Iodine Anyone? page 383

[chahaya]

Chahaya,

Thank you so much for your wonderful & inspiring message. You are an inspiration for everyone. It is WONDERFUL to hear that your fibrocystic breast pain is GONE so quickly. That is typical for nearly everyone reporting back to us, as you can see in our Testimonials in Iodine References. Everyone also reports that their FBD lumps & bumps melt away within 2 or 3 months. Fibroids typically take far longer to clear up. See the Testimonials on Fibroids & Uterus for more details.

Now if only I can convince my daughter in law to start on iodine. She is the exact opposite of me.
* She is Democrat, I am Republican
* She LOVES Obummer, I despise Obummer
* She is a FAR LEFT liberal, I am a FAR RIGHT conservative
* She is a BIG SPENDER I am a saver
* I like FOX News, she HATES Fox news
So I'm afraid there is zero chance she will take my suggestion to start on iodine. I think she would rather get a double mastectomy than take any suggestions from me. I have convinced her sister to learn about iodine, so maybe she will listen to her sister, who is a retired nurse & retired drug salesman.

Please keep us informed of your progress. I would LOVE to put your story into our Testimonials.
Once again, many thanks for posting,
Grizz

Hi Grizz, sometimes the way of communication is paramount. You are so right to get her sister to talk to her. From your DIL's point of view, it's an independent assessment if it came from her sister. Your resources should help the sister have a good headstart. Hope it works!

Also no offense intended, your communication style would definitely clash with your DIL. It sounds like your DIL may disagree with you purely for the fun (sorry I can't think of a better word) of disagreeing with you because both of you don't see eye to eye on so many things already.

It's some what the same with my Dad and me with regard to my change in diet and lifestyle. We had arguments about it.

He pops all sorts of pills given by the doctor for his high blood pressure, Type B diabetes and other stuff that I don't even know. He had two angiograms. His mentality is such that after these pills he can go on with his regular unhealthy food and doesn't need to exercise. He chastized me for my organic diet ("You are becoming a picky eater!"). I find it frustrating because it's not as if I was abusing alcohol or taking drugs.

He also believes it is necessary to have "poisons" in the body and doesn't understand at my attempts to detox. The truth is, I have over 30 years of toxic accumulated in my body, even though from the outside, I look perfectly healthy. The crux is what's going on inside the body. The cysts and fibroids are a manifestation of that - it will take sometime to get the accumulated toxins all out ... (My largest gallstones was at 3cm by the way).

My dad would refuse to eat any vegetables when I asked him to but on the other hand wouldn't hesitate to pop dozen of pills just cos' the doctor told him too. He won't hesitate to go for an operation to cut off his gallbladder cos' the doc told him it's alright and that person above a certain age doesn't really need their gallbladder! By the way, his first response when I told him that I have fibroids was, "When is the operation?" ... I happen to like all my body parts.

However, there's light at the end of the tunnel. I find that if I am not so strong in expressing my views, he is more receptive (even though not immediately). When he knows that he can't change me, and I am not forcing my ways on him, there are times that I can convince him to try something new. Baby steps. My recent success was getting him to eat my homemade organic yogurt.

[Knifegill]

Your solution to people wading in poop is to keep brushing their feet off. Tell them to get out of the poop so they don't need your pitiful brush instead. This iodine nonsense is on par with "cleansing". What toxins are you ingesting? Then stop it!
I have fluoride-free toothpaste (available at any Super Supplements), and I do not drink tap water. I drive to the well to fill my 14 5 gallon bottles every month. And I do not ingest any bromide, either. THAT is the solution. Stop the poisoning and - amazingly - you stop needing an antidote. Imagine that!

[Hoss2626]

Will Iodine cure my addiction to this thread?!?

[Grizz]

thyroidmanager.org disagrees with your statement:
The Iodine Deficiency Disorders – Thyroid Disease Manager

Very nice report, but you can find any viewpoint you want to find on the internet. Iodine is the WILD, WILD, WILD West. No 2 doctors can agree on anything. So the best we can do is to pick a doctor to follow on our iodine protocol.

