After coming across this months ago, I was stunned that I’d never heard anything about iodine and breast pain. I’ve suffered extreme breast tenderness with PMS since I was a teen and I’m now in my 40’s. There were times I’d wear a sports bra over a regular bra because it was so painful. This had happened for 10 to 14 days a month since puberty. I don’t think anyone ever took me seriously when I said how painful it was. I started supplementing with 3 drops of iodine a day and it’s completely resolved. It’s amazing. I suffered for three decades because I never found this information anywhere and no doctor ever addressed it. I cannot thank you enough. It’s literally life changing.
I had a goiter & it was growing fast. My doctor wanted to schedule surgery. I had been using the new salts that came out instead of good old Morton Salt with iodine plus was not putting salt on my foods because of high blood pressure. I researched everything & being low in iodine was key. I simply started putting good old Morton iodized salt on my food and SERIOUSLY it was gone in less then a month. Taking iodine supplements now everyday. My endocrinologist refused to give me anything to shrink it he insisted on surgery. Needless to say I will continue my research & self care before ever going under the knife. How simple a solution he didn’t give a shi t about what taking my thyroid out & the after effects would be for me. He couldn’t have cared less about me. Thank you Dr Ken for helping people learn how to heal naturally which will save them from surgery’s & long term medical problems. ❤
Did you have like a general thyroid enlargement or did you also have nodules? I have a multinodular goiter so i am wondering if my problem could also be an iodine deficiency. I also have cysts in my ovaries.
*Iodine is required for one of the steps in apoptosis: programmed cell death, in which a cell that recognizes its DNA has been damaged, will kill itself to keep you from developing cancer.* Iodine deficiency is associated particularly with all cancers of the reproductive system, but especially with breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. The Japanese have the highest intake of iodine and the lowest incidence of all those cancers. The people of Iceland used to have the second lowest rates, but then, around 1982, mega-agri-business stepped in and sold the farmers there on feeding cattle industrial pellets instead of the traditional kelp. The iodine level in their systems plummeted and Icelandic cancer rates soared to match those of the US and Western Europe. *Iodine in the blood stream and lymphatic system also acts as a whole-body antiseptic.*
Took 70 years, perhaps more, for this hidden information to be divulged. Serious thyroid disease in immediate family fostered a wild goose chase for help. Surgeons okay, follow up with endos, predominantly worthless. Witnessed so very much suffering and consequently illnesses mentioned above (both genders), too late now. Thinking what can't be said.
I had a problem with loosing weight. I started to eat sardines, mackerel and cod liver in its own oil (Icelandic). This was the only change I made and the weight started to drop. I saw results almost every day. It made a huge difference. For the record I have been doing mostly carnivore diet and some fasting. (I am female in my 50's)
I've been doing keto. First two Times I did it--years apart of course--it really worked and if I slacked and the weight came back, I could be strict again But I've been strictly keto for quite a while with very few cheats, maybe some chocolate now and again. But this latest time it's not working for me. And I haven't had much of a taste for fish lately. But I will add the sardines and mackerel and cod liver, all of which I have in the cabinet.😂 I hope that works.
Amazing isn't it. Eating that way, I lose a pound a day. Literally! And I feel wonderful, energy abounds me it's really amazing. And I've lost weight before in my life. But this time you can tell I have lost literal pockets of fat I have begun to get an amazing shape, without exercise my muscle definition is incredible
I have had hashimotos for 20 years. Had horrible fatigue despite normal labs and medications. I have tried everything... I started taking iodine drops 10 days ago! I am a new person!!!! I feel normal again......thanks you!
Hi I've been reading you shouldn't take if you have Hashimoto's but I'm super fatigued and desperately want to try anything! How are you still finding it?
@@gramzy1895 It's byproduct of making synthethic fertilizers, they didn't know how to get rid of "flouric acid" as it's extremely toxic, so they said, why not just put it in drinking water... Result of that is more stupid population (yes FLOURIDE lowers IQ, scientifically proven, dozens of studies), and it also causes decline of health (again elites / big pharma win)...
Omg you said chronic cold hands. My husband and son have that. No one has ever said they need iodine. It was, you have a circulation problem. Thank you, Doctor Berry.
In addition make sure you have adequate levels of Vitamin D. That's what helped me with cold hands. I also had cold thighs with I fixed with drinking way too much chocolate collagen powder! Crazy story but true. I was sleeping with pajamas on for 40 years because my legs were always cold. Then by accident I fixed it because I got addicted to eating chocolate collagen powder with milk.
"The human body doesn't do anything for no reason. We just don't know what they are yet!" Medical honesty is one of the best things to hear. Thank you for maintaining a clear channel
I have a rare chronic type of thyroid cancer. To treat it I had to starve myself of iodine, I felt like hell. Unfortunately, the treatment didn’t get all of it and I needed to back in now and then for additional treatment and for an entire decade my cancer team wanted me to strictly limit iodine. From 2012-2022. Most people didn’t even know what iodine what and that it was in salt. It was a real pain. Glad to be back among the iodine living. 🎉
It was my Dog who taught me about " Iodine Deficiency ", YES, you heard it right a DOG!!! It was him and I limping up and down our stairs that lead me to research.... Foot / Heel Pain which leads me to "IODINE". I'm happy to report that my Dog and I are AOK now, using Iodine supplements in our Water. NOTE: Not only we no longer limping up and down our stairs, but our energy also great than ever!
@@xino_z - Yes, THANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️! He taught me how to observe, and got curious. I don't think I would have find out if it wasn't for him. Sometimes things in life can be hard and this wasn't easy. Him and I on Iodine now and I got so much " Energy, No Headaches, No Foot PAin / Limping, No Fatigue, Brain Fog, Sleepy, Tired, Etc, Etc... ". It's like I have new power, LOL.
