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I was not aware that iodine use was discouraged for this reason. Always a surprise in this substack!

"Supplementing with iodine had been a very standard treatment used in many conditions, and then radioactive iodine and X-rays became common and a body lacking in adequate iodine works better for the radioactive iodine X-ray…. that is putting the proverbial cart before the horse.

Which is a higher priority for you… Preventing cancer? or more easily screening for cancer?

…and lack of iodine can also increase risk that cancer will become present."

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Yes, you can see it happening in a change of tone between pre 1940s and post 1940s research, roughly. Radioactive iodine and X-rays became vogue and medical care as it historically had been provided with Lugol's iodine drops used often, changed dramatically.

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