So let's talk about iodine. What it's good for?

Iodine is a trace mineral. A trace mineral is something you need in very tiny trace amounts,

okay, usually in micrograms. But iodine is so important for your body. Let's start with

the thyroid. What does iodine do for your thyroid? Well, the majority of iodine is located

in the thyroid gland. Why? Because you need iodine to make the thyroid hormones. When we're

talking about T4 or T3, we're really talking about the number of iodine molecules that are

attached to this protein hormone. And so what happens is when the thyroid makes T4, that's

not the active form, that's the inactive form. You have about 80% of that T4 being converted

to T3, the active form of thyroid hormone through the liver, and 20% of this conversion happening

through the kidneys, okay. So T3 is the active form, T4 is the inactive form. And you also

need selenium for this conversion as well. And so without iodine, wow, your metabolism suffers

pretty much every single symptom relating to your metabolism. So if you have a slow metabolism,

it can affect your hair, your nails, your skin, your mood. You can have a buildup of cholesterol.

You can start gaining weight all over your body. So there could be many, many problems, including

nodules on the thyroid itself from an iodine deficiency. All right, number two, iodine

is essential in protecting you against excessive amounts of estrogen. And so if you're estrogen

dominant, you have too much estrogen, you're going to need a little more iodine to counter

that excess amount. I'll give you an example, fibrosistic breast, okay, where you're having

these little nodules in the breast. The most powerful remedy to get rid of those is sea

kelp. iodine will counter that so fast. Same thing with ovarian cyst, iodine is a great

remedy because these cysts are occurring because you have too much estrogen. So we need iodine

to counter this effect. And so as we know, too much estrogen can lead to cancer, especially

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