Post by Admin on Oct 21, 2024 0:39:54 GMT -8
Why are we against iodine?
I am not against iodine. I am against the megadosing. I have had numerous arguments over iodine between the iodine advocates and myself. The last I recall all stemmed from an article I posted about iodine causing acne in SOME people. Although, they kept refusing to read the "some" part and kept insisting that I said it would cause acne in everyone taking it. In another argument, a poster was arguing that black walnut hull was not a significant amount of iodine even though the amount was something like 15mg per kilo. He was advocating 50mg of iodine daily despite the fact the body utilizes iodine in MICROgrams, which is a thousandth of a milligram. Therefore, the amount of iodine in the black walnut hull was significant, especially considering that the 15mg of iodine in that kilo if you could ingest that much would be enough to induce serious side effects in some people. But he still insisted that 50mg was safe even though the research showed potential side effects at a fraction of that dose.
I just find it stupid and irresponsible to claim it is perfectly safe. Everything has the potential for side effects. And how a substance affects one person is not the same for everyone else. So to think that high doses of iodine is safe, especially for anyone is simply ludicrous. This is the same irrational thinking that mainstream medicine uses with its drugs that lead to so many adverse effects. For example there is a lack of corticosteroids in autoimmune conditions. Mainstream medicine though tries to address these issues by overloading the body with steroids, which just ends up suppressing the immune system to the point that the body cannot mount an immune response, and they atrophy the adrenals. Therefore, they addressed the lack of steroids, but in the process their shotgun approach also led to an inability to fight pathogens and cancer cells, elevated glucose, high blood pressure, Cushing's, etc.
I feel the same way about megadosing of any supplement, even vitamin C that can cause problems with megadosing especially if done long term. This does not mean I am anti-supplement though. It merely means I advocate the RESPONSIBLE use of supplements including iodine. If alternative medicine ever wants to be accepted again as a mainstream medicine we are never going to get there by causing diseases and damage through the megadosing of supplements or the improper use of other alternatives. All these secondary diseases and damage lead to is more regulation and bans on alternative medicine.
I am not against iodine. I am against the megadosing. I have had numerous arguments over iodine between the iodine advocates and myself. The last I recall all stemmed from an article I posted about iodine causing acne in SOME people. Although, they kept refusing to read the "some" part and kept insisting that I said it would cause acne in everyone taking it. In another argument, a poster was arguing that black walnut hull was not a significant amount of iodine even though the amount was something like 15mg per kilo. He was advocating 50mg of iodine daily despite the fact the body utilizes iodine in MICROgrams, which is a thousandth of a milligram. Therefore, the amount of iodine in the black walnut hull was significant, especially considering that the 15mg of iodine in that kilo if you could ingest that much would be enough to induce serious side effects in some people. But he still insisted that 50mg was safe even though the research showed potential side effects at a fraction of that dose.
I just find it stupid and irresponsible to claim it is perfectly safe. Everything has the potential for side effects. And how a substance affects one person is not the same for everyone else. So to think that high doses of iodine is safe, especially for anyone is simply ludicrous. This is the same irrational thinking that mainstream medicine uses with its drugs that lead to so many adverse effects. For example there is a lack of corticosteroids in autoimmune conditions. Mainstream medicine though tries to address these issues by overloading the body with steroids, which just ends up suppressing the immune system to the point that the body cannot mount an immune response, and they atrophy the adrenals. Therefore, they addressed the lack of steroids, but in the process their shotgun approach also led to an inability to fight pathogens and cancer cells, elevated glucose, high blood pressure, Cushing's, etc.
I feel the same way about megadosing of any supplement, even vitamin C that can cause problems with megadosing especially if done long term. This does not mean I am anti-supplement though. It merely means I advocate the RESPONSIBLE use of supplements including iodine. If alternative medicine ever wants to be accepted again as a mainstream medicine we are never going to get there by causing diseases and damage through the megadosing of supplements or the improper use of other alternatives. All these secondary diseases and damage lead to is more regulation and bans on alternative medicine.