@@xino_z - Also I like to add.... I have many disorders + allergies + unknown stuff + EMF Sensitive + Etc..... Somehow Fibromyalgia + Hypothyroidism + EMF Sensitivity is linked to " Iodine Deficiency ". I am still on that research right now and I will make videos of those soon.
So government put iodine artificially into table salt, and then told us that salt is the primary reason for high blood pressure and to reduce our salt consumption, when it is SUGAR in all its forms we should avoid. Talk about stupidity... 🙄
@@Chris-kr7gg Fruits -> All Carbohydrates in the form of Sucrose + Fructose + Glucose They spike blood sugar. One doesn’t need them for good health, plus people no longer realize what a real serving size is supposed to be. Fruits have been bred to be much sweeter as well.
@@Chris-kr7gg No, the bad outweighs the good on fruit. Cut the carbs, period. Eat mostly animal fat and meat, very few carbs. The BP will come down, the weight will come down, and the smiles will go up.
Not only do we not get told about iodine in school but our doctors don’t say a word about it either. I have never in my life had a doctor that told me anything about iodine. So thank you very much for this video.
Just to put this out there: for about a year and a half I was taking between 8-20 drops of 5% Lugol's every day. The only "bad" effect I ever had was that my throat would feel a bit scratchy sometimes, and then I would cut back for a while and that would go away. The good effects that I had were a significant increase in mental sharpness, better short term and long term memory, and much better dream recall. I had hoped for an increase in energy and for my hair to stop shedding so much, and it didn't do either of those things for me, so I eventually stopped taking it. Now I take 6 drops of 2% Lugol's three times a week. If you're scared to take iodine, just remember that a scratchy throat will usually be the first harmless sign that you have enough and can lower your dose. It would be very hard to "overdose" unless you were ignoring what your body is telling you.
Lugol's tastes nasty and iodine is also a surgical disinfectant. So you most likely were killing the good protective bacteria in the back of your throat, too, hence the scratchy, painful throat. That is why most people prefer the pill form. Lugols is usually only used when sneaking it to toddler or a grandma who refuses to take another pill. 1. Also be sure your selenium intake is 200-800 mcg/day if low on thyroid production (fatigue, cold hand & feet, thinning eyebrow ends, forgetfulness, body temp typically in the 97s) is a problem. Doctors test the pituitary's TSH and miss 30% of nutrition-based thyroid issues. RT3/Free T3
@@SuziRider5D I took 5% Lugol's iodine five days a week for a year, applying it to my stomach, nails, throat, and everywhere else, and it worked really well for me. My hair started growing back, and I had one thyroid nodule and fibroids due to iodine deficiency after childbirth. The nodule completely disappeared, and I was left with one fibroid. However, at the end of the year, I developed large lymph nodes in my throat, under my jaw, and around my ears, as well as near the trachea. I experience a burning sensation in my throat whenever Lugol's iodine touches it. It swells more and never goes down. It seems to have happened just as you mentioned, killing good bacteria and allowing bad ones to multiply, probably causing an infection in my salivary glands. I have used many antibiotics, but it never goes away. And in the last three months, five thyroid nodules suddenly appeared. We also applied 2% Lugol's iodine to my son and had him gargle with it, and he developed black rashes on his legs, his teeth decayed, white lines appeared on his nails, and his throat lymph nodes became very hard. We can't use iodine anymore as we are afraid of it, but at the same time, whenever we use any chlorinated disinfectants, some probiotics, antioxidants like NAC, or anti-inflammatory substances like serrapeptase, our throat lymph nodes swell up uncontrollably, and none of the doctors can understand it. I am very afraid of surgery and getting cancer. Would L-carnitine or anything else help? Is there anyone else going through the same situation as me? Please help us, what should we do? Please!!!!!
@@SuziRider5D I take 60 to 80 mg of the Lugol's formula a day in lemon water (the lemon hides any taste), basically 15 drops of 2% in a full glass of lemon water twice a day and have never had scratchy throat. But a few weeks after I went up from 5 mg a day my heart arrhythmia went away. I have been on a liver detox regimen for several years, maybe that's why I've seen zero adverse effects.
You need to learn what you can from people like Dr. Berry, that seem to think about what they do and think for themselves. Ultimately make your own decisions with good info. I take whay the majority of MDs say with a grain of salt as the majority are unfortunately not very smart and simply memorize whay they are told. They are like tech support for you computer now. 99% have no clue what they are doing they just run through a color coded cheat sheet to solve mosy likely scenarios and prescribe a drug. Dr Berry seems like he is studying the source of the problem rather than blindly prescribing the recommended drug to mask your symptoms and wreak havoc on something else creating a money making domino effect.
Thank You So Much Dr. Berry! I have cystic breasts & so always had Mammogram plus Ultrasound. This year I was told to come back because they weren't sure about a growth. I saw your video & started with Lugol's Iodine, 2 drops daily, a month before my 2nd Mammogram & Ultrasound. Now they could see & said it was a benign cyst. The cysts have shrunk/disappeared so much that I no longer have painful breasts. None of my Yale U doctors ever suggested this.
Dr Berry, from what I have been learning,iodine may be the most important element our body needs as well as animal FAT. Not the kind that comes from any plant including coconut or olive oil. Please continue to educate more on iodine.
