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| | | | The name Iodine comes from the Greek word ioeides, meaning violet colored. It is a striking, dense, violet vapor whose properties include: acrid taste, non metallic, bluish-black to blue-violet color, negative electrical charge, atomic weight is 126, water soluble. Oxygen and hydrogen unite readily with the violet element to form iodic acid.* Iodine is most abundant in ocean water, some mineral waters, sea animals and vegetation, land dwelling plants, waters from rivers, in thyroid gland secretions and in some food substances. Most ordinary foods do not contain iodine; food which do, contain only minute amounts.* | | |
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| | | | | Iodine Can Neutralize Toxins | | | Modern science has determined that iodine is present in thyroid gland secretions and is vital to normal brain function. It is also found to be necessary for neutralizing specific toxic substances in the body. Unfortunately, our current modes of milling, refining, manufacturing and processing foods remove iodine as well as many other vital elements. Some ailments are thought to be the direct result of iodine deficiency.*. | | | | | | Iodine Is Vital For Thyroid Function | | | It is known that iodine is directly attributed to iodine shortage. It is also known that the secretion of the thyroid gland enhances assimilation of calcium, silicon, fluorine, chlorine and other biochemical elements. Calcium is destined for bones depends on a good thyroid secretion for proper assimilation; iodine deficiency produces weakened bone metabolism; the nervous system, including the brain, is also weakened. A diet lacking trace iodine weakens the thyroid function; this leads to formation of albuminous toxins which affect the brain and nervous system adversely. When unneutralized albumin toxins enter the brain, the blood, the nervous system and the rest of the body may become intoxicated.* | | | | | | Animal Toxicity Can Be Passed On To Humans | | | Beef shipped in the Fall contains three times as much iodine as that shipped between December and May. Slaughter animals fed an abundance of commercial food preparations are saturated with toxins. This toxicity can be passed on to humans.* | | | | | | Processed Foods Weaken Thyroid Gland | | | Person who ensure an adequate supply of iodine in their diet usually do not develop goiter, scrofula (Tuberculous Adenitis), brain autointoxication, nervous ailments, poor bone and brain metabolism, etc. Conversely, those living extensively on meat, starch, refined, manufactured and preserved foods. albumin-rich foods (is used to thicken or add texture to processed foods), devitaminized and demineralized foods can irritate and weaken or even incapacitate the thyroid gland.* | | | | | | Iodine Aids Metabolism | | | Iodine, concentrated in the thyroid gland, is the guard against harmful toxins entering the brain and other parts of the body; the blood should pass through the thyroid every hour and a half. In addition, iodine aids phosphorus assimilation (phosphorus is thought to be essential for an alert and sharp mind). Metabolism is increased by iodine and this is imperative for efficiency of anabolism and catabolism (assimilation and breaking down of foodstuffs for metabolism). Iodine causes pulse rate to be increased, arterial pressure lowered, respiration increased; it increases quantity of urine and utilization of oxygen and improves assimilation of certain mineral salts - especially calcium. Sufficient iodine (for thyroid secretion) prevents myxedemia (skin and tissue disorder usually due to hypothyroidism) catarrh buildup, flabby and soft tissue, soft bones, idiocy, dry skin and hair, thick, scaly skin and an ungainly body. Exophthalmic goiter (hyperthyroidism associated with a diffuse hyperplastic goiter resulting from production of an antibody directed against the thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH] receptor), as are cartical disorders and menstrual complications, and even glandular imbalances and scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymph nodes of the neck).* | | | | | | Glands Need Iodine | | | Any gland concerned with neutralization of toxins depends partly upon the thyroid secretion. Even the spleen needs iodine, as does the liver. Plentiful iodine can guarantee that sores and ulcers are rare and easily healed when they appear. The uterus needs iodine; so do heart linings, mental functions and toxins and acids generated by body processes. Lack of iodine is a possible contributing factor to retarded growth in children, poor bone development, bad teeth, dull mental faculties and poor elimination. Metabolism of calcium, fluorine and other biochemical elements is made more effective by ample thyroid secretion. Though rare, excessive doses of thyroid extract can produce hyperthyroidism. If the doses are normal, body weight is reduced, fat and proteins dissolved, more oxygen demanded, assimilation improved, more nitrogen and phosphorus excreted in the urine, more carbon dioxide expelled through the lungs.* | | | |
