The Project Avalon Community Forum - Health and Wellness https://projectavalon.net/forum4/ en Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:47:02 GMT vBulletin 30 https://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/misc/rss.png The Project Avalon Community Forum - Health and Wellness https://projectavalon.net/forum4/ IODINE :: Supplementation :: Protocols :: Recent Research :: Avalon Member Knowledge https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?131738-IODINE-Supplementation-Protocols-Recent-Research-Avalon-Member-Knowledge&goto=newpost Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:20:39 GMT Image: https://consciousnessexplorationblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/iodine.png *IODINE :: Supplementation :: Protocols :: Recent...

IODINE :: Supplementation :: Protocols :: Recent Research :: Avalon Member Knowledge

I am currently in a process of reinvestigating Iodine.

In addressing some of my own current, potential nutritional deficiencies relative to a health issue ( source ) the subject is resurfacing.

There are a few threads here on the board about Iodine ( source ) - but each of them is 1) old, has 2) link breaks and missing video data, and/or 3) a distinct focus which is different from my idea for this thread. If it is possible, along with the recent research I am coming across and distinct protocols for supplementation, I would be most appreciative if Avalon members with a history of supplementing Iodine could, minimally in brief, share the scope of that journey here. Including:
  • When you began supplementing and why
  • The type of Iodine(s) you used, for what purposes, to what effects
  • If any lab data were utilized
  • If your protocol was daily or otherwise
  • The length of your supplementation and the reason for any periodic pauses

**If you live within “the goiter belt” here in the United States or any other such area globally, where the Iodine in the soil is known to be low, if at all existent — this information would also be helpful. I appreciate everyone’s assistance. A resource such as this could be quite helpful to us all.


__________________________


The current RDA for Iodine

It sometimes astounds me, what serves as the basis for official recommended daily allowances—the RDA for Iodine, as an example, according to Dr. David Brownstein and others who are surfacing within the scope of my research, is based solely on what the thyroid gland requires to not form a goiter *an extremely low 150 mcg. It is not, as one might think, based on what is optimal for the thyroid, nor does it take into account all the other organs which require Iodine ( such as the breasts, reproductive organs, etc.. ), or in fact, every cell in the human body. **If experiments and research papers on this exist and you know of them, this thread would be a great place to share them. To my knowledge, Dr. David Brownstein leads the research in this area through his direct medical practice. He says in interviews ( I will post one below ) that in testing upwards of 8000+ patients, 97% of them have been deficient in Iodine. I believe he lives and practices within the goiter belt of the United States. I am uncertain of what percentage of his patients also do, so please read with this in mind.

I have begun Iodine supplementation myself as of this month, October 2026, to an experienceable and very good effect; my energy level would seem to be improving and my voice, which has been growing more “gravel-y” through the past couple years is returning more to normal *at least at times; I am able to project my voice when previously it was growing difficult. There may be an effect on my insulin and morning blood-sugar level as well. I can report back at a future time on how this continues to unfold. Note: I do not utilize the allopathic health care system so my observations are my own *but I am a spiritually developed person who is able to, with great ease, scan my bio-fields, and am also a professional medical caregiver with over 30 years of direct experience in making useful observation in the care of others; I am skilled at recognizing signs (both etherically and physically) and symptoms.





While, previously, I would have supplemented with Nascent Iodine, this time I am choosing Lugol’s Solution instead due to Dr. Brownstein’s information. Nascent Iodine is available only in micrograms and, according to my understanding contains only Iodine—while Lugol’s is available in milligrams and contains both Iodine and potassium Iodide; Dr. Brownstein’s research with thousands of actual patients revealed to him the necessity for both Iodine and potassium Iodide, as some cells and organs need and utilize the one, and some the other. He showed limited to no results in patients until he began dosing in the MILLIGRAMS **the dosing reaching anywhere from 25-50 milligrams on average and sometimes even higher.

NOTE: Selenium is required for Iodine to do its job **but it is recommended to not increase Selenium when beginning an Iodine protocol; 100-200 mcg, or maximally 200-400 mcg daily.