Doctor Berry, Iodine is in the Halogen atomic group. The other element members include Fluorine, Chlorine and Bromine. Your body has Iodine receptors for Iodine uptake. If you are Iodine-deficient, your Iodine receptors will grab other members in the Halogen group, so you can get Chlorine or Bromine or Fluorine replacing the Iodine, which can cause pronounced health problems. Examples of Iodine competitors in your environment: chlorinated water (swimming, drinking, bathing, showering), brominated SOFT DRINKS (Mountain Dew, etc.), and fluoride in the water. These are far more abundant in your diet than any sources of Iodine. That is why you NEED an Iodine supplement daily, to counter these competitors and provide the iodine supply you need. Iodized salt is not enough. My catch-up dose is 250mg of Lugol’s iodine per day. I will need to do this for at least 6 months every day. At dosing time, I also take 100mcg of Selenium, and 1/2 teaspoon of Sea salt in a cup of distilled water (Redmond’s Real Salt is my favorite.) You must take salt to avoid nausea as the salt flushes out bromine from your body. Remember to take SELENIUM every time you take iodine. If you don’t, the T4 won’t be converted into T3 in yourThyroid gland which can be a problem!
Careful on the lugols drops. Not enough causes all these problems, but so does took much. I have seen it happen. So your right but too much drops a day will Cause the same problems we're trying to negate. I just wanted to throw that out there. Thanks
Based in the UK, I’ve been watching Ken Berry for a couple of years - the NHS has made us lazy over taking care of our own health, Dr Berry is a great source of information for those of us who value and take care of our own health.
oh come on, you cant blame end services for basic health. Pharma makes people lazy and the lack of nutritional ed for GPs is a huge factor. Ignorance is the result of human laziness
The NHS UK have substandard Medical & Nursing Staff in 2022..The real knowledgable Nurses & Physicians Surgeons have now retired. NHS has been SOLD off, thats why we have an International Healthservice, made up of the Foreigner.
@@godislove8740 I am sure @Ian Dennis means that you can contact a GP or rock up to A&E for any medical complaint, and all it will cost you is the price of a prescription. Because the NHS is easily accessible, it does make you a bit lazy.
Taking iodine (Detoxadine, a nascient iodine), I was able to stop taking thyroid meds (Armour) after 10 years. In the beginning when I was trying to wean off thyroid meds I took 4 to 5 drops per day but now I take one drop several times a week. My diet also has adequate iodine in it. I find when I take more that I don't sleep and sometimes have a rapid heart beat. Each person has to learn to listen to their own body and regulate. :)
Change and how one eats . plus for getting what we took in the past. Selenium they push hard with iodine. it works better for me with out the selenium . i tried selenium and did not like the effects. i may have had well enough Selenium.
@Terri Godfrey did you ever discover why you had a rapid heartbeat? Every now and again I do and I'm taking nascient iodine - detoxadine) I'm slow walking it though because my thyroid levels were classified as "normal" despite having a goiter so large it's grown behind my clavicle. The rapid heartbeat is a little troubling but it's sporadic and short-lived. I'm just wondering what your (my) body is saying.....
I'm using it, too, but just intermittently. I've barely used it (3 drops on my wrist) about once a month. My thyroid numbers are considered normal (even though not yet optimal).
I give this exact speech to every one of my patients! We lived in Monterey CA for over 11y then moved (my practice) to CO. SO many women with the same symptoms made me do a deep dive into research-iodine, Se and Vitamin D (K2)- we are SOO deficient once we leave the coast. Iodine is in the air also near the sea/ocean.
@@Centralcoastqueenofswing1 And, come to think of it, if you don’t find things like kelp help raise your iodine levels enough, you can take about 2/3 of a dropper full of Lugols iodine Safely. I saw a doctor on the net talking about how much iodine was given to patients having heart surgery, about that much, and it did them no harm.
When I started working in a restaurant about a year later I went to the doctor and was put on thyroid meds. I was eating at the restaurant during work 5 days a week, no iodine in salt, too much pasta and not much fish. Started supplementing iodine, never took the thyroid meds. My thyroid function has been normal since.
I have been losing hair for more than 25 years. My doctor kept saying it’s my thyroid. Puts me on Synthroid. My hair loss continued… I got weight gain… And even developed a huge cyst in my uterus. No doctor could help me….I cried to the Lord in the shower last August, “ I’m gonna be bald next year!” Then, I stumble on these nutritional videos About iodine deficiency linking it to weight gain, hair loss, energy, cysts, etc…. . I started taking iodine in the first week of September 2021. Hair loss stopped immediately and now 8 months later not only has my hair stopped falling out my hair is thickening back up. . My energy is back. Weight is dropping off. Btw, about two months into taking iodine, I had my doctor test me for iodine. They say the minimum level is 50 I tested at 65 and that was taking over 600 mcg over two months. Now if I can get off this synthroid…. I will be pharma free! Thank you Dr ..I am grateful for you and others that teach us about nutritional deficiency which causes a lot of the chronic health problems that we suffer in this country today. I hope all that are commenting have similar success with their health from these videos. ❤️🙏🏼 Blessings.
Very good video doc. Another very important benefit of iodine is that when used in "Japanese doses" (12.5 mg daily) toxic heavy metals which have accumulated are gradually urinated out of the body. This includes lead, mercury, aluminum, cadmium and arsenic. I've witnessed some pretty impressive changes in mentation in people who had no source of iodine intake. For those of us in our seventies, we actually got a fair amount of daily iodine from diet up until the mid 1980's. Prior to that there was iodine in bread and milk products. The iodine was used for manufacturing reasons - iodine keeps cow's milk glands from getting infected, and baker's noted that a little iodine was a good dough conditioner helping the bread bake evenly. Looking at graphs pre and post mid 1980's you see a rise in breast and colon cancer diagnoses as well as a marked increase in average body weight (obesity). There is a good, easy read on iodine in a book entitled: "Iodine why you need it" by Dr Brownstein.