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| | | | | | Iodine Excess A Rarity | | | There is very little danger of an over-amount of iodine from foods, inasmuch as only traces are present in them. In fact, most foods lack iodine completely. Drug iodine and iodine added to drinking water are more likely to be detrimental as they are unorganized forms which are not biochemic and therefore not assimilable by the body. Three grains of crystal or drug iodine can produce iodine poisoning in some individuals; iodine poisoning is characterized by edema of the tongue, mucous membrane collapse, respiratory afflictions, brain intoxication, excessive saliva, throat constriction, albuminuria, anuria and, in extreme cases, death.* | | | | | | Iodine Excess Persons Are Extremely Nervous | | | Persons suffering from too much iodine are fearful and concerned about their future to the point of becoming neurotic; they are extremely nervous in temperament and movement; they are anxious about job, health, prosperity, adverse conditions, changes or anything relating to the future. Cardiac neurosis and hypertensive nerves can develop. Nerves experience pricks to the surface; eyeballs have a protruding pressure or actually protrude from the sockets; eyeballs seem too large; distance vision is good and near vision poor, with abnormal sensitivity in the retina. Nerve and brain tissues are irritated and on edge.* | | | | | | Iodine Excess Can Cause Over Sensitivity To The Heart | | | This would be overly-sensitive emotions, movements, everyday happenings with palpitations and hearing alternately poor and sharp. Thirst and hunger are extreme, then appetite can almost disappear. Nerves often twitch in spasms and respiration is speeded up. Vigorous action brings on chills, flushes, heat waves, compressive scalp feelings, thirst, hunger, perspiration, skin dryness, stabbing pains alternating regularly. Nerve tremor is a result of waking in shortness of breath or breathing difficulty. Insomnia may be a symptom. A sudden jarring of the head produces painful vibration of the nerves, head and eyes, and even temporary partial anemia and paleness, heart palpitation, neck stiffness, pain sensation of the scalp and heart. When lying prone, the right side is preferred because the left side bothers the heart. Sense of touch is acute. Restlessness and emotional turmoil may manifest. Tingling vibrations shoot through nerves like sonic waves. Changes of weather bring on unpleasant sensations of the eyes and eyelids, especially in the nerves. Morning headaches may be a plague in the lower part of the back of the head, moving up to the temple region and then stopping in the eyes - usually the left eye.* | | | | | | Certain Types More Sensitive To Iodine | | | Characteristics distinctive of iodine excess or poisoning are neuralgia, alternating and unilateral, usually settling in the left side. Prime effects are on the heart linings, uterine linings, retina, sensory nerves, some motor nerves and plexuses, the eyes, not to mention the thyroid gland. Persons suffering from anemia, diabetes, old-age symptoms, those who tend toward albuminuria and predominant starch metabolism, emotional and weak-hearted types are overly sensitive to iodine - either in excess or deficiency, whether in drug form or biochemic (as found in foods).* | | | |
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| | | | | Extreme Nervousness A Major Sign | | | A major indication of iodine hunger is an extremely nervous condition. Dreamlike stupor and weakness of intellectual faculties causing lack of direction and control; tendency to cry easily and excessively; saliva streaming from mouth; parched thirst but little water at a time consumed; gasping occasionally for air as if suffocating; stiffness from motion, especially in neck muscles; arm tension; pounding head; numb fingers; stinging in temples; alternating hot and cold waves over skin; dry palms alternating with sweating or same symptoms in the head; quest for fresh air and abhorrence for closed, warm, stuffy rooms; flashes of sharp pains in the head and nerves; feeling that something has been neglected, forgotten or left unfinished - which prevent contentment and peace; hearing deteriorating; sense of odor missing; worry when stomach is empty; heart palpitation from work, walking or other sensitivity.