Re: Iodine when nursing, and iodine in children

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If you have an older child who is showing early tendencies to obesity, then you

need to read the book " Wheat Belly " by , MD. He discusses the

hybridization of wheat during the last 50 years and how it is causing an

epidemic of obesity in our country.

http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/1609611543/ref=sr_1_1?s=\

books & ie=UTF8 & qid=1325597147 & sr=1-1

It is available in an electronic version which is cheaper than the hardback. It

is still so popular that it's not out in a paperback version yet. Just take a

look at the number of favorable reviews of it:

http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/product-reviews/1609611543/\

ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8 & showViewpoints=1

This book is so well written that I could hardly put it down. The author uses

lots of clever humor throughout the book in order to get his ideas across. I've

already given two copies away to friends who have serious obesity problems, but

it's not only about just obesity or about celiac either because it discusses how

many unimaginable and subtle ways hybridized wheat is wrecking our health.

Furthermore, if all of your children are hypothyroid, then there's a reasonable

chance that they might have inherited a celiac gene since autoimmune thyroiditis

and celiac are very closely connected, according to the scientific literature on

the subject. You might want to be tested for the celiac gene yourself as a short

cut to finding out if a tendency to celiac or other forms of gluten intolerance

could run in your family. It's only $149 for the test, and it might prove to be

the best money you ever spent. 40% of the American population carries the gene,

so it's a good idea to find out if gluten might be a problem for your family.

http://enterolab.com/StaticPages/TestInfo.aspx#gene

Enterolab is the lab recommended by all of the celiac forums on the internet.

The routine blood " screening " tests for celiac are too unreliable -- in spite of

the fact that these blood tests for celiac are the tests which docs like to use

and which insurance pays for. You do not need a doctor's signed lab orders to

request this test because it does not involved venipuncture. Instead, you

collect the cheek swab yourself and mail it in. I cannot recommend this test

highly enough. (Long story.)

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> I'm taking Lugol's drops. I've read (though don't know if it's true) that I

should max out at 12.5 mg while nursing. This is my fifth and last baby and she

is 15 months now, nursing 2-3 times per day, but I will most likely be nursing

for another 1-2 yrs. I don't know how much benefit I'm going to get from staying

at that " low " of a dosage for that long, but I'm also entirely unwilling to put

the baby at risk of getting my poisons through my bm.

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> Also, all of my children but the baby are now hypothyroid (like me) according

to TSH only (FT3 wasn't tested for some reason). They also are using waking BBT,

so I trust the tests. My oldest (10 yrs old) is the one that led me down this

road, when he gained 60 lbs in 6 months. He currently weighs 147 lbs and is 4'9 "

tall. I desperately want to help him lose that weight (and get healthy,

obviously), and turn the hypoT around for my other children. I've been giving

DS#1 10 drops of 2% solution for a few weeks. Can I safely raise him to adult

levels given his weight, or should I be more conservative due to his age?

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> Ans, lastly, should I try to supp the baby w/iodine? All the others just take

what I give them to take (I've been fiddling with their diets and supps for a

year, so they're used to it now), but she still fights and fights HARD anything

that doesn't taste or smell " good " to her. My one try was a monumental fail. If

she's getting what she needs from me I won't push it. But if not, and I should

be supping her with one drop, I would welcome suggestions on how to mask it.

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> TIA

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