The Iodine Doctor: 97% Are Iodine Deficient (How Much You Need) 

When taking Lugols iodine, 2-6 drops, it causes significant diffuse body pain (heels, joint, muscle, etc), worsens fatigue and brain fog. Thoughts?

I take about a quarter dropper of Lupol’s Iodine daily with a cup of water mixed with a packet of unflavored LMNT. Started in mid Feb 24. I am male, 70 years young. I started carnivore lifestyle (diet) in Jan 18th, 2024. Had a my medical tests run Jan 25th, 2024. I was pre diabetic, 282 lbs, 76”, low testosterone, etc. Had my labs run again April 26th. No longer pre diabetic, 40 pounds lost, total testosterone 351.5 (256.6 on Jan 25th), triglycerides 98 (110 on Jan 25), cholesterol/HDL 5.1 (3.6 on Jan 25), mean plasma glucose 108 (123 on Jan 25), B12 level 1157 (204 on Jan 25), hemoglobin A1c 5.4 (5.9 on Jan 25), est mean Plasma Glucose 108 (123 on Jan 25). As of today, May 15, 24 I weigh 226, walking on a treadmill 2+ miles and using weight machines for 40 minutes. Feel great, fingernails & toenails are flexible and soft (weird but not so for years). Developed a rash on my chest in Mar 24. It has not gone away completely (strange). Aches & pains pretty much gone. Still sleep with a CPAP but sleep really good. Average 7-8 hours. Don’t know if the iodine helps but it obviously is not hurting!

I was taking 5 drops of Lugols 5% a couple of years when i started carnivore, but i quit, so now i will start again.

Would iodine supplements increase potassium levels in blood?

@jamieandrick6541 curious, do you have autoimmune issues or a known thyroid problem?

Amen!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back!

And they gotta be bold now since there are mercenaries who work for pharmaceutical companies.

Well said!!

Yes!!! Agreed 100% and well said!

What kind of iodine?

​@@fgarrison2910best bet is a online study of info. But then go to a health supplement store they can make suggestions. Read labels and sources of iodine.

Thank you for posting. That's very similar to my story. I have studied and tried many, many products and am reluctant to try yet another unless I see a personal account like yours.

This was a breath taking interview! Many congratulations to both of you. I will spread the word among my collègues in Athens. Many thanks to you both.

Have hip replacement Almost died of uterine cancer thirty yrs ago Cannot have gluten much or cow dairy among other things Very interested in your comment

Yes!!!

Very interesting information, and so glad you are doing well. I’m curious about your comment on Celtic sea salt. Is it not shipped at all to California, or were you referring to a particular brand or supplier?

​@@djtoman6875 SLT salt loading test is a diagnostic test. Sounds like there's a problem with California (surprise) getting participating labs or even the SLT tests. Regulatory issues?

@@centralcoastqueenofswing you made the right choice

​@@PipsterzI can't send regular full spectrum light bulbs to my address in CA. Ridiculous.

Very observant, thanks for sharing!

Yes!!!

That's wonderful!

I have tried to find 5% Lugol’s over and over and I’m unable to locate any! Where do you get yours?

@@itpatriot j-crow offers a 5%

Clive de Carle Nutritional Supplements 12%

​@jackwalker1750 so important for immune e system they've found most people with endo have a bacterial infection they don't know about.

May I be directed to where I can read the doctors FTC letter?

Robert (?cywes)md carnivoredoctor md, Shawn baker md, ken berry md, Anthony chaffee md. Now you know more doctors 😊

Actually, James DiNicoloantonio, Ph.D. wrote a book about salt.

Look up Dr Jason Fung

@user-kc7mu4jp4p They all say that on carnivore you should salt to taste.

Dr. Ken Berry.

Seems like we need SO MANY MORE LIKE HIM. The medical system needs overhauled NOW.

Because he's helping people not big pharma

Hi, while you were taking lugols did you stop taking the medicine or kept taking it?

Why reduce grains..just stop all grains surely for optimal results.

How much of the iodine drops do you take?

@@theresanelephantinthemushr2965 because I still get cravings for bread or pasta occasionally. I know what is optimal, I just am too weak-willed to do it at all times. I eat bread , crackers or pasta only a few times per year.

