At the time, not only I was dealing with high levels of Candida overgrowth but I had a very big sore lump on my left breast (Fibrocystic breast). My periods were heavy to the point that large blood clots were discharging all at once making it almost impossible to manage this time of the month without accidents.

Being in my early 40s, apparently healthy, eating the right foods (ok maybe eating a few too many sweets! hence Candida overgrowth overtime), physically active, teaching & practicing yoga, hiking, gardening, there was no reason for me to be this way physically at my age. I knew I had I had to look into this and take care of myself!

Within one day of taking iodine I felt 100% better; my lethargy and lack of energy was gone, my moods were uplifted, physical and mental sluggishness none existent, I slept deeper and better, the aches and pains in my body disappeared. Sweets craving gone, and my symptoms of Candida were improving each day. I even stopped craving potato chips (which I loved), cheese, and breads (which Candida Albican loves). After one month my lump on my left breast completely disappeared, the soreness was gone and the enlargement completely gone in 3 months.

I took the Iodine for 4 – 6 months then stopped as I felt good and healthy. (Don’t ask me why I thought I should stop the nutritional supplement since it worked so well!).

One year later I realized I needed to get back on Iodine.

I was having some serious issues with my spine and the left side of my body. My left hip was very painful especially at night. My cervical spine (C-1 & C3) was always misaligned and wouldn’t hold in place which gave me some serious pain throughout the body and kept me feeling tired. I was seeing my chiropractor 3 times a week for several months, I was getting great relief but my adjustments wouldn’t hold for very long.

Within one week on Iodine regiment, my pains and aches diminished drastically and I soon only needed chiropractic care once a week!

After one week I had no more pain on my left hip bone, but if I were to miss my dose of Iodine I would suffer the consequences. I noted that the pain lessened overtime when I missed taking a few drops.

I had been loosing a noticeable amount of hair (luckily I was born with lots of very thick hair so could spare a lot and it doesn’t really show except to me) over the past 3 yrs, after taking Iodine, these clumps of hair stopped falling and I could see lots of new hair growth around my forehead.

I lost all the fat around my waistline effortlessly in contradistinction to being unable to loose any of it the preceding years even with my physical activities.

My bowel movement had multiply into 3 or 4 a day instead of 1. And now have regulated themselves to about 2/day or after each meals.

After 1 month on the regiment, my cervical spine is now holding strong and my upper back /left shoulder pains were almost gone (feeling loose and open in that area). I am now working on retraining my left hip and left knee to stay in the right alignment after 30 years of being off due to a childhood injury. And all seems to be moving in the right direction as I keep seeing my chiropractor, practice yoga to retrain my body, and use the right supplementation.

As I experimented with Iodine, I noticed it worked best taking it several times a day instead of once a day. It has less of a detoxification effects and is more effective in providing the iodine needed to the glands, organs, bones and tissues throughout the day.

After 2 months, I now have lowered my dosage to 3 drops 2 or 3X daily of Nascent Iodine (One drop = 400mcg of iodine, 12 drops = 4800 mcg = 4.8mg) and do extremely well with it. If I feel a little tiredness or pain I add a drop or two during the day.

Not for an over-active thyroid (Hyperthyroidism), which is a condition where the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone either in a short period of time (acute) or long term (chronic).

This can be treated with the right nutrition for 6 months to a year, just like most other health issues, including auto-immune diseases & cancers (see Gerson Institute, Dr. Gabriel Cousens,..). Please refer to Dr. Brownstein’s book for more details on weaning yourself off medication and other protocols, and use instead this natural dietary supplement: “Iodine: Why You Need It; Why You Can’t Live Without It”

According to Dr. David Brownstein few patients have problems with hyperthyroid (producing too much hormones). You will only find out when you take Iodine. Or have a physician who practices applied kinesiology and muscle test you for the dietary supplement.

This is why you always want to start with low amounts (1 drop of 2% iodine) and build up to 12 – 13 mg / daily if you do well with it (the national intake of iodine through foods by Japanese people). Be advised that this dosage is 100 X the RDA recommendations, it is a holistic regiment.

My preferred Iodine and most effective is

1. Nascent Iodine. It is a consumable form of iodine in its atomic form rather than its molecular form (such as Lugol’s) Note: not to be confused with Potassium Iodide which is used in case of nuclear explosion (like currently in Japan) and being immediately exposed to the radiation when living nearby. Potassium Iodide is only to be used for a short period of time – 3 – 4 days, that’s it!

