Iodoral

Try Iodoral now, 90 tablets, 12.5 mg each, for only $25.60

New Higher Potency 50 mg Iodoral, 30 tablets for 31.60

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NEW per-case price 10% off!!

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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 clears up an amazing number 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.


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 the most valuable supplement I've found in the several years since finding Vitalzym!!

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!

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.

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.

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!!

I did not, but I recommend that you do, 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.

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 has kindly allowed me to post this link to his page. He 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 Third Edition. Even if you have a previous edition, the Third 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.

I also have a Harvard monograph published in 1940, called "The Endocrine Function of Iodine." I will let you know if I can understand it. Note: I am reading the book. Stay tuned. If I survive reading yet another medical textbook (actually, one of my favorite, though somewhat exhausting, things to do), I will translate into plain English, if possible, and post here.

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, 2008, another postage hike. Letters are going up one cent. 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 just $25.60 for 90 Tablets, includes 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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Iodoral 90 Tablets 12.5 mg each, $25.60, including First Class postage!!

Iodoral 90 Tablets, 10% off a case of 12!!

$276.00 including postage!
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Iodoral 180 Tablets 12.5 mg each, $47.60, including First Class postage!!

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Iodoral 180 Tablets, 10% off a case of 12!!
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Note: If you are taking 4 (or more) regular Iodoral tablets a day, you may like to try the 50 mg tablet, the same as four regular Iodoral in one tablet. This is great if you only remember to take pills in the morning!! 30 Tablets, 50 mg each, $31.60, including First Class postage in the US. 

Iodoral 30 Tablets 50 mg each,  $31.60, including First Class postage!!

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Iodoral 30 Tablets 50 mg each, 10% off a case of 12!!
$341.00 including postage!!

New!! With each case receive a free copy of Adam Abraham's DVD, Understanding MMS!!

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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 Thurs - Sun are mailed on Tuesday. Orders received Mon - Wed are mailed on Thursday. We appreciate your patience!
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
I can no longer ship internationally. The only exception is by the case to health care practitioners who are qualified to dispense in their country. Australia has some rule now that you can't import more than a 30 day supply of anything. Bah!! Therefore I have had to make the hard decision not to ship internationally any more, except to practitioners. You would need to email me for a quote, and be responsible for a, knowing the laws in your country regarding nutritional supplements, b, express postage and insurance, and c, any duty imposed at your end. I am very sorry and apologize sincerely to my international customers. If you are not able FOR ANY REASON to receive your shipment or you change your mind, I will refund your payment minus postage and my costs.

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. Kim or I personally pack and ship ALL orders for anything on this website. 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. 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 at the PO as well.

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. 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 4 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 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 do its work, than medication, which weakens it and doesn't solve the problem of iodine deficiency. (PS Sometimes meds are needed too, but personally I'd correct deficiencies first.)

New 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???

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 for 7 years 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...

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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.

Page revised 7-23-08