I'm really confused about the dosages. I have an iodine deficiency and just started taking 200 micrograms daily, which equals 0.2 milligrams. When you say "12.5 mg daily", do you mean micrograms or milligrams? Also, Dr.Berry says, that he and his family take up to 3 milligrams daily. Do I understand it right, that I can increase my dosage 5 to 10 times then? I would really appreciate, if you could help me with this.
@@kakoiniksvoboden Dr Browstein's book: Iodine: Why you need it, why you can't live without it - gives a full accounting of iodine function and discusses therapeutic versus preventive dosing.
@@kakoiniksvoboden I take 12.5mg and occasionally 25mg If you do increase, just start out low and work up to it ...your body will give you signs if too much...heart rate, blood pressure etc.. Also take selenium with it.
Dr. Berry, you do not know how much I have appreciated your videos. I hate to say this but I believe most of the current doctors are lacking some of the knowledge you share. When I first saw this video in 2019, I took the information to my regular MD and he said that amount of 1-2 mg were way too high and that my synthroid was addressing my needs. All my numbers were always at the low to medium on the test results and although he said this was in the normal range, I never felt better with my synthroid. I finally switched to a DO almost four yearsago and the first thing she did was increase my thyroid and put me on the drops of iodine/iodide 3 mg per day, in the morning, one half hour after my synthroid dose. I feel so much better, have lost some weight easily, no longer feel freezing all of the time and my hair has come back almost as thick as it was before. It has taken me almost four years to get to this point but it was well worth it. My eyebrows and lashes are still thin though; I wish you could come up with something to fix that problem! My doctor has reduced my synthroid dosage, however, I am still on the same 3 mg liquid drops of iodine/iodide. Thank you for bringing this to the public's attention.
Hi , try castor oil at night on your lashes and eyebrows .Also been taking kelp tablets for a while now and notice some improvement I only had half an eyebrow for years , but after taking kelp for a while I noticed an improvement .The castor oil , I’ve only been applying for a little while , but hopefully will help .Nothing to lose . Good luck🍀
I read years ago that the FDA actually lowered recommendations for what we need. Keeps us at the bottom. This justifies our need for pharma needs for pharma meds
Hi I am so glad that you did this video.. I started iodine about twelve years ago when I was on deaths door with very bad chronic fatigue and many other things.. it has been nothing short of a miracle. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
My wife and I have had some arguments about what is acceptable on keto. We have finally decided that if Dr. Berry says it's okay, We will accept that as gospel!!! Thanks, Dr. Barry
I love Dr ken Berry's videos as and advice, but even he will tell you to do your own research. There is now a great community of doctors that are in the same or close to the same medical philosophy. Really kind of depends on where you are at also. Ken has had many good interviews with other doctors also on the cutting edge of real research based studies and practices.
Late to the video but not your book. I work in healthcare and I really appreciate your Amiodarone example. I’ve given it as a bolus in Emergencies many times and had no idea about the actual iodine amount contained. I really appreciate your delivery and your courage to shine light where the industry isn’t looking or doesn’t want to look. Thank you.
For the past few days I’ve been looking for this kind of information about iodine. I just ordered a bottle, and the next step was knowing the “right” amount to take. You gave it with this straightforward video. Thank you, Dr. Berry!
YES! YES! YES! I’ve been waiting on this video! THANK YOU! You just answered all my iodine questions. Thank you Dr. Berry! I’m a loyal RU-vid subscriber and follower. I also follow you on Facebook and watch your live videos with Neisha. You have turned my life around, I’m keto for life.
dasein he’s doing that video separately. If he talked about everything that has to do with iodine in one video it would be an hour long lol - don’t worry though, it’s coming
How coincidental that your screen name is "Madam Butterfly". I think it will be "one fine day" when our health is determined by physicians like Dr. Berry.
I took care of my mother for 6 months while she was dieing of cancer. Had to wake up 6 times per night for 10 minutes to help her. Within that time I got heavy sleep deprivation, very depressed, very ill -malnourished, so much so that I lost a decent amount of hair, and was so cold that my teeth chattered at night- I would use 4 covers and it never helped. After she died, my symptoms got worse, so I read up on a lot of things and found that iodine was associated with being cold, hair loss, etc. I started taking it and within a week or so started having major heart palpatations and extremely pale and weak. So one day I had to go to the ER for it from work. My brother asked if there was anything that I had recently started taking- I told him 'sea kelp', he told me to stop taking it and within two days I was back to normal. Thereafter, I went to a naturopathic dr. and told him about it, he said that some people overdose on iodine and will always be sensitive to it thereafter. I was, and 35 yrs later, I still am. In fact, I'm so sensitive that my neck will sting on my right side when I take anything that even resembles iodine from those sources. At times, all I have to do is read the small print at the base of the bottle to see what it was derived from. I don't have that reaction to actually eating sea fish, or sea salt. From my experience, I believe you can take too much, just because my body is consistent in it's reactions. Thanks Dr berry!- LOVE your videos and you have helped me greatly! 👍
Wow, I think that was me. Was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, I had slow thyroid function (but normal tsh numbers), had a nodular goiter, always cold, was over weight you name it. Meanwhile my doc suggested surgery to remove my thyroid and not iodine/iodide. I had no idea. Thankfully fasting and weight loss has mostly removed those issues.
I lived on the West Coast of Canada ..Now I know why people gather seaweed to put in there Gardens every winter.. Add to compost or directly in to Garden Beds..😊
I can attest to the psychological benefits of iodine also. When I take Iodine I have zero depression. When I don’t take iodine, depression is overwhelming.
