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My daughter has been ill for a number of years with hypothyroidism and associated issues. We searched the region for a doctor and finally found a wonderful physician who worked with her, prescribed Armour Thyroid and a number of supplements to get her back in balance after the years of Synthroid, Despite some improvements, it was not until I read Dr. David Brownstein's book on the subject of iodine deficiency that we decided we would give this a try. And no, we didn't get any blessing from anyone.
My husband, daughter and myself, all used liquid iodine and did the paint test to see if we were deficient, which we all were. Based upon a significant amount of research we decided to take a specific amount, starting last Monday, June 14. What has happened is NOTHING less that a miracle.
My daughter, who has hideous outbreaks of hives, had no hives during the first three days, had two outbreaks on the 3rd day, but they were noticeably small and did not last near as long. Secondly, she has so much more energy and is able to get through the day without an afternoon nap, whereas before this iodine, the fatigue drove her to nap every afternoon. Thirdly, her voice, which had been very hoarse since before she was diagnosed has cleared and her attitude is much more positive now. These are just of the improvements we have seen in her, but they are remarkable when you understand her long journey and the insane number of doctors she has been through. For the first time in 10 years, I am getting my daughter back.
As far as my husband is concerned, he has hypothyroidism as well and he has noticed considerable improvement in energy, muscle strength, attitude, and the puffiness is starting to leave his face, his joint pain has also improved to the degree that it has almost completely dissipated, and keep in mind this is only ONE WEEK on the Iodoral.
As for my own improvements, my former level of energy has returned, joint pain from several injuries has lessened considerably, I no longer have a number of cravings that used to plague me and the list goes one.
It is clear, once again, that the FDA, Big Pharma, the food industry and the AMA are doing their best to get us fat, break us down and keep us sick. Everywhere we turn, essentials to our quality of life are being depleted or destroyed and we wonder why our health care costs are out of control. If one is diligent to read, research and study the findings in Dr. Brownstein's book, you will be amazed and committed to using the information the quality of your life.
This book and Iodoral, which you can also find on Amazon, have been miraculous in our lives.
My husband, daughter and myself, all used liquid iodine and did the paint test to see if we were deficient, which we all were. Based upon a significant amount of research we decided to take a specific amount, starting last Monday, June 14. What has happened is NOTHING less that a miracle.
My daughter, who has hideous outbreaks of hives, had no hives during the first three days, had two outbreaks on the 3rd day, but they were noticeably small and did not last near as long. Secondly, she has so much more energy and is able to get through the day without an afternoon nap, whereas before this iodine, the fatigue drove her to nap every afternoon. Thirdly, her voice, which had been very hoarse since before she was diagnosed has cleared and her attitude is much more positive now. These are just of the improvements we have seen in her, but they are remarkable when you understand her long journey and the insane number of doctors she has been through. For the first time in 10 years, I am getting my daughter back.
As far as my husband is concerned, he has hypothyroidism as well and he has noticed considerable improvement in energy, muscle strength, attitude, and the puffiness is starting to leave his face, his joint pain has also improved to the degree that it has almost completely dissipated, and keep in mind this is only ONE WEEK on the Iodoral.
As for my own improvements, my former level of energy has returned, joint pain from several injuries has lessened considerably, I no longer have a number of cravings that used to plague me and the list goes one.
It is clear, once again, that the FDA, Big Pharma, the food industry and the AMA are doing their best to get us fat, break us down and keep us sick. Everywhere we turn, essentials to our quality of life are being depleted or destroyed and we wonder why our health care costs are out of control. If one is diligent to read, research and study the findings in Dr. Brownstein's book, you will be amazed and committed to using the information the quality of your life.
This book and Iodoral, which you can also find on Amazon, have been miraculous in our lives.