Nascent Iodine is paramagnetic meaning that the iodine atoms can hold an electromagnetic charge.  Nascent Iodine has a huge energy release when consumed.  This "charged" state is held by the atom until diluted in water and consumed, whereby it gradually loses energy over a 2-3 hour time span (another reason why you should take smaller dose of iodine throughout the day vs. all at once). During this time, Nascent Iodine is recognized by the body as the same iodine that is produced by the thyroid and is absorbed effortlessly by the body.

2. Lugol’s Solution. A more common source of iodine which works great too. 2% solution = 2.5 mg per drop (12.5 mg = 5 drops also equal to one Iodoral pill).
3. Iodoral. A tablet form iodine. One tablet is equivalent to 12.5mg which is the average intake by Japanese people per day through sea vegetables.
4. Sea foods. Iodine richest foods are in sea vegetables with kelp being the richest (granules have 8165 mcg/gm). Kelp or Kombu has about 2500 mcg/mg and Hijiki 629 mcg/gm. Other types of seaweeds are much lower as well as ocean fish and shellfish (unfortunately, we can no longer consume these in large amounts without receiving large amounts of mercury, or bromide, and chloride the reason being is that iodine gets displaced by these chemicals and heavy metals in animals and vegetables just like it does in us!)
5. Other foods. Unfortunately because of our depleted soils with the use of chemicals in modern farming for the last 50 yrs, iodine in soil and therefore in vegetables have been heavily depleted. The most potent are: spinach, potato, fennel, Jerusalem artichoke, hyssop. And even lower amounts of iodine yet are from poultry, eggs, and certain liver in beef. Iodized salt is not a good source + it has anti caking agent, and has been processed. By real sea salt instead with no additives of any kind.

With the increased security scanning at airports, Cat Scans in medical practices, radiation cancer treatment, and all new technology like cell phones, computers, TV, microwave, cell phone towers, as well as nuclear disasters (Hiroshima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Fukushima, and many more we are not told about) all contribute to new levels of radiation in each person each day and accumulates over decades in our body, making iodine even more essential as a dietary supplement.

The long term effect from airport full body scan is more than government agencies want to tell us: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1290527/Airport-body-scanners-deliver-radiation-dose-20-times-higher-thought.html .

Another major concern is cell phones, they emit electromagnetic radiation. Radiation is radiation and when the body is exposed to radiation the body will experience medical problems. When the body has an iodine deficiency its ability to protect itself from exposure to radiation is greatly reduced. You can wait and see what future studies will reveal regarding the effects of radiation emitted by cell phone, or take the precaution now and get healthy iodine levels back in your body. The lever of electromagnetic radiation has increased over 200% over the past 50 years.

Since Fukushima the radiation levels of fallouts continue to rise and spread across North America. Radiation has been detected in US milk products at nearly 300% of EPA maximums. Importantly, milk is produced by cows eating grass, and milk is an indicator of how radiation can get concentrated up the food chain, if the milk is radioactive, then what about the beef? http://www.naturalnews.com/032179_Fukushima_zeolites.html

The EPA has increased the considered safe levels of radiation in the atmosphere to match the levels that we are experiencing now in the world.

In truth there are no safe levels of radiation in your body. It takes a few decades to show its devastating effects in our health and because it is not visible with sight, nor can it be touched or smelled we can honestly call it an invisible killer.

These types of radiation being released in the atmosphere will not go unnoticed by your body even though it is “invisible”. To protect yourself from some of these radiations and make sure your thyroid gland keeps working properly you will want to have a good supply of Iodine in your medicine cabinet and take it daily NOW. Your levels of iodine must be at there highest for your body to function properly and fight back.

We all need iodine to survive, it is essential for human physiology, so our health is dependent on its presence in sufficient quantities.

That means that iodine will help prevent radiation of all kinds from tearing our health down. You will also need to supplement with magnesium, selenium, sulfur, bicarbonate, vitamin C, Vitamin D, chlorella, spirulina, superfood formulas like Rejuvenate, bentonite clay, chelators like Zeolite (Clinetilolyte source) Natural Cellular Defense: www.mywaiora.com/160660 , Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA), and intestinal formulas loaded with apple pictin, NAC (N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine) along with many others will help mitigate radioactive cellular damage and help eliminate radioactive particles from the body. Edible Clay is essential as is really pure water and lots of it.

(These overall dietary supplements suggestions can be found across the board through highly respected Doctors in the natural health industry such as Dr. Gabriel Cousens MD, ND, from the Tree Of Life Rejuvenation Center. By Dr. Mark A. Sircus, OMD, by Dr. Mercola DO, Mike Adams Holistic Nutritionist, and many other health fanatics with no credentials but that have been involved with health & wellness for decades).