I wish I had known about this. I ended up with thyroid cancer and a thyroidectomy

OG?

@@tanyawieczorek6603original gangster

The medical community doesn't want doctors to do a clinical exam they only want doctors to go off of blood tests. I found that out last year when my cholesterol got tested and just because my LDL was high and she totally the doctor totally disregard it my HDL and my triglycerides and the calculations that you can do triglycerides divided by HCL or total cholesterol divided by HDL and I was low risk but she wanted to put me on a statin she didn't even want to do that process and I double checked it on the American heart association website and I was low risk they don't even ask for your LDL numbers they first ask online for your triglycerides and your HDL and then if that doesn't produce the right ratio then they'll probably actually what your LDL is This medical community in this country is just purely driven by pharmaceuticals now. I watch video after video and I get informed and I go to the doctor's office and then just goes out the window anything I ask is just tribalized and it's almost like an antagonistic relationship I wanted my hormones tested and they were like no The gynecologist and my internist who happens to be my PCP everything is just they want to put you on statins they want to put you on osteoporosis drugs they don't want to do anything that's preventive or get to the underpinning of what could be wrong or even you know getting your thyroid numbers and saying I don't feel right and knowing that there's false negatives. I have a neighbor who's 52 and she got diagnosed with osteoporosis and she has a progressive doctor because the woman's health initiative of 2002 it's being called the largest crime against women because of 20 25 years of women not getting HRT because of the ridiculous results that were produced from that study meanwhile HRT bioidentical and host slew of them estrogen progesterone patch etc protect you against osteoporosis, against breast cancer, and a whole host of other benefits you get by having that estrogen and progesterone disgusting It's not happening in Europe.

@@tanyawieczorek6603 Original Gangster

You have to be made of a superior material to be able to oppose propaganda like Convid and the clot shot. Govts and their mouthpieces/gate keepers, the media, wil, rip you to shreds for daring to oppose their bullshit.

Funny I have always called it CONVID too! 🤣

Yes.. the plandemic!

What is topical IODINE, and do you still use it for joint pain, arthritis or just pain? How much lugols are you use'n

Povidone iodine & Iodine tincture in small bottle!

​@@les9058he's applying Lugols to the skin. A dab on the wrist. So small amounts are absorbed transdermally. Drops by mouth could overdose.

Call me crazy but I just had the same experience.

Fibromyalgia doesn't make your joints hurt, it makes your muscles hurt because it's the nerves. You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble just by looking up the definition of fibromyalgia and the symptoms to it.

How much salt do you use? I use redmond salts using the docs iodine 50 mg a day...My antibody test got worse way worse doubled in two months??? So I am thinking maybe not taking enough? Thanks

What is the name of the "Doc's brand " of iodine. And how much of total salt and how much iodine. Thank you

My question above was sent to @01rambomom. Thanks

Where is this clinic?🙏

You must be getting good care! He's very smart!

@@loulanning9829 you as re very fortunate to have this doctor.

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Thats interesting, I'm in the same situation now and my doctor wants to remove my thyroid because of having nodules there. I'm suffering of kidney stones too and it seems that these nodules are the cause of the kidney stones. I need help because i dont want to get my thyroid removed and i would love to have my nodules gone, i'd appreciate some more information about this, I'm lost and dont know whats the approach.

@@ValzzakOfficialmaybe try carnivore and follow the above protocol

What is the drops equivalent in mcg? Trying to the proper dosage for 35/m 200lbs

@@ManjiMachine”nutrition with Judy “ iodine protocol could help with the ratio

I don't think he's vegan plant based.

Carnivore? I never heard him say that.

How would one know if one's levels become too HIGH? SO PLEASE let us know proper combo. You say if we take iodine, we must take salt TOO, + magnesium? Zinc???? Some of us battle financially 😢

@fennkaren , U can get an iodine test from your doctor. Mine came back high, I only take 6.25 mg day, half tab.

@@jgrysiak6566 A main stream Dr's test is going to come back skewed. You need an iodine literate practitioner which are hard to find. Check out Hakala Labs on line.

