The RDA for iodine is about 135 micro grams. But some of us need anywhere from 12'000 to 50'000 micro grams a day. Practically all Doctors ignore iodine. How will they know you're deficient if the RDA isn't even correct? One way of testing is by doing an iodine loading testI know people that have thyroid test and are told everything is fine....but they are severely iodine deficient! Doctors are clueless on this one unless you see an iodine Doctor.
Take note of this statement:
Iodine purifies water and it does the same job on the bloodstream. Iodine purifies the complete bloodstream of the body (something the Thyroid does every 17 minutes) meaning sufficient levels of iodine, especially in children, keeps the body free of pathogens, no vaccines needed!
Simply put, there is no bacteria, virus, or other microorganism that can survive or adapt to an iodine-rich environment.
Therefore this is why I always ask about existing iodine levels of the entire body. If you have not been supplementing with any iodine, you are likely deficient because our food contains barely any. It can take months to become iodine sufficient with daily supplementation, sometimes years.
drsircus.com/iodine/main-reasons-iodine-supplementation-essential/?fbclid=IwAR0-56ODJBKb0LC1Se_lq4M78j_wMNRcATbmnbnZC0PanF73z0hWDDE4tUQ
thyroiduk.org/11-great-questions-about-iodine-answered/
Will my doctor do an iodine test?It is quite likely that your NHS GP will not do a test because the Department of Health advisers state that you should be able to get all the iodine you need by eating a varied and balanced diet.34
I can't imagine it would be that different elsewhere. A varied and balanced diet would never give you the iodine you need in today's toxic environment.
Iodine loading testIn an iodine loading test, iodine sufficiency is determined by comparing the amount of Iodine taken to the amount excreted in the urine.30 After ingesting a specified oral dose of iodine, urine is collected for 24 hours and iodide levels are then measured. Because taking iodine is not good for certain people, you should always discuss having this test with your healthcare practitioner.If the body has sufficient iodine, most of the ingested iodine will be excreted in the urine. The more deficient in iodine the body is, the less iodine will be excreted in the urine. Whole body iodine sufficiency is reached when 90% or more of the ingested amount is excreted in the urine.The 24 Hour iodine loading test is not available on the NHS in the UK but is
available via Regenerus Laboratories
. However, there is some evidence that this test does not provide a realistic assessment of an individual’s whole body iodine sufficiency or deficiency due to flaws in the methodology and the use of an arbitrary excretion cut-off point.31,32