364 of 377 people found the following review helpful
[ later note: there is an excellent iodine internet group with important information on the use of iodine
health.groups.yahoo[dot]com/group/iodine/
Also `Hypothyroidism Type 2' by Mark Starr explains how all chronic pain is linked to low thyroid, including those involved with diabetes, heart problems, both bleeding (like gums, periods) & blood clots (including strokes) and some cancers. If you have any kind of chronic pain, you need to know 1. some are calling low thyroid the silent epidemic (silent because officially denied) and 2. that ALL the standard lab tests are WRONG, low thyroid and/or low adrenals are the most common health problem... The stopthethyroidmadness website has huge amounts of practical information and advice too.]
Well written and interesting, this book explains how iodine plays a crucial role in many aspects of health and why iodized salt does not supply our needs. Due to deterioration of soils/foods as well as poorer modern diets and environments (particularly the deliberate pollution of drinking water with fluorine, fluoride and chlorine, which are all toxic), severe iodine deficiency is epidemic in many English-speaking countries.
It's not just good for thyroid problems: some acclaim iodine for helping to heal breast cancer and cysts; for skin problems like acne, eczema, moles and skin tags; for fatigue symptoms; for fungus infections; for detoxification; and much more. It seems to have an amazingly wide application, since it can kill all single celled organisms and is the most effective known antiseptic. The author of this book, Dr Brownstein, confirms "Iodine has many positive therapeutic actions. It is a potent anti-infective agent. No virus, bacteria or parasite has been shown to be resistant to iodine therapy." He also repeatedly hails its proven anti-cancer effects.
Iodine comes mainly as two sorts which are (or used to be) available at pharmacies:
- Tincture of Iodine, a solution of elemental iodine in ethanol: often found in emergency survival kits, used both to disinfect wounds and to sanitize surface water for drinking (warnings: elemental iodine is said to be a deadly - and very unpleasant - poison even in very small amounts if taken internally, it is highly irritating to mucous membranes, and it corrodes metals) and
- Lugol's, a solution of elemental iodine and potassium iodide in distilled water (the iodide makes iodine soluble in water). One of the best things about Lugol's is that it's cheap and there is no microbial resistance to it. A good maintenance dose is said to be from 12mg/day for someone of average weight. Dr Brownstein recommends Iodoral, the tablet form, rather than Lugol's as drops in a drink, but personally I prefer to put Lugol's on my skin - it works just as well, maybe better. (Some say you only absorb 12% of what you paint on the skin ~ the rest goes up in the air...it's a halogen.) P.S. Nascent Iodine is gentler than Lugols or Iodoral but some say it does not saturate body tissues and has not been proven to detoxify poisons. Also not recommended are Iosol, kelp, Prolamine, Pure Encapsulations and all other microgram dosages - see the 2012 "Guide to Supplementing with Iodine" available free online.
The skin takes in a lot more than most of us know: I don't put anything on it that cannot be eaten or drunk (of course that means avoiding most commercial skin-care products). Perhaps daringly, I am experimenting - on a short term basis only - with about 150 mg divided into three "installments" (morning, lunchtime and mid-afternoon) as some say iodine has an active life of about 4 hours and others that taking it too late in the day can affect sleep. J.C. Jarvis, M.D. who wrote highly of Lugol's in the 1950s commented "If it should happen that your body becomes saturated with iodine, you will find that there is an increase of moisture in the nose. If this occurs, omit the iodine until the nose is normal."
