Re: Sea Salt - iodine allergy

[Guest guest]

Total BS. Haven't you also read that people cannot be hypothyroid with

nornal TSH? I wish people would quit telling other people what they can

and cannot be experiencing. Period.

Just think about this claim a bit, nickel allergy is very common, and

very well-documented. It isn't denied as is iodine allergy. It is also

an element. If one can be allergic to one element why not another? (I am

also allergic to nickel, in fact that is my first documented allergy). I

have documented my allergy to iodine for 22 years now. With trials,

eliminations, challenges. Plus I've done a lot of reading about IgE

reactions in general. I have a true IgE histamine allergic reaction to

iodine in any form, ingested or topical. If I react to dozens or

hundreds of different substances in which the common factor is

iodine/iodide content am I supposed to conclude I'm allergic to hundreds

of different substances or combinations without being allergic to the

common ingredient? Isn't it far more sensible to focus on the common

ingredient?

Perhaps Barb will weigh in here with how she determined she was allergic

to yellow 5 instead of all the dozens of other ingredients in

foods/products she reacted to. There is a pretty standard protocol for

eliminating/challenging to determine food and food additive allergies,

and I assure you I've done the work to know what I'm allergic to.

Doesn't matter to me if I'm the only human out of the billions on earth

who is truly allergic to iodine (but I know I'm not, I've met others). I

am allergic and have proved it to my own satisfaction over the last

decades. So by definition of the word impossible, it isn't.

What is really interesting to me is that I have now turned up with

autoimmune thyroid antibodies, and am finding elsewhere that iodine

allergy, and sensitivity, and intolerance (there are degrees) is

apparently much more common among people with autoimmune thyroid

antibodies than among those without. I'm not sure what that means, but I

find it interesting to wonder about. Which came first? The autoimmune

condition or the allergy/intolerance? OR did adrenal/cortisol problems

come even earlier and pre-dispose to everything?

sol

Jim Witte wrote:

>>

> I read somewhere that people *cannot* have allergies to iodine, as

> it's simply an element. What they can have is allergies to various

> proteins that contain it - I think it might have mentioned the iodine

> carrier proteins. Val, what do you know about iodine allergy?

>

> Jim

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

True, though the amount of iodine essential to life is pretty low, and

is apparently below my personal threshold of reaction. I've avoided

iodine as best I can for two decades and more, and still never have

gotten a goiter. Which an allergist MD told me means I still get plenty,

and even with all my avoidance, I'm still alive............so. It is

entirely possible I would be in much better health if I could tolerate

more iodine, but I can't. End of story.

With all allergies there is a threshold of reactivity. The key to

avoiding any allergen is to keep intake/exposure below that threshold.

I may need to stay on T3 only though, because of that very release of an

iodine atom in the conversion of T4 to T3. I hope that suppressing my

own T4 production as much as possible will also lessen my reactions, by

lowering my total body iodine load, while still supplying the thyroid

hormone I need. But I'm not entirely sure that the T3 molecule stays

intact, and doesn't also at some point release its own iodine atoms.

Meanwhile, I still get unexpectedly iodined from time to time, as it

keeps turning up in more and more products and foods.

sol

mwm1glm wrote:

> Not Val, but iodine is essential to life, one cannot live without it.

Thyroxine is produced by

> attaching iodine atoms to the ring structures of tyrosine molecules.

Thyroxine(T4) contains

> four iodine atoms. Triiodothyronine(T3) is identical to T4, but it has one

less iodine atom per

> molecule.

[Guest guest]

Well.

I sure am a classic example of a hypo person with a TSH showing Hyper. My TSH

is .22 right now and I am very hypothyroid and trying to tolerate thyroid

hormone and get myself well. My free T3 is very low and my reverse T3 is very

high. Dr. Friedman says the only way to diagnose hypothyroidism in his opinion

is Reverse T3 which will be high and free T3 which will be low end of normal

range. This is how my labs are. The TSH test has killed thousands of people

and causes horrible needless suffering.

Re: Sea Salt - iodine allergy

Total BS. Haven't you also read that people cannot be hypothyroid with

nornal TSH? I wish people would quit telling other people what they can

and cannot be experiencing. Period.

