Podcasts about iodoral

See all the Healthcasts at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog If you have hypothyroidism (Low thyroid), fibrocystic breasts, fatigue, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hair loss, obesity, or high cholesterol then taking supplemental Iodoral can improve these diseases.  These conditions have become an epidemic in the United States due to Iodine deficiency. My longevity medical practice is all about keeping my patients healthy so they can live not only a longer life but one with quality. In the last 20 years of my BioBalance® Health practice, I have seen a flood of new patients with conditions that are in part secondary to iodine deficiency.  Today in America, the majority of people need iodine and other supplements to their diet for many reasons: Food manufacturers don't supplement our foods as they did in the years from the 1940s to 2000. The food that we eat (even fresh food) contains less nutrition than they did 50 years ago. Fast food diets, processed foods and preservatives remove necessary vitamins and minerals that we need to be healthy. Alcohol leaches nutrients from our bodies and alcohol consumption is increasing. Chemical pollution has entered our food supply and now is stored in our bodies. We have added a chemical to our drinking water, fluoride, which displaces Iodine in our bodies leaving us Iodine deficient. Today I am going to address the symptoms and diseases of Iodine deficiency. This blog about Iodine is to inform you about the need for Iodine and what it does.  I hope to never have to remind my patients about taking this supplement again after listening to the associated podcast or reading this blog! Iodine is a micronutrient necessary for life. In a research article in the Journal, Frontiers of Nutrition, March 2024, a very succinct review of the illnesses that occur because of iodine deficiency and that can be treated (partially) with iodine supplementation. I recommend all of my patients who live in my area which has no iodine in the soil or ground water and where all the drinking water is fluorinated.  The Iodine supplement, Iodoral, is not a drug, but a nutritional supplement that is sold over the counter. The Iodoral 12.5 mg bottle of 90 is $14.50 for 3-6 months supply.  You can't afford NOT to take it! Why do we need this supplement at this time in America and many first world countries?  Governmental intervention in our basic need for water caused most of our deficiencies.  Iodine is produced naturally in the ocean by seaweed, and it is contained in the soil and ground water in areas of the country that are near the ocean and those areas that were covered by ocean water millions of years ago. So, if you think geographically, most of the US is in that “map”, except the Midwest.  However, man and government has intervened and caused our population to be iodine deprived by adding Fluoride to our water. The government and the FDA make decisions for us without looking at the subsequent damage that might be done by those decisions. In the 1949 the US government decided that EVERYONE needed to be protected from dental cavities so 75 years ago we fluorinated our water and that decision led to the epidemic of iodine deficiency. Fluoride in your drinking and cooking water literally replaces iodine, and takes its place molecularly, leading to generations of people with 25% fewer cavities and 100% increase in the list of diseases I have listed in the first paragraph!   Fluoride is the biggest cause of thyroid disease. Wouldn't it be better to use fluoride toothpaste once a day than drink it? In some areas of the country, called the “Goiter Belt”, we don't have any iodine in the natural ground water, so locally grown food does not contain Iodine.  These regions have had a history of high percentage of the population with low thyroid, and goiters, even before we added fluoride to drinking water.  This compounds the problem and the diseases from Iodine deficiency. I live in that area! Before the 1970s iodine was required to be added to bread, salt and a few other foods. Ever since I have been seeing more Eating designer salt has caused people to not even get iodine in the salt they eat,  Now we use all kinds of salt most of which don't have iodine in them,. So now you know what the problem is today as well as the answer, Iodine supplementation with Iodoral® every day! How do you know if you have low Iodine and or Hypothyroidism? Symptoms of low iodine mirror those of low thyroid: fatigue, swelling, Abdominal bloating and pain Constipation hair loss and broken frizzy hair, brittle nails, dry skin, cold body temperature BBT less than or equal to 98 degrees Fahrenheit, weight gain, depression, slow metabolism, slow pulse low BP fibrocystic breasts So what will taking Iodoral® do for you beyond reversing the symptoms above? Improved thyroid function which decreases fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, brittle nails, swelling, and slow metabolism…. The benefits to you and your thyroid gland are immense! Your thyroid hormones control your metabolism and control your thermostat. Every cell in your body requires thyroid, and therefore require Iodine.  If your body doesn't have enough heat, then your enzymes can't work and our cells can't do their jobs, heal themselves and skin, muscles and all our tissues suffer. How does that work? Thyroid hormones T1, T2, T3, and T4  are made from one amino acid, Tyrosine, an 1-4 Iodine molecules!  The molecular structure of Iodine calls for plenty of iodine nutrient in the blood stream to make thyroid hormones and  to attach to iodine receptors on each cell that uses thyroid in your body. Preserve the health and function of your thyroid gland. You will feel warmer, your pulse and blood pressure will normalize. You will lose weight. Your thyroid hormone keeps your body warm by stimulating mitochondria to burn calories.  In this way thyroid hormone controls your weight, how fast you burn calories, how energetic you are, how well you think, how your hair and nails grow just to name a few benefits of thyroid. You need to add iodine to your diet to produce thyroid hormones to maintain all these vital functions for you! Prevention of Fibrocystic Breast Disease. Women's breasts absorb a lot of iodine and need Iodine to be healthy. The absorption by the breasts of iodine steals I from the thyroid and accounts for women having a much higher incidence of Hypothyroidism.  The thyroid is starved without iodine and “dies”.  Hypothyroidism is a Woman's disease! Fibrocystic Breast Disease. Women's breasts are iodine sensitive and years of low Iodine can cause Fibrocystic Breast Disease. This is not a precancerous condition, but it makes it harder to find a cancer in a breast on a mammogram. Weight Loss/Avoid Metabolic Syndrome For both sexes Iodine is needed to maintain blood sugar control and the control of obesity.  It is one of the necessary nutrients when it comes to weight loss.  More importantly it can prevent Metabolic syndrome which is a combination of high blood sugar (diabetes/prediabetes), obesity, hypertension, and high cholesterol. If you have Metabolic Syndrome, you are at higher risk for Cancer, Heart Disease, Stroke, and early Death.  It doesn't take just iodine to treat this syndrome once you have it, but Iodine is key to making your medical treatments, diet, and exercise work to decrease your medical risks of disease and early death. Lower your LDL Cholesterol Hypothyroidism causes an increase in LDL Cholesterol; therefore it may increase the incidence of heart disease. Organ Systems Other than the Thyroid Need Iodoral: As you can see by the list above, vital organs other than the thyroid accumulate/store Iodine: salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, ovary and testes, which has led to the new realization that Iodine has effects outside of the thyroid. Other Results of Replacing Iodine to what is clinically considered a high level in the US. Blood sugar is lowered by adequate Iodine blood levels (199-299 mcg/L). Insulin resistance is improved by taking Iodoral Hypertension lowered to its lowest point when blood levels were between (300-499) Gout: the higher the iodine, the lower the uric acid in the blood, therefore fewer Gout attacks. Mortality rates increase to 33-75% higher in people with low iodine levels. Inflammation and inflammatory diseases improve with iodine supplementation Immune modulation is one of the benefits of iodine. If you have a poor immune system, it improves your resistance to communicable diseases. If you have autoimmune disease Iodine improves these diseases. How could supplementing Iodine, removing Fluoride, from our drinking water do for us individually and our country? Japan is an example of high Iodine levels that benefit health.  What happens in other countries with adequate iodine levels?  Japan has the highest level of iodine in the blood because they consume seaweed in their diet and most of their water and food has iodine in it. Of course, Japan is an island surrounded by iodized seawater! They consume 7 x the average amount of Iodine as Americans with healthy consequences. Japan has one of the lowest incidences of Metabolic syndrome and the diseases included in it.  A study on Iodine consumption revealed that obese women had a significant weight loss when eating food in Japan. Summary: We all need iodine in our food and water or if we can't get it, we must supplement it with an over the counter supplement, Iodoral ½-1 tablet a day (12.5 mg tablet). The “normal” reference ranges are skewed to the low iodine level, so many people stop taking iodine when they follow the reference ranges, however in this research paper the ideal blood levels were considered healthy up to 100- 399mcg/L while the Quest and Labcorps reference ranges are 52-109, much lower than what is considered healthy by research studies. Iodine does not cause hyperthyroidism, however if someone has hyperthyroidism there is controversy as to whether Iodine should be supplemented. Make your choice: Health with an inexpensive supplement (Iodoral) or illness with fluoride and without Iodine.

