Re: A thought on swimmers by Ginagirl ..... Iodine Supplementation Support by VWT Team
Date: 11/19/2012 9:56:59 AM ( 13 y ago)
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There was a study about Iodine vs chlorine in pools some years ago; swimmers far preferred iodine.
I swear I found this easily when I considered taking Iodine myself a few years back. Somehow it is not out in the open anymore? or did I just chose wrong search engine ?? lol
http://www.sharksarepeopletoo.com/iodine
"The Body's Little Helper
Once upon a time people took Iodine drops to stay healthy. Recuperating from illness at the seashore, where iodine vapor is found in the air, was a common practice. Some even say that the use of iodine to treat goiter in the early 1800s (a specific agent for a specific condition) marked the birth of Western medicine.
Every single one of the body's trillions of cells contains and depends on iodine. If (as many scientists believe) life originated in the ocean, then our need for iodine may derive from this long-ago time. Iodine is an element found in seawater, in soil and air near the ocean, and in certain rocks and sediments, but it is not abundant. Modern-day farming and deforestation have depleted much of the earth's land of its naturally occurring iodine. Apart from eating fish, seaweed, and spending lots of time in or near the ocean, it is difficult for most people in the world to get enough iodine.
Why is this the case? The presence in our daily lives of three other elements that are atomically structured much like iodine is affecting our body's ability to use the little iodine it has. Bromine, chlorine and fluorine (known as the halogens) are iodine's "dangerous cousins," and are increasingly being used in a huge variety of modern products. Bromine and fluorine are found in prescription drugs, fire-retardant fabrics and food-container linings. Bromine is sprayed on crops as a pesticide and is now a flour conditioner in bread and baked goods. Fluorides are in our toothpaste and drinking water (allegedly to prevent tooth decay), and are found in Teflon linings (pots and pans), soft drinks and fertilizers. Chlorine is in our household detergents, drinking water and swimming pools. Yet iodine can be used even more successfully in swimming pools, as shown by the 1963 Stanford University experiment in which swimmers by far preferred iodine over chlorine in the water.
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