The book is shorter than it seems, as the typeface is quite large (which is good) but also doublespaced and I believe there must be much more information available that could be helpful: for instance, it does not say, but should, that:
- - iodine does not have a long shelf-life, needing careful storage to remain active (Lugol's has an optimal shelf-life of approximately one year)
- - Lugol's is now made in different strengths - differing from the original formulation which has a total iodine concentration of 10% from 10g of potassium iodide and 5g of elemental iodine per 100ml - or 6.5mg of iodine per drop; nowadays the solution can be anything from 2% (2% iodine, 4% potassium iodide and 94% distilled water), 3%, 5% to 7% (even though 10% is the original strength) so you need to check before buying (and "1/2 strength" should mean 5% but you still need to doublecheck these days)
- - avoid taking anti-oxidant supplements (vitamins A, C, E, selenium, glutathione, etc.) for the duration of any "higher-than-normal" usage of Lugol's
- - follow high usage of iodine products with probiotics to replenish vital intestinal flora
Oddly, since 2007 I understand a prescription is required in the US for amounts over 1oz/30ml and what is now available as Lugol's is heavily diluted: regular Lugol's solution has 10% of total iodine while the highest concentration permitted by the FDA is 2.2%. Even worse, it's recompounded with sodium, which doesn't let it get into the cells. Therefore Iodoral tablets might be better as they still have the same iodine content as 2 drops of (original) Lugol's solution - 13 mg per standard tablet - and even 50 mg tablets are available.
Finally, never take Lugol's if you're allergic to iodine. In case you worry about iodine poisoning (some people seem to be very sensitive to iodine although excess iodine is excreted via urine), the antidote for iodine overdose is easy: either high-dose vitamin C (at least 4g - that's 4000mg) or chocolate/cocoa which is high in bromine and displaces iodine when needs be. A cruel joke is that commercial breadmaking currently uses the toxic bromine process instead of the traditional iodine process, creating a runaway iodine deficiency.
P.S. If you are allergic to iodine, please see Lee Edwards' advice in the comments section. Thank you Lee!
[Even later notes: Certain studies and intelligent analysis report that autoimmune problems associated with iodine use actually are the result of low selenium levels, as well as low copper or low zinc. Iodine and adrenal dysfunction: Adrenals patients report a worsening of their sluggish adrenal/HPA function due to the important toxin release caused by iodine use. Other adrenal patients report that the proper use of the same supporting nutrients overcame the problem, and they were even able to lower their HC. Iodine and the salivary glands: some cannot take the recommended 50 mg - it can cause an area of salivary gland to swell, for instance. Others do well on 50 mg, and some even higher in the face of illness. Iodine and thyroid: About a third of hypothyroid patients are able to lower their thyroid medication from using the iodine protocol. Iodine and skin cancer: Since iodine can burn, patients who tried iodine on their skin cancer report it was too uncomfortable. On the other side, oncologist Dr Tullio Simoncini, who heals cancer with sodium bicarbonate and has been attacked by the medical mafia, states: "Every tumor of the skin can be completely removed with iodine tincture 7% (Lugol's 7%), brushed many times (10-20) a day, on the skin. When the crust is formed, don't take it away but treat the area continuously and wait until it falls without any other intervention except the iodine. When the crust falls down the third time, the patient is healed."
Brownstein wrote the foreword to "The Iodine Crisis: What You Don't Know About Iodine Can Wreck Your Life" by Lynne Farrow. If you like easy-to-read books with lots of personal stories and case histories, this is a great introduction to iodine supplementation. Even if (like me) you don't, the chapters on side effects and what you can do about them, are valuable.
health.groups.yahoo[dot]com/group/iodine/
Also `Hypothyroidism Type 2' by Mark Starr explains how all chronic pain is linked to low thyroid, including those involved with diabetes, heart problems, both bleeding (like gums, periods) & blood clots (including strokes) and some cancers. If you have any kind of chronic pain, you need to know 1. some are calling low thyroid the silent epidemic (silent because officially denied) and 2. that ALL the standard lab tests are WRONG, low thyroid and/or low adrenals are the most common health problem... The stopthethyroidmadness website has huge amounts of practical information and advice too.]
Well written and interesting, this book explains how iodine plays a crucial role in many aspects of health and why iodized salt does not supply our needs. Due to deterioration of soils/foods as well as poorer modern diets and environments (particularly the deliberate pollution of drinking water with fluorine, fluoride and chlorine, which are all toxic), severe iodine deficiency is epidemic in many English-speaking countries.