You follow your doctor & his protocol and I will follow Dr. Brownstein & his protocol. There are over 6,000 people following Dr. Brownstein at the Yahoo Iodine Group and Thousands more at the CureZone as well as 600+ more at BreastCancerChoices with no reported problems.

We can argue over this till the end of time, and I have more time to argue than you do.

Grizz

[t2t]

The only brand of toothpaste I found at Walmart to be free of flouride is TOM's PEPPERMINT brand. But beware, all of the other TOM's toothpaste has flouride in them; cool mint, spearmint etc...

[Grizz]

Will Iodine cure my addiction to this thread?!?

Hoss,

That was a good one! The best I've heard in a while. Isn't it FUN to watch the never ending DRAMA between the Dr. Brownstein Group and the NIT-PICKERS?

I think the Nit Pickers are all LIBERALS. The Hallmark of a LIBERAL is they demand that everyone do it THEIR way.
For example, the conservative who doesn't like guns just doesn't buy a gun.
The LIBERALS demand gun laws to prevent anyone from buying a gun.

Conservatives who don't like Big Gulp Sugary drinks just don't drink them.
Liberals pas laws to prevent EVERYONE from drinking Big Gulp Sugary drinks.

Conservatives who don't like iodine just don't take it.
Liberals try to outlaw iodine so NO ONE can have it.

Isn't it FUN?

Grizz

[DuhPrincess]

Your solution to people wading in poop is to keep brushing their feet off. Tell them to get out of the poop so they don't need your pitiful brush instead. This iodine nonsense is on par with "cleansing". What toxins are you ingesting? Then stop it!
I have fluoride-free toothpaste (available at any Super Supplements), and I do not drink tap water. I drive to the well to fill my 14 5 gallon bottles every month. And I do not ingest any bromide, either. THAT is the solution. Stop the poisoning and - amazingly - you stop needing an antidote. Imagine that!

Good for you!! The rest of us who are still figuring all this out will continue to ignore your simple advice while trying to undo years of damage from swallowing toothpaste as a child or from ingesting fluoridated water for years or from having a mouth full of (probably uncessary) mercury fillings or from having a Mountain Dew addiction or from vainly dying our hair with cheap dye or driving newer cars full of flame retardants or using feminine hygiene products that contain chlorine or dioxins. Thankfully, I've already learned many of these things over time but it's painful to me to see how many people don't know about these environmental toxins yet who are suffering as a result. Your simplistic advice to just eat seaweed twice a week to overcome years of toxicity is just too simplistic and ineffective for many of us here. Glad it's working for you though.

[oxide]

I thought I read here that seaweed also contained bromine, which would cancel out the iodine. Is this true?

I'm now up to drinking 2 drops of Lugol's per week. I drop it into an 8-ounce cup on Sunday and take a couple swallows each day. Usually I finish it by Friday, so Saturday is iodine free. I will probably continue this up to four drops and level out. According to the water method, that's something like 2.3 mg/day. Since I don't have any true symptoms of I deficiency, I think this is plenty for now. Maybe megadoses are only for someone who has a real health issue. Fibrocystic and prostate come to mind. I'm still wary of the thyroid issue.

I'm still taking the protocol: C, D3, Mg, B2/3, Brazil nuts, and salt. I'm going to dial back the Mg and B2/3 since I don't think I'll need the full amount if I'm only taking 2-3 mg.

I'm stopping the mole experiment for a couple weeks to give my skin a break. Although the moles are decreasing, the skin has scabbed over multiple times and it's painful and it looks horrible. I think I'd rather live with the half-moles for now.

btw, here's something for Grizz's conspiracy mill. When I started looking into iodine a few months ago, several of the seaweed packages said "good source of iodine" on the front and listed the %RDA of iodne in the Nutrition facts. The %RDA was around 1000% to 1300%. I remember posting those numbers on this thread. Last week I was checking the seafood packages, and that labeling is gone. No claim of being a good source of iodine printed on the front, no iodine RDA on the Nutrition Facts. I think I checked all the brands, but I will look more carefully next time.