* | | | | | | Behavior May Seem Childlike | | | Other indications of iodine shortage may be childlike behavior, foolish and immature actions and notions. At other times, though less often, violent, impossible to please, cruel, dangerous and unreasonable or jealous. Mind functions are not indicated by facial expression; they impress other as harmless, jolly, innocent and agreeable. Eyes tend to roll and squint; speech may be garbled and unclear, as if the tongue were partially incapacitated. As a result, the inability to self-direct mentally, the iodine deficient person does not have normal use of senses, eyes, fingers - causing objects to be dropped. One might exhibit indifference, stupidity, dullness and lack of normal understanding, intellectual reasoning, consciousness and thought patterns. They might appear to be in a daze even when awake, muttering to themselves in a harmless manner. Actions are child-like, concentrating on trifles, obsessed with details of things most people would hardly notice. The brain is unable to function normally; it is degenerating, softening like a paste or becoming watery. The gait is awkward with difficulty controlling the feet, especially at the first steps; jumping is clumsy and so is running. An innocent, happy expression belies the true state of nervousness, restlessness and changeability.* | | | | | | Iodine Deficiency Leads To Cell Destruction | | | As has been stated, iodine starvation may result in pathology and retrogressive cell destruction, especially noted in the brain. Albuminous toxins are neutralized by iodine in many parts of the body. The skin alternates between dryness and stickiness. Warm, humid, sultry air can make breathing difficult. Wheezing, arm numbness, spitting of blood, rectal bleeding and bleeding gums and overly relaxed sensations in the body may manifest. When iodine reserves are exhausted, cells in the brain and other parts of the body destroy themselves. A person may show evidence of poor comprehension in studies, enlarged lymph glands, myxomatous degeneration (aortic valve disease with annular dilatation), stupidity, fatty degeneration. Lymph glands can become soft and movable or doughy. The blood is loaded with unneutralized toxins which are carried to the brain and other parts of the body. The brain is not oxygenated properly, resulting in anxiety states, inclination to mutter, slow comprehension, crying, false state of cheerfulness, swelling, eruption, primary anemia, scrofula, ulceration of arteries, head colds with discharge, chronic catarrh (mucous), spinal meningocele (protrusion of cerebrospinal fluid and meninges [covering layers of the spinal cord and brain - spina bifida]), locomotive ataxia (defective muscular coordination), insanity, arterial softening, spinal cord softening, degenerative bronchitis, scrotism, speech difficulty (especially pronunciation) and difficulty with phonics, cephalic coryza (head cold), idiocy and mental retardation. Retarded children may be born to a mothers completely lacking in iodine. Pleurisy, edema, strumitis (inflammation of thyroid with goiter), scrotal edema, sterility, miscarriage and spontaneous abortion, chronic glandular imbalance, corpulence, inner ear adhesions, scabby catarrh of the head and nose, bronchial pneumonia, pneumonia with cerebral complications, scrofula of larynx, trachea and adenoids, hydrocephalus (increased accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid with the ventricles of the brain) are other disease conditions that may appear.* | | | |
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| | | | | Nova Scotia kelp and dulse head the list of iodine-rich foods. Other are: agar, artichokes, asparagus, bass, beans (butter, fresh, kidney, snap), blueberries, brussel's sprouts, cardamom, carrots, chervil, chives, coconut, cucumber, eggplant, fish, fish roe, garlic, goat cottage cheese, goat milk whey, green peppers, green turtle, haddock, halibut, herring, kale, leaf lettuce, logan berries, mustard greens, oats (steel cut), okra, onions (green), oysters (raw), peanuts, perch, pike, potatoes (sweet), quail, rutabaga, seaweed, silver salmon, sole, spinach (New Zealand), squash (summer), strawberries, swiss chard, tofu, tomato (ripe), trout, tuna fish, turnips, turnip greens, watercress, watermelon | | |
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