It's not just good for thyroid problems: some acclaim iodine for helping to heal breast cancer and cysts; for skin problems like acne, eczema, moles and skin tags; for fatigue symptoms; for fungus infections; for detoxification; and much more. It seems to have an amazingly wide application, since it can kill all single celled organisms and is the most effective known antiseptic. The author of this book, Dr Brownstein, confirms "Iodine has many positive therapeutic actions. It is a potent anti-infective agent. No virus, bacteria or parasite has been shown to be resistant to iodine therapy." He also repeatedly hails its proven anti-cancer effects.
Iodine comes mainly as two sorts which are (or used to be) available at pharmacies:
- Tincture of Iodine, a solution of elemental iodine in ethanol: often found in emergency survival kits, used both to disinfect wounds and to sanitize surface water for drinking (warnings: elemental iodine is said to be a deadly - and very unpleasant - poison even in very small amounts if taken internally, it is highly irritating to mucous membranes, and it corrodes metals) and
- Lugol's, a solution of elemental iodine and potassium iodide in distilled water (the iodide makes iodine soluble in water). One of the best things about Lugol's is that it's cheap and there is no microbial resistance to it. A good maintenance dose is said to be from 12mg/day for someone of average weight. Dr Brownstein recommends Iodoral, the tablet form, rather than Lugol's as drops in a drink, but personally I prefer to put Lugol's on my skin - it works just as well, maybe better. (Some say you only absorb 12% of what you paint on the skin ~ the rest goes up in the air...it's a halogen.) P.S. Nascent Iodine is gentler than Lugols or Iodoral but some say it does not saturate body tissues and has not been proven to detoxify poisons. Also not recommended are Iosol, kelp, Prolamine, Pure Encapsulations and all other microgram dosages - see the 2012 "Guide to Supplementing with Iodine" available free online.
The skin takes in a lot more than most of us know: I don't put anything on it that cannot be eaten or drunk (of course that means avoiding most commercial skin-care products). Perhaps daringly, I am experimenting - on a short term basis only - with about 150 mg divided into three "installments" (morning, lunchtime and mid-afternoon) as some say iodine has an active life of about 4 hours and others that taking it too late in the day can affect sleep. J.C. Jarvis, M.D. who wrote highly of Lugol's in the 1950s commented "If it should happen that your body becomes saturated with iodine, you will find that there is an increase of moisture in the nose. If this occurs, omit the iodine until the nose is normal."
The book is shorter than it seems, as the typeface is quite large (which is good) but also doublespaced and I believe there must be much more information available that could be helpful: for instance, it does not say, but should, that:
- - iodine does not have a long shelf-life, needing careful storage to remain active (Lugol's has an optimal shelf-life of approximately one year)
- - Lugol's is now made in different strengths - differing from the original formulation which has a total iodine concentration of 10% from 10g of potassium iodide and 5g of elemental iodine per 100ml - or 6.5mg of iodine per drop; nowadays the solution can be anything from 2% (2% iodine, 4% potassium iodide and 94% distilled water), 3%, 5% to 7% (even though 10% is the original strength) so you need to check before buying (and "1/2 strength" should mean 5% but you still need to doublecheck these days)
- - avoid taking anti-oxidant supplements (vitamins A, C, E, selenium, glutathione, etc.) for the duration of any "higher-than-normal" usage of Lugol's
- - follow high usage of iodine products with probiotics to replenish vital intestinal flora
Oddly, since 2007 I understand a prescription is required in the US for amounts over 1oz/30ml and what is now available as Lugol's is heavily diluted: regular Lugol's solution has 10% of total iodine while the highest concentration permitted by the FDA is 2.2%. Even worse, it's recompounded with sodium, which doesn't let it get into the cells. Therefore Iodoral tablets might be better as they still have the same iodine content as 2 drops of (original) Lugol's solution - 13 mg per standard tablet - and even 50 mg tablets are available.