Grizz, if you're really into research, I wonder if the FDA or some other body said something to discourage the labeling. Maybe the confusion between iodine and iodide? I haven't thought to check whether iodized salt still labels the package. Have you made any headway with the insurance angle? Oh, and it may help to know that I somewhere share your daughter's political views, but I still give you some credence when you're not going crackpot.

[Grizz]

Your solution to people wading in poop is to keep brushing their feet off. Tell them to get out of the poop so they don't need your pitiful brush instead. This iodine nonsense is on par with "cleansing". What toxins are you ingesting? Then stop it!
I have fluoride-free toothpaste (available at any Super Supplements), and I do not drink tap water. I drive to the well to fill my 14 5 gallon bottles every month. And I do not ingest any bromide, either. THAT is the solution. Stop the poisoning and - amazingly - you stop needing an antidote. Imagine that!

KnifeGill,
You are exactly right on. Eliminating Fluoride, Bromide & chlorine is big part of the Dr. Brownstein Protocol.
You will find a very good chapter in Iodine References called DETOX
http://tinyurl.com/iodine-references

Also see this:
Iodine deficiencies & dosages

Check it out,
Grizz

[Grizz]

I thought I read here that seaweed also contained bromine, which would cancel out the iodine. Is this true?

I'm now up to drinking 2 drops of Lugol's per week. I drop it into an 8-ounce cup on Sunday and take a couple swallows each day. Usually I finish it by Friday, so Saturday is iodine free. I will probably continue this up to four drops and level out. According to the water method, that's something like 2.3 mg/day. Since I don't have any true symptoms of I deficiency, I think this is plenty for now. Maybe megadoses are only for someone who has a real health issue. Fibrocystic and prostate come to mind. I'm still wary of the thyroid issue.

I'm still taking the protocol: C, D3, Mg, B2/3, Brazil nuts, and salt. I'm going to dial back the Mg and B2/3 since I don't think I'll need the full amount if I'm only taking 2-3 mg.

I'm stopping the mole experiment for a couple weeks to give my skin a break. Although the moles are decreasing, the skin has scabbed over multiple times and it's painful and it looks horrible. I think I'd rather live with the half-moles for now.

btw, here's something for Grizz's conspiracy mill. When I started looking into iodine a few months ago, several of the seaweed packages said "good source of iodine" on the front and listed the %RDA of iodne in the Nutrition facts. The %RDA was around 1000% to 1300%. I remember posting those numbers on this thread. Last week I was checking the seafood packages, and that labeling is gone. No claim of being a good source of iodine printed on the front, no iodine RDA on the Nutrition Facts. I think I checked all the brands, but I will look more carefully next time.

Grizz, if you're really into research, I wonder if the FDA or some other body said something to discourage the labeling. Maybe the confusion between iodine and iodide? I haven't thought to check whether iodized salt still labels the package. Have you made any headway with the insurance angle? Oh, and it may help to know that I somewhere share your daughter's political views, but I still give you some credence when you're not going crackpot.

Congratulations on your progress. You are doing this right, on your own terms and on your own research. You are a perfect iodine student. I'm not aware of anything about seaweed. I don't spend any time on seaweed because it is not on the Dr. Brownstein Protocol.

I have not spent any time on the Insurance Company idea. I don't know who is in a position of power to do anything. I have decided to go forward writing iodine articles for magazines. I think I can have a bigger impact by being a freelance author. T2T may even join with me in writing articles for magazines. I'm sharing what I find with him.

My DIL and I get along just fine. We know which subjects to avoid. We don't talk politics and we don't talk about money. Any other subject is neutral and we can discuss at great length. I respect her because she is my DIL. She is extremely well educated and is a 3rd line manager at a major hospital. My son is very lucky to have found her, and they get along great. I've got nothing to complain about. Even if I did have anything to complain about, I would keep my big fat mouth SHUT. The wife & I do NOT meddle in their lives.

Keep up the great work,
Grizz