{"id":170,"date":"2020-04-18T16:42:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T16:42:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-07-06T00:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T20:16:03","slug":"iodine-is-not-only-for-your-thyroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Iodine Is Not Only for Your Thyroid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Iodine deficiency, or insufficiency, in any of these tissues will lead to dysfunction of that tissue. Hence the following symptoms could provide clues that you\u2019re not getting enough iodine in your diet. For example, iodine deficiency in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salivary glands = inability to produce saliva, producing dry mouth<\/li>\n<li>Skin = dry skin, and lack of sweating. Three to four weeks of iodine supplementation will typically reverse this symptom, allowing your body to sweat normally again<\/li>\n<li>Brain = reduced alertness and lowered IQ<\/li>\n<li>Muscles = nodules, scar tissue, pain, fibrosis, fibromyalgia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1mdih4x-2 jZPuuT\" href=\"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/uncategorized\/testicular-cancer-warning-signs-and-symptoms-you-shouldn-t-ignore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Testicular Cancer \u2013 Warning Signs and Symptoms You Shouldn\u2019t Ignore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iodine actually induces apoptosis as well, meaning it causes cancer cells to self-destruct. Dr. Jorge Flechas, MD is adamant that absence of iodine in a cell is what causes cancer, and statistics tend to support this view. Unfortunately, iodine levels have significantly dropped in the United States in recent decades due to several factors, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bromine exposure: When you ingest or absorb bromine (found in baked goods, plastics, soft drinks, medications, pesticides and more), it displaces iodine, and this iodine deficiency leads to an increased risk for cancer of the breast, thyroid gland, ovary and prostate \u2014 cancers that we see at alarmingly high rates today<\/li>\n<li>Declining consumption of iodine-rich foods, such as iodized salt, eggs, fish, and sea vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Soil depletion<\/li>\n<li>Less use of iodide in the food and agricultural industry<\/li>\n<li>Fluoridated drinking water<\/li>\n<li>Rocket fuel (perchlorate) contamination in food<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-very-best-for-you wp-block-embed-the-very-best-for-you\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"erubwVhgcm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/food-facts\/vitamins-minerals\/can-the-mineral-zinc-improve-hearing-loss\/\">Can the Mineral Zinc Improve Hearing Loss?<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cCan the Mineral Zinc Improve Hearing Loss?\u201d \u2014 The Very Best For You\" src=\"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/food-facts\/vitamins-minerals\/can-the-mineral-zinc-improve-hearing-loss\/embed\/#?secret=erubwVhgcm\" data-secret=\"erubwVhgcm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though thyroid health is often what people think of when they think of iodine, other tissues also absorb and use large amounts of iodine and this deficiency leads to dysfunction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,21,31,28],"tags":[2972,2970,3054,3047,3050,3056,3055,3051,3053,3052,3049,3048,2971,3059,3057,3058,3063,3062,3065,3064,3061,3060,3066],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-are-you-well","category-diseases-disorders","category-health","category-vitamins-minerals","tag-diseases","tag-iodine","tag-iodine-131","tag-iodine-deficiency","tag-iodine-deficiency-symptoms","tag-iodine-definition","tag-iodine-formula","tag-iodine-overdose","tag-iodine-rich-foods","tag-iodine-software","tag-iodine-supplements","tag-iodine-test","tag-thyroid","tag-thyroid-cancer","tag-thyroid-eye-disease","tag-thyroid-gland","tag-thyroid-medication","tag-thyroid-nodules","tag-thyroid-problems","tag-thyroid-storm","tag-thyroid-symptoms","tag-thyroidectomy","tag-thyroiditis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verybestforyou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}