Where Did All the Iodine Go?

What has happened to our iodine in the last half century? In the 1960’s, iodine was added to our bread dough. This was a good thing, since one slice of bread gave you your recommended daily allowance.

Unfortunately, twenty years later, the National Institute of Health came to believe we were getting too much iodine. This idea was not based on any credible scientific evidence.

In 1980, iodine was removed from bread and was replaced by bromide. This was highly unfortunate, as bromide is toxic. It purges iodine from your body. Bromide is found in bread, Gatorade, swimming pools, fire retardant, carpets, furniture, nail polish, and make-up, to name a few items you’re in contact with on a daily basis.

Bromide toxicity is the underlying cause of the rise in breast cancer. Bromide has been banned in Europe, but not in the United States.

HELP! Does anyone know of an antidote for bromide toxicity? After reading this post, you will know!

In addition, we have depleted iodine from our soils, so our foods have much less of this micro-nutrient that our bodies demand to function at their highest level. Some areas near the ocean have moderate levels of iodine in the soil; however, the further inland you go, less and less exists in the soil.

For reasons that are difficult to explain, an irrational resistance to iodine has emerged in the medical establishment. In 2002, in his treatise on administering iodine, Dr. Guy Abraham coined the term “iodophobia” to describe this. Specifically, many conventional medical doctors think iodine is damaging to the thyroid.

However, this could not be further from the truth. This misguided rhetoric has been disproved by the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have benefited greatly from this nutrient being added to their hormone optimization program.

Iodine protects the thyroid!