I hear ya. I've suffered from depression for years. I tried everything, from therapy to meditation to juicing to you-name-it. Started iodine (along with several recommended supplements) and, within a few days, the depression was gone. This really is amazing stuff.
Another great video! Some much information - and BTW - did you just slip in that Neisha's pregnant! Congratulations to you both! Between that child's DNA and the 10+ points for the iodine Mom is taking - bound to be an intelligent & compassionate human being. Thanks for all you teach us.
I fall asleep to your videos . You give me hope to carry on . To keep trying . I have late stage lyme and co infections . Yet , because of your help I am doing great and I have yet to even find an LLMD. Thank you Dr. Berry ❣❣❣
I’d like to know the reason why the FDA had iodine taken out of table salt, and sea salt? Maybe because it’s a cancer fighter and it can shrink tumors, and maybe I just answered my own question!
Doc, i love your channel. Your videos are extremely educational. my mother and I both have benefited from your videos. Since eating keto, i have lost 35 pounds and my mother 15 lbs. We began in January and started hitting the change real hard. Its been a game changer and i feel sooooo much better but im still not done. Plenty of work to do still. Just wanted to say Thank you for the both of us. Doing a damn good thing here, Doc. Keep up the good fight and you have our support.
I got the second edition of his book on Amazon. It's wonderful to have a lot of his wisdom in a hard copy. Though I doubt many doctors would like it if you brought the book with you to the office next time you have to go.
Cliff Notes of this & more: 1. Dr. David Brownstein, MD wrote The Book on Iodine. It even helped saved his dad's ailing heart. Read it. 2. RDA was developed in the 1920s to prevent goiter when a slice of bread also had 150 mcg. as a leavening agent. People ate a lot of bread & butter and sandwichss back then, so their average intake was also a lot higher than now. Now bread often has bromine (a fungicide) instead. 3. The best test for an iodine deficiency is swallowing 50mg (4 pills) then seeing how much is not absorbed by the body and peed out over the next 24 hrs. It should be over 45mg. 4. Body typically needs 3-5mg/day, per extended studies. Teenage girls need a LOT when breasts are developing. 5. People exposed to radiation (xrays, CT scan) or who have any issue with the endocrine system [any '-itis' (inflammation) nodules l, or cysts) thyroid, breasts, overies, prostate] should try taking 50 mg (12.5mg x 4) per day for 1-3 months, until symptoms subside, then 1/day for maintenence. 6. Low iodine is often the cause of infertilty issues. 7. Iodine is used in almost every cell in the body. A deficiency makes the body try to MacGyver another halide cousin (such as fluoride) in its place, and those are toxic, so the immune system encapsulates it. When combined with a common semi-dormant HHV-family toxin-excreting virus, it can then sit in its excrement & either die or go cancerous. 8. 2% Iodide in iodized Table Salt (40/60 Sodium Chloride) was recently found to compete with the chloride and be absorbed poorly. Hence the falling fertility rates, weight gains, breast & health problems, etc. 9. Swallowed Thyroid meds are broken down into iodine & selenium in the gut, thus often 'stop working' after the severe deficiency is treated and natural production has been suppressed for months. Take them sublingually, and randomly to minimize addiction, then wean off under your doctor's supervision while continuing the Iodoral/eq and +200 mcg selenium/day, but
How could the daily requirement for iodine be 5 mg a day? That is insanity, your suggesting that humans naturally eat huge amounts of seaweed daily to get that much iodine?
Are we talking mg or mcg? For all supplements in the Netherlands are in mcg, which means I should be taking 40 tablets of 150mcg in order to reach 6mg?
I can't believe how incredibly healthy you look. What a transformation ! Carnivore agrees with you. I am 4 week into Carnivore myself. I am 63, more issues then Vogue magazine, and can't believe how fantastic I feel so quickly into this woe. Depression, lifted (huge huge issue) , fatigue (gone) another huge issue, brain fog - lifting...clarity is so noticeable...gets better n better, inches melting, I swear...I have finally found a way to heal my body :) Thank you for all you do for us....your guidance has been so so valuable ! I bought your book and I'm giving it to my doctor ! Keep up the mission ! You're making a difference, 1 person at a time...but we add up ... quickly !
Thank you for making this video! I had cold hands and feet for many years. My doctor told me that it’s “normal” and nothing to worry about. After I started taking iodine and thyroid supplements, it all went away. Now I know it’s because I needed iodine!
I get mine from kelp and tincture of bladderwrack. Works like a charm. I only take it when I'm feeling tired and sluggish. After a few days of daily intake, my energy is restored and I feel much better. I discontinue it at that point, until I feel the need to take it again (usually many months or even years later).
my iodine came with high reviews-there are NO instructions on how MUCH to take per day. there are increments on the dropper-but I dont know still how much to use and how many times a day-google has several different answers...
Dr. Berry, you are a GD hero. I've missed watching your videos. I'm going to get my health back on track and start tuning into you again. I love you man. Keep doing what you are doing! God bless you.
Thank you Dr Ken, as always, so appreciate your videos. Where i live, the doctors under my medicare are SO BAD, its why three years ago I signed up with you and a few other carnivore keto doctors.
Dr. Berry, I have to tell you that I started taking vitamin D3 based on the information I gleaned from one of your videos. I no longer have dry cracked heels, nor do I have dry skin. I had toe nail fungus, but that too is goung away & my toe nails are WHITE again! I am starting to take iodine today, because I have almost every symptom that telates to low iodine. I'll keep you posted! Thank you for the information my own doctor was unable to give me.
Great video! Iodine is an amazing game changer!!! After reading Brownstiens book, and mega dosing on iodine I have relieved fiber cystic and menstrual Problems. It really works miracles. Also, I turned my father in-law onto it and he was able to beat chronic inflammation in his legs which was causing a host of issues. It truly is amazing! Thanks so much for all the great info!!!
