What Mercola acutally wrote was this: Getting Your Iodine Levels Up
If you are iodine deficient, I recommend adding sea vegetables to your diet. The best source of organically bound iodine that I know of is non-commercially harvested seaweeds. The dose is about 5 grams a day or about one ounce per week, so a pound would last about two months. It is typically better to obtain a nutrient from a natural food whenever possible than from a supplement, so use supplements only as a last resort. Some patients also report that they respond better to food-based forms of iodine -- like seaweeds -- than the supplement forms. However, if you are going to use a supplement I would strongly advise using supersaturated iodine (SSKI) which is available as an inexpensive prescription. Typically 1-3 drops a day are all that are required. Please avoid using Lugol’s solution or iodine, as that will actually worsen your thyroid condition. Keeping your iodine levels optimal is particularly important if you are a women that is contemplating pregnancy, or are already pregnant Make sure you are taking seaweed or a prenatal vitamin with the right amount and form of iodide, not iodine, to help protect your baby. On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Craig Chamberlin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dee, > > It is a huge subject, and it is qualified at the iodine4health > site...including why seaweed isn't necessarily a great choice. Did you read > the iodine4health site? It includes pros and cons. > > Regards, > > Craig > > Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote: >> >> Can you qualify that please? I know that people advocate iodine but it >> would be nice to know the science behind it, and also *why* Mercola should >> have made such a remark. He advocates seaweed type things instead. dee > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
