I see a Dr. David Brownstein an alternative doctor in Michigan. He has written eight books two of them are about Iodine and sea salt.
He says Iodine and salt are very low in our diets.
He recommends Lugol's Iodine (a prescription ) and a Celtic Sea Salt from a mine in
Brittany France.
The salt does not have any Iodine.
Something I do daily.
Dosages are half teaspoon of the salt and 20 drops of the Iodine daily.
Just part of my routine.
I would agree with you on the iodine....I add Morton's salt with iodine to some of my meals...but I also use the Himalayan pink salt as well...what's the deal with the Celtic sea salt...does it have a mineral the other salts do not?
It has the 82 trace elements and Dr. Brownstein thinks it is best. Also, the amount of Iodine in table salt is very little and the salt is bleached and does not contain all of the trace elements.
Yeah...I've read about the trace elements...but the key word is trace and the result is that there is very little trace of these elements to have any benefit..if a benefit exists at all.
I think the thought is our blood is close to sea water and we are just making sure we get these trace elements I guess.
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-Patrick
How did the iodine supplementation make you feel after taking them a few weeks? Any different? How about thyroid test results?
What are you taking it for? Thyroid problems? Some people are allergic, and if your kidneys are malfunctioning, this is something to avoid (they require tests for creatinine clearance before the iodine contrast is given for a CT scan.)
Good question. It is recommended by the doctor since we are low in Iodine. I do not add salt or cook with it or add to foods. I am going to stop it till after my PSMA scan I am doing may 14. thanks for the response.
We all look for the magic bullet. Of the 20 or so men that I have known 70 or so years. Half have prostate cancer. Some have died of it and many died of other things. In the 50's and 60's we were testing the bomb. Remember when you could not eat the cranberries since a bomb cloud rained on the cranberry bogs in Minnesota? I and my friends all lived in Detroit and so what is the common denominator of this decease. Just thinking that Iodine may protect us. They say the ratio is one in five will get this. For my experience it is one in two at best. Just thoughts.
I think your horse has left the barn.
Had to cut grass around the barn. Glad to be back.
20 DROPS!!! What strength is the Lugol's? I thought I was pushing it at 4 drops of 7.5%. How many mg of iodine are you shooting for?
I live in Brittany with a Bretonne wife and chatte, that is a female cat in French by the way, it is also something else feminine, so not a word to bandy around unless your meaning is clear!
You do not get sea salt from a mine, you get rock salt from a mine, sea salt by definition has to come from the sea.
The flavour of sea salt is dependent on the grade; fleur de sel is white, very pure sodium chloride and tastes like salt, sel gris is grey and contains significant trace elements, it has a saltier, slightly bitter flavour.
I would be a bit careful with salt, particularly if you are on ADT, as it can cause enhanced blood pressure and that is not good. Bretons and Bretonnes are notorious for overdoing salt and they do have slightly enhanced blood pressure on average.
We have this lovely salted butter that has little crystals in it, great on hot toast, you get the melted butter and the little crystals as well, but it is best advised to take it in moderation.
Putting a pile of salt on your plate to dip your radishes or green onions in before eating is also a regional habit.
I would say that you are going a bit overboard with the iodine, if you have good kidney function, etc then it may not do you any harm, it will just pass out in your urine.
We eat quite a lot of fish including mussels and oysters so I suspect that the average Breton's iodine intake is far more than is required for normal thyroid function.
Hi Georges,
I grew up in Plymouth, England - a mere 159 miles north of the Brittany coast (159,000 miles since Brexit) & so grew up on the same seafood, to some extent. But here in the mountains of North Carolina, U.S., we are 1,250 miles from the best shellfish caught in northern waters. I haven't seen a live lobster since we moved here and I hate to think how long it took for the oysters to arrive.
Seafood doesn't figure much in the traditional local diet. Luckily for the old families, iodine was added to salt about a hundred years ago. These days, the health-conscious avoid salt and iodine insufficiency is probably common again.
I envy you your access to good seafood - if not your climate. The product Iodoral is considered to be a safe alternative to a dozen Belon, Rivière d'Etel, Croisic, Quiberon, Pernef, or Golfe du Morbihan twice a week.
Best, -Patrick
You are correct. This brand of salt is mined by hand. The brand is Celtic Sea Salt. See celticseasalt.com It is a light grey Celtic. Words off the package. Our cat is named Posy. Means a small bouquet of flowers.I like the word bandy. Thanks for the warning for blood pressure. In Michigan where I live there was a goiter problem 100 years ago since the soil is void of Iodine. This is about when they started to iodize the table salt. i think you would use a salt free butter. Think I will try this. Appears to be a great addition to our diets for getting the nutrients of the salt.
Greeting Georges, I want to thank you for giving me a new french word (CHATTE) that I can call my ex-wife...
Merci beaucoup.
Good Luck,Good Health and Good Humor.
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Seaweeds are another option. Capsules of powdered kelp has all of the trace elements too. Much more tasty is fresh or pickled seaweed salad. Kanpai
How did the iodine supplementation make you feel after taking them a few weeks? Any different? How about thyroid test results?
I cannot say since I have been taking it for years. It may be a small part of why I am still here.
I cannot tell since I have been taking it now for many years. I have recently increased the dosage to 30 drops.
what does 30 drops equate to in milligrams? I have a sea iodine tablet from life extension that is a 1mg dose = 667% of RDA for iodine.
The solution is a 5%. Called Lugols iodine. I am not sure how to covert to RDA. I will look into the answer.
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