Role of Iodine in Thyroid Health

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Dr. Stephen Langer explains how iodine complements the thyroid gland and how it affects our overall health. Go to www.ihealthtube.com for more.

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[Drew82]

I say BS. You need way more then 120 mcg of iodine. A little salt gives you all of the salt you need? Do your research.

[annie46664]

I so agree with you! SO many medical folk are either totally clueless (having never spent more than 1 day of lectures on nutrition during their years of studies, or are in their lucrative profession for the MONEY! There is no such thing as a 'PATIENT' ~ only CLIENTS~ PERIOD! The longer they can maintain their clients the better, & those that resort to antibiotics frequently & for almost any 'health issue' whatsoever, are in my opinion criminals, because antibiotics cause NUMEROUS health issues!

[genkishooto]

@hellokittycutie2003 Thank you for the reply. I am talking about a negative feedback loop that is exploited in medicine. It is called the Wolff-Chaikoff Effect. It is a very interesting phenomenon where regular iodine is used to help people with hyperthyroidism. Also are many case studies of people taking iodine supplements and kelp extracts in the hopes of "fortifying" their thyroid, only to suppress it's function.

[hellokittycutie2003]

@genkishooto I think you're talking about radioactive iodine, not the organic iodine that can be found in sea vegetation such as seaweed and kelp.

[LymeHope]

And, we'd have to eat 26 tbsp/day of iodized salt to get that. No way!

[LymeHope]

@Drew82 You are right, the average Japanese person consumes almost 100% our RDA (150mcg) and have a way, way lower incidence of breast cancer and other cancers. They consume 13-14mg/day!

[medini2]

@medini2 so it is possible to take too much iodine, but, it is impossible to get anyway near enough in the standard american diet of today unless you want to kill yourself w/ sodium chloride.

this man is so effing ignorant, it makes people stupid just to listen to him. these jackasses want to add statins to the water supply now, and double your flouride intake (to prevent tooth decay). unfathomable idiocy!

[medini2]

In order to get the amt of iodine you actually need for health, you need to eat way more iodized salt than is healthy. But, go any nursing home & a lot of restaurants & ask if they use iodized salt, Many don't.

Eat 2 pieces of bacon or a pickle & you're getting your sodium intake for the day, but, nowhere on that pkg does it say you got your iodine for the day.

Also, you can take iodine, but, if you don't have trace minerals, your thyroid hormones won't be activated.

[chingada47]

Is this guy ever out of step with the work of many other health professionals incuding Dr. David Brownstein who say the RDA is totally inadequate. I think the good doctor in this video needs to brush up on his research. The Japanese consume 100 times the RDA.

[mindrapeart]

this guy is probably into population reduction.