Iodine and Potassium Iodide

[Miss.K]

I'm unsure if it (iodine) works for getting rid of candida as long I'm on such a low dosage, as I guess it wouldn't be enough to nuke candida, but I'm scared of having very strong reaction if I go higher. I think I have a lot of mercury in my body as I have had a mouth full of silver since childhood and got half of them removed and replaced with plastic almost 2 years ago, and have been very very extra tired since.
Another thing that also might be wrong is that the flat where I lived for 2 years before moving last summer had some repair done, which left all my things covered in red dust, and I got sick with fluelike symptoms lasting about 3 weeks after cleaning up the dust, and then some months later when I had gathered some energy to wash all the walls and behind the fridge where there was still red dust left, I got sick again (for about a week) So I think that the red dust was quite poisonous.

The way I understand it is the candida is likely there in part because of heavy metals (it holds onto them). So it's probably best to work to get rid of heavy metals first, then tackle the candida.
Did you see this? Cilantro and Chlorella can remove 80% of heavy metals from the body within 42 days
It could be the reason you got sick was the candida dying and dumping all the heavy metals into your blood.

The excess appetite can sometimes be fixed by taking tyrosine too.

Thanks, no I hadn't seen the article, but I am actually waiting for cilantro/chorella drops that I have ordered to arrive. (I have a friend who has been sick since 2002 so by now she knows how to cure just about everything except her own illness, and she suggested I should buy those drops so I did) I had forgotten about that (bad brain fog today)

Today after eating lunch (meat and fat) I stopped being hungry, and instead feel a bit nauseated since, but as I ate a lot of candy and potato chips yesterday and the day before (possessed by the sugar monster) that might be the reason.

Perhaps I should get some l-tyrosine too. The hunger was insane, like comic book exaggerated hunger. Not even in times of starvation have I been so hungry before...

Thanks for the garlic reminder Gaby,
(I can't even think about fighting my coffee addiction today)

 

[darksai]

Oh, a question I forgot to ask, I did a search on the thread and nothing mentioned this specifically. Is an EPA/DHA supplement a good enough substitute for ALA?

 

[Joe]

There could be candida problems when heavy metals are released. I've been eating lots of fresh garlic and cilantro, and added pau d'arco as a preventive measure. Next, I'll get some chlorella to help with the detox.

I gained 2 kilos on the iodine protocol. I have to remember to stick with the l-tyrosine and ditch the coffee. Even though it is bullet proof coffee, my joint inflammation returned while on coffee. It really has to go for me.

Totally agree on the garlic and cilantro. It's a bit early but 10-undecanoic acid seems to be a great way to handle candida. I've been using Thorne Research's Formula SF722 from amazon. Just finished my 5th round of DMSA, planning to do one more and then maybe go with the cilantro drops (with chlorella) for a while. I just gingerly started back on iodine. 1 drop of 2% lugols to start with. :P

 

[Solie123]

I just gingerly started back on iodine. 1 drop of 2% lugols to start with. :P

That's the way to do it Joe! :D There's no rush; slowly but surely! :)

Glad you're feeling well enough again to be confident enough to re-start the iodine.

 

[Joe]

I just gingerly started back on iodine. 1 drop of 2% lugols to start with. :P

That's the way to do it Joe! :D There's no rush; slowly but surely! :)

Glad you're feeling well enough again to be confident enough to re-start the iodine.

Thanks Solie, overall I'm feeling better, although its been hard to gauge the progress since I've been on regular DMSA cycles, which are hard enough in themselves and tend to muddy the waters on the symptoms from the iodine etc.

The overt anxiety seems to be gone (crosses fingers!) but I'm still dealing with a kind of depression and a 'bleak' or hopeless view of things that seems to be fear-based or fear of judgment-based. It's very interesting to watch it just appear out of nowhere for a while and then suddenly disappear. It also gives an insight into the fact that human perception can be very subjective and 'fickle'. This in turn gives lots of opportunity to practice just pushing ahead with things (or through them) despite how I feel, a kind of 'doing what 'it' doesn't like' in the knowledge that what 'it' likes at any given moment is subjective and transitory and really just a matter of choice.

At the same time there's the matter of the 'intuition' part of feeling, but that has a different flavor to what I'm describing here, it's more subtle, like a natural 'knowing' rather than an overt feeling. Others more experienced in this can probably explain what I mean better than I, since it's kind of new to me.

 

[Gaby]

Oh, a question I forgot to ask, I did a search on the thread and nothing mentioned this specifically. Is an EPA/DHA supplement a good enough substitute for ALA?