See all the Healthcasts at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog You probably have never heard of the need for Iodine in your nutrition, but it is a trace element that is vital to human life, because iodine plays a role in all of your hormones, your immune system, your metabolic rate and yes, your breasts! Iodine is produced by seaweed, and is a natural mineral in the soil, sand and ocean of any area of the globe that has been under the ocean or near an ocean currently. Iodine is present in most of the US except the Midwest.  Unfortunately, the glaciers of the last ice age, scraped off the topsoil, and the iodine, from the Midwest of the US and carried it to Canada. The Midwest, where I live and practice medicine, is ground zero for the diseases secondary to iodine deficiency.  If you live by the ocean, you probably get enough iodine, however the farther away you are from the coast, or if you live in the US Midwest, the higher your chance of having iodine deficiency. Where do we find Iodine concentrated in our body?  The thyroid gland takes 75% of the iodine, and the rest is distributed to the breasts, ovaries, muscles and blood. The breasts need iodine to be healthy and normal, and insufficient iodine causes women to develop fibro-glandular conditions that obscure masses on mammogram, and make the breasts feel “lumpy”.  There is a direct relationship between iodine deficiency and breast disease. Taking Iodine can reverse the fibrocystic condition of the breast and it can give your thyroid gland the iodine it needs to make T3 and T4, and keep your metabolism burning calories. Hypothyroidism and fibrocystic breast disease are primarily diseases affecting women, and both conditions occur most frequently at the times in a woman's life-cycle when breast growth is most active.  Breasts are most actively growing during the following times: puberty, pregnancy, and pre-menopause.  I noticed the occurrence of these diseases at these times in my GYN patients when I practiced OBGYN. I did a breast exam on every one of my patients and I noticed that breasts because more cystic in my patient's early teens, during pregnancy and between 35 and 50.  However my practice is in the middle of the “goiter belt” of the Midwest and almost every woman had somewhat cystic breasts due to a lack of iodine. All the mammograms I saw were fibrocystic, which doesn't increase their chance of getting breast cancer, but does make reading a mammogram more difficult.  Fibrocystic breasts make mammograms have a “static” like quality which decreases their accuracy. Here is how this works…when you are a child and have enough Iodine for your thyroid function, you were thin and active, then you are less likely to have hypothyroidism as a child. About 2 years before puberty, a girl's breasts start to form and they soak up the iodine from the blood, stealing it from the thyroid.  This makes these young girls gain fat, they become fatigues and often have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism, like hair loss, thin eyebrows and lack of motivation.   During those two years as their breasts grow, women who have plenty of iodine in their diet, don't' become hypothyroid and don't develop cystic breasts. The young women who effectively increase their iodine intake, or who have small breasts don't require very much Iodine, escape the puberty process with a normal thyroid.  Other girls soak up more of their Iodine in their breasts and starve their thyroid.  The thyroid shuts down, they gain fat, are fatigued, get all the symptoms of low thyroid, and get lumpy breasts. This leads to a group of women who get Hypothyroidism and FCBDX (fibrocystic breast disease) at puberty. The second time of life women get hypothyroidism is during or after pregnancy when their breasts are much larger than ever before, and are lactating, using up their iodine.  Hypothyroidism can occur at this time is unlike other times of a woman's life that puts a woman at high risk of developing hypothyroidism, they can actually get over hypothyroidism within a year of developing it. Generally, once you have hypothyroidism, you never get over it and you must take thyroid replacement medication the rest of your life. How can you prevent the breast changes from low Iodine intake?  You would think that the government would supplement foods with Iodine to prevent this, but in their usual manner of bad dietary advice, they took Iodine supplementation out of bread and other baked goods in the 1960s under the false assumption that iodine caused hypothyroidism, when it doesn't!  They replaced it with Bromine, which cripples the thyroid gland and can cause hypothyroidism. In addition, they added fluoride to water and that effectively blocks the effectiveness of iodine.  It basically kicks Iodine off the thyroid hormone molecule and replaces it with Fluoride which stops thyroid function.  Why does the government not reverse its previous stand on Iodine?  Because they would have to admit they made a mistake!  That seems to be more important than the health of the American public.  How to prevent and treat the diseases of low Iodine?  You can move out of the Midwest and buy a house on the beach where iodine is literally in the air, and every time a wave crashes on the beach, iodine is dispersed in the air and you absorb it through your skin and lungs. If that isn't practical, you can eat a lot of sushi that has seaweed wraps or you can increase your intake of seafood to supplement your iodine.  If that is not practical, then you can take a supplement call Iodoral, ½ to 1 tablet (12.5 mg) a day. Taking iodine can literally reverse both fibrocystic breasts, and hypothyroidism….you should take iodine if you have low thyroid and are taking thyroid medicine because you still need it for your breasts and the receptors on your cells also need iodine to let thyroid hormone into the cells! In addition to ingesting iodine as a supplement, avoid the substances that block iodine from working: Fluoride and Bromide. Don't swallow your fluoride toothpaste, in fact, buy non-fluoride toothpaste, filter the Fluoride out of your water and only buy bread without Bromine added.   A trip to the beach every few months can load up your iodine cache because you can absorb it through your skin during a walk on the beach My plea is that governmental agencies that produce guidelines for food production reintroduce iodine into the list of fortification that is required in food!

