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“PUFA can react with iodine to make antithyroid compounds, so iodine deficiency is less likely when the diet is low in those.” -Ray Peat
The iodine has been a big debate elsewhere, and I think these RP quotes explains a lot of successes with iodine supplementation and failures with it.
“No I have never recommended several milligram doses of iodine. I have often pointed out the damage to the thyroid gland that even moderate iodine supplements can cause to the thyroid gland.”
A lady called me up last year and asked what I thought about taking 12mg of Iodine a day. I told her not to do it.
There are a few exceptions where iodine might prove to be beneficial, those being living close to a nuclear power plant facility as well as being an X-Ray technician. Perhaps even if your working within the hospital as well as a dentist office. But they usually recommend potassium iodine tablets.
Neither are ideal in my humble opinion but I feel the iodine would be the lesser of two evils.“It’s easy to recognize a chronic iodine deficiency, because it causes the thyroid gland to enlarge. Goiters can be caused in various ways, for example by being exposed to various goitrogens, including excess iodine, or by excessive estrogen and deficient progesterone, as well as by an iodine deficiency. “However, a chronic excess of iodine is harder to recognize, because it can produce a variety of degenerative changes. Measurement of the average daily iodine intake or excretion in the urine would be needed to confirm an excess. High iodine intake can suppress TSH, and since high TSH is pro-inflammatory, the iodine can have some protective anti-inflammatory actions, but in the long run, the thyroid suppression becomes a problem.” -Ray Peat
“Guy Abraham and some of his followers claim that an iodine deficiency can be shown by the quick disappearance of a spot of iodine painted on the skin. The skin test of iodine deficiency is completely unscientific. Iodine is converted to colorless iodide by reductants, including vitamin C, glutathione, and thiosulphate. “G. Abraham’s Iodine Test Kit contains iodine overdose pills. The test is completely irrational. It implies that the body should be saturated with iodine.” -Ray Peat
“Most goiters now are from estrogen-like effects, but they used to be from iodine deficiency. Chronic excess iodine tends to cause thyroiditis, regardless of the gland’s size. The amounts used by Abraham and Flechas are much larger than this — very toxic doses, enough to cause severe thyroid problems.” -Ray Peat
“It’s good to avoid fluoridated water as far as possible. Certain forms of bromine, including bromate and polybrominated biphenyls, are definitely toxic, but simple bromide isn’t very toxic; it took large amounts of Bromo-Seltzer used for a long time to produce harmful effects, hundreds of milligrams per day. Seawater contains bromide, so all seafood contains a lot; milk and meat naturally contain it, because soil generally contains a moderate amount. A few of the promoters of large iodine supplements–Abraham, Flechas, and Brownstein–are giving a wrong impression of bromine.” -Ray Peat
How about we munch on some seaweed. Or get seaweed capsules. Mmm. Only if its needed.
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