Just think about this claim a bit, nickel allergy is very common, and

very well-documented. It isn't denied as is iodine allergy. It is also

an element. If one can be allergic to one element why not another? (I am

also allergic to nickel, in fact that is my first documented allergy). I

have documented my allergy to iodine for 22 years now. With trials,

eliminations, challenges. Plus I've done a lot of reading about IgE

reactions in general. I have a true IgE histamine allergic reaction to

iodine in any form, ingested or topical. If I react to dozens or

hundreds of different substances in which the common factor is

iodine/iodide content am I supposed to conclude I'm allergic to hundreds

of different substances or combinations without being allergic to the

common ingredient? Isn't it far more sensible to focus on the common

ingredient?

Perhaps Barb will weigh in here with how she determined she was allergic

to yellow 5 instead of all the dozens of other ingredients in

foods/products she reacted to. There is a pretty standard protocol for

eliminating/challenging to determine food and food additive allergies,

and I assure you I've done the work to know what I'm allergic to.

Doesn't matter to me if I'm the only human out of the billions on earth

who is truly allergic to iodine (but I know I'm not, I've met others). I

am allergic and have proved it to my own satisfaction over the last

decades. So by definition of the word impossible, it isn't.

What is really interesting to me is that I have now turned up with

autoimmune thyroid antibodies, and am finding elsewhere that iodine

allergy, and sensitivity, and intolerance (there are degrees) is

apparently much more common among people with autoimmune thyroid

antibodies than among those without. I'm not sure what that means, but I

find it interesting to wonder about. Which came first? The autoimmune

condition or the allergy/intolerance? OR did adrenal/cortisol problems

come even earlier and pre-dispose to everything?

sol

Jim Witte wrote:

>>

> I read somewhere that people *cannot* have allergies to iodine, as

> it's simply an element. What they can have is allergies to various

> proteins that contain it - I think it might have mentioned the iodine

> carrier proteins. Val, what do you know about iodine allergy?

>

> Jim

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sol, if you are taking thyroid medication though, you are getting iodine. At

least if you take any T3 or Armour because both have iodine molecules and

the thyroid needs iodine. Tyrosine (amino acid) and iodine are what make up

T3. Iodine is essential for the body. So you may be allergic to forms of

iodine and can't supplement with it, but you are getting some iodine in your

body or you would be dead by now. Just like you would be dead if you don't

drink water for long enough.

I think that is why people are confused when you say you are allergic to

iodine. This isn't like the other things you list that aren't essential for

human life. Iodine is essential. I certainly don't claim to know the answer

but I think this is a riddle that there is probably more to it than what

appears on the surface.

Could iodine be causing hashi's attacks in you? Yes, that is very possible

and I know of other Hashi's sufferers who have that problem.

Have you done any detoxifying protocols? It seems like you are allergic to a

lot of things and detoxifying really helps people with that.

Cheri

Re: Sea Salt - iodine allergy

What is really interesting to me is that I have now turned up with

autoimmune thyroid antibodies, and am finding elsewhere that iodine

allergy, and sensitivity, and intolerance (there are degrees) is

apparently much more common among people with autoimmune thyroid

antibodies than among those without. I'm not sure what that means, but I

find it interesting to wonder about. Which came first? The autoimmune

condition or the allergy/intolerance? OR did adrenal/cortisol problems

come even earlier and pre-dispose to everything?

sol

Jim Witte wrote:

> I read somewhere that people *cannot* have allergies to iodine, as

> it's simply an element. What they can have is allergies to various

> proteins that contain it - I think it might have mentioned the iodine

> carrier proteins. Val, what do you know about iodine allergy?

>

> Jim

.

[Guest guest]

,

You likely need to get your HC up in order to tolerate increasing thyroid

meds. Yes, your labs show hypo. The T3 isn't getting into the cells (likely

due to low cortisol).

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

Well.

I sure am a classic example of a hypo person with a TSH showing Hyper. My

TSH is .22 right now and I am very hypothyroid and trying to tolerate

thyroid hormone and get myself well. My free T3 is very low and my reverse

T3 is very high. Dr. Friedman says the only way to diagnose hypothyroidism

in his opinion is Reverse T3 which will be high and free T3 which will be

low end of normal range. This is how my labs are. The TSH test has killed

thousands of people and causes horrible needless suffering.

.

[Guest guest]

Yes T3 does break down into T2 adn T1. But the iodine that is released

wsi what is neeed for your body to function so should not cause you any

problems. It is that iodine that keep s cancers away and keeps the

goiters away too. I have not truly understood the need for exogenous

iodine when you are taking thyroid hormones alread that are made of

iodine. THYROID is how the body utilizes the iodine in the body to do

it's work. Though I am not certain the actions and reactions have bene

tracked that far, it would explain why there is thyroid hormone in every

tissue and oragn and gland in the body.