I was talking 12.5 mg KI per day for about five years and I eat and ate very clean and exercised daily. I then developed hyperthyroidism. My blood iodine levels were 1.5 times the current high limit of the reference range in the USA. My T4 and T3 were twice the high limit. I lost 15 pounds in one month, couldn’t sleep and had heart palpitations. So my advice is be careful with iodine supplements. If anything I would get iodine blood levels tested periodically to make sure you are ok. I think you can also use Lugols to do a gross test on your skin maybe that would work. I hope this helps someone and God bless
It is helpful and thanks. I know that in the past, now more than a few milligrams a day or every day were recommended. There's still a lot of iodine in foods. Other minerals bolster iodines effects.
@@cantankerouspatriarch4981 Hmm - about 15 lbs but I also changed my eating habits in that 4 years and 11 months so confounding factors. The part that is not confounded is that when I quit the iodine my T4 and T3 normalized in two months. I think I agree with this video on dosage 1 - 3 mg probably is fine coupled with some blood checks here and there.
I have no words to thank Dr. Ken, I know how important iodine is to the body, and I've worked hard with my family to understand this topic. Now I have your explanation so easy to understand.! Thank you. Iolanda Ribeiro
I recently started taking iodine, so happy to see that you’ve confirmed so many people are deficient and it’s so essential to take on a daily basis. Keep making videos, you are awesome!
Great video, as always!! I wish I had known about iodine when I was pregnant… but at least I know now! Thank you for keeping us informed in the space where other medical doctors would rather us be kept in the dark!! 🎉❤
WOW! Have always been afraid to take too much. My daughter(adult) and I are both hypothyroid and have Hashimotos! So educational! God Bless you and your family!
Thank you for this info on iodine. I’ve been interested in supplementing with iodine for some time due to cold hands and feeling cold when I don’t think I should be feeling cold since no one else is feeling cold. I can have cold hands on a hot day - go figure? Talk to my GP about it and got NO WHERE .... l’m done with that Dr and I’ve decided my health is better off under my own observations and supervision. Thanks again.
Samara V Hamilton Thank you for sharing this with me. I had a TSH done (despite asking my doc for the other tests T3 T4 and I hear there is something called reverse T3 and or 4) she would only do the TSH and my results came in at the low end of normal which I pointed out to her but she wouldn’t do any further testing and left me stuck feeling like shit. To put it bluntly. I am just 54 and my hair went grey very quickly (what felt like overnight) over the course of a few months a few years ago ... I’m am now LCHF Keto and my hair doesn’t fall out like it used to still have hair loss but not like I used to. I still have my full length eyebrows. Re fluid retention since being LCHF Keto I rarely get fluid retention in my hands where as previously I had it a lot. I still seem to get some in my legs (ankles & knees) but not always as it comes and goes. I think that might be due to lack of regular exercise, quality sleep and lack of sunshine since I’m indoors a lot and sedentary at the computer consuming science info on health and food. Thank you for sharing your info. I am going to see if the iodine supplementation makes a difference.
MacGregor Mathers Thank you for sharing your time with me. It is possible I have Raynauds as I was diagnosed with SLE in 1989 but have no sign of it at all anymore. Since posting here I have joined with a company who has a liquid stabilised molecule that is scientifically evidenced and in studies on pubmed. I now drink REDOX SIGNALLING MOLECULES everyday. I am not as cold as frequently and I am reservedly excited! The product is only available thru direct marketing which many people hate but it was done this way because BIG Pharma offered to buy the technology with the provision its owner remove everything from the public domain. The choice was to democratise the access to this health transforming tech stabilised by an Atomic Medical Physicist (a very clever man) Gary Samuelson, who accomplished what science said was the impossible. If only I could alert Dr Berry to this without him thinking I’m a bad person. Yes there is a business strategy attached to the referral of people and product; but this is everywhere when we buy anything someone makes a commission. It’s just a different vehicle and it between people who really care about each other’s quality of health and life. So thank you for pointing out Raynauds. But I’m a rebel and I will not do harsh chemical drugs. If I can support my body with its Redox Messengers that turn on 5 of the gene pathways (to be known at this stage - still emerging science) I will go that path. I thank you so very much for caring enough to comment to me 💖
Loretta Dillon-Ham: Here the same. Always feeling cold and cold hands, even in summer. But I’ve bought some iodine drops (75 mcg per drop) last week and take 1 drop a day But last Saturday I took 2 drops and didn’t felt great at all, I felt irritated, restless, my heart was beating faster ect. I’m scared to take 1 to 3 mg. That would mean I have to take 20 drops at least...
Gwen Heeringa you need to seek medical advice. I’m not sure if Dr Berry does telemedicine but I know that Dr Ford Brewer MD does. Look him up on you tube. 🌺 to your health🌺
soo relate the cold thing, I'm the snowman w layers upon layers wearing socks and sweaters when everyone else is wearing shorts. Ok I live in England rn (ugh) but still. When I moved to middle east and it was God Almighty hot you never heard me complaining, ever. Only time I didn't have ice blocks for feet and hands. In years past the feeling cold, even since childhood was so bad it was physically PAINFUL. I mean how bad does it have to get when simple feeling a bit chilly gives you considerable pain and shaking and teeth chattering? That just ain't right....Long line of slow thyroid folks running real strong in my family, they move at a snail's pace, all puffy and with high bmi. Aint right....
Thanks for posting this video. The funny thing is I just received two bottles of J. Crows Brand Iodine that I ordered out of the recommendation from the Steak and Butter Gal's RU-vid channel. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on how much to supplement with!
