96.5% tested low for this critical health altering substance.
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For over a century, iodine has been hailed as the element necessary for your thyroid hormone production. And clearly, that's crucial to our health.
 

What is shocking is that one doctor tested more than 4,000 of his patients iodine level and a 96.5% tested low for this critical substance. 

However, there's so much more to iodine than just thyroid hormone production  

Without enough iodine, balancing your hormonal or endocrine system becomes impossible to be healthy and reproductive – hormone producing – and thyroid systems are directly linked and must be treated in tandem to achieve healing. That very health altering fact is not even on the radar with conventional medicine.  

Iodine, a mineral, contains potent antibacterial, antiparasitic, antiviral, and even anticancer properties.  

While good iodine levels help fight back against cancer, lowered iodine levels provide fertile ground for cancer to begin in your many different hormonally sensitive tissues — tissues of the prostate, thyroid, breast, uterus, and ovaries. 

During the early 1900's, there was a high prevalence of goiter - enlarged thyroid - in states bordering the Great Lakes (known as the 'Goiter Belt'). Based on the outcome of research, including studies performed by the state of Michigan, iodine clearly decreased the goiter problem. 

Thus, in the 1920's, iodine was added to salt. Soon, the rest of the United States quickly adopted this cost-effective policy of adding iodine to salt to prevent thyroid enlargement. 

And although the addition of iodine to the salt supply has lessened the prevalence of thyroid tumors both in the U.S. and worldwide, it is inadequate to supply your body's need for iodine. 

Iodized salt is a poor source of the compound iodide, because it is not very bioavailable for the body. Click to learn about table salt. 

Additionally, due to poor farming techniques, deficiencies of iodine and other minerals in the soil have increased. Obviously, crops grown in iodine-deficient soil will lack iodine. See how bad soil depletion was as early as 1936 so how much worse is it today with all the added chemicals?

And iodine deficiency is not only due to inadequate intake. 

Click Thyroid Symptoms indicating a thyroid problem and take a look at symptoms and if you have three or more symptoms on one list you can bet you have a thyroid problem. There is also a link on that page to do a home thyroid test that is the most accurate, since blood thyroid testing is wrong more than 70% of the time.  

What is so weird is that whether it is hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism the treatment is very near the same. Balance the thyroid and symptoms disappear health improves and tumors shrink. 

Iodine being a mineral is significant in knowing how healthy or ill you will be. It is a known fact if you are deficient in iodine you are deficient in many other minerals and this will adversely affect your health, now or later! Read "If You Are Missing One You Are Probably Missing Many More!" to  understand! 

Wishing you a very healthy life!

***Lena Sanchez a happy Retired Medical Office Nurse/Administrator, Medical Office Consultant turned Alternative Health Consultant took charge of her life in 1992 substituted healthy drug-free alternatives getting actual pain relief after 30 years with fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and never ending illnesses all kinds never solved with conventional medicine . Now committed to helping others do the same by educating on truly treating illness and disease rather than masking symptoms. See http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com Other informative health articles regarding prevention and steps to take to be the healthiest you can be found at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/free_health_articles_by_Lena_Sanchez.htm