Even look at a healthy nutrition plan with lots of veggies , complete protein and essential fat , cycled natural complex carbs . Yes lacking , especially when considering , only about five or less percent of our population follows effective nutrition , planning . In that small percent we must know specific iodine , rich , natural resources foods to structure our nutrition around daily . So our children and our elderly , who need it most , don ’ t often eat the best , probably not many on effective nutrition plans , are under iodine depletion assault .
I ’ ll start with the most basic , the most profuse . Fluoridated and Chlorinated water . Fluoride , which is a halogen , so is iodine . However , fluoride ' s elemental negative ion , is highly reactive and easily displaces iodine in the body . In North America our water is , in most communities especially urban , unless you live in a very rare spot , does this treatment process not take place . “ Long-term ” exposure to chlorinated drinking water depletes iodine . A Study done in 1993 , biased , and pushing the case for national water treatment everywhere , stated “ that short term exposure to chlorinated drinking water was safe for iodine levels ”. Don ’ t you love the wording in that lie , “ short term ”. Water , It ’ s what comes out of the tap from birth , to death , how is that short term ?
Next up halogens , and goitrogens . Whole food plans are most effective for long-term performance , health and longevity . In those Whole Foods and the partitions from what once was whole , may contain goitrogens . One of the heaviest of which is soy , but not limited to , and including cabbage , broccoli , and cauliflower cruciferous veggies . That ’ s right to all you vegans out there , eating your tofu , and all your soy , and healthy veggies , your iodine is being depleted . This would not be an issue if we got enough iodine from other nutritional sources . But remember we don ’ t . So this gets way worse on the exposure side . Halogen overhead lighting , saves money , right ? Depletes your body of iodine . Also , common mass produced clothing , dies and flame retardants in the clothing and uniforms that we wear , depletes iodine from the body . Drank and fed into our bodies , exposed on skin and illuminating all around .
We cannot synthesize iodine on our own , we must consume it through our diet , and supplementation , if needed to simply get enough . Ergo , why all of us in western culture , and most of the world , besides Japan , are directly iodine deficient . Some of you may be thinking , seaweed ? And what about salt ? Yes , great for the Japanese who eat tons of nori . For westerners , There was a program in the 1920s to iodize table salt . The reduced form of iodine called potassium iodide added to 100 % refined , superheated mineral devoid salt . Yes , we ’ re looking again at re-fortification of something at once as nature intended , rich in minerals , then cultivated , pasteurized , de-nutritionalized , re-fortified , and mass produced . So even 100 years ago , we were deficient .