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

Yes T3 does break down into T2 adn T1. But the iodine that is released

wsi what is neeed for your body to function so should not cause you any

problems. It is that iodine that keep s cancers away and keeps the

goiters away too. I have not truly understood the need for exogenous

iodine when you are taking thyroid hormones alread that are made of

iodine. THYROID is how the body utilizes the iodine in the body to do

it's work. Though I am not certain the actions and reactions have bene

tracked that far, it would explain why there is thyroid hormone in every

tissue and oragn and gland in the body.

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

Yes T3 does break down into T2 adn T1. But the iodine that is released

wsi what is neeed for your body to function so should not cause you any

problems. It is that iodine that keep s cancers away and keeps the

goiters away too. I have not truly understood the need for exogenous

iodine when you are taking thyroid hormones alread that are made of

iodine. THYROID is how the body utilizes the iodine in the body to do

it's work. Though I am not certain the actions and reactions have bene

tracked that far, it would explain why there is thyroid hormone in every

tissue and oragn and gland in the body.

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

I think the difference being that nickel hasn't been proven to be essential for

human

health, animals yes, but not humans.

Allergies are tricky, the threshold in particular. Just because one reacts to a

particular

substance doesn't necessarily mean that one particular substance is the allergy.

The body

has just met it's threshold at that point and starts to react. Just by removing

the item that

is thought to cause the reaction lowers the threshold but does not necessarily

mean that

you've solved the puzzle. Allergies, autoimmune problems, adrenal, thryoid,

hormone, etc.

all link to gut problems, all boiled down basically to toxicity. That boils

down to what we

put in our bodies for food, meds, supplements, personal care products, etc.

Allergies in

particular are related to dairy and gluten, eliminating those can bring about

huge changes

in one's health. The body doesn't attack itself for no reason. We are eating

things that

confuse our bodies, the similarities in some proteins in foods are confused by

the body

and cause the autoimmunity problem. The body makes a mistake IOW, confused by

the

similarity and starts attacking it's self. Casein proteins are related to

developing Type 1

diabetes, gluten proteins are related to developing Hashi's, etc. What you want

to do is

stop the attack of the immune system, not cover it up. That's what we do with

allergy

meds, it's not curing anything, it's simply covering up the problem. As Dr. Tim

O'Shea

states, you hear a rattle in the car as you're driving down the road, so you

turn up the

radio to cover up the noise. Might make the sound go away but it doesn't fix

the rattle.

This is a good read on allergies:

http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/allergies_reactivity.php

For more info, I highly recommend Dr. T's site:

http://www.thedoctorwithin.com

Excellent references for reading materials there also.

People can tell me all they want that addressing their diet hasn't done them any

good. It

won't convince me as I've seen first hand that it does work. Changing one's

diet is not

necessarily a quick fix. We've all been conditioned to believe that we can pop

a pill and

make everything better, it's what makes our medical system go around. Making

real

changes to a diet takes a while, sometimes a long while, it won't show up in a

couple of

days or maybe even not a few weeks or months. But if you stick with it, you'll

see changes

and then learn more that will help. EVERY cell in your body functions by what

you put in

your mouth and on your body. Why would we not address our diet first and

foremost?

That's enough for my soapbox today!! :-))

Linn

>

> Total BS. Haven't you also read that people cannot be hypothyroid with

> nornal TSH? I wish people would quit telling other people what they can

> and cannot be experiencing. Period.

[Guest guest]

I think the difference being that nickel hasn't been proven to be essential for

human

health, animals yes, but not humans.

Allergies are tricky, the threshold in particular. Just because one reacts to a

particular

substance doesn't necessarily mean that one particular substance is the allergy.

The body

has just met it's threshold at that point and starts to react. Just by removing

the item that

is thought to cause the reaction lowers the threshold but does not necessarily

mean that

you've solved the puzzle. Allergies, autoimmune problems, adrenal, thryoid,

hormone, etc.

all link to gut problems, all boiled down basically to toxicity. That boils

down to what we

put in our bodies for food, meds, supplements, personal care products, etc.

