And I am so blessed for this. Finally so many things make sense, it is logical. Especially to myself.
I started to read this book from the end more than less, as I was especially interested in Iodine - all the truth about it.
As argued by Zięba (2015; p274) they are two form of iodine
- inorganic nonradiactive iodine (good one)
- organic radioactive iodine (bad one)
Credit to the unknown author of this image.
As I am reading the book few astonishing arguments came as a result
- iodine receptors can be found in every cell of human body, if this is the case, maybe humans needs more iodine than we recommend to start with?
- current manufacture practice aiming to completely get rid of the Lugol's solution. Just to make this more interesting yesterday I went to town to look for the strong iodine solution and I went to 9 places 7 were pharmacies and two were healthy shops and all pharmacies did not even stock the solution which more than less would explain the " Wolff-Chaikoff effect" as the main understanding of the iodine. The main principle of the idea of the 'W-C effect' describe iodine as dangerous and spread as wildfire permanently penetrating inside the body of the medical knowledge without further verification and scientifically evidence of its correctness.
The research was conducted on rats and making valid application to the human population was highly not appropriate to start with, one of the biggest concern of the study was not to check the levels of the hormones before and after the study. They made even more interesting discoveries, the main participants of the experiment - rats had neither the hypothyroidism nor goiter! Looking closely at this particular research I am very confident to say that it was complete fraud, however somehow seems to be claimed as valid truth till now in terms of iodine...
Just to make a clarity in 1970; the effectiveness and the action of Lugol's solution was re-tested, in humans not in rats! and 30mg of Lugol's solution were administered three times a day (daily total dose of 90mg) The results conclude that in hyperthyroidism administration of 90mg of Lugol's solution caused a NORMALIZATION OF THE THYROID UNCTION (Wartofsky, Ransil and Ingbar; 1970). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5409810
As much as the results were remarcable, they did not penetrate the medical knowledge with the power of the same power as 'W-C effect' did and the present lack of Lugol's solution on the market indicate that indeed society do not have the access to one of the most essential element to human life.
Person who first time first made Lugola's solution was the French physician J G A Lugol in 1829. And surprisingly was very frequently used in the medicine with very successful results.
So the nest question for me was? What is the safe and recommended dose of the iodine for human? As mention by Zięba (2015. p272) 'iodine is one of the safest elements necessary for human life'. My reaction is why on Earth we deprived the knowledge and the access to this vital human element to thrive in health? The recommended dose is 150 micrograms per day, and can be quite safely consumed in excess of the recommended amount.
Here is the copy and paste one of the leaflet of the Lugol's solution found on the internet from I AM HEALING...
https://www.i-am-healing.com/product-page/lugol-s-iodine-15
Everyone needs different amounts of Iodine based on their bodies ability to utilize the nutrients as well as the level of toxic halides they are exposed to each day.
If you are dealing with a serious health condition, your dosage will need to be higher than if you were using Iodine for good health maintenance.
Maintenance – Doctors expert in Iodine are now beginning to believe that 50mgs is the minimum dosage required
Pregnancy/Lactating Mothers – Iodine is important for both mother and baby. 12.5 mgs per day is the recommended dose. The Iodine will alter the taste of the milk, so if the baby refuses the breast, reduce the amount of Iodine used.
Cancer – Cancer is a result of mutated cells. Iodine is critical for the P53 gene which is known as the 'keeper of the genetic code'. Without Iodine and Selenium the P53 gene will not function properly to eliminate abnormal cells (such as Cancer) from the body. Cancer patients can take 50-300mgs a day.
Nutrients to take with Iodine.
Vitamin C. 2,000 – 5,000mgs a day however few hours apart after taking iodine
Selenium. 200 – 400mgs a day
Unrefined salt. 1/2tsp a day
Magnesium. 200 – 400mgs a day
I am sharing this because I was kind of surprised to start with but taking into consideration the reasons behind the crusade against iodine I strongly believe people need to know as well as they need to made they own mind about the iodine. By the way... One of more easier accessible version of iodine can be sea kelp as I managed to purchase during my yesterday search for Lugol's solution.
Here it is a very informative video of the importance of iodine in human diet.
I am going to dive into further research in these topic as I find this very interesting indeed.
Lots of love
From Margo :)