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I’m going to talk about seven surprising

reasons for an iodine deficiency now the

reason I said surprising is because you

may have already known that if the soils

don’t have iodine in them if they’re

poor in trace minerals

you’re going to end up with a iodine

efficiency now that’s very true

especially if you’re getting food more

Inland from the ocean since iodine is

normally from ocean food if you’re

buying food like in America from the

Midwest chances are it’s not going to

have iodine not to mention the farming

methods where they’re using just NPK

that’s nitrogen phosphorus and potassium

they don’t put the trace minerals back

in the soil unfortunately so if it’s not

in the soil it’s not on the plant if

it’s not in the plant it’s not in the

animals so poor soil is number one and

also dietary you don’t consume enough

Seafood shellfish you never consume crab

Lobster you don’t consume clams or

mussels and also you don’t consume

enough fish from the ocean nor seaweed

as in sea kelp and so typically I think

most people know about this one and this

this one but they definitely don’t know

about this one right here number one

selenium deficiency if you’re deficient

in selenium you’re going to be deficient

in iodine and both selenium and iodine

do work on the thyroid selenium is very

important in the conversion from T4 to

T3 the active form of the thyroid

hormone and iodine is there to actually

be a part of the the molecule which is

like T4 T3 what T3 and T4 represent is

the number of Iodine molecules attached

to that hormone it’s a Brazil nut has a

good amount of selenium number two

radiation okay so if you’re exposed to

radiation

there’s something called iodine 131

which is radioactive and that can Lodge

right into the thyroid the thyroid

receptors and so there is a remedy or

shall I say a preventative measure that

you can do if you are exposed or know

that you’re going to be exposed to

radiation okay and that is potassium

iodide you don’t have to get migraine

you can get another brand but you should

probably have it around your house just

in case there is some type of radiation

problem because if you take it between

24 hours before exposure or up to four

hours after exposure you can protect

your thyroid from the radioactive iodine

that is in the environment it’s in the

food it’s in the water but I wouldn’t

recommend taking potassium iodide as a

general supplement and so you really

only want to take it when you need it so

you can just store it away and so if you

happen to need it at some point it’s

available because I will guarantee if

there is some type of threat of some

type of radiation problem you won’t be

able to find it because everyone’s going

to buy it up real quick all right number

three goitrogen foods these are foods

that have certain things in them that

have the potential to deplete iodine and

cause a goiter okay which is in a large

thyroid gland okay the thyroid gland

swells up

what’s interesting about this out of all

the things that can do that

cassava is at the top of the list not

only because it binds iodine directly

but because it also has two additional

chemicals that can

potently block iodine okay these two

chemicals right here and unfortunately

there are certain populations certain

groups around the world that consume a

lot of cassava and even if you’re

getting enough from your diet from

seafood or fish if you’re consuming a

lot of this you can end up being

deficient in fact it’s like 1.88 billion

people worldwide are deficient in iodine

all right another set of foods would be

soy

corn

and canola okay there’s also large

populations that are consuming soy corn

and canola in fact probably the entire

world is consuming soy in corn not to

mention being fed to the animals and so

if you’re trying to get iodine from

animals if they’re consuming a lot of

this it’s going to be somewhat difficult

because it’s going to be deficient

cruciferous vegetables okay now I have

videos just on this one topic and there

are a lot of health benefits from taking

cruciferous vegetables okay cruciferous

vegetables have a mild effect on binding

iodine it’s not as strong as cassava and

it’s definitely not as strong as these

two but also when you steam or cook

cruciferous vegetables that will reduce

this effect right here also if you’re

consuming an adequate amount of iodine

and you’re also consuming cruciferous

it’s not going to be the reason why

you’re deficient in iodine you probably

would only be deficient if you consumed

large amounts of cruciferous with no

Seafood no fish no sea kelp and also

other foods that might have iodine now

just on that note you might consume a

lot of vegetables and fruits right well

guess what the vegetables and fruits are

low in iodine okay eggs are a good

source of iodine and meats and nuts will

give you like a moderate it amount of

iodine so the best source of iodine is

seafood like shellfish things like that

very high in iodine and also fish from

the sea as well as sea kelp now sea kelp

is a vegetable in the sea but I’m not

talking about vegetables on land okay

that’s a whole different thing

vegetables and land do not have a lot of

iodine now there is also some iodine

binding effects from peanuts and pine

nuts and Millet and definitely rice okay

rice soy and corn and cassava are at the

top of the list this is why we have an

iodine efficiency in parts of India

South East Asia South America and Africa

this right here because even though

you’re getting iodine having some of

these uh things can actually make you

deficient all right number four bromine

okay now what is bromide well it’s a

chemical that they put into

certain breads okay and it’s a dough

conditioner okay and it’s called

potassium bromide okay so this can block

your iodine okay and then you have

fluoride

both of these are in the same family and

of elements but fluoride also can block

iodine now you’re saying probably well

I’m not really exposing myself to

fluoride okay well do you ever get your

teeth whitened well do you ever take a

shower do you ever drink your water

without a filter

City water has fluoride in it right and

so you can expose yourself your skin to

it it can be absorbed or you can drink

it so it’s really important to have a

filter that can filter this out as well

as number five

perchlorate what is perchlorate it’s a

chemical they put in city water that

kills bacteria and it has the effect of

blocking iodine and this is another

reason why you need a filter on your

house a water filter both in the shower

and on the sink all right number six

oral contraceptives okay

how many women are on birth control

pills right that’s going to block iodine

as well as certain medications and

there’s even a chemical in cigarette

smoke that can block iodine as well so

if you’re a smoker consuming a lot of

these Foods right here and being exposed

to this and this chances are you could

be deficient in iodine the other thing

about iodine is that your body doesn’t

have any mechanism to prevent excretion

of iodine so it gets stored to some

degree but it doesn’t store for a long

period of time your body uses up a lot

of this iodine so it’s not like other

minerals that your body can actually

slow down and regulate the release

of it and you can go through it pretty

quickly now that you know the reasons

why you might be deficient in iodine

let’s talk about the unusual symptoms

that you might get if you’re deficient

and that video is right here