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See all the Healthcasts at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog/ While you cannot fight your genetics or your past medical history anymore, you must take action as soon as possible to lose belly fat, improve your abdominal strength, and decrease your abdominal girth (measurement around your abdomen).  I hope you watched our last Healthcast that explained the inevitability of belly fat in people over 40 without testosterone pellet replacement.  We change all that with testosterone replacement and estradiol replacement with pellets, and a complete preventive medicine plan. Diet + exercise of the abdominal muscles + aerobic exercise is necessary if you want a flat belly. First Diet: Eat a low carb diet (mostly cut out foods made of sugar, flour and all grains), while continuing to eat large amounts of fruit and veggies. Cut out the lectins that slow down your metabolism by eating according to your own blood type. Give your body the nutrients that assist in weight loss:Vitamin D3, Iodoral 12.5 mg/day with food, Magnesium 200-800 mg per day based on formulation, Zinc 15-30 mcg per day, DIM (di-indomethane (made from broccoli and cauliflower), Methyl folate 5000mcg/methyl B12 2000 mcg/day, and arginine to increase muscle mass. Feed your muscles with PROTEINS: You need a lot of protein to make muscle especially if you have a normal testosterone level, so eat enough protein made of whey-ultrafiltered (eg. Phorm Level 1 protein powder) or for vegans, use pea protein. Dose is ½ of your weight in pounds, in grams of protein. For example, if you weigh 200 lbs you should eat at least 100 grams of protein a day to maintain muscle mass. If you are trying to build muscle, then eating between half -100% of your body weight in grams of protein/day. Remember to drink a lot of water to metabolize your protein Eat red meat, eggs and fish: these proteins are excellent sources of protein to build muscle by altering your diet. Take arginine to help make muscle and treat your sexuality Take DIM to lower estrone levels. AVOID SOY! Soy acts as an estrogen and increases your belly fat and shuts your thyroid down. Do aerobic exercise every other day one hour a day. Have your deficient hormones replaced or balanced by a doctor specializing in hormones especially testosterone and thyroid hormones. Exercise your abdominal muscle daily e.g. Planks, side planks, leg lifts, leg drops, crunches, etc. The rest of the Healthcast will be dedicated to abdominal exercises: You must know anatomy for you to be able to decide what exercises will strengthen and flatten your stomach. Your abdominal musculature is made up of 4 muscle groups: Rectus muscles These two muscles are attached to the rib cage and the pelvic bone and run longitudinally alongside the midline of the abdomen. This muscle group is more commonly referred to as the “six pack.” (picture) External Obliques muscles run obliquely (at an angle to the rectus muscles) These sit on the sides of the rectus abdominis and allow your trunk to twist. Working on these muscles narrow the waistline. (picture) Internal ObliquesThese are also located on either side of the rectus abdominis, the run obliquely, but deep to the external 0bliques.They run between the hipbone, the ribs and rectal muscle. They also help with twisting motions. The stronger they are the smaller your waistline. Transversus Abdominis These muscles sit behind the obliques and help stabilize your trunk. They're sometimes called the corset muscles. The abdominal muscles are responsible for curling up, turning sideways, twisting at the waist, and holding in the contents of the abdominal cavity. The abdominal muscles are the anterior or front part of the human body's muscles of the core. They integrate with the flank and back muscles to complete the core. A strong core brings with it a flat stomach, good balance, good posture, mobility and prevents injury to the body. We will discuss the simple exercises most patients can do on their own to tighten the abdominal muscles.  These exercises are both isometric and active dynamic exercises.  Sit ups only exercise your rectus muscles and to have a flat stomach you should work out all of your abdominal muscles! The exercises should be done in order and should be repeated 3 times. The more in strengthen your abs the more repetitions you should do. Video for each one less than 30 sec each.   PLANK Get on your hands and knees, then put your elbows on the ground, directly below your shoulders, step your feet backwards until your body is parallel to the floor..like a plank. Tighten your core and hold for 45 seconds, rest for 15 seconds and repeat 2 more times. SIDE PLANK Begin in plank position. Place right elbow directly beneath the middle of your chest facing forward, then lift left hand to your waist, and place your left foot on top of your right (so left leg is stacked on top of right, too). Lift your left arm to the sky, keeping hips lifted and glutes squeezed. Hold for up to 45 seconds, then rest for 15 seconds. Repeat two more times, then switch to the other side and repeat. DEAD BUG Lie on your back with your arms extended, reaching straight from shoulders to the sky. Bend and raise knees so they form a 90-degree angle. (Shins should be parallel to the floor.) Squeeze abs and press lower back into the floor. hold this position for as long as possible up to 45 seconds, then rest for 15 seconds. Repeat two more times. BICYCLE Sit on the floor with your arms supporting you behind you and your knees bent—you will be in a V shape. Bring right elbow toward left knee, keeping chest open and extending right leg out long. Repeat on opposite side with left elbow coming to right knee. Do as many reps as possible while maintaining proper form, up to 20 reps. HIP TWIST Forearms resting on the ground supporting your body weight with hips slightly elevated in a piked position. Drop the left hip to the floor twisting at the waist,  return to piked hip position, and drop right hip to the floor. Continue alternating to do as many reps as possible, up to 18 reps LATERAL HIGH KNEE with aerobic action. Stand with your feet directly under your shoulders. Bring left knee up towards chest and right palm to your ear in a runner's stance. Quickly switch your arm and leg (as if you were jogging) and move a step to the left. Continue alternating for three steps; that's one set. Move back the opposite way for three steps; that's a second set. Do 12 sets total. While you are doing these exercises think about the abdominal muscles you are exercising.  By thinking about them they will work more effectively. The rest of the day think about holding in your stomach, when you are standing, waiting in line, and walking. Abdominals can be done any time, like Kaegles are, without anyone knowing. Ideally if you need to lose belly fat, you should follow these exercises daily with aerobic exercise for at least 30 minutes. Run, quickly walk, elliptical training, run in place or run up and down your own stairs. It is not an effort that can be taken in a series, like doing one thing, then stopping and then doing another, this effort is done in concert, all things need to be accomplished at the same time.  The many boxes that need to be checked include  abdominal strengthening exercises, daily aerobic exercise taking only one day off a week, a high protein, low carb, low lectin diet with appropriate supplements, Testosterone replacement with pellets,  medications to treat insulin resistance and even diet pills,  all of which were discussed in the last Healthcast, # 559.