Allergies in

particular are related to dairy and gluten, eliminating those can bring about

huge changes

in one's health. The body doesn't attack itself for no reason. We are eating

things that

confuse our bodies, the similarities in some proteins in foods are confused by

the body

and cause the autoimmunity problem. The body makes a mistake IOW, confused by

the

similarity and starts attacking it's self. Casein proteins are related to

developing Type 1

diabetes, gluten proteins are related to developing Hashi's, etc. What you want

to do is

stop the attack of the immune system, not cover it up. That's what we do with

allergy

meds, it's not curing anything, it's simply covering up the problem. As Dr. Tim

O'Shea

states, you hear a rattle in the car as you're driving down the road, so you

turn up the

radio to cover up the noise. Might make the sound go away but it doesn't fix

the rattle.

This is a good read on allergies:

http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/allergies_reactivity.php

For more info, I highly recommend Dr. T's site:

http://www.thedoctorwithin.com

Excellent references for reading materials there also.

People can tell me all they want that addressing their diet hasn't done them any

good. It

won't convince me as I've seen first hand that it does work. Changing one's

diet is not

necessarily a quick fix. We've all been conditioned to believe that we can pop

a pill and

make everything better, it's what makes our medical system go around. Making

real

changes to a diet takes a while, sometimes a long while, it won't show up in a

couple of

days or maybe even not a few weeks or months. But if you stick with it, you'll

see changes

and then learn more that will help. EVERY cell in your body functions by what

you put in

your mouth and on your body. Why would we not address our diet first and

foremost?

That's enough for my soapbox today!! :-))

Linn

>

> Total BS. Haven't you also read that people cannot be hypothyroid with

> nornal TSH? I wish people would quit telling other people what they can

> and cannot be experiencing. Period.

[Guest guest]

I think the difference being that nickel hasn't been proven to be essential for

human

health, animals yes, but not humans.

Allergies are tricky, the threshold in particular. Just because one reacts to a

particular

substance doesn't necessarily mean that one particular substance is the allergy.

The body

has just met it's threshold at that point and starts to react. Just by removing

the item that

is thought to cause the reaction lowers the threshold but does not necessarily

mean that

you've solved the puzzle. Allergies, autoimmune problems, adrenal, thryoid,

hormone, etc.

all link to gut problems, all boiled down basically to toxicity. That boils

down to what we

put in our bodies for food, meds, supplements, personal care products, etc.

Allergies in

particular are related to dairy and gluten, eliminating those can bring about

huge changes

in one's health. The body doesn't attack itself for no reason. We are eating

things that

confuse our bodies, the similarities in some proteins in foods are confused by

the body

and cause the autoimmunity problem. The body makes a mistake IOW, confused by

the

similarity and starts attacking it's self. Casein proteins are related to

developing Type 1

diabetes, gluten proteins are related to developing Hashi's, etc. What you want

to do is

stop the attack of the immune system, not cover it up. That's what we do with

allergy

meds, it's not curing anything, it's simply covering up the problem. As Dr. Tim

O'Shea

states, you hear a rattle in the car as you're driving down the road, so you

turn up the

radio to cover up the noise. Might make the sound go away but it doesn't fix

the rattle.

This is a good read on allergies:

http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/allergies_reactivity.php

For more info, I highly recommend Dr. T's site:

http://www.thedoctorwithin.com

Excellent references for reading materials there also.

People can tell me all they want that addressing their diet hasn't done them any

good. It

won't convince me as I've seen first hand that it does work. Changing one's

diet is not

necessarily a quick fix. We've all been conditioned to believe that we can pop

a pill and

make everything better, it's what makes our medical system go around. Making

real

changes to a diet takes a while, sometimes a long while, it won't show up in a

couple of

days or maybe even not a few weeks or months. But if you stick with it, you'll

see changes

and then learn more that will help. EVERY cell in your body functions by what

you put in

your mouth and on your body. Why would we not address our diet first and

foremost?

That's enough for my soapbox today!! :-))

Linn

>

> Total BS. Haven't you also read that people cannot be hypothyroid with

> nornal TSH? I wish people would quit telling other people what they can

> and cannot be experiencing. Period.

