Iodine
Iodine treatment is not effective, takes too long to wait for, and is poisonous. There are a lot better options out there.
True, I agree there are other better water treatment options out there. I can make my own iodine crystals, but for other reasons than purifying water. However, Vic, to just give iodine a bad wrap and say it is poisonous across the board, I must humbly disagree with this statement.
Millions of people take solutions of iodine daily. Lugol's being one method, and Standard Process offers their version. They are used daily to treat a variety of health conditions, or to keep them at bay. Many people are walking around with thyroid depletion and don't even know it.
To prove my rebuttal:
Iodine May Be the Critical Mineral for Weight Loss, Energy and Beauty
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
by Barbara Minton, Natural Health Editor
Iodine may just be the most overlooked mineral, yet its importance to
overall health and well being cannot be overstated. Iodine is critical
for the formation of thyroid hormone in the thyroid gland. People who
have difficulty losing weight even though they eat small portions of
health promoting foods may be short on iodine. Iodine deficiency can
lead to dull and brittle hair, balding, lack of skin tone, low energy
levels, difficulty dealing with environmental temperature change, poor
concentration, constipation, depression, and extreme fatigue.
Why many people are iodine deficient
Health conscious people expect conventional produce to be grown in soils
deficient in essential minerals. They may be surprised to find out that
organic produce is also often lacking sufficient amounts of iodine.
Adequate intake of iodine was once a recognized problem that was solved
by adding small amounts of it in the processing of table salt. Once this
was done, the obvious symptoms of severe iodine deficiency disappeared
from view, and little further thought was given to matter, though
sub-clinical symptoms remained. Today's health conscious consumers have
lowered their salt intake and now fail to get even that small amount of
iodine in their diets. Many people have replaced processed iodized salt
with sea salt, an obvious healthy alternative, except that sea salt does
not naturally contain a significant amount of iodine.
Iodine has many actions in the body
A shortage of iodine can cause changes to the thyroid gland that
directly lead to poor function of metabolism and immunity. Iodine
deficiency promotes free radical damage in the thyroid gland that puts
the gland itself at risk. Iodine blocks various compounds from binding
to and accumulating in the thyroid gland, such as fluoride, perchlorate,
and goitrogens. Environmental pollution significantly aggravates an
iodine lack and displaces iodine in the body.
Iodine is in high concentration in the ovaries and breast tissue, acting
as a buffer to the growth stimulating effects of estrogen and as a
promoter of proper estrogen metabolism. Iodine assists the functioning
of hormone receptors throughout the body, helping hormones communicate
more effectively. Thyroid hormone governs the rate of other hormone
formation, and thus governs sexual function.
Iodine is essential for proper brain development and cognitive ability.
There have been many studies showing the importance of iodine during
gestation when cognitive potential is formed. A mother with adequate
iodine levels will be more likely to produce a child with superior brain
development.
Recent research documents the importance of proper iodine levels
A study reported in the September edition of Endocrine Review noted that
iodine is critical for the biological effects mediated by thyroid
hormone. Iodine containing enzymes important to the action of the
thyroid were also found to increase or decrease thyroid hormone
signaling in a tissue-and temporal-specific fashion, independently of
changes in thyroid hormone serum concentrations. It was clear to the
researchers that these enzymes play a much broader role than was once
thought, with great ramifications for the control of thyroid hormone
signaling during vertebrate development and metamorphosis, as well as
injury response, tissue repair, hypothalamic function, and energy
homeostasis in adults.
The September 3 edition of Cancer Causes and Control reports a review of
literature focused on risk factors for thyroid cancer. The researchers
found that at present, the only recognized measures for reducing thyroid
cancer risk are avoiding ionizing radiation and iodine deficiency,
particularly in children and young women.
The European Journal of Nutrition, August edition, reports it widely
accepted that the rapid rate of growth of the brain during the last
third of gestation and the early postnatal stage makes it vulnerable to
an inadequate diet. A deficiency of iodine during this critical period
in brain development is associated with reduced intellectual ability.
The August 12 edition of Medical Hypotheses reports the World Health
organization showing iodine deficiency to be a *worldwide health
problem*. As iodine status is based in median urinary iodine excretion,
even in countries regarded as iodine sufficient, a considerable part of
the population may be iodine deficient. Iodine deficiency traditionally
results in hypothyroidism, goiter, and cretinism. Researchers
hypothesized that iodine deficiency may also give rise to subtle
impairment of thyroid function leading to clinical syndromes resembling
hypothyroidism or diseases that have been associated with the occurrence
of hypothyroidism. They described several clinical conditions suspected
to be linked to iodine deficiency, including obesity, attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychiatric disorders, fibromyalgia, and
malignancies.
Want to read more, here's the source:
http://www.naturalnews.com/024566.html
I apologize for going off topic - but I feel this needs to be known.
Peace,
~ Psi
