Re: What happens when returning to lower doses?

[Guest guest]

No, a normal thyroid does not shrink with 50mg. There is no issue of

" lazy " because the thyroid cannot make its own iodine, the iodine MUST

always come from outside the body. If enough iodine is given, the thyroid

can function in health. Without enough iodine, health is

impaired. However, 6-12mg is not a healthy dose of iodine in today's world

because the body uses 12+mg per day just for normal functions.. If we

don't furnish our bodies with significantly more than what is needed for

physiological processes, our bodies won't stay saturated because the

halides will displace the iodine. Only when there is significantly higher

iodine in the body than the baseline amount are the other halides prevented

from displacing iodine.

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>As I understand the thyroid enlarges when there is not enough iodine in

>order to get the most of the little that is available. And if it gets

>enough it doesn't need to enlarge.

>Now I am wondering what happens to a normal thyroid that gets 50mg per

>day? Does it become smaller?

>And what happens when that dose is reduced to 6-12 mg again after a while?

>Does the thyroid become like " lazy " under high doses and has it then

>difficulties with " only " 6-12 mg?

>

>These are two questions that came to mind and I would like to know what

>experiences poeple have made when they returned to smaller doses after

>saturation was reached.

>

>Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for your informative answer.

Living in Switzerland I have to find out by myself about the right dosage.

Halides are not such a big threat as luckily our tap water doesn't contain any

chloride or fluoride and the extreme value for bromide in food is very low.

Switzerland is known for iodine deficiency and therefore salt used in most

processed food is iodized.

Still Switzerland has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in Europe. There

seems to be just enough iodine in the food to prevent goiter, but not enough to

prevent all the other iodine-related illnesses.

Scientists assume that the so called endocrine disruptors in the ecosystem play

a major role as well. E.g. they found out that water contained in PET-plastic

bottles contains hormonal active substances.

There is a long way to go in Switerland concerning iodine-education as there is

probably just a handful of doctors who have any idea about the benefits of

iodine in mg doses.

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> No, a normal thyroid does not shrink with 50mg. There is no issue of

> " lazy " because the thyroid cannot make its own iodine, the iodine MUST

> always come from outside the body. If enough iodine is given, the thyroid

> can function in health. Without enough iodine, health is

> impaired. However, 6-12mg is not a healthy dose of iodine in today's world

> because the body uses 12+mg per day just for normal functions.. If we

> don't furnish our bodies with significantly more than what is needed for

> physiological processes, our bodies won't stay saturated because the

> halides will displace the iodine. Only when there is significantly higher

> iodine in the body than the baseline amount are the other halides prevented

> from displacing iodine.

>

> --

>

>

>

> >As I understand the thyroid enlarges when there is not enough iodine in

> >order to get the most of the little that is available. And if it gets

> >enough it doesn't need to enlarge.

> >Now I am wondering what happens to a normal thyroid that gets 50mg per

> >day? Does it become smaller?

> >And what happens when that dose is reduced to 6-12 mg again after a while?

> >Does the thyroid become like " lazy " under high doses and has it then

> >difficulties with " only " 6-12 mg?

> >

> >These are two questions that came to mind and I would like to know what

> >experiences poeple have made when they returned to smaller doses after

> >saturation was reached.

> >

> >Thanks.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >------------------------------------

> >

> >All off topic posts should go to the IodineOT

> >group IodineOT/

> >

> >

> >Commonly asked questions: http://tinyurl.com/yhnds5e