Iack of iodine caused huge issues in me and I never even recognised it. I gave up iodised salt and opted for healthy rock salt. The loss of iodine from that, caused over time, a sense of not being able to function. I considered it was just part and parcel of my usual sickness, which is why being ill permanently is such a bad thing because if something DOES happen, you often don't recognise it for what it is.

So, though I knew things felt worse than normal, I considered it was just the sickness. I had no idea the loss of iodine was causing so much damage. Even my hair went very dry due to the loss of iodine.

I take supplements now, and my supplement powder has potassium iodide in it. It started to help me and though I'm still ill of course, I can tell the difference from having increased iodine.

Problem is, here in new zealand we do not have enough iodine or selenium in our foods/soil. It is very very bad and they even removed iodine from bread. Now it's becoming an epidemic again and they're adding iodine back into bread. So I was obviously not the only one suffering from lack of iodine!

It's not fun to suffer with this and they say you get goiter from it (swelling in the throat area)...I never had that, so it was not recognised what was wrong!

It is very sad that seafood is so contaminated now. I don't even think I can handle salmon from alaska, even though it's supposedly the safer option.....