Iodoral, Ziquin, confusion, and denial?

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I began seeing a practitioner a few months ago who does jin shin jitsu and also

sells the Ziquin line of supplements. At the time, I was at 250 mg of Iodoral

per night for my insomnia. She started me on a couple of supplements, one of

which enabled me to reduce my Iodoral dose immediately and to bring it down to

100 mg a short time later.

Then I had a conversation with another woman -- a nutritionist with many years

of experience -- who was very alarmed when I related my history with Iodoral and

told me that it is elemental iodine, which is stored in the tissues instead of

being excreted (as organic iodine is) and thus puts one at great risk for

problems (though she didn't say precisely what kind of problems). I told her of

all the sources I knew of -- including this group -- that endorse Iodoral, and

that I had never heard of any problems with it (at least, not the ones she was

mentioning), and she was not impressed. She was so worried about me that I

panicked and decided to see if I could stop taking it entirely. This I actually

managed to do, within a couple of days, by increasing my dose of the one Ziquin

product (Energy Endo Biotic, which supports the endocrine system, and is

composed of Chinese herbs, B vitamins, and amino acids. It contains a very

small amount of iodine -- 200 mcg per caplet. I am up to 4 caplets, thus less

than 1 mg). I was able to sleep, without the use of Iodoral, for the first time

since last summer.

Then a couple of days ago I had a very stressful incident and had trouble

sleeping for the next few nights. After going back over the information on

Iodoral and not finding anything to support the bad rap it had been given by the

nutritionist, I went back on it (while continuing with Ziquin) and was able to

sleep again.

I have a hard time believing that this person could be so uninformed. I did see

on one website that elemental iodine is actually needed by some organs in the

body.

Another point is that my endocrine system was possibly so out of whack that I

needed both endocrine support and iodine to get me back in balance. I think

that the truth lies somewhere in between needing 250 mg Iodoral and needing to

stay away from it completely.

Feedback, anyone?

Loren