See all the Healthcasts at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog/ Do testosterone pellets cause breast cancer? No. Testosterone pellets improve the immune system function so you can fight all types of cancers more easily than before you started treatment. I am a breast cancer survivor: Can I take bio-identical testosterone pellets? Yes.  This is the safest form of hormone replacement and can take the place of estrogen to treat symptoms of estrogen deficiency like hot flashes and painful intercourse.  Testosterone also improves your immune system so you can fight abnormal cells,           pre-cancer and cancer cells, so they don't grow.  Testosterone pellets stimulate the production of T-killer cells that kill cancer cells. Do BioBalance testosterone pellets cause blood clots? No.  Do BioBalance Health estradiol pellets cause blood clots? No. Estrogen that is non-oral does not cause blood clots, however circumstances like long airline flights can cause blood clots in anyone!   If I have used alcohol to excess or drugs like marijuana in the past, will I get the same effect as other women? No.  Both alcohol and marijuana quicken the break-down of testosterone and estradiol. You will likely consume (metabolize) the testosterone pellets more quickly than other people because your liver is hyper-activated to metabolize testosterone with the same enzymes that metabolize alcohol and drugs.  In addition, marijuana increases the production of the hormone prolactin, the hormone that increases breast size in men and women. Prolactin not only decreases your testosterone level but decreases your sex drive, and sexual stamina.  It is your responsibility to tell us about your medical marijuana and alcohol use so we can adjust your testosterone dose.   Can I take birth control pills with testosterone pellets? We strongly suggest that you do not take oral birth control pills, because they dampen the effects of the testosterone pellets.  Instead of oral contraceptives we encourage our patients to get a Mirena IUD or permanent birth control (like a tubal ligation or have their husbands get a vasectomy) instead of taking the pill. Many women who insist on continuing the pill (we are located in the Show-Me state) are disappointed that their symptom resolution is not complete, and they decide to change to a Mirena IUD or a tubal ligation for birth control.  Of course, no birth control is needed after menopause. What other medications inactivate or interact negatively with estradiol and testosterone pellets? We suggest you look for alternative medications for the following drugs: All corticosteroids such as prednisone, Medrol dosepak, tamoxifen, progestins (not progesterone) like Provera, DHEA that is not 7-keto DHEA, other hormones given orally like oral contraceptives, as well as anti-depressants and drugs for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which suppress the libido.   We do not suggest you avoid or stop taking these medications, but we do help you find alternatives in certain circumstances.   How do cholesterol-lowering drugs affect my testosterone level? Testosterone is made from cholesterol in the ovaries and testes.  When you take cholesterol-lowering drugs, you decrease the substrate that testosterone is made of, and generally decrease the level of testosterone. In your body if you are making it yourself, not if we are giving you testosterone pellets. We have found that testosterone pellet replacement lowers cholesterol blood levels so that statins are often not needed after treatment.   What can I do about my belly fat that started to increase after I turned 40? First you should replace your estrogen with non-oral estradiol and testosterone in the form of pellets.  This is the only form of hormone replacement that brings the level of estrone back to young healthy levels, and lower estrone decreases the amount of belly fat. If you are having trouble losing belly fat and have already accomplished the above, then take DIM ES 250 mg per day with food, Iodoral (iodine to bump your thyroid activity), eat 6 small meals a day with high protein and low carb, exercise by doing interval training, and always work out your abs by doing sit-ups and core exercises, like Pilates.  As a last resort, after you have achieved your ideal weight and that fat won't budge (small set of cases) from your abdomen, we offer radio frequency treatments called Juvashape and iLipo to dissolve the fat around the waistline.   Under what circumstances would I have to stop BioBalance Health® pellets? About 5 % of our patients are not “cured” for the problems they came to BioBalance Health ® to treat, or they have a side effect from the pellets that does not fit their lifestyle, such as re-igniting their libido when they are unmarried or do not want a sex drive. Patients with Chronic Fatigue are helped by testosterone replacement, but they may not feel the complete resolution of symptoms as quickly as women who do not have that illness. These patients may not feel they are completely treated so they cease pellets. Women who have psychiatric illnesses and are on multiple medications may not feel as healthy as women who do not have those illnesses or take these medications. Lastly, if a patient develops breast cancer, then the estradiol pellets are not continued if they have estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, however testosterone pellets are continued because they are safe and improve the immune system that fights all types of cancer.   What if my genetics make me prone to convert testosterone into estrone (old lady estrogen)? After the first pellets, we find that you are genetically prone to convert testosterone into estrone we prescribe a drug called Arimidex® (anastrazole) which blocks the enzyme that converts testosterone into estrogen (called an aromatase inhibitor).  It is used off -label for this indication, however it was originally intended for prevention and treatment of breast cancer.  We can use anastrazole/testosterone pellets or prescribe anastrazole orally. As an alternative DIM is a supplement that is weaker than the prescription anastrazole, however it works very well for most women. I hope these FAQs can help you decide whether you need bio-identical testosterone pellets. I believe that most women over the age of 40 require testosterone replacement, to lead a healthy and full life, complete with a healthy sex drive and productivity.  Fear of the unknown is the greatest threat to your current quality of life and your future health. I hope answering nagging questions help you decide to replace your missing hormones.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Charles Hakala, founder of Hakala Research. Their lab is considered the gold standard when it comes to testing iodine. We discuss the following:Charles Hakala's Introduction.Why is Hakala Labs' testing considered the gold standard for iodine testing and what does testing entail?From all the testing, do you think most people are iodine sufficient, deficient, or excess?Why is the mainstream narrative that iodine supplementation is bad?Thoughts on healing the thyroid with iodine supplementation.Have you seen people get off of thyroid medication with iodine supplementation and change in diet?Thoughts on bromide.Do you and your family supplement iodine?Thoughts on fluoride.When should I get tested if I were to start an iodine protocol?How long before the body detoxes bromide and fluoride?How did we end up here, where we should be supplementing iodine?Healing stories from supplementing iodine.Can you overdo iodine?Thoughts on kids and supplementing iodine.Do we need other companion nutrients If we supplement iodine long-term?Where to find Hakala Labs.How often should someone test if they're in a maintenance state?____ RESOURCES:24 Hour Iodine Load Test: https://nutritionwithjudy.com/shopping/health-tests/24-hour-urine-iodine-loading-test-kit/***Use promo code IODINE for 10% off tests. Promo good until 9/30/2021Hakala research: https://www.hakalalabs.com/Research_ep_41.htmlNwJ Sample Iodine Protocol: https://nutritionwithjudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NwJ-Iodine-Protocol-Sample-June-2021.pdfIodine supplement - Iodoral 12.5 mg: https://us.fullscript.com/product_cards/89818/redirect?store_slug=jcho1586985483Iodine Supplement - Iodoral 50 mg: https://us.fullscript.com/product_cards/90010/redirect?store_slug=jcho1586985483____ CHECK OUT MY BOOK, CARNIVORE CURE:  https://amzn.to/37R4lOY​ _____ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Nutrition with Judy Articles: https://nutritionwithjudy.com/articles/​ Nutrition with Judy Resources: https://nutritionwithjudy.com/resources​ _____ FIND ME: 