Do you use Lugols?

Do you still have Hashimoto’s after 5 years of carnivore diet?

How'd you get hashimotos? Were you taking iodine beforehand?

Hi h product do you use

Do you ingest iodine or place drops on skin to be absorbed that way??

Try a naturopath or functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner.. more available

NATUROPATH

I wish he would provide a list of doctors who practice like he does through the US.

I have used two functional doctors....one made my condition worse? The other one told me that I was old...was going to prescribe medication that was going to throw me into instant withdrawal. And they are not cheap... I end up going to allopathic doctors it aint perfect but I shore in the hell have never found a functional doctor that ever did anything for my condition.

@donadams3313 sorry to hear that. The first doctor was inexperienced. The other is a fool. Too old. I am 66 and work out like a mule. I couldn't do it if I didn't eat and take supplements. "There is medicine in food."

But more doctors are now supporting taking iodine. We are making progress.

Because very few are actually good. That’s why, but same thing with MDs.

​@@loriegosnell9355Canadian trained chiros have very good rep.

Chiropractor's are structural alignment... Not chemistry, what ND, MD 's do.... If your issues is a chemical imbalance chiropractor Can't help!

​@@jgrysiak6566 Cause holistic medicine has shown the value!

He said 103-105 of chloride is optimal to clarify

What is adequate salt?

@@tkayolson 1/2tsp of unrefined salt

That seems like a lot. Why is the usda recommended amount so small?

Be careful 250 micrograms is all i take.

Did you take the iodine topically or orally? Thx

What seed oils ... canola is extremely bad .. way too processed from canada

@@sandramills1133 all seed oils. all pufas.

@@sandramills1133 all seed oils. Look up PUFA’s.

​@@sandramills1133 All seed oils

Vaccines have DO Save a lotta lives, or would rather take a chance on polio, malaria etc ... What they Do, is build your immunity, so you don't get a lethal Case!

You can learn so much on RU-vid and the internet. I’m a papered scientist and I’ve learned more on RU-vid in a couple years than in all of my very expensive schooling.

It’s completely frustrating to have another person try to usurp authority over your own well being, especially when you pay them to help!

​@@Theqpomyou learned and those of us without medical papers learned, too. And are reversing long time dx's that even the fancy clinics do not know how to really help other than to calm down inflammation. God bless the generous YT loving doctors!

I am going through the same thing. I have nodules on my thyroid and parathyroid. Diagnosed two years ago and they keep saying they are referring me to an endo and they never do! I ask at every visit and they say Sure! But they never do it. They won’t even tell me the name of the endo they say they are going to refer me to so I can make the appointment myself. Something is wrong with that. The first Primary did me the same way and my new primary does it too! No doctor in my town has anything close to a good rating and the ones who do give 4 or more stars are very few and likely aren’t being truthful since I see a ton of people who are angry at the doctor and his or her lack of proper care. Everyone I know in this town is very unhappy with their doctors and most discourage anything the keto and carnivore and pro salt and iodine doctors say. They just throw pills and don’t even do labs like they should. You’re lucky to get 15 minutes with them when you have a chronic disease diagnosis. 😮

@@tianasixkiller4771 start researching iodine defencies

God bless ❤

@@robertoM3 check out Barbara ONeil too!! Not a "Doctor"❤🇦🇺🙏

Yes! Keep that letter and frame it! In 10 years when you show it to people their mouth will drop in disbelief

I don't trust in traditional doctors any longer. I have learned more on RU-vid, and have diagnosed my husband and myself based on such knowledge. I was right, doctors were wrong.

I heard iodine is banned in England for purchase…?

Have you tried the carnivore lifestyle?

@@dar4835 I’ve been carnivore since early 2020, I love it. Given up my caffeinated coffee, almost off the decaf coffee. I do take electrolytes now and they have really helped with the odd thing that I hadn’t realised was because of not taking them. I am still learning things to improve my health all the time.

Cause sweetie, you Can research it All online and know a lot you Need too before you See that Dr.... You'll know what your symptoms often pointing to, and what tests determine it to request, Dave's everyone a ton of time! Plus you'll know if you've got the knowledgeable Dr. you need, and results then should follow! Or it's off to a better Dr.

