I saw this post weeks back, and I didn't reply. I wanted to share my experience with iodine. I started using it in early 2008 when I learned it was beneficial in curing cancer, specifically non-Hodgkins lymphoma--which I had.
In 2003, I had started a large intake of chlorinated tap water to do the "water cure" to treat or minimize a depression I was in. Within a year, a growth emerged on my left nipple (I'm male)--nothing painful, just huge and unusual. Shortly after a diagnosis of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, it was surgically removed, with no recurrences. My lifestyle changed, so the water intake did too.
Anyway, in 2008 I was made aware of iodine. I studied heavily at
www.curezone.com, in the iodine forum. As I studied, I learned that chlorine displaced iodine from our bodies. I started consuming iodine, and the well-known bromide detox began. I was ugly with my wife every time I consumed it. It took about 3 months for me to take all necessary precautions, but here's what worked.
Each time I took iodine (Lugol's) I'd:
drink 8-12 oz. of water with 1/4 tsp. of sea salt (every 30 min. until profuse urination starts--this cleared out the bromides quickly--
VERY necessary.
1000 mg Vit. C
1000 mg magnesium
IMPORTANT--200-400mg of selenium--until I took this I was constantly
ANGRY. Iodine loosens up mercury stored in fat deposits and elsewhere, and it circulated, causing me foul, foul moods. I was dangerous emotionally. Selenium doesn't chelate mercury, but it binds it up, minimizing it's manifestations temporarily. I even notice now if I'm a little off, taking some selenium is like putting a damper on my emotional reactions. I'm married, and I remember thinking "something's wrong with my wife because she's not ready to fight too". I had more energy, yes, but I was a loose canon.
Again, I'll let it be known that iodine does
NOT chelate mercury, it merely binds it up. I still have 3/4 of my amalgams in, so I can only keep the damage at bay. 3 months after I get all my metal out, I'll start chelating, but now---NO. (I have experience with that--BAD experience--but that is another story.)
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Alfred
