Iodoral (High Potency Iodine/Potassium Iodide Supplement) 90 Tablets

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Product Dimensions: 2.7 x 1.3 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B000WG3FU4
UPC: 140970000003

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Iodine is an necessary element. Even though its principal function is in the production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland, other organs in the body have a need for iodine in order to function usually (four). Various reports have demonstrated a relationship between low iodine intake and fibrocystic illness of the breast (FDB), both in girls and laboratory animals (1,two). The minimal amount of iodine essential for control and prevention of FDB is equivalent to .1mg/kg body weight/day. For instance, for a 50 kg lady, the each day amount of iodine would be five mg. The thyroid gland wants iodide to function correctly. The original study accomplished 80 years ago to control goiter in adolescent girls utilised 9 mg iodide everyday (3). Through the early 1900's, the iodine/iodide remedy referred to as Lugol answer was made use of extensively, proficiently and safely in medical practice, for both low activity and above regular activity of the thyroid gland (4). The advised every day intake for iodine supplementation was 2 to 6 drops of Lugol remedy containing 12.five to 37.five mg total iodide. That amount was mentioned as lately as 1995 in a book on Pharmaceutical Sciences (5). Many investigators have shown convincing evidence connecting inadequate iodine intake and breast cancer (6). Japanese ladies living in Japan consumed a everyday average of 13.8 mg total elemental iodine and they experience one particular of the lowest prevalence (threat) for breast, ovarian and uterine cancer (6). In the 1960's, one slice of bread in the USA contained the complete RDA of .15 mg iodine. The threat for breast cancer was then 1 in 20 (7). More than the final 2 decades, iodine was replaced by bromine in the bread making procedure. Bromine blocks thyroid function and might possibly interfere with the anticancer impact of iodine on the breast (four). Now, the risk for breast cancer is 1 in 8 and increasing 1% per year (7).The RDA limits for vitamins and minerals were established following Planet War II. One particular of the last essential elements included in the RDA program was iodine,