Thank you so much Doctor Berry 🙂🙏🙏 we started eating Pink himalayan salt since past 7 months and we totally overlooked the fact that it has no iodine in it. Also since we are vegetarians, we didn't have iodine coming to our bodies through other sources either. Since past many weeks I am having pain in breasts and back and it doesn't go away no matter what. It's constantly paining. I had appointment with doctor and she said it looks bit tender but still ok to her and I can take pain killer if it's too much. But I didn't take any. Tonight it was again quite painful so I began searching the answers and found your videos. I think it's the lack of iodine in my body that's making me lethargic overall. I am gonna order some supplements now and I am pretty positive that it will help. Thanks once again for so well researched videos. Godspeed!
I realize your comment was from 2 yrs ago. I left the WFPBLF and am heavy meat keto, alot of my pains have subsided or gone. FOr me it was lack of meat, red meat specifically.
I take about 3 to 6mg per day (12.5 every 2 or 3 days) and it works very well and when I get sick, I up it to 12.5mg daily (comes in a tablet.) Works like a charm at shortening colds and infections.
I asked my dr.about needing iodine to supplement as I have hypothyroidism and take 90mg.of generic armour and she acted like I asked her a crazy question ❓ and said why iodine and so I didn't ask anything more , it's like take this pill and go on 😼 I'm so excited to be reading this today ! Thanks to Everyone 😊
This seems especially important to me since so many of us no longer use table salt. Pink salt, sea salt (may have natural iodine?) etc are touted as being so much 'better' that I have often wondered if we are all becoming iodine deficient. Thanks for the insight Dr Berry! Enjoy the videos :)
White "Table salt" has had everything good removed. Ancient deposits where pink Himalayan salt and Celtic Salt and Real Salt (TM) comes from are essentially a broad spectrum mineral supplement. I cut out sea salt due to new info on nanoplastics being leeched into the water from all the plastic garbage in the oceans today. Lugol's Solution easy used for many years, and it was standardized to 12.5 mg of Iodine (5.0 mg elemental Iodine plus 7.5 mg potassium iodide) per drop. Today there is a tablet form called Optomox. I have taken it for probably two decades, I am 70 years old, and I get a blood test every 3 months (on antibiotic for Lyme disease). My doctors comments as we go over my blood work are "You have the kidneys of a ten year old." and "Your liver function could not get any better." which is great, but I still have hypothyroidism, so I am on Armour Thyroid supplement. I still want to kick start the thyroid and have it working right, buy I have only read one account of someone doing that. We'll see what happens. BTW in Dr. David Bernstein's book _Iodine: Why We Need It and Why We Can't Live Without It_, he states the Japanese ingest 36 mg to 39 mg of iodine daily from their diet, and they have the lowest breast and prostate cancer rates in the world. The brands above are technically "sea salt", too, but they are from ancient deposits formed long before moder humans started making so much trash and as a result polluting so heavily.
Great video Dr Berry! Very informative. Have you considered doing a video about magnesium and potassium? How much a day and how to get it via supplements without causing issues with the heart ( mainly potassium in this regard. ).
Thank you! As many others I have been waiting for this. A question: If one has been iodine deficent and then starts taking 2-3 drops a day, how long should it take for the body to catch up to "normal"? Like if the deficency has had a negative impact on a hormone production, how long for that production to get back to speed? Can't thank you enough, you truely are a lifesaver.
@ArtMotivations-tc8olwatch Dr Berry's other video on iodine. He states that test isn't accurate as all people's skin absorbs differently. Some people with iodine deficiency will not absorb it at all.
Edgar Cayce has mentioned this in his "readings" many times. I find it very interesting that as a man with very little formal education, and given the time frame when he was giving his readings, was so spot-on when it comes to human health. He said to eat very little red meat, no pork, and lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. He also said to avoid vitamin supplements unless absolutely necessary, and then only take them for a short period of time, otherwise you would interfere with your body's natural processes for making them. Anyway, thanks Dr for the very important video.
Greetings, I would rather say it this way… Edgar Cayce had little “schooling.” It’s obvious by his spot on recommendations that he was indeed “educated.”
Very good explanation. I've been in the health industry for nearly 3 decades and I must say that iodine is amazing for sure and most physicians are scared to death of it for some reason. It is anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-cancer, and so much more. Regarding T2 - guess what tissue in the body outside of the thyroid gland can use iodine to make thyroid hormone T2? It's the ovaries! That's why women with failing ovaries tend to gain weight and once T2 is added to their supplement list, they see satisfactory weight loss within weeks. Yes, T2 can be purchased over the counter! Also, since the ovaries can produce thyroid hormone it's definitely one area that needs to be checked in women who are hyperthyroid. Always take 200mcg of selenium when supplementing with iodine and I personally take and recommend Iodoral. This particular supplement contains a total of 12.5mg in both forms of iodine and iodide. No need to fear it! Yes, if you are loaded with heavy metals/halogens, you might get some initial detox reactions, but the fix is adding 1/4 teaspoon of unrefined sea salt to 16 ounces of water and drink the solution every hour or two until symptoms disappear. If symptoms are severe (which I doubt they will be), but if they are, you can take a product called Push/Catch by QuickSilver. Either way, liver support is crucial during the initial phases of any detox. I also use and personally recommend using an infrared sauna on a daily basis to help speed along the detox process. If you have a defective symporter pump, then you will need to supplement with vitamin C and a complete B vitamin complex that especially contains B2 and B3. Also, iodine will increase TSH because this is what signals the symporter pump. So, be sure to tell your physician that you are on iodine supplementation if you plan on doing a thyroid test. In any case you should always go by body temperature when measuring thyroid function. Your body temp should be 98.6 degrees 3 hours after waking up. The lower it is below 98.6 the lower your thyroid function and vice-versa. Always use a 30 second thermometer when measuring body temp otherwise you will get inaccurate readings. Iodine will heal you! It causes apoptosis in cancer cells! It is magnificent! Keep up the good work!
