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Iodoral original size, made by Optimox, contains 5 mg iodine and 7.5 mg
potassium iodide per tablet. This has been determined to be the
ideal balance for all body tissues. Iodoral may clear up an amazing
array of symptoms and little annoyances in our bodies which may
be caused by a simple iodine deficiency! Check it out here! I
hope this information will be helpful to you.
NOTE: I offer ONLY the original Iodoral, made by
Optimox!!
Iodine?? That's for cuts and scrapes, isn't it? What do you
mean, every cell in the body needs it?
Well, there is actually lots of information available about
iodine deficiency. It turns out that a whole bunch of
symptoms of iodine deficiency have now been made into
separate diseases. My opinion, of course, is that the drug
companies are looking for more stuff to throw pills at. But if
you look carefully at the facts, often iodine supplementation is
all that is needed. I will try to make sense of this for you on
this page. I will quote freely from research and tell you where
to find more information. Iodoral is one of the most valuable
supplement I've found.
The US government has set the minimum daily adult requirement
for Iodine at 150 micrograms (mcg), which is just enough to
prevent goiter in most people. That translates to 0.15 milligram, or put
another way, 15% of ONE milligram. Now consider the fact that
the coastal Japanese, some of the healthiest people on earth,
consume approximately 90 times that much, or 13.5 milligrams in
their daily diet, which is high in fish and seaweed!
I heard recently that the body contains as many cells as there
are stars in 500 galaxies. I add that every one of them has
receptors for Iodine. I tell this to people who think Iodine is
only for the thyroid. I battle daily the ignorance of Iodine on
the part of doctors who want to yank out the thyroid. Once in a
while I get a letter from a person who has said NO. Thank God
for these brave souls who do not just lie down like a sheep and
bleat their compliance.
My experience
I've had a low thyroid all my life, probably due to a mouthful
of mercury starting when I was 6. No matter what the
temperature outside, I always had to have plenty of clothes on.
I first went to Florida in August of 1985 to study massage and
bodywork and get licensed for colonics, my primary work at that
time. I wore turtlenecks and floor-length wool skirts for the
first month I was there. It was 90 degrees at 6 AM.
Over the years I've tried a lot of natural treatments, and
eating fish and seaweed (yum!) and taking thyroid supplements,
and even painted iodine on my skin, because someone told me that
the thyroid can't make its hormone, thyroxine, without iodine.
Nothing worked. I was still cold. And tired!! The armpit
temperature test on awaking was always about 96.8 and it went up
to maybe 97, still below normal, in the two years I faithfully took a natural
thyroid substance that was prescribed by a doctor. I now know I
needed both iodine and a lot more of the thyroid medication than
he gave me.
Iodine Patch Test
In 1998 from the
Pottenger Foundation came this news: You can test your
thyroid for free at home by painting some Tincture of Iodine on your skin,
about 1 1/2" in diameter. If it lasts less than 24 hours, your
thyroid is deficient in Iodine. We all tried it, I and all my
clients. Not one of us had enough Iodine. Free Iodine: do it
again, every day, until it DOES last 24 hours, and then monitor
about once a month. This works, minimally, but gets to be a real
nuisance.
Important Note: do NOT take Tincture of Iodine
internally!!
This helped me and others somewhat, BUT I still had some
problems, and observed them in others. The part that was missing
turned out to be the fact that ALL body tissues need Iodine and
the Thyroid is pretty much the only organ that can find Iodine
on the skin. Read on.
More parts of the answer arrive.
When I read about Iodoral in the October and November, 2004,
issues of
Second Opinion Newsletter, I was struck by how very many of
the
symptoms of iodine deficiency I had, and had noticed in my
clients without being able to help them. By the way, Second
Opinion is one of my favorites of the several renegade health letters I
subscribe to. I recommend it most highly. You can subscribe on
that link, and also by the way, I didn't get paid for saying
that.
We need to expand our thinking about iodine. It is mostly
thought of as being needed by the thyroid only. However, breast
tissue needs lots of iodine as well. In fact, as I'm fond of
pointing out in emails to people who write to me, there are iodine
receptors on ALL of our thirty-trillion or so cells, and I don't
think they are there for decoration!!
Urine Iodine Test
For real information, not just, "Oh, it faded in 2 hours,"
I recommend that you have a urine iodine test
to determine if you are possibly deficient in iodine. This test
measures very accurately the level of iodine in the whole body. You take
4
Iodoral tablets (50 mg) on the first morning, throw out that
morning's first urine, and then collect all urine for 24 hours.
