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Originally Posted by JaneS
 Big reason NOT to choose seaweed for your iodine: BROMIDES. And arsenic.
Yes, seaweeds can contain significant amounts of bromide. It is thought to be the cause of goiter in certain Japanese studied with very high iodine intake from seaweed who by rights shouldn't have goiter at all. I wonder if my past large consumption of seaweed are contributing to my very hard time I'm having with 1-2 drops of Lugol's. I have to say I'm regretting not studying enough... as you know I'm a whole foods kind of gal too! (and I think seaweed does NOT contain iodide?) I can't do 2 drops of Lugol's (12.5mg). I feel completely horrible even with salt flushes 3x day. And I think I'm getting a yeast infection which I haven't had in years! This could also be mercury detox causing yeast? I need to find out more. Thank goodness for Candex. |
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Originally Posted by aris99
You probably know this as everyone seems to know more than me but I was just reading that mag supplementation is implicated in candida infections...
Do you have a link about seaweeds containg bromides? Everywhere I've read says that seaweeds counteract the affects of bromide...I am getting more and more confused... |
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Originally Posted by WuWei
Jane, I would love to hear more info about why NOT to choose organic kelp or dulse which has been tested free of heavy metals, instead for the iodine. Those absorb/bind with heavy metals in the large intestine, from my understanding; and help to excrete it, in addition to the whole food benefits AND iodine. Seems to 'kill two birds with one stone' as it were: iodine and helps with the (released/circulating) mercury/heavy metal stores (bromides too?). I'm not completely clear on the physiology of it. But, I'm just a whole foods gal.
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Originally Posted by whoMe
Just ordered Dr Brownstein's book.
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Originally Posted by JaneS
Me too, his 2009 edition. The one I read before was his first one. This new ed. has info on children and detox I wanted to get.
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Originally Posted by aris99
Overthinking this as usual....brazil nuts for selenium? I have often wondered how well whole nuts actually get digested? I mean they may contain a good amt of selenium crushed up under laboratory conditions but it's my experience that even if you chew them as well as is possible they never quite get fully broken down iykwim....does brazil nut butter exist
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Originally Posted by mom61508
Not sure how well they digest, good question but here's brazil nut butter
http://www.sunfood.com/Categories/1/...d-butters.aspx |
:!!!!! I was hoping it didn't exist! Thanks!
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Originally Posted by TanyaLopez
I remember some people didn't get help from melatonin, but they did with, I think 5-htp? I really should re-read the diagrams and understand that better. Out of curiosity, how much melatonin have you tried? I was taking a lot over the winter, but I never would've guessed, if I hadn't already been taking it, that I needed to go up to 8mg. But I'm guessing that's not your issue, it's just something that sometimes puzzles me in general. |
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Originally Posted by aris99
You probably know this as everyone seems to know more than me but I was just reading that mag supplementation is implicated in candida infections...
Do you have a link about seaweeds containg bromides? Everywhere I've read says that seaweeds counteract the affects of bromide...I am getting more and more confused... |
| Seaweed also concentrates other halides such as bromide, which possess goitrogenic, carcinogenic and narcoleptic properties (1). Seawater is very poor in iodide and relatively rich in bromidewith 0.05 PPM iodide and 70 PPM bromide. There is 1400 times more bromide than iodide in seawater... Although seaweed has been the main source of iodine for the Japanese population, inorganic iodine/iodide in supplements (liquid or tablets) seems a much purer, safer and more accurate form for supplementation of this essential element than seaweed. It is more difficult to titrate the amount of seaweed needed to achieve whole body sufficiency for iodine than the amount of a pure standardized solid dose form of this essential element. It was not conclusively proven that iodine was the cause of the reported seaweed-induced goiter with normal thyroid functions 40 years ago in Hokkaido, Japan (15). This seaweed-induced goiter eventually disappeared (23). Suzuki et al (15) questioned whether seaweed itself was the cause of this goiter, since much larger amounts of iodide in pulmonary patients did not induce goiter. Suzuki et al commented: "Considering the paucity of reported cases of iodine goiter with the wide spread usage of iodine medication, we cannot exclude factors other than excessive intake of dietary iodine as a cause of the goiter." Also, residents in Tokyo, Japan, who excreted similar levels of iodide in their urine (around 20 mg/24h) did not experience goiter. Contamination of seaweed with bromide is the most likely explanation, since bromide is a goitrogen (1), and there is 1400 times more bromide than iodide in seawater (20). The presence of excess goitrogens in the diet would require greater amounts of ingested iodine to prevent the goitrogenic effect of these substances (2). http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-12/IOD_12.htm |
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Originally Posted by ChristSavesAll
Actually Iodine is used for treatment in candida and systemic yeast infections....
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Originally Posted by Metasequoia
Just what I was thinking. I have Maine Coast kelp, dulse, ect. flakes & wanted to take them. The back of the bottle has a blurb by Dr. Brownstein, so I was/am hoping that they're tested for heavy metals.
I thought I'd read about him in the salt society's newsletter, but it was on the back of my kelp bottle. Good to know, I'd like to order it as well. I skimmed the last few pages, need more time to read....later. I wish these long, interesting threads could have a post in the beginning summing everything up! |
100 years!
Maybe I will stick with just the transdermal mag. and stop taking it by mouth too (was only doing 200-400mg orally).
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Originally Posted by ChristSavesAll
Hey Ami,
First, Vitacost.com is where I get my stuff from. Super cheap, fast shipping and flat rate shipping! Ok so I started with the multi, Nature's Way Siberian ginseng (2 capsules a day), iodine and cod liver oil... but I did add magnesium shortly after because of the headaches... its very important to take that too. In fact, if you were to just start out with everything I take now it'd cost about $24 a month per adult.. not bad considering that my life has improved drastically (read my story my cure in my sig). Here's what I take each day: 1 Multi (I believe the brand is important and the one I've had success with is One 'N' Only) 1 Cod liver oil 750mg of Magnesium 32.5mg of iodine (I was experiencing some anxiety attacks a couple weeks ago and dropped my dose to try and figure out why I was having them, thought maybe I had reached sufficiency... realized what was happening, I was taking them at night because that's when I'm least nauseous, my body was trying to wind down but the vits were trying to wind up  oops!)1 Chromium with Vanadium pill (source naturals) 1 selenium (futurebiotics) 3000mg vit c (NSI brand) I've also added inositol but still nauseous so skipping that giant horse pill til nausea passes... Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions! |
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Originally Posted by Metasequoia
A brand of cod liver oil. *Fermented* Blue Ice is currently the only brand of CLO that doesn't use synthetic vitamins. (AFAIK)
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Originally Posted by Panserbjørne
 : I appreciate it! Off to look now. I haven't seen it offered in 50 mg pills. That's good info to have! |
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