources.

As for calcium the reason that such high doses are recommended is because the recommended dose is base on findings using poorly absorbed calcium carbonate. So the researchers figured that if they just load the person up with more of this poorly absorbed form of calcium that in the long run they would absorb more. More readily absorbed forms therefore, such as some food sources, are not required in such high amounts.

It is also important to note that natural nutrient sources are generally combined with synergistic compounds that synthetics and isolates will not have. For example synthetic vitamin C (ascorbic acid) does not contain the bioflavonoids that help vitamin C to work properly. Natural vitamin C sources do.

I still do not think that mankind will ever outsmart Mother Nature. Every time we try we just end up creating imbalanced substances loaded with side effects. As an example just look at all the pharmaceutical drugs made from plants or that are based on their chemistry.

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