Optimox - Iodoral High Potency Iodine/Potassium Iodide Supplement - 90

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Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
ASIN: B003ZXTJYW

Price : $19.99

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Optimox Iodoral High Potency Iodine/Potassium IodideSupplement 12.5 mg - 90 Tablets Optimox Iodoral a high potency iodine/potassium iodide supplement. Iodoral promotes healthful thyroid, skin and cellular growth.1 12.five mg. tablet of Iodoral supplies an amount of total elemental iodine, comparable to the average day-to-day intake of this important element by mainland Japanese, a population with a really low prevalence of fibrocystic disease of the breast and breast cancer. Iodine is an important element. Even though its major function is in the production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland, other organs in the body have a will need for iodine in order to function commonly. A number of research have demonstrated a relationship between low iodine intake and fibrocystic disease of the breast (FDB), each in women and laboratory animals. The minimum quantity of iodine essential for control and prevention of FDB is equivalent to .1mg/kg body weight/day. For example, for a 50 kg woman, the daily quantity of iodine would be five mg. The thyroid gland desires iodide to function adequately. The original study done 80 years ago to control goiter in adolescent girls employed 9 mg iodide day-to-day. Throughout the early 1900's, the iodine/iodide answer known as Lugol solution was implemented extensively, effectively and safely in medical practice, for both low activity and above typical activity of the thyroid gland. The recommended every day intake for iodine supplementation was two to 6 drops of Lugol remedy containing 12.five to 37.5 mg total iodide. That amount was talked about as lately as 1995 in a book on Pharmaceutical Sciences. Many investigators have shown convincing evidence connecting inadequate iodine intake and breast cancer. Japanese ladies living in Japan consumed a each day typical of 13.8 mg total elemental iodine and they knowledge one of the lowest prevalence (risk) for breast, ovarian and uterine cancer. In the 1960's, one particular slice of bread in the USA contained the full RDA of .15 mg iodine.