Chlorine, Iodine and Throid

[Guest guest]

Hi Everybody,

I have just jopined this group and am not up to speed

on the book

reading on MMS etc. I do have a question though if anyone has read or thought

about

this. when taking " Activated Oxygen drop a while back, I was alerted by a

health store guy

that it---the chlorine dervied 'oxygen' drops could interefere with thyroid

function. I had

begun to be uneasy about the chlorine smell too. On further research it seems

that

chlorine---part of the 'halogen'(?) group can interefere with iodine uptake, an

already

serious issue for many in the west---low iodine>low thyroid.

Any thoughts on this as to whether the dose of this stuff could be

contraindicated in

people with those more serious issues re thyroid, or whether supplementation

with iodine

will balance this? Thanks in advance.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I found this abstract on the web:

Toxicological studies dealing with recent findings of health effects

of drinking water disinfectants are reviewed. Experiments with

monkeys and rodents indicate that the biological activity of ingested

disinfectants is expressed via their chemical interaction with the

mucosal epithelia, secretory products, and nutritional contents of

the alimentary tract. Evidence exists that a principal partner of

this redox interaction is the iodide of nutritional origin that is

ubiquitous in the gastrointestinal tract. Thus the observation that

subchronic exposure to chlorine dioxide (ClO2) in drinking water

decreases serum thyroxine levels in mammalian species can be best

explained with changes produced in the chemical form of the

bioavailable iodide. Ongoing and previously reported mechanistic

studies indicate that oxidizing agents such as chlorine-based

disinfectants oxidize the basal iodide content of the

gastrointestinal tract. The resulting reactive iodine species readily

attaches to organic matter by covalent bonding. Evidence suggests

that the extent to which such iodinated organics are formed is

proportional to the magnitude of the electromotive force and

stoichiometry of the redox couple between iodide and the

disinfectant. Because the extent of thyroid uptake of the

bioavailable iodide does not decrease during ClO2 ingestion, it seems

that ClO2 does not cause iodide deficiency of sufficient magnitude to

account for the decrease in hormonogenesis. Absorption of one or more

of iodinated molecules, e.g., nutrients, hormones, or cellular

constituents of the alimentary tract having thyromimetic or thyroid

inhibitory properties, is a better hypothesis for the effects seen.

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> Hi Everybody,

> I have just jopined this group and am

not up to speed on the book

> reading on MMS etc. I do have a question though if anyone has read

or thought about

> this. when taking " Activated Oxygen drop a while back, I was

alerted by a health store guy

> that it---the chlorine dervied 'oxygen' drops could interefere with

thyroid function. I had

> begun to be uneasy about the chlorine smell too. On further

research it seems that

> chlorine---part of the 'halogen'(?) group can interefere with

iodine uptake, an already

> serious issue for many in the west---low iodine>low thyroid.

> Any thoughts on this as to whether the dose of this stuff could

be contraindicated in

> people with those more serious issues re thyroid, or whether

supplementation with iodine

> will balance this? Thanks in advance.

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