The Importance of Bioactive Silicates in Human Health
"Collagen, which is present in connective tissue, is the
most abundant of all proteins in higher vertebrates, accounting for up to one-third or more …
Month: February 2019
The Iodine/Iodide Loading Test
Whole body sufficiency for iodine correlates well with overall wellbeing, and some subjects could tell when they achieved sufficiency even before know…
The Bioavailability of Iodine Applied to the Skin
I have often been asked a couple questions: 1) Is the application of iodine to the skin an acceptable way to supplement iodine? 2) Are there any data …
A Simple Procedure Combining The Evaluation of Whole Body Sufficiency for Iodine with The Efficiency of the Body To Utilize Peripherall Iodide: The Triple Test
A re-evaluation of the role of the essential element iodine in medicine, called The Iodine Project, was initiated seven years ago. One of the goals of…
The Combined Measurement of the Four Stable Halides by the Ion-Selective Electrode Procedure Following Their Chromatographic Separation on a Strong Anion Exchanger Resin: Clinical Applications
Medical iodophobia may have caused more human misery and death in the US than both World Wars. After 60 years in the Dark Ages, iodine is experiencing…
Simplified Procedure for the Measurement of Urine Iodide Levels by the Ion-Selective Electrode Assay in a Clinical Setting
Until recently, the essential element iodine was totally neglected by the medical profession to the point where physicians did not request a single te…
The History of Iodine in Medicine Part III: Thyroid Fixation and Medical Iodophobia
Thyroidologists assumed that, with iodization of table salt, iodine deficiency became a thing of the past. That was the beginning of thyroid fixation.
The History of Iodine in Medicine Part II: The Search for and the Discovery of Thyroid Hormones
Miss B, after the cessation of the catamenial period, became insensibly more and more languid, with general increase of bulk. This change went from ye…
The History of Iodine in Medicine Part I: From Discovery to Essentiality
The first installment in this series will deal with the history of iodine from discovery to essentiality, covering a period of 100 years
The Saliva/Serum Iodide Ratio as an Index of Sodium/Iodide Symporter Efficiency
The essential element iodine is present in every organ and tissue of the human body, not just the thyroid gland