Then a sample is tested for iodine. If your body has enough
iodine, you should have excreted 90% of what you ingested. I've
been getting reports from people that they are excreting 14-53%,
nowhere near enough. One man's test came back as "No iodine
detected"!!! The test is available at Dr. Jorge Flechas's
excellent site
and costs $80, last time I looked. Note: unless you are a
medical professional, Dr. Flechas's lab is not legally allowed
to send you the results directly. Please put the name of your
physician on the form where it says "Ordering Physician". If
your doc pooh-poohs the whole idea, call me for an alternate
solution. This test will soon be available without hassle from
this site.
Also I am looking for a simple home test, more accurate than
just timing how long it takes for a patch of iodine painted on
the skin to disappear. I'll post if I find one.
5-27-05 beginning of
experiment to see if I can determine how much Iodoral is
optimum for me.
Here are some
questions from folks who saw this page and wrote me, and my
replies.
On the
Results Page are comments from clients and customers who are
using Iodoral with good results.
READING
LIST
Since many doctors do not have correct information
about these issues, you MUST educate yourself so that you can
help the doctor take care of you. Here are my favorites.
Published studies on Iodoral are available at
Optimox or in printed form
from me for $5 Priority postage.
I strongly
encourage you
to order Dr. David Brownstein's book,
"Iodine, Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It."
Dr. Brownstein is an intrepid researcher and physician who has several
excellent books to his credit. This book will really open your
eyes to what's the big deal about Iodine!! It is inexpensive and
very readable. It is now out in the Fourth Edition. Even if you
have a previous edition, the Fourth Edition is extremely
important and packed with new information, such as the fact that
TSH rises when we start to supplement iodine. This is normal
but it usually freaks out the doctor. Since Brownstein is an MD,
his book may help you to educate your doctor, if s/he is
teachable. There is SO MUCH in this book I can't recommend it
highly enough.
Dr. Brownstein also
offers a book on Overcoming Thyroid Disorders, also
excellent.
I have a copy of a Harvard monograph published in 1940, called The
Endocrine Function of Iodine. I will let you know if I can
understand it. Harvard University Press considered Iodine so
important that they chose it for the topic of their very FIRST
monograph. This
book is hard to find but if you want a copy look on Bookfinder.com.
Hypothyroidism
Type 2: the epidemic, by Dr. Mark Starr, MD. Although Dr. Starr
doesn't discuss much about Iodine, the book is very important
for anyone with thyroid symptoms.
As with so many other things in my professional practice, when
I'm impressed with something myself, I decide to offer it. I
don't sell anything I don't use myself.
10-17-05 UPDATE: Conversation with Dr. Guy Abraham about side
effects!! Please
click here.
A note about my prices: May, 2009, another postage hike.
Letters are going up two cents. This year I am absorbing it, so
no change in prices. I am
determined to keep Iodoral affordable and I don't think shipping
rip-offs are fair. I may not be able to maintain
it forever, but for now it's still just
$25.60 for 90 Tablets, including First Class postage in the US!!
Orders of $90 or more are insured at my expense, even though the Post
Office has only lost a few.
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Please note: As with
other supplements, I can only accept returns if the product is
unopened.
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Nancy Adams.
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A note about shipping days
My very competent friend Kimberly helps me with
processing orders. Kim also has a
full time job and a family, and I feel fortunate that she's
available to help out. We are now shipping twice a week. Orders
received on Fri - Mon are mailed on Tuesday. Orders received
Tues - Thurs are mailed on Friday. We appreciate your patience!
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
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holidays or Thanksgiving. During the holidays, please allow at
least a week for your order to arrive. The Postal Service does a
good job, but the holidays present an extra challenge for them
and us.
TROUBLESHOOTING
I try to offer the kind of service I would like to receive. If
you order something from me and there's a problem or you don't
get it, PLEASE contact me directly by
email or phone
(541-888-5111). Kim or I
personally pack and ship ALL orders. The advantage of keeping my operation small is that I am available as a person and will do all I can to
correct any problem with an order so that you are happy.
There are certain things over which I have no control. One of
them is the Postal Service. I know they do try to do a good job,
but occasionally a package does take longer than the 2-9 days
estimated by the USPS for First Class parcels, and once in a
long while one is stolen in transit. Please wait 10 days after
you place your order before you start worrying about it. I am
happy to send you the delivery confirmation # if your package
doesn't arrive on time, and I will personally check it with the PO as well.
