Health Note: IODINE: Raising a childs IQ by 20-30 points/ Fibromyalgia, Ovarian Health, ADD & Thyroid By Todd A. Beck I mentioned in yesterdays IODINE note about how IODINE plays in very critical matters from the thyroid to the ovaries, the skins ability to sweat as well as muscle pain, mental retardation, cretinism and ADD.. I was going to write a couple notes on Iodine because I feel it is so important today as we only get about ½ of what most of us got back when we (me) were kids in the 1960s and 70s. I will just lay out a few facts as I heard them in the years previous and most recently in the very fascinating video by Dr. Jorge Flech on Mercola. Its a 45 minute video you can view on youtube entitled “Total Body Iodine Sufficiency”. If what I have spelled out or spell out here for you is too vague to be interested in your own research, you will find what he says in the video incredibly fascinating having to do with the issues of heath I mentioned at the top. A few facts are that though I knew how critical the Iodine need was, I didnt realize how insufficient we were but far more importantly how insufficient women often are which has a huge impact on the reproductive system (ovaries) as well as critical need for the fetal needs of a child. Not long ago, I mentioned how kelp-Iodine was something I keep fair supplies of due to radiation sickness for various reasons like Fukashima, to many x-rays or some catastrophic event. Also keeping in mind today’s massive overuse of EMF from phones, tv, computers and the like. It has been very well established that the body needs and keeps on hand about 1500mg when properly supplied. Our SAD diet and lifestyle particular to so many Americans is familiar which greatly depletes Iodine as they do many other vital nutrients from vitamin D to B complex and on. But America is not alone. This goes for most countries today to include Japan and Philippines. In a post some months ago, I showed the comparisons of IQs from around the world. Yes, there are variables, but as we know “you are what you eat” from head to toe. The top 3 are Hong Kong 107, S. Korea 106, Japan 105. The US is at 98 including Denmark, Norway, Australia and France for example. And there are many many inequalities and inequities for many countries that fall below that number. Again, many variables. Well, here in the US, our -as usual ridiculously low- list of RDAs has Iodine at I believe 125mcg. Thats about 1/10th of what I take and we all need on average to stay healthy. Japanese woman get on average 13.8mg A DAY!! Thats about 100x the US Recommended Daily Allowance! Do Japanese get goiter, thyroid, ovarian cysts, reproductive issues and so many other issues like we do here directly related to Iodine. Not even close. 1 in 5 American women have Iodine deficiency just related to the thyroid having nothing to do with breast tissue and the ovarian problems that American women are plagued with. Again though, I must say, it not just American women. Just in the last year I have helped at least 4 Filipinas with decades long illnesses in the last year from ovaries to thyroid having them reverses within a month or two with the use of Lugols Iodine/Iodide in proper doses not to mention all the other disease the Lugols I have sent overseas has positively affected. Iodine is essential for normal physical growth and crucial for the central nervous system for at least the first 3 years of life beginning as soon as mama knows she with child. Iodine/Potassium Iodide is one of the most important supplements for overall health and safety against so many pathogens and is the main supplements Macy and I have sent in our Asia Christina Mission packages to the Philippines. A mild deficiency in early fetal life can very well manifest later as ADD. ADD is NOT associated with Thyroxine (Thyriod Hormone) at birth. Though I have talked about particular mis and over-diagnosis of mental issues here for the money, from 2003 to 2006 the incidence of ADD went up 500%. One of the critical issues as well is that it is not just Iodine alone, it is Iodide (2%Iodine/Iodide-Lugols) which I have found rather inexpensively through Swansonvitamins The two must work together as one easily absorbs into the cell whereas the other needs a co-factor to be absorbed. The ratio on Hypothyroidism in the US is 8 females to 1male and that has much to do with the estorgen-ovarian connection with the T2 thryoid it (should) produces and that again is why I mentioned about eating Unfermented soy yesterday. That stuff just is not worth the risk...ever! It raised Estrogen and wrecks havoc on the reproductive system that is just not worth it among other dangerous aspects. Dr. Jorge has done many many studies with the use of Iodine supplementation for breast cancer and others which in one case, he was treating a woman with breast cancer and in doing do, she found that the muscle pain she suffered with the “fibromyalgia” diagnosis, subsided. Fibromyalgia is a blanket term for muscle pain as we have talked about, with many factors, but his results following that particular revelation was great hope for others with Fibromyalgia that cant cut the acids and aspartame. He took 100 women diagnosed with “fibromyalgia” muscle pain and 80% of them showed great relieve in a short period of time on Iodine. Now, as a novice here, I love to connect the dots so few like to because its too easy and people love to make health complicated...its not. 30+ % of Iodine is in the muscle. Acids like aspartame and many others inhibit and deplete Iodine which is needed in every cell. Take the Iodine out....well, you have the idea. At 80% cause, just imagine the hope when acids, aspartame and chemicals are cut to zero with Iodine and proper nutrition. Loose weight, supply nutritional needs that are destroyed by actions that cause Fibro and your chances seem to me to be as good as they are to take another breath tomorrow. Pretty darn likely! Today, the average woman has 175mcg in the urine spot tests he has run countless times. Dr. Jorge is a vegetarian and through his website, I would disagree on several fronts in diet, but when it comes to the thyroid, ovaries, skin and muscle with Iodine, I couldnt agree more. He says 80% of vegetarians are Iodine deficient which is no surprise. Not many like the use of salt nor have been really taught the need of supplementation or use of kelp-seaweed for natural Iodine intake an d if they have, like me, its been far too low. He strongly suggests 5-6 mg (2-3 drops of JC Crows) for Thyroid and Breast issues as well as 2 mg a day for the other tissues. Keep in mind that when the ovaries, breasts or thyroid are lacking as his tests obviously prove, so begins the way to cysts, scar tissue, nodules, function issues and pain. Whats also something vital to mention is that in virtually every case known having to do with mental retardation, the child was severely lacking Iodine. Like everything from Diabetes to Cardio-myopathy to Spina Bifida and Mental Retardation, dealing with that starts before conception and critical nutrient knowledge and need during fetal development is beyond critical...there just is no choice the way this simple man sees it. Most of this was “off the cuff” with a few short notes after many hours of intense study, but again, I encourage you to read all you can about Iodine’s incredible need in our lives, its incredible safety, and its real mass deficiency record her in the US and around the world. Remember what we have gone through with vitamin C, D, Bs and everything else RDA. Wasted time, wasted lives and health. I wrote this note a couple years back but is just as pertinent today. Blessings in Health, Todd
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:47:13 +0000
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