See all the Healthcast's at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog/ There are several types of Hypothyroidism, and Hashimoto's Disease is one of the types I see quite often in private practice. Hashimoto's Disease is an autoimmune disease in which your own immune system attacks your thyroid gland.  Initially Hashimoto's Disease causes overactive thyroid hormone production but soon the inflammation caused by the autoimmune attack on the thyroid gland results in an underactive gland as the thyroid is destroyed by white blood cells. The thyroid gland located in the neck right above the collar bone, often swells from the inflammation and causes what is called a “goiter”. There are many symptoms associated with Hashimoto's Disease that are listed below, and many of them are the same symptoms as seen in all forms of hypothyroidism, but several are unique to Hashimoto's Disease. Symptoms of Hashimoto's Disease (Those unique to Hashimoto's Disease are starred*) Weight Gain Hair loss Constipation Low body temperature Slow pulse and low blood pressure High cholesterol Brittle nails Enlarged tongue Fatigue Muscle pain * Joint pain and stiffness* Depression Memory sluggishness Abnormal menstrual cycles Generalized swelling or retention of fluid Hoarse voice from thyroid enlargement Trouble swallowing   The initial cause of Hashimoto's disease is unknown but there are several theories about why some people get this disease.  The theories include a bacterial or viral infection that triggers antibodies to kill the virus or bacteria, but the antibodies get “confused” and attack the thyroid gland as well.  This is the most popular belief about the origin of Hashimoto's thyroid disease. There is a consensus that besides the infection that triggers the attack of antibodies, there is a genetic weakness that sets certain people up to be at risk for getting this disease. Patients who get Hashimoto's also are frequently beset with other autoimmune diseases like Lupus or Rheumatoid Arthritis. The third risk is radiation exposure to the neck and or chest.  Lastly, trauma to the neck can cause thyroid cells to be damaged and “leak” the contents of the gland resulting in an autoimmune reaction that begins a domino effect that attacks all the thyroid cells. What Happens When a Person has untreated Hashimoto's Thyroid Disease? Not all people go to the doctor when they experience symptoms of low thyroid.  Often healthcare is not available, or they are not insured or afraid of doctors. However, it is important to treat Hashimoto's thyroid disease, or it can cause more severe disease than just hypothyroidism.  These diseases include:   Heart disease cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Depression Poor sexual functioning and Low Libido Myxedema—a severe swelling of the body that results in drowsiness, and finally in unconsciousness. How do we Diagnose Hashimoto's Disease? 1. Blood Tests to diagnose any hypothyroid disease, TSH Free T3 and Free T4 2. Blood Test called TPO Antibody test, which is the enzyme that is generally contained inside the thyroid but is released from the thyroid gland when it is damaged by trauma, radiation or attacked by antibodies that are misdirected when killing a virus. The test we do measures the level of Antibodies that attack the Thyroid Peroxidase Enzymes. Blood tests are the way to measure the level of the antibodies that attack the thyroid gland. We test for TPO antibodies as well as the TSH Thyroid Stimulating hormone, Free T4 one of the thyroid hormones, and Free T3.  By measuring these tests as well as the antibody test, we can both diagnose and measure the success of our treatment. TPO antibodies are specific for Hashimoto's Disease and don't disappear with time but generally stay stable if the disease is adequately treated. What is the Treatment for Hashimoto's Disease? The treatment of Hashimoto's Disease is to replace the missing thyroid hormone with oral thyroid medication. At BioBalance we treat Hashimoto's Disease with Armour Thyroid (pig thyroid) the most natural form of thyroid medication. If that is not affective, we adjust the treatment to another type of thyroid medication (NP Thyroid, Levothyroxine, Synthroid or Tirosant) and adjust the dose until the symptoms of hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's Disease goes away. It is not enough to give a Hashimoto's patient a pill form of thyroid, but it is important to make sure the pill is absorbed in the stomach and intestine, and to ensure that it can be absorbed by cells all over the body to truly treat Hashimoto's.  In general, we follow blood levels of Free T3 and T4, after a patient has been on thyroid for a few months, but that doesn't always tell us if the thyroid medication is attaching to the receptors and stimulating cells to do the job of a person's normal thyroid. We make sure the Thyroid replacement is being taken properly Absorbed through the intestines. To ensure absorption and the activation of receptors we do several things. First, we make sure our patient is taking her thyroid medication on an empty stomach with only water and waiting for 20 minutes, at the minimum, to eat or drink anything.  She can't take other pills or supplements with it either. Insure the absorption of the thyroid medication through the stomach and intestines Some patients take medication to lower stomach acid which prevents them from dissolving and absorbing some of their oral thyroid medication. Patients taking thyroid require normal stomach acid to absorb their thyroid meds, and a proton pump medication for reflux will make it impossible for a patient to get her medication into her bloodstream.  If it is necessary for my patient to take her Protonix or other drug like it, then our patient must wait 1 hours after taking the thyroid before taking any type of acid reducing medications. If my patient has low stomach acid naturally, I can tell because she usually has trouble eating dense proteins like steak, then she may also have trouble absorbing her thyroid medication.  We advise those patients to take digestive enzymes with the thyroid medication to help them absorb their thyroid medications. If the beneficial gut bacteria is insufficient or abnormal from GI disease like Crohn's disease and or Gastric Bypass, then thyroid medication cannot be absorbed.  We treat our thyroid patients who have intestinal disease with probiotics and a few months of prebiotics to assist in the GI absorption. The last step in the effectiveness of thyroid medicine is to make sure once the medication has been absorbed into the blood from the intestines it must penetrate the cells that require thyroid hormone. The cells with receptors for thyroid hormone require Iodine. In my area of the country, the Midwest, we do not have Iodine in the soil or in the water so the lack of Iodine both affects the production of thyroid hormone for which Iodine is required and the receiving and penetration of thyroid hormone by the cells.  I advise my patients to take 12.5 mg of Iodoral daily to make up for the lack of iodine in our environment. Without it thyroid may get all the way to the bloodstream only to be blocked from cell absorption because of lack of Iodine. Iodine is not contraindicated in Hashimoto's disease when it is given in moderate amounts. Dr. Brownstein has written a book called Iodine, which explains the reason we give Iodine to all our hypothyroid patients, even those with Hashimoto's disease. The choice of thyroid medication is critical to treatment goals I always start women on Armour Thyroid or Nature Thyroid because in my experience during the last 40 years of medical practice, women do better on Armour thyroid than a synthetic like levothyroxine, Synthroid.   Armour Thyroid contains combined thyroid hormone, both T3 and T4, and the Endocrinology Society has finally come to that same conclusion.   Without taking combined thyroid the only lab test that doctors are trained to test is TSH, and it will look normal, even when it is not making the patient better. This fact is because most women cannot make T4 (what is in Synthroid and levothyroxine), into T3 the active form of the hormone, and doesn't make patients with Hashimoto's better. When I rarely take care of men for this problem, I start them on Synthroid, and they do very well because men can convert their T4 (what Synthroid contains) into the active form of Thyroid (T3).  Men respond very well to Synthroid and Levothyroxine and therefore are more effectively treated with what most doctors use. Hashimoto's Disease Thyroid Treatment medical maintenance Once you have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease you cannot stop taking your thyroid medication. Iodine will always be necessary as well.   My method of following a Hashimoto's patient includes following their Free T3 and Free T4 as well as TSH, and reverse T 3 in certain circumstances and always a yearly TPO antibodies.  Adjustment of the dose occurs if the labs reveal hyper or hypothyroidism, if the antibodies are increasing, and or if the symptoms of low thyroid come back. If you have Hashimoto's disease you may have other autoimmune diseases or symptoms from the Hashimoto's even if it is sufficiently treated. The most common autoimmune effect of Hashimoto's disease is hair loss from the antibodies killing hair follicles.  In this case we ask our patients to see a dermatologist to prevent future hair loss and we optimize the dose of thyroid and Iodoral as well. To our patients: Remember, if your symptoms are not improving on the thyroid medication or dose, you are on for Hashimoto's Disease, you should find a doctor who will manage your thyroid to help you feel normal and ask you if your symptoms are better rather than just looking at the lab values.