Not really. Alpha lipoic acid is for glutathione, liver detox, DNA repair. More about this wonderful supplement here:

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,12791.msg91976.html#msg91976

If you don't need ALA for any specific issue, you can consider milk thistle or NAC for liver protection. EPA/DHA are great fatty acids, but something more specific to protect the liver might be needed.

 

[Persej]

Must say I was somehow skeptical about C's comment that people WILL powers will become much stronger...I once thought that will is just on mental level...you know, like all these modern psychological bestsellers say: "You just need will, it's all in your head" stuff...OK, but that's just partly true. Where is the other half which is also important?
It's on physical level.
Can you have will power to change something if your body is loaded with toxins and neurotoxins, GMO, processed food full of simple sugars, viruses and pathogenic microorganisms and if you are surrounded with negative influence EM waves(WiFi, radio towers and cell phones, microwave, other electronical devices etc.)?
In most cases answer is simply NO!
Balance is needed on all fields of existence

I agree with that Balance. Well said. ;)

Personally, after my last report I did another cycle of 5 days with 2 drops, then took 2 days of brake, then 5 days with 3 drops. And today I'm taking another brake. What is strange to me is that this time I had no strong symptoms even after I upped the dose to 3 drops. Either I finished with detox or these brakes between cycles are very helpful to me.

Yesterday I got another acne flareup on my head so I will up the dose to 4 drops.

 

[Pierre]

[quote author=Persej]

Personally, after my last report I did another cycle of 5 days with 2 drops, then took 2 days of brake, then 5 days with 3 drops. And today I'm taking another brake. What is strange to me is that this time I had no strong symptoms even after I upped the dose to 3 drops. Either I finished with detox or these brakes between cycles are very helpful to me.

Yesterday I got another acne flareup on my head so I will up the dose to 4 drops.
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I experienced similar side effects. It looked like early stage 'bromoderma'/ 'iododerma' located on the forehead and cheeks. It was getting more and more itchy and the folicules were growing bigger. I reduced my iodine intake (from 3 drops to 1 drop), increased my salt water and water intake and applied clay + aloe vera daily on the affected areas. It disappeared within about one week.

I hope you'll manage to get rid of this flare up quickly :).

 

[darksai]

Oh, a question I forgot to ask, I did a search on the thread and nothing mentioned this specifically. Is an EPA/DHA supplement a good enough substitute for ALA?

Not really. Alpha lipoic acid is for glutathione, liver detox, DNA repair. More about this wonderful supplement here:

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,12791.msg91976.html#msg91976

If you don't need ALA for any specific issue, you can consider milk thistle or NAC for liver protection. EPA/DHA are great fatty acids, but something more specific to protect the liver might be needed.

Thanks Gaby, that clears it up :) I was confusing alpha linolenic acid, which I was reading about in an article on fatty acids earlier, with the "ALA" being discussed in this thread

 

[Persej]

I experienced similar side effects. It looked like early stage 'bromoderma'/ 'iododerma' located on the forehead and cheeks. It was getting more and more itchy and the folicules were growing bigger. I reduced my iodine intake (from 3 drops to 1 drop), increased my salt water and water intake and applied clay + aloe vera daily on the affected areas. It disappeared within about one week.

I hope you'll manage to get rid of this flare up quickly :).

Thanks Pierre. :) In my case it's probably caused by some critters. I have this problem for a long time. It comes and goes. God only knows what I have in my organism. I don't have tonsils, so my body is probably very weak against infections. Especially without iodine in my diet.

 

[Gaby]

Thanks Gaby, that clears it up :) I was confusing alpha linolenic acid, which I was reading about in an article on fatty acids earlier, with the "ALA" being discussed in this thread

:D Yes, acronyms can be confusing.

 

[mkrnhr]

After taking Potassium Iodide, I've been taking Lugol's solution for a month now. There were no emotional effects apart a tendency to be angry (at work mostly) during the first days, but the effects were mostly physical: tiredness, sleepiness, and the worst secondary effect in the list, hair loss. Dream activity is more intense with "HD dolby surround" dreams occurring more often.

Now, the stupid question (there is always one): How does one prepare Cilantro for detoxification?

 

[Kay Kim]

How to make Cilantro Tea,

http://lifespa.com/the-benefits-of-cilantro-and-coriander/

 

[mkrnhr]

How to make Cilantro Tea,

http://lifespa.com/the-benefits-of-cilantro-and-coriander/

So it's a tea. Thanks Kay Kim!

 

[dugdeep]

How to make Cilantro Tea,

http://lifespa.com/the-benefits-of-cilantro-and-coriander/

So it's a tea. Thanks Kay Kim!

You can also just eat it. Making a cilantro pesto or chimichurri works too :)
Extracts, like herbal tinctures, are probably more effective, though.