Re: Re: My Iodine Loading Test Results

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Good point. I forgot that the spot test is taken before the iodine loading dose.

I don't know if the short time you took Lugol's could have affected the spot test. I know that iodine can stay in the body for a long time. The original research on Iodine and goiter in the Midwest in the early 1900s gave the iodine dose just twice a year and virtually eliminated goiter in a goiter-prone population. I suspect your Lugol's could have had that effect.

[i now find myself trying to reconcile the assertions that iodine has a half life of 8 - 24 hours with this research finding....]

Very interesting question.... If you can write up a simple question, I'll try to ask Flechas this one.

Zoe

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From: sunlady59 >> The spot test range is based on conventional iodine testing (e.g., with people using 150 mcg iodine). So, anyone using high iodine amounts (e.g., the 50 mg Iodoral) will test very high relative to this range.> I'm still a bit confused. Except for a couple of weeks using Lugols I wasn't taking high iodine amounts. Do you think the short time that I used Lugols would have affected the results of the spot test?> The iodine loading test uses a completely different range. So, it is quite possible to be very high on the spot test and very low on the iodine loading test.> > Zoe> > My spot test came out high 0.779 (range is >0.149). If this was high, shouldn't > I have excreted 90% or more on the loadng test? I excreted 74%.> > Marie