[Guest guest]

>>I think the difference being that nickel hasn't been proven to be essential

for human

health, animals yes, but not humans. <<

Believe me, if animals need it, so do we. Our systems are more alike than

differnt. I hate hearing when people dismiss things because it is not proven to

be the same in human as animals. We ARE animals.. LOL

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

>>I think the difference being that nickel hasn't been proven to be essential

for human

health, animals yes, but not humans. <<

Believe me, if animals need it, so do we. Our systems are more alike than

differnt. I hate hearing when people dismiss things because it is not proven to

be the same in human as animals. We ARE animals.. LOL

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

>>I think the difference being that nickel hasn't been proven to be essential

for human

health, animals yes, but not humans. <<

Believe me, if animals need it, so do we. Our systems are more alike than

differnt. I hate hearing when people dismiss things because it is not proven to

be the same in human as animals. We ARE animals.. LOL

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

Great post, Linn. I agree about the toxicity. I know that is the bulk of my

issue.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

Allergies, autoimmune problems, adrenal, thryoid, hormone, etc.

all link to gut problems, all boiled down basically to toxicity. That

boils down to what we put in our bodies for food, meds, supplements,

personal care products, etc.

http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/allergies_reactivity.p

hp

For more info, I highly recommend Dr. T's site:

http://www.thedoctorwithin.com

That's enough for my soapbox today!! :-))

Linn

.

[Guest guest]

Not dismissing, I don't think the two are comparable.

Linn

> Believe me, if animals need it, so do we. Our systems are more alike than

differnt. I hate

hearing when people dismiss things because it is not proven to be the same in

human as

animals. We ARE animals.. LOL

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

>

[Guest guest]

Lynn my background is in veterinary medicaine. Internal organs of other

mammals are the same as ours except for size, and sligh tdifferences in

species for adaptation to different foods. This is why the hormones form

one animal work on another..liek pig thyroid for humans, and even mare

hormones for humans for eatrogen. but that is another argument. But one

thing I have learned we are more alike than different, and MOST things

apply to humans in medicine that apply to animals. Hormones work exactly

the same way. Enzymes and bacteria work the same way, and the endocrine

system is the same as well.

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

LOL, no I meant the iodine and nickel, not humans and animals. :-))

Linn

>

> Lynn my background is in veterinary medicaine. Internal organs of other

> mammals are the same as ours except for size, and sligh tdifferences in

> species for adaptation to different foods. This is why the hormones form

> one animal work on another..liek pig thyroid for humans, and even mare

> hormones for humans for eatrogen. but that is another argument. But one

> thing I have learned we are more alike than different, and MOST things

> apply to humans in medicine that apply to animals. Hormones work exactly

> the same way. Enzymes and bacteria work the same way, and the endocrine

> system is the same as well.

[Guest guest]

LOL, no I meant the iodine and nickel, not humans and animals. :-))

Linn

>

> Lynn my background is in veterinary medicaine. Internal organs of other

> mammals are the same as ours except for size, and sligh tdifferences in

> species for adaptation to different foods. This is why the hormones form

> one animal work on another..liek pig thyroid for humans, and even mare

> hormones for humans for eatrogen. but that is another argument. But one

> thing I have learned we are more alike than different, and MOST things

> apply to humans in medicine that apply to animals. Hormones work exactly

> the same way. Enzymes and bacteria work the same way, and the endocrine

> system is the same as well.

[Guest guest]

LOL, no I meant the iodine and nickel, not humans and animals. :-))

Linn

>

> Lynn my background is in veterinary medicaine. Internal organs of other

> mammals are the same as ours except for size, and sligh tdifferences in

> species for adaptation to different foods. This is why the hormones form

> one animal work on another..liek pig thyroid for humans, and even mare

> hormones for humans for eatrogen. but that is another argument. But one

> thing I have learned we are more alike than different, and MOST things

> apply to humans in medicine that apply to animals. Hormones work exactly

> the same way. Enzymes and bacteria work the same way, and the endocrine

> system is the same as well.

[Guest guest]

MsSquarepants wrote:

> Sol, if you are taking thyroid medication though, you are getting iodine.

Well, I KNOW that, didn't I say so?

> I think that is why people are confused when you say you are allergic to

> iodine.

Confusion only arises when people don't realize that for every allergy

in any person there is a " threshold " below which the histamine reaction

is not set off. I get plenty of iodine. I jsut need to keep it below my

reactive threshold. Which I basically can't do well enough to not need

at least one dose of antihistamine daily. When I get iodined beyond that

I need antihistamines much more often, and have to add in H2 blockers, etc.

I have read of other " essential " substances that cause allergy in

persons. And yeah, if the allergy is severe, and the person is very

sensitive, sometimes that means if they can't take enough anti-allergy

meds to stop the allergy, they die.

People have DIED of iodine allergy.

sol

[Guest guest]

MsSquarepants wrote:

> Sol, if you are taking thyroid medication though, you are getting iodine.

