Being desperate for some sort of relief from my ongoing foot infection/rash, I visited a naturopathic doctor yesterday. From him I learned about how serious our iodine deficiencies are in this country, especially in the middle of the country with no access to the ocean.
Being the curious, researching sort, I then read a book about this subject: IODINE: Why you need it, why you can’t live without it and afterwards could not believe that I had never heard about this before. We are most definitely not getting what we need from our daily salt intake. I am taking an iodine supplement for now!
For a nice concise summary of the issues involved go read this simple two pager.
My dietician advised that we should never take more than 200-400 mcgs of iodine per day. It’s easily available as Kelp at the health food store.