See all the Healthcast at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog/ Physical Signs of Hypothyroidism:  What a doctor or YOU can see or feel on your body: Low Pulse and Low Blood pressure Basal Body Temperature below 98 (your oral temperature taken before you get out of bed in the morning). No sweating when you exercise or are in hot weather Swelling all over the body Brittle nails Loss of, or thinning body hair Hair problems: poor quality brittle hair, thinning all over the head, slow hair growth and constant shedding Weight Gain when you eat normally Swelling, and puffiness around the eyes Distended and bloated abdomen Goiter or swelling in the neck Extremely dry skin, may look like cobblestones Loss of the lateral Eyebrows (the outer third of the eyebrows) Heart arrythmias and palpitations Cold hands and feet If you have 3 or more of these signs you should be evaluated for hypothyroidism. There are high risk factors that should alert you and your doctor that you are high risk to get Hypothyroidism: Being female Aging over 50 Living in the Midwest Family history of Hypothyroidism Family history of Hyperthyroidism, Graves Disease and Hashimotos Thyroiditis. Allergy to Iodine Poor diet, lack of vitamin A, vitamin D, Lack of Iodine and Zinc. Diagnosed with an autoimmune disease already Diagnosed with Depression Drink fluorinated water  If the patient is a woman, she is eight times more likely to have hypothyroidism than a man, and if she lives in the northern Midwestern US, the Goiter Belt, she has a very high risk of the hypothyroid epidemic that affects most women in that area. This high rate is the result of a lack of iodine in the ground and water sourced in the Midwest that causes hypothyroidism. Overall, hypothyroidism causes the human metabolism to slow to a standstill. And slow the production of energy in the cells, and store that energy as fat. Low thyroid slows growth hormone, which thins the hair and makes it frizzy and fall out in large amounts. Thyroid hormone is meant to keep the body temperature between 98 and 98.6 by stoking the metabolic fire and keeping the body warm enough for enzymes to work, and cells to work as well. We are “warm blooded” for a reason and “warmth” is accomplished by thyroid hormones effect on each cell in our body.   When we have hypothyroidism from inability to  secrete enough thyroid hormone, or if we aren't given enough thyroid replacement our body's enzymes and chemical reactions slow down and stop, causing us to gain weight, feel fatigues and sick. Thyroid is the thermostat and our cells including muscles and other organs make energy out of our food. Thyroid hormones also stimulate the intestines to work  and absorb the food that gives us energy.  Without thyroid our intestines come to a standstill and we are constipated!  I contend that the great number of drugs on the market to help constipation would be unnecessary, if every person had enough thyroid hormone and iodine to make their gut work! Fatigue can take many shapes, but hypothyroidism causes a patient to have the  feeling of exhaustion that stems from malfunction of the smallest cells throughout the body that cannot turn blood sugar into energy.  Lake of thyroid makes organs made of those cells slow down to a virtual stop.  It is in that way that the effect of inadequate  thyroid hormone on the cellular level, makes the whole mechanism of the human body slow to a virtual stop, and we “feel” exhausted.  This is terrible for the human body and we cannot live well  without adequate thyroid hormone. Depressed mood is a very common diagnosis in the US ad often the depressed mood comes from low levels of thyroid, testosterone and or estrogen (in women).  Anti-depressants don't generally completely cure depression in these cases because anti-depressants don't fix low thyroid. Inability to think and concentrate is common in 39% of patients with untreated hypothyroidism.  Before worrying about having a degenerative disease or “getting old” get your thyroid checked and replace the thyroid with an appropriate amount of thyroid hormone. I have treated many infertile patients with thyroid replacement  in my GYN practice for the first 29 years of my medical practice, and it was unbelievably effective!   Normal thyroid is necessary to get pregnant, and infertility doctors rarely look at this very common cause of infertility, when it is very common. The Bottom Line:   If you have 3 or more of the symptoms described above then have your thyroid checked with at least 5 different tests: Free T4, Free T3, TSH, and reverse T 3.  If your Free T4 is less than 1.0, your free T3 is less than or equal to 3,0 and your reverse T3 is greater than 20 then you probably have hypothyroidism. You should first take Iodoral 12.5 mg per day with a pinch of salt and find a doctor who will replace your thyroid and listen to your symptoms.  Once you are treated then you should find a doctor to increase your dose to the point where all of your symptoms are gone, your lab tests are normal and your basal body temperature is 97.9 degrees F, or greater. Type of Thyroid Replacement Medication: Women do much better with a combination of T3 + T4 thyroid replacement called porcine thyroid, or Armour Thyroid, Naturethroid, or WP thyroid.  Men are fine on the synthetic thyroid, Synthroid, or levothyroxine  most of the time Post replacement thyroid testing: After replacement with thyroid, your blood tests should be drawn, on an empty stomach before you take your morning thyroid,  and your TSH should be 1.0 or less, your free T3 should be 3.0 or more, and your Free T4 should be 1-2.0.  If it is lower,  you need more thyroid hormone or a different kind. Dosage Adjustments of Thyroid hormone replacement changes: In winter your need an increase in your dose to keep your warm!  The dosage should decrease when the weather gets warm.  Altitude requires more thyroid hormone replacement, so an increase in dose when you are in the mountains during any season. Supplements that assist your body in metabolizing thyroid hormone: Iodoral: 12.5 mg per am with food and a pinch of salt Magnesium Glycinate 200-400 mg per day to prevent palpitations Vitamin A 20,000 iu/day Vitamin C 500-1000/day Vitamin D 2000-5,000/day Vitamin E 400 mg/day Goal of Therapy: I think that symptoms are the most reliable measure of how adequate your thyroid dose is.  If your symptoms are gone and you have no side effects like anxiety or palpitations, then your dose should not be lowered.  Lack of symptoms is a sign of success, not a reason to decrease your dose and make you sick again!

