Iodine Anyone? page 413

[breadsauce]

Great stuff! That seals the deal for me. I'm going to make sure that I do the salt loading first thing in the morning, an hour or 2 before my iodine. I don't know if the comment by Monica999 that it increases bromide elimination 10 fold is backed up by anything, but Savegrace's story of his receptionist is enough to convince me that the salt is what I've been missing.
I've got the good pink himalayan stuff.

Do you have a blood pressure monitor? It might be a good plan to check your BP before starting the salt loading, and keep checking, just in case you are sensitive to salt. In my own case, my blood pressure shot up to the extent that I had to totally cut out salt - totally - to get it back down to safe levels. I don't say this to be alarmist - just as a safety net.

[breadsauce]

Shouldn't a debate forum be for people interested in finding out the truth as opposed to just taking things on faith (either for or against)? We should ask questions and not be afraid of hearing the answers, because to do otherwise is to stick our heads in the sand. Perhaps iodine in large amount is injurious to the health over the long term. Perhaps not taking iodine in large amounts causes health issues in the long term. To avoid a rational debate is to ignore the possibility that our preconceptions are simply wrong. And that would be a mistake.

Exactly. But please note - if you post anything rational on this thread, you are likely to be labelled as a troll.... And your above post is eminently rational...

[breadsauce]

I agree. I'd start with banning you Grizz. Your behavior and treatment of people is atrocious. Look in the mirror, you are far nastier than anyone you've accused.

Thanks Elaine! Needed to be said.

[Sceptic]

Exactly. But please note - if you post anything rational on this thread, you are likely to be labelled as a troll.... And your above post is eminently rational...

Well we can't be having that, can we? Ad hominim attacks seem to be in fashion, and anyone who disagrees with me is clearly a rabid baby eating sugar snorting leper with bad breath, poor fashion sense, and acne. Probably as a result of using the wrong amount of iodine

[breadsauce]

Well we can't be having that, can we? Ad hominim attacks seem to be in fashion, and anyone who disagrees with me is clearly a rabid baby eating sugar snorting leper with bad breath, poor fashion sense, and acne. Probably as a result of using the wrong amount of iodine

I was actually agreeing with you...! I think your comment is totally right.

[Sceptic]

I was actually agreeing with you...! I think your comment is totally right.

I know. And I was exercising what passes for my sense of humour

[Radialhead]

Would potassium chloride be effective for flushing out the bromides etc? If the sodium content is the main factor in upping blood pressure (which I wouldn't necessarily bet on, but still...), and the chlorine content is what's displacing the bromine and helping to flush it out, then presumably it would be a slightly safer alternative for those who can't handle an increased sodium intake.

I saw someone saying on Curezone that it's the chloride that flushes the bromine, & I've seen it mentioned here a few times, but not with any references that I recall. The trouble is the only study I've seen on the subject concludes that it's the sodium doing the flushing, not the chloride http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/54/54_639.pdf

Plus, I vaguely recall reading something about increased potassium intake lowering blood pressure.

Indeed. Bananas are often recommended for lowering blood pressure due to their potassium content. This is quite interesting http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...00474-0081.pdf

[Radialhead]

Can't address all your questions, but as a longterm ulcer sufferer (to the point of bleeding and threatened hospitalization) from a family with many ulcers, I can verify that drinking lots of water dilutes the burning . Same amount of acid, but diluted.

Exactly, which is just as you'd expect.

[Sceptic]

I saw someone saying on Curezone that it's the chloride that flushes the bromine, & I've seen it mentioned here a few times, but not with any references that I recall. The trouble is the only study I've seen on the subject concludes that it's the sodium doing the flushing, not the chloride http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/54/54_639.pdf

Well, there goes that theory...

Indeed. Bananas are often recommended for lowering blood pressure due to their potassium content. This is quite interesting http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...00474-0081.pdf

Hmm. That still leaves open the possibility of taking large doses of potassium with your large doses of sodium, if it's just blood pressure that's at issue from sodium intake. Has anyone with sodium related blood pressure issues tried dosing themselves with equally ludicrous amounts of potassium at the same time? If so, did it make any difference?

[Radialhead]

Well, there goes that theory...

I wouldn't take one study on rats as definitive, but it should make you question the source of the 'chloride theory'. It may be there are other studies that back it up, or it could just be something somebody wrote on the internet, which was then believed by hordes of gullible people.