Skin Food - Iodine - Got cold hands and feet?

[shelley]

Skin Food is my term for the nutrients you simply cannot ignore or be deficient in and stay healthy. If you get these nutrients you will have what you need to make the rest, or the rest will be in the super-foods you eat and you'll get them into your diet just fine. That way you don't have to know everything about every vitamin and mineral out there, which can be overwhelming.

Now I tend to forget to mention Iodine and I shouldn't, it's very very important.

Here's what it says at the weston a price site:
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Although needed in only minute amounts, iodine is essential for numerous biochemical processes, such as fat metabolism, thyroid function and the production of sex hormones.

Muscle cramps are a sign of deficiency as are cold hands and feet, proneness to weight gain, poor memory, constipation, depression and headaches. It seems to be essential for mental development. Iodine deficiency has been linked to mental retardation, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to polio and breast cancer.

Sources include most sea foods, unrefined sea salt, kelp and other sea weeds, fish broth, butter, pineapple, artichokes, asparagus and dark green vegetables.

Certain vegetables, such as cabbage and spinach, can block iodine absorption when eaten raw or unfermented.

Requirements for iodine vary widely. In general, those whose ancestors come from seacoast areas require more iodine than those whose ancestors come from inland regions.

Proper iodine utilization requires sufficient levels of vitamin A, supplied by animal fats.

In excess, iodine can be toxic. Consumption of high amounts of inorganic iodine (as in iodized salt or iodine-fortified bread) as well as of organic iodine (as in kelp) can cause thyroid problems similar to those of iodine deficiency, including goiter.
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Okay, here's a friendly translation/elaboration of the above. The thyroid is responsible for manufacturing and adding into our bloodstream about 100 different hormones. Hormones are the sparks that cause things to happen, just about anything from metabolism (yielding energy) to building tissues requires a hormone to say "do this."

So without the building blocks of hormones - iodine plus protein and usually zinc or magnesium too - the hormones never get built. The ignition switch never gets turned. So we get cold, tired, stupid, stop growing hair, actually LOSE hair, and gain weight. It's like being the walking dead!

So how do we get more SAFE iodine into our diet? The answer I'll be trying soon is Atomidine, an elixer designed by Edgar Cayce. I've been hearing good things about it for years, but I tend to be slow to try new things like this because I'm already thyroid impaired and can get myself into trouble quite easily. But my Team says go for it! so I shall.

Here's a great article on what Atomadine is. This person has reviewed two versions of it and says the best one is the one at www.caycecures.com, which is where I got my castor oil pack and my favorite olive oil shampoo. Good people.

http://www.cayceconcepts.com/iodinehistory.html

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/reviews/atomidine.htm

[jules]

hi shelley,

just curious why you are considering taking the supplement rather than eating the foods with iodine in them naturally? egg yolks also have iodine which i know you take as well. i used to eat dulse like crazy, probably too much, but stopped since im taking it easy on everything that could cause potential breakouts. im always super sensitive to cold, definately my hands, but ive always been this way.

[shelley]

because my gums bleed off and on and genetically on my mother's side I come from sea people, which accounts for the thyroid disease all of my maternal side relations got once they moved stateside from Hawaii. So that tells me my diet isn't sufficient with iodine.

I don't want to eat seaweed, seafood or fish and even some veggies all that often because of mercury and my need to regulate salt, potassium, etc. Plus, since I only eat 1,000 calories a day, often less, it's tough for me to get RDA on anything, and RDA is not enough for most people.

[jules]

wow, my gums bleed intermittently as well, hmm.

thanks for the response. i also like to avoid anything that comes from the polluted waters.

[shelley]

ah hah! well, intermittent gum bleeders unite. If you end up getting the atomidine be sure and let me know what you think of it. I do so like finding things that have good testimonials AND are calorie free.

BTW thanks for posting so much great information here - I keep meaning to tell you how much I appreciate you sharing yourself the way you do. So thanks!

[LILA1963]

[shelley]

cold hands and feet can be due to a lot of things. Poor circulation is involved, but why the poor circulation? Could be due to lots of things.

[LILA1963]

Shelley,

How do I start to correct this problem if I don't know exactly what's causing it

Doctors seem to think that many things come with age and that's just the way it is "according to them" ...
but I'm only 43 !!!!!!

I'm adding cayenne pepper to my soups and/or rice vegetable/protein dishes and I'm tryin to move alot more.
Hopefully that's a good place to start if it is bad circulation

Cheers and Happy Thankgiving !!!

[shelley]

Cold hands and feet are most commonly caused by:

Low Vitamin E, low iron, low iodine, low Vit B6, high/low phosphorus, high/low sodium, high/low calcium, high/low magnesium, high/low EFAs.

If you're not supplementing, assume you're low.

[LILA1963]

Thank-u Shelley
I'm low in Iron that's for sure
but I'm trying my best to keep it up there by eating more meats and by taking ACV-Molasses by periods.