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    Iodine

    Last year I started taking iodine and slowly, over about two months, got up to 12.5 mg. I started with iodine drops of 150mcg. Then I used Lugol's 2% which have about 3,000mcg per drop. That gave me more control over building up slowly. Then I bought Iodoral tablets which are 12.5 per...
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    Anybody found green tea beneficial - does it vasodilate or vasoconstrict?

    Green tea comes from the Camelia Sinensis plant, just like white and black tea. I found out the hard way that tea is not as healthy as everyone says. It can suppress thyroid function. For me, over the course of two years after I started drinking it, I slowly became irritable, depressed...