@@erickperes0495 Population studies suggest an increased prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in areas following iodine fortification, and a possible protective effect with selenium adequacy. In animal models, selenium has been shown to reverse the induction of autoimmune thyroiditis caused by excess iodine intake. It appears therefore, that an optimal balance between iodine and selenium is important for maintaining normal thyroid function, and that the loss of such balance in favor of iodine, may play a role for the rising trend of autoimmune thyroiditis, currently seen in iodine sufficient countries.
Many thanks for the reply. I asked because I have Hashimoto, and I was about using Levothyroxine 75mg. I've been treating it for 13 years, but still with symptoms (infertility, cold...). I started using with Levot. Lugol (2x/day) without Selenio, not knowing about Se. After 1 week of use, the wonderful effects of feeling alive are gone. And then I was afraid of this therapeutic method. How I would like it to maintain the effects of the first week... I think you could help me, please
@@erickperes0495 Hashimotos can easily be treated and reversed. Refrain from eating any food that contains gluten and ask your physician about LDN (low dose naltrexone). Starting out at .5mg and titrating up to 3-4mg over 2-3 weeks can be life changing. LDN has countless health benefits! You can also use an infrared light that emits near and far infrared wave lengths.
Love everything you do Dr Berry. Especially as a retired RN. I have tremendous respect for you and congrats on having new little Berry coming along. God Bless both of you (or 2 or3😂). I pass you on to many people!
Thanku for being a RN and being thankful!!!!! Lol bc really nutrition (vitamins &minerals) are sooooo important for good health! Something I don’t see taken seriously by most GP’s!! 👌🏼💫
My PCP (internal medicine practitioner) was "monitoring" goiter (slight enlargement) with periodic ultrasounds but offered no kind of treatment, no further thyroid testing outside of the standard test they do, which came back "normal"... not even discussing the subject of iodine deficiency with me as to an explanation of why I had this! Thank you because I have very recently ordered the J Crow online and began using it. I also got a good deal of 2 for 1 on the Carlyle brand but do not like their droppers as much as the J Crow. I've been trying to find a new PCP who specializes in functional medicine, but haven't found anyone yet despite using a list of providers you have given for low carb docs. I've got 6 months of strict zero carbs carnivore under my belt and very excited about the healing in various areas seen so far. Bless you and Dr. Chaffee, Dr. Berry!
Thank you Dr. Berry for all the videos you make. You are a blessing to my family. Speaking of family, congratulations 🎉to you and Mrs. Berry!!! May God continue to bless you and your growing family.
Iodine has saved my hair. Decrease my loss of hair by 75%. I was losing it by handfuls. Thank you so much Doc for the reassurance that I was not overdosing with my daily 6mg. Buy the J. Crow Lugol’s brand. It’s the only thing that has worked for me.
@@dennismarks6133 I have had hypothyroidism my whole adult life. The plants in the seaweed family didn’t seem to work or the salt with iodine. I only eat plants, so that is the highest source that I am familiar with. Actually fresh seaweed probably would have done the job, but it is hard to find in my experience. This is the most amazing life saver supplement in my whole life. The difference of hair loss is like night and day. It has got to practically 95% decrease. I could cry how relieved I am. Going bald at 42 is so scary.
@@milenashubas6306 kelp supplement did nothing. Try “J.Crow’s Lugol’s Solution 2% Iodine”. You can go to their site or Amazon. Each little drop is 1mg so will last forever. I do 3 drops in water in the morning and 3 drops at night. Noticed results after 1 week or so and continued improving weekly as long as you are consistent.
@@alidabaker7838 Thanks for the detailed reply. I take Kelp since a while and I consume still a low dose (200 to 400 µg per day). But recognize a difference to before and also take Selenium.
Since I take 20mg of iodine I have unbelievable energy, the best I could ever do for my vitality , also friends of mine who started taking iodine in high doses say the same, since I studied Dr. Brownstein's book about iodine I don't fear iodine anymore. We need now much more iodine because of all the poison's like fluoride, chlorine, bromine in bread etc. which displaces iodine.
Well bread, you can skip. Now, I wonder how've you been? How long did you continue with your iodine regiment? I'm thinking of running a 1 week experiment
Thank you so much. Have been using the iodine drops you recommended for six weeks. It has really helped with breast pain, and also my brush used to be full of my hair after brushing, now very little!
4-15-2024. Here are MY facts : I have thyroid issues that my doctor refuses to address. I also have a diarrhea problem……twice weekly. Last week AFTER having another bout with diarrhea, I started taking kelp HOPEFULLY to help with my T3. However, since taking it, I did not have my 2nd bout of diarrhea ! Is the kelp connected with my T3 AND my diarrhea ????? I am holding my breath !❤️
Love these comments. Good job especially the puns. I have been taking iodine for years and they found a small lump in my thyroid. I took 50 mg for about a year then lower to 25 mg for about 3 years. I recently lowered it 7.5 mg about a year ago and I seem to be fine. My lump has never grown and it might be gone completely at this point. I take with one Brazil nut a day for selenium.
@@peterpeterking1 there is a product called Nascent Iodine (Detoxadine) From Global Healing , this is the one you take with drops below your tongue or put it inside a glass of purified water and take it like that as they say eating as well one brazil nut a day
Dr. Barry, great information but you still need to explain the dangers of higher doses of iodine if a person has Hashimoto’s thyroid disease and does not know it. Thank you.