Try also stopping high oxalate spices and grains… I think Turkey uses a lot of them? I live in America and we have a lot of high oxalate foods and seed oils also.

@@loriegosnell9355 Ok Thank you!

Dr. Brownstein was a guest of Dr. Berry's a few months ago. Great interview!

How. Do you take it? The taste is very off-putting to me

Add drops to Kefir ( 4oz), found in dairy section.

There is nothing you can do when your loved ones are believing just the false narrative with blind faith.

My mom died of all these things at age 65. I wish I knew then what I know now she would still be alive also.

Sadly my aunt is the same way. She's in her 70s and takes at least 20 meds and lives at her doctor's office. Try as I might I can't get her to do anything other than what her "good doctor" tells her 😞

I’m having the same problem with my sister in law. She just had her thyroid removed because it was cancerous. I tried to give her alternative info but didn’t do anything thing with it.

@@dawnlivingston6236 Sadly, just having the knowledge isn't enough. Our loved ones have to actually listen to it. Most don't.

I believe it's because so many people do not balance their salt to potassium ratios as it's almost impossible to consume enough potassium from our food on a daily basis

Salt was demonized by Sen McCarthy in the late 70's along with cholesterol and saturated fats, when he created the first Dietary Guidelines. As Dr. Brownstein said, a small minority of people had salt sensitivity issues, so McCarthy decided to base lower salt intake for everyone based on the few. None of it was, or is to this day, evidence based.

They blamed salt for sugars sin.

Exactly

There's a difference between unrefined and refined salt. Unrefined has beneficial minerals. Refined is inferior.

Winning Combination. 😊

I believe Himalayan salt is from rock so it’s not classified as ‘sea salt’. That’s why it won’t have much iodine I guess.

OMG i use only Himalyan salt . Thanks for the info. Could you share your experiance ?

Normal sea salt also does not have much iodine. Only added iodine salt has.

Redmonds real salt has the highest iodine in natural salt but it’s still not enough ….

Watch out for incorrect government guidelines because Iodine may really be very low …

How to know the pharmacy that did your dose for your? 2nd.... Armoural is natural thyroid good Drs Rx that, you may need to request.... 3rd.... Checkout Dr A Gupta online a thyroid specialist with great info videos and a Thurs live class for info and Q's you could likely get help with a Dr referral... He does Also take patients.... 🤫

Ps... Besides your thyroid need, you need to Balance the things that support your thyroid.... Zinc, iron, sellinium, magnesium, VitD and iodine.... It's all a chemistry work in progress to get you rebalanced... Depend'n on that outcome you may be able to reduce or illuminate your meds....

Salt water sole, what is sole???

Haha I feel that way about Dr. Anthony Chaffee❤

GLAD your do'n soooo well! But armoural's been around for a long time, 23:49 took it back in 1990.... My thyroid special had written a book "Solved the Riddle of Illness" by Dr Stephen Langer...now I found him and got armoural... He lined the natural even though it's not always exactly the same Ben natural, why synthroid became the med of choice... But I didn't hear Until recently about iodine issues and LUGOLS as a good source... So I'm do'n that next.... Also, you need the other necessary nutrients for thyroid Support.... Sellinium, iron, zinc, magnesium, iodine, VitD are ALL Very necessary!

How are you feeling now?

@kathleendepew1683 how many drops do u use?

Where do you get it

@@pabloforlanvalandro 15 drops. I put it in a gel cap. Buying 5% Lugols next time

@@ummadam9608 feeling pretty good these days. Hoping to resolve thyroid nodules -won’t know how that’s going until I have an ultrasound.

Lugol’s Solution is made from the elemental forms of iodine. It’s not sourced from the wild, it is created chemically in a lab setting.

Some source iodine from salt mines, where the brine is ancient.

@@blooey2 how would one know the source where the iodine was harvested?

@@YouButter Best to contact the manufacturers. This is going to sound like an ad, but I do know the Lugol’s Solution made by J. Crow’s LLC has been produced this way since 1829.

@@YouButter from the brands bottle. Lugol states where theirs is from