I am not speaking of the USRDA at all.....it has nothing at all to do with the now ubiquitous presence in foods of non-labelled iodine containing ingredients. Anyone who eats anything is getting a lot more iodine than they would suppose. And the USDA analyses are not re-done very often. I have no confidence at all that they reflect the current madness for iodine containing fertilizers and the like. It is my personal belief that iodine allergy is much more common than realized, as there are a lot of people suffering skin allergies and it is thought that in only 25% of cases is the cause ever found. The near invisibility of iodine and the fact that even doctors don't often know that povidone, etc are iodine, makes very likely that it often goes unrecognized. And in fact, I've read people going in for certain medical imaging and tests that use injected iodine sometimes die because of unsuspected iodine allergy which they were not aware they had. paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "silversurfer1952 ." <[email protected]> T
> Thank you very much, paula, for explaining to me about how wide-spread > iodine is in the average north-american diet. I still think, though, that > it's possible for some people to be low in iodine without being actually > deficient. The USRDA for iodine is 80 - 150mcg. On the other hand, the > average japanese dietary intake of iodine is 10mg (their diet is high in > ocean fish and seaweeds). That's 10 times the amount of the USRDA. > Usually, the USRDA is the minimum needed to avoid disease... not for optimum > functioning. > > I'm learning that supplementing iodine, especially when taken as Lugol's > solution, must be done with understanding and care. I have only taken it > for a few days now and plan to take it for just two or three weeks. I won't > know for awhile if this supplementation will help my low body temperature > (sign of low thyroid) or not... will see. > > I'm very sorry to hear about your problem with eczema and wish I could offer > some information. Hope you find some relief soon. > > Elle > > >From: "sol" <[email protected]> > > >Elle, > > Since I've been avoiding iodine (because of increasingly severe > >allergy) for 19 years now, and still do not have a goiter (MD says if > >no goiter, one is NOT avoiding all iodine completely), I personally > >find it hard to believe that any person in the U.S. who eats is iodine > >deficient at all. If I am even close to right, then it would not take > >much direct iodine supplementation to cause excess. > > These days, iodine is in everything, sometimes directly added as > >povidone or crospovidone to multiple vitamins, other vitamin-mineral > >supplements, and most OTC drugs such as Tylenol, Advil, etc. > >Indirectly as sea salt, iodized salt, and the various and > >multitudinous seaweeed products such as carrageenan, algin, etc. > >Indirectly also in the basic food supply through seaweed/kelp > >fertilizers and shellfish/fish feeds...... > > Look for seaweed thickeners such as carrageenan and algin also in > >toothpastes and many other personal care products, and algin, etc, > >even in popsicles (popsicles!). Add in that such need not be labelled > >in many foods/products: you are getting iodine often when the label > >doesn't say so. > > If you add up all the sources of iodine the average american ingests > >daily, I don't see how anyone needs supplementation. And since I've > >had eczema for 10 months of the past 12, the unavoidability of iodine > >is frightening. I'm not talking a simple itch here, but severe > >discomfort and pain. Not funny. > >paula > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
