On 01/09/2012 11:50 PM, Ben Liberman wrote:

>
> RDA is 150 mcg.

The RDA is enough to prevent goiter in most of those who do not have 
breasts.
97% of iodine receptors are in the rest of the body, and were ignored by 
the creators of that RDA.

>
> Being a sucker for testing, I had an iodine loading test, and then
> started taking Optimox, 12.5 mg per day, and worked up to 50 mg per
> day over the course of 5-6 weeks, and stayed there for a month.  I
> became concerned about potential side effects and cut back to a more
> reasonable dose.  Now I take a 12.5 mg tablet once a week.
>

This is Optimox:http://www.aristopharma.com/optimox.htm

I assume you mean Iodoral.
Like other mixed forms of inorganic iodine, Iodoral will in time heal 
short circuits in the brain/myelin sheath, but AFAIK this is the first 
mention that it has side effects.

Essential nutrients like iodine don't have side effects in reasonable 
doses, which is >700 mg/day for the SSKI+Magnascent that I use, so am 
curious about what you read.
Can you enlighten us?

William