Question: What are the pros and cons of boosting sulforaphane? Sulforaphane, the nice thing is it promotes detoxification. The bad thing is it raises the need for iodine. I don't know what ratio to take, but you definitely want to make sure that you're getting some kind of iodine into your diet, whether it's through like 200 micrograms of iodine from a kelp powder supplement or you experiment with milligram amounts from a broken up Iodoral tab or whatever. Because I don't know the dose, I'm just going to say work slowly and work your way up. Certainly, if you have any signs of hypothyroidism or you have any brain fog, increase the iodine or decrease the sulforaphane would be my opinion. This Q&A can also be found as part of a much longer episode, here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/podcast/2019/03/08/ask-anything-nutrition-feb-23-2019 If you would like to be part of the next live Ask Me Anything About Nutrition, sign up for the CMJ Masterpass, which includes access to these live Zoom sessions, premium features on all my content, and hundreds of dollars of exclusive discounts. You can sign up with a 10% lifetime discount here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/q&a

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Everybody knows that if you can’t lose weight and keep it off, you need thyroid meds, right? Wrong! Thyroid drugs are most certainly not the answer. Common thyroid drugs like levothyroxine, but known by many other names too have long been used with little success in the treatment of underactive thyroid, Hashimoto's disease, enlarged thyroid gland, thyroid cancer, and myxedema. They are also prescribed on the false belief that they help weight loss in hypothyroid people who can’t shed excess fat. But it doesn’t work. Only small amounts of fat, if any, can be lost. Once thyroid hormones are stopped, fat is regained. And this is true even when thyroid medication is continued for years. By the way, Synthroid is now the fourth most prescribed drug in the United States. There can also be all sorts of negative consequences in allowing your body to be treated with these synthetic chemicals that can seriously interfere with your quality of life. For one, they compete with natural hormones that your thyroid gland is still producing. You see, it’s not feasible for any human body filled with synthetic chemicals to be tricked into responding to them as though they were bio-equivalent, despite the claims of drug companies and the medical establishment, who tell you that drugs used to treat your body are an identical equivalent. The standard medical model for the treatment of thyroid disorders is badly flawed. There are huge misunderstandings about causes and effective treatments for thyroid deficiencies, which, by the way, may now affect as many as 90% of women in the Western world. A great place to begin getting an understanding of all of this is by reading the work of Dr. David Brownstein, author of Overcoming Thyroid Disorders and Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It (third edition). Brownstein is a leading expert in natural approaches to health and healing. He talks about something you need to know and probably have never been told: a major cause of thyroid malfunction, as well as many other conditions, is iodine deficiency. There will be more about this in a moment. In his books, his videos, and his DVDs, Brownstein shows how a natural holistic program can not only help transform hypothyroidism but also arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Hashimoto’s disease, and many other conditions by using safe, natural therapies. His work can bring you reliable information on such things as: Natural thyroid hormone Bioidentical natural hormones Diet Vitamins and minerals essential for thyroid function Detoxification. Now, back to your thyroid. The thyroid has an enormous need for natural iodine. This was once readily available in our food supply, but it no longer is because of poor agriculture, GMO growing of foods, and common practices, including the spraying of dangerous substances such as mercury and aluminum on soils. An abundance of natural iodine is necessary for your thyroid’s biochemical structures. If you do not get enough of it, your thyroid can malfunction. And of course, one consequence of this malfunction is weight gain—which no amount of pharmaceutical thyroid drugs will ever be able to correct. Note that it is absolutely crucial to work with a knowledgeable healthcare practitioner who knows how to test for and reverse iodine deficiency, not just a doctor who will thoughtlessly prescribe drugs. It’s estimated that more than half of the world’s population is already at risk from iodine deficiency, which relates to many other illnesses, including cancer. With the nuclear fallout that has come from Fukushima and other sources where an iodine deficiency exists, the thyroid gland is most vulnerable to taking up dangerous radioactive iodine. When we eat and drink foods such as baked goods and soft drinks in plastic containers, take drugs, and are subjected to pesticides in the foods we eat, we become exposed to the bromine they contain. This also creates iodine deficiencies as well as increasing our risk of cancer. Meanwhile, with the decline in iodine-rich foods like seaweeds, fish, Himalayan salt, and eggs—not to mention the introduction of fluoridated water—virtually none of us are getting the iodine we need. By far the most effective treatment for low thyroid are the use of natural thyroid hormones and cofactors in desiccated form. Sadly, most doctors still refuse to prescribe them, despite the fact that these natural treatments made from bovine or porcine sources are available by prescription. Good quality nutritional supplements are also important for a healthy thyroid, including vitamin A, vitamin B complex with high levels of B-12, vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q-10, and the minerals magnesium, manganese, selenium, and zinc as well as natural iodine. Every cell in your body uses iodine. However, the federally defined Daily Value (150 micrograms) is way too low to help your overall health except to barely prevent goiter. If adjusting your diet and exercising more hasn't helped you reach a healthy body fat composition, it may well be that your thyroid is underperforming due to iodine deficiency. However, there is one quite remarkable supplement that is excellent for restoring levels of natural iodine to the body and is especially helpful in restoring thyroid functions. It is known as Iodoral. Dr Brownstein, whose clinical experience with it is extensive, recommends it highly. I can also recommend Iodoral from my own thyroid issues. At the age of 12, I was diagnosed as hypothyroid and prescribed the usual pharmaceutical. I was told that this would deal with this issue. I took the pills for exactly seven days and hated them. So I stopped taking them. Since then, I have never taken anything whatsoever to “treat” my own thyroid gland. Instead, I’ve learned how to eat organic natural foods and avoid cereals, grains, and sugars. This has stood me in good stead. However, I decided to explore the effect of taking Iodoral on my body in increasing my intake of iodine. The results have been extraordinary. I have more energy now than I have ever had. I am eternally grateful for this. I recommend you examine Brownstein’s work. You will find it both enriching and fascinating. Also investigate Iodoral 50mg and check out this excellent video. It has changed my life and it could change yours. Brownstein on Thyroid Disorders: https://w3.brownsteinhealth.com/Health/DRB/LP/Thyroid-Disorder-Video-G?dkt_nbr=coagttmd&gclid=COn3wdfQ1MgCFVBgfgodnWMOng IODORAL Optimox Corporation, Iodoral, IOD-50mg 90 Tablets http://www.iherb.com/optimox-corporation-iodoral-50-mg-90-tablets/23905?rcode=yes026 Description IOD - 50 High Potency Iodine/Potassium Iodide Containing 50 mg Elemental Iodine Per Tablet Suggested Use Take one tablet per day or as directed by a physician.

