Hey everyone,

My name is Mayra, I am a nutrition student at the University of Glasgow. I wanted to share with you my research study survey, since me and my research team are investigating what are the people's knowledge in the UK on seaweed as a food, awareness of health benefits/risks and if there is a growing interest in seaweed consumption.

Seaweeds are very typical in Japanese diets (e.g. in miso soups and in sushi), and also popular in other Asian countries, however, quite rare in western diets.

I would be so interested in hearing your opinions on this topic, since I main focus of the study is iodine :) !

This survey could be of particular interest for people interested in health, nutrition, veganism and sustainability. That said, everyone is more than welcome to fill it in, and I would be so grateful to you for taking the time and helping me with my research!

Let me know if you have any questions by pm or in the comments section.

Thanks for reading this far ✨💛 have a great eve!

To take part you must be 18+ and live in the UK. The survey takes 20-30 min. And in rewards for taking the time to complete it, you'll enter a ruffle with the chance to win a £50 voucher! I will post the survey link on the comments section.

I'm slightly low on iodine. Any supplements people have tried that didn't cause your levels to skyrocket way too high?

I took lugals iodine for only a few days after reading the health benefits and 2 months later still struggle to get an erection at all

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Is it safe to use lugol 5% in water and drink it? Doesn't it harm your teeth? Thanks in advance

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Can iodid supplementation causes weight gain because of water retention ? I take 100mg iodid from the pharmacy, try to help my Thyroid because low ft3 and sometimes low ft4.

I have nebulized H2O2 dozens of times. I first learned about it about 2 years ago after getting sick from cleaning up a major mold infestation in a house we were building. It definitely helped, but it can have major drawbacks as well.

H2O2 breaks down into H2O and O1. Though the main mechanism by which it works is still open for debate, the main explanation that I found for it working is that the O1 oxidizes things.

Oxygen is probably the most reactive element on the periodic table, It both seemingly 'wants' to and 'needs' to bind with things to balance itself out. ...and, it will bind to essentially anything. As the O1 binds to things (enzymes, proteins, receptors, etc) that were intended for 'other things' to bind to them, these things 'break down' and cease to function. Essentially, they're 'oxidized to death' ... this kills infections, organisms, viruses, etc. ...

It also oxidizes the 'holy hell' out of everything in the process.

In small doses, or for short periods of time, I find the damage to infection that it causes can be better and to a greater extent than the damage it does to my mouth, throat, lungs, etc.

I have knocked out many infections this way... from soar throats to bronchial / lung infections to even cold & flu ... oftentimes in a single sitting. I even warded off an early round of pneumonia with it (undoubtedly brought on by difficulties from the mold exposure).

But, again, it can be dangerous, and isn't for the faint of heart. The H2O that the H2O2 breaks down into also will build up in your lungs and will help to 'flush things out' as you're almost-inevitably coughing it out as it builds up.

The limitation to it? Essentially all fungi utilize the enzyme catalase for respiration. In higher quantities, the H2O2 can overwhelm, oxidise, and, essentially, 'break' the catalase enzymes... at a faster rate than they can be produced.... ultimately / in effect, asphyxiating any (single celled) organisms dependent on the enzyme both for respiration, and to protect themselves from H2O2 they may naturally be exposed to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalase

For example, the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum produces some of the largest quantities of H2O2 as part of its metabolic process... theorized to be produced both for protection from oxygen (as it's anaerobic) as well to then utilize said H2O2 it produces to attack surrounding competition in order to consume the resources and claim territory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactobacillus_plantarum#Metabolism

But, the problem with H2O2 is two fold: on the one hand, if you take too much of it, you're temporarily damaging things by creating an oxidation-rich environment (vs the beneficial oxygenating-rich environment of, say, consuming chlorophyll ... or... simple... breathing)

On the other, if you don't take 'enough' of it, you may actually be feeding any infection within the lungs the very H2O2 the aerobic (read: fungi/mold) infection that may be in your lungs specifically due to that being how these organisms get a large percentage of their oxygen... via the H2O2+catalase-enzyme combination.

Nebulizing iodine, and, more specifically, nascent iodine, is much better at killing infection, imo, than nebulizing H2O2 ... but, it's highly recommended to have already followed one of the Iodine Protocols (there are a few facebook groups dedicated to the 'iodine protocol' that are great! I highly recommend them) in such that your body is prepared for larger doses of iodine such that you get via nebulization.

Iodine will help kill infections, but it won't have the H2O producing effect that H2O2 nebulization does, in such that actually clearing out the infection (and other gunk) via (usually, violently) coughing out the extra water as a result.

I attribute one of the major reasons that my mold symptoms weren't as bad as they would most likely have been during my years of near-constant exposure to it due specifically to the fact that I've been taking ~50mg of iodine a day for years. Iodine is so reactive (and necessary!) an element to the human body that its binding to the mycotoxins floating around in me undoubtedly helped render said mycotoxins much less active, as well helped to fight back any activating spores I was inhaling, ingesting, and otherwise covered in & exposed to for so long.

Without it, I'd probably be dead. Dr Brownstein has excellent books on the importance of iodine, and Dr Sircus (www.drsircus.com) has excellent articles on his site to introduce you to its benefits, just go to his site and search: iodine. or, just google: 'benefits of iodine', 'iodine cancer', 'iodine mold' etc and you'll open yourself up to a rabbit hole of wonder that you won't regret learning about! I can assure you!

Apologies for the length of this and hope it helps.