Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 This is turning out to be a 'chicken or the egg' thing... I'd definitely like to follow this and you guys continue.... .... keep us posted? Topper () On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 19:25:40 -0500 "Debbie K." writes: I was doing some searching for the iodine tablets the Doc Milton is sending to Kate. It is called iodoral. I found this link and thought some might be interested. http://www.helpmythyroid.com/IOD3.html There is a quote from the intro at the bottom of this post. From my reading, I am finding that thyroid issues sometimes, not always, stem from an iodine deficiency and if that is the case, should be treated first as administering thyroid hormones. If the I-deficiency is the only problem then the thyroid hormones will not be necessary. I guess this is why doc Milton is treating Kate with iodine for a couple of months first. Note the sentence below about administering thyroid when when a iodine deficiency is present increasing the chance of breast cancer. I'm wondering if this may have contributed to the tumor in my breast.... hmmm a question for doc Milton. Anyway, I wanted to post the link just in case any of you are interested. Blessings, Debbie K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 I have read in several places about this. The last book was Dr. Derry's "Breast Cancer and Iodine" This book should have been titled Breast Cancer and Thyroid Disease" He has just as much, if not more on thyroid & Armour than on iodine. Anyway, the Japanese who have the lowest rates in the world of every cancer except stomach cancer, have an intake of eight to ten mgs per day. They eat a lot of seaweed. To get this much iodine, we'd have to eat 10 to 20 pounds of fish per day. Our soils are becomming more and more depeleted of iodine and we are encouraged to lower our intake of salt so we're not getting it from there either. I know very few, if any,people who eat kelp. Also, because of a fear of overdosing, they have made the recomendations and supplementation as conservative as possible. We all know minimun just doesn't get it sometime. Also, with absorption issues, what is enough for one may not be enough for another. I agree, it is very wise to be tested. But I think iodine defeciency is more common than we think. Blessings, Debbie K. -----Original Message-----From: Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 12:42 PMTo: The_Thyroid_Support_Group Subject: Re: Iodine Deficiency I don't doubt that some people have iodine deficiency, but it's not something to guess at. As the doctor says, there is a test for it, so there is no need to blindly take iodine, without knowing. Some people will take it without knowing, possibly to their detriment. This is what gets me the most. What I don't understand here is that, if one eats a NORMAL diet, they're going to get all the iodine they need, possibly even too much. Iodized salt, seafood, kelp, and hundreds of other things. Why would there be a lack of iodine in the diet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 I don't know. Maybe all the with all the iodine protects them from the effects of the soy. -----Original Message-----From: edumom Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 4:18 PMTo: The_Thyroid_Support_Group Subject: RE: Iodine Deficiency the Japanese who have the lowest rates in the world of every cancer except stomach cancer, have an intake of eight to ten mgs per day. They eat a lot of seaweed. Don't they also eat a lot of soy? How does that effect them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 I don't know. Maybe all the with all the iodine protects them from the effects of the soy. -----Original Message-----From: edumom Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 4:18 PMTo: The_Thyroid_Support_Group Subject: RE: Iodine Deficiency the Japanese who have the lowest rates in the world of every cancer except stomach cancer, have an intake of eight to ten mgs per day. They eat a lot of seaweed. Don't they also eat a lot of soy? How does that effect them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Actually they don't eat a lot of soy. They eat far less soy than Westerners do, and most of the soy they *do* eat is fermented. blithe > the Japanese who have the lowest rates in the world of every cancer except stomach cancer, have an intake of eight to ten mgs per day. They eat a lot of seaweed. > > > Don't they also eat a lot of soy? How does that effect them? > > > > sincerely, edumom > > > The mind is its own place, and in itself > Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. Milton (1608–1674), British poet. Paradise Lost, bk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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