Re: Mossy Cheryl re: iodine: results and questions!

March 3, 2011

Cheryl, thank you for all this wonderful iodine info. My husband and I have some

2% Lugol's and we take 5 drops daily. I had my first experience with die-off and

it was rough. I was so mean to my family! Headaches, drowsiness, groggy-ness. I

can only imagine how my son feels every time we increase his supplements.

I am giving my 35 pound son 1-2 drops daily. He gets his magnesium in a cream,

and his selenium, E, and a little C in his multi. He also takes GSE...we use it

for yeast, but it's alos an excellent antioxidant as I understand. since we

started this a week or 10 days ago, he's had the best week! Speech is just

flying out of his mouth, up to 6 words at a time! He is happier, more playful,

demanding that we interact with him and pay attention to him. Teachers are

gushing about his attention and behavior. It has to be the iodine!The only other

thing we do that is new is his listening program called ILS, and that is done

3-4 times per week, new each session. I suppose it could be the ILS, but more

likely the iodine.

Questions: since our Lugol's is 2%, I thought I was giving about 3mg of iodine

per drop. Is that correct? Also, in Dr. Brownstein's book he recommends

..11mg/pound/per day for children, so my son would get 3 mg or so and my

daughter, a 22 pound soaking wet 2 year old, I give 1 drop every few days. I

read here from Cheryl that 6-12 mg is what is used for children by many

families. I am afraid to go that high! Can someone advise? I mean, that's the

dose I am giving myself!

thanks to all...I learn so much on this site...just wish I could keep up with

the posts better!

R

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> > :-)

> >

> > So I was just reading the best way to combat fluoride poisoning is to use

> > iodine. I knew my part of Florida was big in the phosphate industry, and I

> > knew that was not good, but I didn't realize it was the cause of fluoride

> > poisoning. Interesting " Florida " and " Fluoride. "

> >

> > Anyway, we live smack dab in the middle of the phosphate mine county... we

> > don't use fluoridated toothpaste, but our water is not de-fluoridated.

> >

> > I have Lugol's 2%.... start with one drop or one dropperful in a glass of

> > water?

> >

> > For the kids? One drop? (They are 35 and 43 lbs each, my son is losing, my

> > daughter gaining LOL they used to weigh the same)

> >

> > --

> > Toni

> >

> > ------

> > Mind like a steel trap...

> > Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

> >

>

March 3, 2011

Hi ,

6-12mg is for children. You have toddlers :-) I didnt know the book had the per

pound dosage. Cant remember ever hearing it mentioned before now. I havent read

his book yet. Only had seen recommended numerous times the 6-12mg for children.

I think the being mean is adrenals Which could be trying to cope with the

stress of dieoff and removal of halides. You might increase your natural salt a

little. You didnt mention salt, and natural salt is very important. If you start

feeling like people are annoying you for no good reason, or even a minor one,

drink a little salt water followed by more water and symptoms (and cause) should

go away. The headache is very common the first few weeks without enough salt.

Probably pulling some worm out the brain! Making sure enough mag, salt and C and

lots of water does make the difference in how you feel getting the bad stuff

out.

I dont know that i would use GSE as an antioxident. It does kill all the good

bacteria in the gut if you use it that way. Transdermal doesnt. I am a major fan

of GSE, use to use it almost daily. It makes a very good household

dicsenfectant, too. I have seen no signs of yeast since after a few months on

iodine, your cases may be different, but i think most are able to establish nice

gut flora in a few months to a year (perhaps longer for the really damaged) if

there arent things added that disturb it.

The 2% Lugols has 2.4 to 2.7 mg per drop. It depends on who you ask, how old the

bottle is, etc. And why i usually just round off to 3mg. I am in no way precise

about how much iodine i take.I may take 45mg one day and 55mg the next. I try to

stay around 50mg both ingested and transdermal. Close enough is good enough for

me. If being precise is important and i get that for some it is, i would use

the 2.7mg per drop. That seems to be the most accurate i think. So at 2 drops

that would be 5.4mg and the books suggested dosage would be 3.85 mg or 4mg if

you use my math ;-)

You could give 1 drop ingested and use 1-2 drops transdermal for the boy, mixing

it with his mag cream would work. I mix mine with magnesium chloride on a pad.

Many do find that more is better. Because iodine not only kills the stuff, more

means it also helps remove the waste and when there is totally enough in the

body it can displace the halides from the cells. Many adults find that 50mg is

so much better than 35mg or less, especially in the first few months until

sufficiency. Healthier people, with good nutrition need less. The Low Oxalate

Diet and avoiding goitrogens also effects how much your body will need and

utilize.

I would stay steady at one dosage for a while(1-3months) and see how it goes,

how much improvement. Takes a little time. Not an overnight fix. Then you can

increase as their weight increases or if you are still seeing issues add another

drop.

Cheryl

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> Cheryl, thank you for all this wonderful iodine info. My husband and I have

some 2% Lugol's and we take 5 drops daily. I had my first experience with

die-off and it was rough. I was so mean to my family! Headaches, drowsiness,

groggy-ness. I can only imagine how my son feels every time we increase his

supplements.

>

> I am giving my 35 pound son 1-2 drops daily. He gets his magnesium in a cream,