Well, I KNOW that, didn't I say so?

> I think that is why people are confused when you say you are allergic to

> iodine.

Confusion only arises when people don't realize that for every allergy

in any person there is a " threshold " below which the histamine reaction

is not set off. I get plenty of iodine. I jsut need to keep it below my

reactive threshold. Which I basically can't do well enough to not need

at least one dose of antihistamine daily. When I get iodined beyond that

I need antihistamines much more often, and have to add in H2 blockers, etc.

I have read of other " essential " substances that cause allergy in

persons. And yeah, if the allergy is severe, and the person is very

sensitive, sometimes that means if they can't take enough anti-allergy

meds to stop the allergy, they die.

People have DIED of iodine allergy.

sol

[Guest guest]

MsSquarepants wrote:

> Sol, if you are taking thyroid medication though, you are getting iodine.

Well, I KNOW that, didn't I say so?

> I think that is why people are confused when you say you are allergic to

> iodine.

Confusion only arises when people don't realize that for every allergy

in any person there is a " threshold " below which the histamine reaction

is not set off. I get plenty of iodine. I jsut need to keep it below my

reactive threshold. Which I basically can't do well enough to not need

at least one dose of antihistamine daily. When I get iodined beyond that

I need antihistamines much more often, and have to add in H2 blockers, etc.

I have read of other " essential " substances that cause allergy in

persons. And yeah, if the allergy is severe, and the person is very

sensitive, sometimes that means if they can't take enough anti-allergy

meds to stop the allergy, they die.

People have DIED of iodine allergy.

sol

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> Yes T3 does break down into T2 adn T1. But the iodine that is released

> wsi what is neeed for your body to function so should not cause you any

> problems. It is that iodine that keep s cancers away and keeps the

> goiters away too. I have not truly understood the need for exogenous

> iodine when you are taking thyroid hormones alread that are made of

> iodine.THYROID is how the body utilizes the iodine in the body to do

> it's work. Though I am not certain the actions and reactions have bene

> tracked that far, it would explain why there is thyroid hormone in every

> tissue and oragn and gland in the body.

>

Yes! that is all true! And it probably correlates with the fact I

have had to be MORE rigorous in my normal avoidance of sources of

iodine/iodide since going on thyroid meds and/or have had to take MORE

antihistamines to stop the histamine release stimulated by any excess. I

am on low iodine diet, not a zero iodine diet, which is impossible to do

anyway.

I think that is what I am not communicating well, I get plenty of

iodine, and now get more from thyroid hormone intake, requiring more

stringent measures to keep the rest of my intake below my histamine

reaction threshold. By one doctor's estimate the average american diet

(wahtever that is) contains 10 times the amount of iodine needed for

health and life.

AND comfirming what you wrote, I've noticed as I've raised my T3

dose, I'm more sensitive to sea salt than previously. I used to get away

with a little Real Salt for a few days before it caught up with me. But

now -- the last time I sprinkled a bit on my food, I started reacting

within 20-30 min.

sol

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wrote:

> Yes T3 does break down into T2 adn T1. But the iodine that is released

> wsi what is neeed for your body to function so should not cause you any

> problems. It is that iodine that keep s cancers away and keeps the

> goiters away too. I have not truly understood the need for exogenous

> iodine when you are taking thyroid hormones alread that are made of

> iodine.THYROID is how the body utilizes the iodine in the body to do

> it's work. Though I am not certain the actions and reactions have bene

> tracked that far, it would explain why there is thyroid hormone in every

> tissue and oragn and gland in the body.

>

Yes! that is all true! And it probably correlates with the fact I

have had to be MORE rigorous in my normal avoidance of sources of

iodine/iodide since going on thyroid meds and/or have had to take MORE

antihistamines to stop the histamine release stimulated by any excess. I

am on low iodine diet, not a zero iodine diet, which is impossible to do

anyway.

I think that is what I am not communicating well, I get plenty of

iodine, and now get more from thyroid hormone intake, requiring more

stringent measures to keep the rest of my intake below my histamine

reaction threshold. By one doctor's estimate the average american diet

(wahtever that is) contains 10 times the amount of iodine needed for

health and life.

AND comfirming what you wrote, I've noticed as I've raised my T3

dose, I'm more sensitive to sea salt than previously. I used to get away

with a little Real Salt for a few days before it caught up with me. But

now -- the last time I sprinkled a bit on my food, I started reacting

within 20-30 min.

sol