Re: recent swelling in my neck

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It is reported fairly regularly that people's thyroids swell when they

start to give the body more iodine... the thryroid is swelling in order to

soak up as much iodine as it can. You probably need more than that--

50mg/day is considered the minimal therapeutic dose to treat the chronic

iodine deficiency virtually all of us are suffering from.

You should have always been taking 1/2 tsp unrefined salt every day as a

companion nutrient for the iodine protocol. Are you taking the magnesium,

selenium, vit C as well? Salt loading is different, it is IN ADDITION to

the usual daily salt intake.

The thyroid will return to its normal size once it gets enough

iodine. Again, I recommend upping your intake to 50mg. But you MUST take

all the companion nutrients every day in order to benefit from it.

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>I have been taking Iodoral( 12.5mg -1 pill) with the companion nutrients

>for more than a year. I recently upped my intake to 1 and a half pills and

>now up to 2 = 25 mg. I also recently added the salt loading, which I

>wasn't doing before, but decided to try because on the higher dose I was

>having headaches and leg pains. By salt loading I mean I am taking a ½ tsp

>of Celtic sea salt in the morning when I take my pills and drinking water.

>I have been doing this less than a week. Tonight I noticed swelling in my

>skin in my neck over the thyroid. I have never had this before and I asked

>my Sister to look and she said yes, it is swollen and mostly so on my

>right side. My question is, is this possibly a detox symptom or should I

>lower my dose immediately or stop with the salt or any and all

>combinations. Could this be something that happens if I am not sure to get

>extra water?

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>The only other change this last week has been that I am trying my darndest

>to give up sugar and grains. Oh, come to think of it, I also mixed lugols

>with coconut oil and have been smearing that on my skin here and there

>almost every night, this is also something new in the last 2 weeks. ( I

>guess I made a lot of changes in the last few weeks.!)

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>All suggestions welcome.

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>Thanks,

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