Finally, never take Lugol's if you're allergic to iodine. In case you worry about iodine poisoning (some people seem to be very sensitive to iodine although excess iodine is excreted via urine), the antidote for iodine overdose is easy: either high-dose vitamin C (at least 4g - that's 4000mg) or chocolate/cocoa which is high in bromine and displaces iodine when needs be. A cruel joke is that commercial breadmaking currently uses the toxic bromine process instead of the traditional iodine process, creating a runaway iodine deficiency.
P.S. If you are allergic to iodine, please see Lee Edwards' advice in the comments section. Thank you Lee!
[Even later notes: Certain studies and intelligent analysis report that autoimmune problems associated with iodine use actually are the result of low selenium levels, as well as low copper or low zinc. Iodine and adrenal dysfunction: Adrenals patients report a worsening of their sluggish adrenal/HPA function due to the important toxin release caused by iodine use. Other adrenal patients report that the proper use of the same supporting nutrients overcame the problem, and they were even able to lower their HC. Iodine and the salivary glands: some cannot take the recommended 50 mg - it can cause an area of salivary gland to swell, for instance. Others do well on 50 mg, and some even higher in the face of illness. Iodine and thyroid: About a third of hypothyroid patients are able to lower their thyroid medication from using the iodine protocol. Iodine and skin cancer: Since iodine can burn, patients who tried iodine on their skin cancer report it was too uncomfortable. On the other side, oncologist Dr Tullio Simoncini, who heals cancer with sodium bicarbonate and has been attacked by the medical mafia, states: "Every tumor of the skin can be completely removed with iodine tincture 7% (Lugol's 7%), brushed many times (10-20) a day, on the skin. When the crust is formed, don't take it away but treat the area continuously and wait until it falls without any other intervention except the iodine. When the crust falls down the third time, the patient is healed."
Brownstein wrote the foreword to "The Iodine Crisis: What You Don't Know About Iodine Can Wreck Your Life" by Lynne Farrow. If you like easy-to-read books with lots of personal stories and case histories, this is a great introduction to iodine supplementation. Even if (like me) you don't, the chapters on side effects and what you can do about them, are valuable.
126 of 129 people found the following review helpful
When I was studying nutrition in college, I was taught that iodine is important only for the thyroid, and that the amount of potassium iodide in table salt was enough. Medical school teaches doctors the same things. Most doctors will tell you that more than a milligram of iodine a day can cause hypothyroidism. They are simply wrong, the victims of a strange misinterpretation of research data from an experiment on rodents.
In this book, David Brownstein, M.D. summarizes his work with Dr. Guy Abraham, bringing to light old and new information and truth about iodine, an extremely important mineral - the most misunderstood mineral. Proper use of iodine may cure most thyroid problems, and beyond that, may be a preventative and cure for every disorder of breast tissue, reversing precancerous changes. The same may be true in other tissues which concentrate iodine, such as overies and the prostate.
This book is little in size, but big in content. It opened worlds for me as a clinician.
Dolev Gilmore, author: Nutrition and Your Child's Soul: Don Quixote's Heart-Cry
In this book, David Brownstein, M.D. summarizes his work with Dr. Guy Abraham, bringing to light old and new information and truth about iodine, an extremely important mineral - the most misunderstood mineral. Proper use of iodine may cure most thyroid problems, and beyond that, may be a preventative and cure for every disorder of breast tissue, reversing precancerous changes. The same may be true in other tissues which concentrate iodine, such as overies and the prostate.
This book is little in size, but big in content. It opened worlds for me as a clinician.
Dolev Gilmore, author: Nutrition and Your Child's Soul: Don Quixote's Heart-Cry
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I am very glad to have read this book. I started taking Iodoral (though in much lesser doses than Dr. Brownstein recommends) and it has made a difference. Read more
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