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Permalink Reply by Not mainstreamer on February 6, 2014 at 12:39pm

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The amount of iodine the Japanese consume daily from seaweeds has previously been estimated as high as 13.5 to 45 mg/day by sources that use ambiguous data to approximate intake [10,11], an amount 4.5 to 15 times greater than the safe upper limit of 3 mg/day set by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan [12]. While high iodine intake from seaweed consumption is believed to have numerous health benefits, it has been reported to negatively affect individuals with underlying thyroid disorders [13-16].

Iodine absortion may be a big problem. One source said iodine will not be absorbed when acidity in body is high (= drinking soda regularly) (Proper pH level, between 6.4 & 7.0 is required to absorb Iodine and many other minerals). Then what happens if iodine is added but not absorbed? (I guess one has to do more like the Japaneses overall ..)

(Iodine will increase activity level - one way to know when to stop adding iodine? TSH level should ideally be less than 1.5)

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