ONE MORE THING
If you use your credit card with no PayPal account, it will be
processed through PayPal and your credit card bill will reflect
a payment to NANCY ADAMS. Please make a note of it when
you order. PayPal does not allow me to put my phone number
in that space.
A NOTE ABOUT RETURNS
If you purchase a case and then change
your mind, full refund will be given ONLY on a full case with
all bottles unopened, returned (insured) at your expense
within 30 days of purchase, AFTER I receive the package. Partial case refunds will be figured
on the NON-discounted rate for what you are keeping, AND ONLY if
there are still at least 18 months left before the expiration
date on the product.
Iodine Article
1-25-06
Hubby sent me
this link to a VERY interesting article by Dr. James
Howenstine. There is only one thing in Dr. H's article that I
would take issue with. He mentions that more than two drops of
Lugol's could cause symptoms of toxicity. From my perspective as
a Colon Therapist for over 20 years, my sense of that issue is
that the things that very occasionally come up, such as frontal
headache, skin eruptions/rashes, and constipation, are actually
signals of DE-toxification from overloads of toxic, um, "stuff"
in the liver and thyroid particularly. (Dr. Howenstine mentions
the interesting fact that bromine fills up the thyroid's iodine
receptors, and see my update note above for Dr. Abraham's
remarks about the headaches. Also, the skin is your largest
organ of elimination.)
The rare reports I get of these things seem to come especially
if someone is trying to correct a long-standing deficiency too quickly. I'd like to remind everyone that
pouring a whole box of soap in the washing machine will NOT get
the clothes cleaner, and in many cases will foul or plug the
machine! Remember, the body doesn't like being force-fed any
more than you would, and unless you are at death's door, comfort is the key. Don't overdo it. I'm
now taking 50-100 mg Iodoral a day and I still feel
that I'm processing old stuff out. Drink water!!
For questions about Iodoral,
email Nancy Adams, LMT, at RemoteVwr@aol.com.
Rabbit Trails
Dogs and Iodine
The most interesting thing
about this article is that, although it pretty clearly spells
out that iodine deficiency is the cause of hypothyroidism, and
gives the minimum requirement, if you go to the second page, it
doesn't even mention correcting the deficiency to solve the
problem!! It's all about medicating the dog, which is typical
medical model thinking. [eyeroll] If you have a dog you suspect
may be iodine deficient, send me a SASE and a note and I'll send you a few
tablets for him or her. I don't know about you, but I think I'd
rather be on iodine for life, which helps the thyroid and all
other tissues to function correctly, than medication, which may
weaken the system and doesn't solve the problem
of iodine deficiency. (PS Sometimes meds are needed too, but
personally I'd prefer to correct deficiencies first.)
January, 2010 ~ New information about Vitamin C!!
Please visit my new page on it!!
Vitamin C and Glutathione are the most
important antioxidants in the body. These new supplements are
vastly more powerful than the standard forms we are used to!!
For the first time in five years I have added products to this
site. Liposomal Encapsulation Technology is the wave of the
future, in my opinion.
Friend Bev Ferguson who runs the Kombucha Center also has
this beautiful site (http://users.bestweb.net/~om/thyroid/) about the thyroid/adrenal connection,
VERY fascinating. It's worth a long read. Be sure you get all
the way down to the picture of the frog and visit Bev's Jump For
Joy Page!
4/20/06
A GOOD move by the FDA???
A great site for all kinds of info about health:
Alkalizeforhealth.net.
This author knows much of the same information I do, so
naturally I agree with almost everything he says.........
Here is a link to what I think is the very best Alkaline Water
machine. High Tech Health says, "You are what you don't
excrete," and I agree!! I've had one of these Ionizers since
2000 and when I travel
I carry this alkaline water with me. The machine is about $1300. From my experience with it, I would buy it again at twice the price!!
Their whole site is interesting.
Speaking of alkaline water, I am
working on a new page about acid-alkaline balance. Although I
wouldn't wish to be without my Alkalizer, mentioned above, I
just got a wonderful book by Theodore A. Baroody, called
Alkalize or Die. Keep checking back for the latest outrage. LOL
A free recipe for my super energy food,
Seeds of Rebellion...
Information and free recipe for
Kombucha Tea...
A free recipe for
Kim Chee...
Extremist writing about
Health Freedom...
More extremist
writing ~
Questions to ask your doctor...
Some
Healthworks Principles you may like to try...
To explore this whole outrageous site,
click here, and have fun!!
PS, and thanks for getting this far on the page!!
Peace and love to all.
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