Everybody knows that if you can’t lose weight and keep it off, you need thyroid meds, right? Wrong! Thyroid drugs are most certainly not the answer. Common thyroid drugs like levothyroxine, but known by many other names too have long been used with little success in the treatment of underactive thyroid, Hashimoto's disease, enlarged thyroid gland, thyroid cancer, and myxedema. They are also prescribed on the false belief that they help weight loss in hypothyroid people who can’t shed excess fat. But it doesn’t work. Only small amounts of fat, if any, can be lost. Once thyroid hormones are stopped, fat is regained. And this is true even when thyroid medication is continued for years. By the way, Synthroid is now the fourth most prescribed drug in the United States. There can also be all sorts of negative consequences in allowing your body to be treated with these synthetic chemicals that can seriously interfere with your quality of life. For one, they compete with natural hormones that your thyroid gland is still producing. You see, it’s not feasible for any human body filled with synthetic chemicals to be tricked into responding to them as though they were bio-equivalent, despite the claims of drug companies and the medical establishment, who tell you that drugs used to treat your body are an identical equivalent. The standard medical model for the treatment of thyroid disorders is badly flawed. There are huge misunderstandings about causes and effective treatments for thyroid deficiencies, which, by the way, may now affect as many as 90% of women in the Western world. A great place to begin getting an understanding of all of this is by reading the work of Dr. David Brownstein, author of Overcoming Thyroid Disorders and Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It (third edition). Brownstein is a leading expert in natural approaches to health and healing. He talks about something you need to know and probably have never been told: a major cause of thyroid malfunction, as well as many other conditions, is iodine deficiency. There will be more about this in a moment. In his books, his videos, and his DVDs, Brownstein shows how a natural holistic program can not only help transform hypothyroidism but also arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Hashimoto’s disease, and many other conditions by using safe, natural therapies. His work can bring you reliable information on such things as: Natural thyroid hormone Bioidentical natural hormones Diet Vitamins and minerals essential for thyroid function Detoxification. Now, back to your thyroid. The thyroid has an enormous need for natural iodine. This was once readily available in our food supply, but it no longer is because of poor agriculture, GMO growing of foods, and common practices, including the spraying of dangerous substances such as mercury and aluminum on soils. An abundance of natural iodine is necessary for your thyroid’s biochemical structures. If you do not get enough of it, your thyroid can malfunction. And of course, one consequence of this malfunction is weight gain—which no amount of pharmaceutical thyroid drugs will ever be able to correct. Note that it is absolutely crucial to work with a knowledgeable healthcare practitioner who knows how to test for and reverse iodine deficiency, not just a doctor who will thoughtlessly prescribe drugs. It’s estimated that more than half of the world’s population is already at risk from iodine deficiency, which relates to many other illnesses, including cancer. With the nuclear fallout that has come from Fukushima and other sources where an iodine deficiency exists, the thyroid gland is most vulnerable to taking up dangerous radioactive iodine. When we eat and drink foods such as baked goods and soft drinks in plastic containers, take drugs, and are subjected to pesticides in the foods we eat, we become exposed to the bromine they contain. This also creates iodine deficiencies as well as increasing our risk of cancer. Meanwhile, with the decline in iodine-rich foods like seaweeds, fish, Himalayan salt, and eggs—not to mention the introduction of fluoridated water—virtually none of us are getting the iodine we need. By far the most effective treatment for low thyroid are the use of natural thyroid hormones and cofactors in desiccated form. Sadly, most doctors still refuse to prescribe them, despite the fact that these natural treatments made from bovine or porcine sources are available by prescription. Good quality nutritional supplements are also important for a healthy thyroid, including vitamin A, vitamin B complex with high levels of B-12, vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q-10, and the minerals magnesium, manganese, selenium, and zinc as well as natural iodine. Every cell in your body uses iodine. However, the federally defined Daily Value (150 micrograms) is way too low to help your overall health except to barely prevent goiter. If adjusting your diet and exercising more hasn't helped you reach a healthy body fat composition, it may well be that your thyroid is underperforming due to iodine deficiency. However, there is one quite remarkable supplement that is excellent for restoring levels of natural iodine to the body and is especially helpful in restoring thyroid functions. It is known as Iodoral. Dr Brownstein, whose clinical experience with it is extensive, recommends it highly. I can also recommend Iodoral from my own thyroid issues. At the age of 12, I was diagnosed as hypothyroid and prescribed the usual pharmaceutical. I was told that this would deal with this issue. I took the pills for exactly seven days and hated them. So I stopped taking them. Since then, I have never taken anything whatsoever to “treat” my own thyroid gland. Instead, I’ve learned how to eat organic natural foods and avoid cereals, grains, and sugars. This has stood me in good stead. However, I decided to explore the effect of taking Iodoral on my body in increasing my intake of iodine. The results have been extraordinary. I have more energy now than I have ever had. I am eternally grateful for this. I recommend you examine Brownstein’s work. You will find it both enriching and fascinating. Also investigate Iodoral 50mg and check out this excellent video. It has changed my life and it could change yours. Brownstein on Thyroid Disorders: https://w3.brownsteinhealth.com/Health/DRB/LP/Thyroid-Disorder-Video-G?dkt_nbr=coagttmd&gclid=COn3wdfQ1MgCFVBgfgodnWMOng IODORAL Optimox Corporation, Iodoral, IOD-50mg 90 Tablets http://www.iherb.com/optimox-corporation-iodoral-50-mg-90-tablets/23905?rcode=yes026 Description IOD - 50 High Potency Iodine/Potassium Iodide Containing 50 mg Elemental Iodine Per Tablet Suggested Use Take one tablet per day or as directed by a physician.

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Iodine deficiency has been linked to cysts in the breasts and ovaries and supplementation with Iodine has been shown to prevent, reduce and treat the disease. This is a highly researched topic with a large amount of supportive evidence.   Anti-Aging and Regenerative Physicians consider Iodine to be the forgotten nutrient. Iodine is used mainly in the thyroid, but there are numerous other functions in the body as well. There is a huge Iodine deficiency in the United States and without it, the body suffers. Iodine is used mainly in the thyroid gland to produce Thyroid Hormone, or T4, which means there are four Iodine molecules attached to it. T4 is then secreted and once it reaches the target cells, it regulates metabolic activity inside the cells when it is converted to T3 by an enzyme.   Iodine is important because it can prevent and even treat conditions of hypothyroidism (low thyroid function). Hypothyroidism has been linked to Fibromyalgia, Graves Disease, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.   When the body is deficient in Iodine, the thyroid gland can become larger causing a goiter. There are certain areas of the country that are more deficient in Iodine than others. This is called the Goiter Belt. There is not enough Iodine in table salt to provide enough Iodine necessary for the body's needs.   There are many supplements available such as Iodoral, which is highly recommended as a superior supplement.   If you read these articles, you will find that Iodine is not the only nutrient involved with the Thyroid Hormone. In order for the transport form T4 to be made into the metabolically active T3, you need 5' Deiodinase, an enzyme, which requires the multivitamin Selenium. So, you may want to supplement with Selenium at the same time as Iodine. You can read the Blog article on Selenium to learn about its other benefits as well. Other nutrients that your thyroid needs for proper function is the amino acid Tyrosine, Magnesium and Zinc. There are also companies like NuMedica that produce Thyrodex T-150 and ThryoMedica Plus to help support the thyroid.   If Iodine supplementation does not overcome hypothyroidism and it is necessary to take thyroid hormone, compounding pharmacies like Partell Specialty Compounding Pharmacy can make compounded thyroid hormone like Levothyroxine (T4 form), or Triiodothyronine or liothyronine(T3 form), or they can even combine the two forms in a capsule in accordance with the specific ratio that the patient needs.   There are two excellent books by Dr. David Brownstein called, Iodine, Why You Need It and the other, Overcoming Thyroid Disorders if you are interested in obtaining more information.   by Robert Seik, PharmD