Iodine Deficiency - Our Modern Day Epidemic

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Your doctor may not know about iodine deficiency. Medical students are taught that American's get plenty of iodine in their diet, mainly from iodized table salt. But the truth is that American's are very deficient in iodine. Maybe not enough to cause cretinism, a severe birth deformity and retardation, but enough to cause the autism epidemic, thyroid and obesity problems, and a long list of auto-immune disorders by leaving us with unpurified blood.

Iodine was removed from breads, starting in 1960 and was replaced with bromide by the mid 1970s. Before then, the average American got about 1mg of iodine daily through breads and vegetables. But now we don't get enough iodine daily because poor farming practices have depleted the soil of minerals we don't get enough iodine from iodized table salt to compete with fluorine, chlorine and bromine. These sister minerals can expel iodine from the thyroid receptor sites and take over where they serve no useful purpose in the body.

Iodine has many roles in the thyroid gland. All the blood in your body goes through your thyroid every 17 minutes where the iodine will detox heavy metals, kill pathogens, and activate the thyroxine hormone which stimulates metabolism. Iodine also plays a role in binding with synthetic molecules which enables your body to identify them as trash and expel them. Otherwise, these molecules will mimic estrogen and create problems or get stored away in fat cells where they interfere with metabolism.

Without the cleansing affects of iodine, your body can develop intestinal yeast overgrowth and leaky gut syndrome easily when your beneficial bacteria levels have been compromised. This basic auto-immune disorder can cause thousands of symptoms and serious diseases. Doctors treat the symptoms, but the yeast overgrowth, leaky gut syndrome and iodine deficiency is ignored. In fact, these medical conditions are not even taught to students in medical school.

The lack of heavy metal cleansing by the thyroid has lead to mercury toxicity in small children which can result in autism if yeast overgrowth is allowed to happen. The overuse of broad spectrum antibiotics is the main cause of yeast overgrowth. Yeast bind with heavy metals which gives them strength, thus enabling them to overpopulate the intestines and restrict beneficial bacteria. This results in a deficiency of proteins. These pathogens also damage the intestinal lining which allows junk to leak into the bloodstream where they will impact themselves in a weak organ and cause inflammation.

Protein deficiency causes minor symptoms, leaky gut and inflammation results in more chronic symptoms and major diseases.

Obesity in America is largely the result of a lack of thyroxine hormones at work stimulating your metabolism. Without these active hormones, certain metabolic processes cannot take place and weight is retained in the body. Synthetic molecules also play a role.

Many natural health care practitioners and nutritionists are aware of iodine deficiency and can help patients with iodine fulfillment for correcting under- and over-active thyroid function. If you search for "iodine therapy" in google, the first and third websites are very informative and outline a basic treatment plan to fill the body with iodine and kill intestinal pathogens.

One caution that I would like to add is to take a beneficial bacteria supplement to replenish the flora that is killed along with the pathogens. This is one reason why it is a good idea to consult with a natural health practitioner for treatment rather than treating yourself.

The first website in the google search by Dr. James Howenstine gives you the basics about the roll of iodine in the thyroid and lists three products and a three-month treatment plan for loading your body with iodine before changing to a normal daily dosage. These products can be purchased on Amazon.com and elsewhere on the internet. The third website by Dr. Bruce West is also very informative.

Why don't doctors treat us with iodine? Most doctors are members of the American Medical Association. Unfortunately, the AMA has been successful at indoctrinating doctors and the public into believing that synthetic pharmaceutical products are better than natural health products and that natural health practitioners have no merit.

There is a book titled "Enzymes for Autism and Other Neurological Conditions" which outlines a yeast killing treatment plan using herbs. You can find other books with this description and treatment plan if you search for "leaky gut enzymes", etc. Iodine or colodial silver can be used to kill yeast as well. While you are killing yeast, rebuilding beneficial bacteria levels, and eating low carb to promote gut healing, you can use digestive enzymes that break up the most inflammatory food particles that leak out: casein, gluten and peptides. This special formulation can be purchased at autismcoach.com (zyme time) or kirkmanlabs.com (peptidase complete).

Iodine deficiency leads to yeast overgrowth by leaving a heavy metal load in the body. Iodine deficiency can also lead to obesity, other thyroid symptoms, heart arythmia, lowered stomach acid production and numerous other symptoms.

Iodine deficiency is a serious problem and could be the source of your medical problems. If you suspect that iodine deficiency is the root cause of your medical problems, consult with a holistic practitioner or do your own research for a treatment plan.