DR. DAVID BROWNSTEIN’S IODINE PROTOCOL





What is Important if/when You Run Labs

There are multiple doctors, Dr. Brownstein and Dr. Sarah Myhill among them, who state the important tests, perhaps the ONLY genuinely informative tests to run in reference to the thyroid and Iodine are 1) free T3, and 2) free T4. It is said that total T3/T4 are attached to proteins so the number is not accurate. It is further said that TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) is a pituitary thing not (directly) thyroid—it should not be read for thyroid but should still be within its own healthy range. **If anyone reading this has further thoughts and/or quality information on this please do share these in your comments.




“Dr. David Brownstein is a global expert in iodine. Based on clinical experience with 8,000+ patients (he reports that) over 97% are iodine deficient. Iodine deficiency can cause glandular problems like ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and thyroid cancer, Hashimoto’s, and hypothyroidism. And you can’t get enough iodine from the diet.”

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Hidden Iodine Deficiency: Why almost everyone is low in iodine and how it slows down your metabolism and thyroid
  • Toxic Blockers: How common household chemicals like fluoride and bromide push iodine out of your body
  • Glandular Healing: How iodine can help reverse painful issues like fibrocystic breast disease naturally
  • Iodine and Salt: Why unrefined salt is actually essential for helping your body process iodine safely
  • Lugol’s iodine: How to properly test your iodine levels and use simple tools like Lugol's solution to heal

Dr. Brownstein's website and Iodine book


***

Note: Save for the YT description, the idea, formatting and writing of this post is fully my own. ]]> Health and Wellness Casey Claar https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?131738-IODINE-Supplementation-Protocols-Recent-Research-Avalon-Member-Knowledge What Is Atherosclerosis? An Essay on Healed Injury, Layered Clots, and the Repair That Medicine Refuses to See https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?131721-What-Is-Atherosclerosis---An-Essay-on-Healed-Injury-Layered-Clots-and-the-Repair-That-Medicine-Refuses-to-See&goto=newpost Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:27:09 GMT What Is Atherosclerosis? An Essay on Healed Injury, Layered Clots, and the Repair That Medicine Refuses to See ... What Is Atherosclerosis? An Essay on Healed Injury, Layered Clots, and the Repair That Medicine Refuses to See

https://www.unbekoming.com/p/what-is-atherosclerosis?

How to Explain It to a Six-Year-Old

Imagine you scrape your knee. A scab forms. Underneath the scab, new skin grows. When the new skin is ready, the scab falls off, and your knee looks almost like it did before.

Now imagine the scab forms inside a tube that carries water, like a garden hose. If the scab fell off inside the tube, it would float along until the tube got narrow somewhere, and then it would get stuck. If it got stuck in the wrong place, like the pipe to your heart or your brain, that would be very bad.

So inside a blood vessel, the scab is not allowed to fall off. Instead, your body grows new skin on top of the scab, which pulls the scab into the wall of the tube. The scab is tucked away inside the wall where it cannot float off and cause trouble.
That works beautifully, as long as it only happens once.

But what if the same spot inside the tube gets scraped again? A new scab forms, in the same place. New skin grows over the top of that one too. Now you have two layers of tucked-away scab inside the wall. Scrape it again, and there are three layers. Then four. Then five.

After many years of scraping the same spot and tucking away the scabs, there is a lump inside the wall of the tube. The lump is made of all the old scabs piled up. The tube is narrower there now, because the wall has gotten thicker.

That lump is called a plaque. Doctors used to think the lump was fat that leaked in from the blood. It is not. It is scabs. It is what the body built to patch the wall every time something scraped it.

The question that matters is not what the scabs are made of. The question is what keeps scraping the same spot.

If plaque is built from clots at sites of lining damage, what damages the lining?
The arterial lining is not a passive sheet of tiles. It is covered on the blood side by a layer called the glycocalyx, a fine mesh of sugars and proteins that keeps blood cells and clotting factors from touching the endothelial cells beneath. The glycocalyx is where damage begins. Strip it away and the endothelial cells are exposed. Damage the endothelial cells and the tissue beneath is exposed, triggering clot formation.

The known insults are specific and well-documented.

Blood sugar spikes. A study published in Diabetes in 2006 directly measured what happens to the glycocalyx during a spike in blood glucose. The glycocalyx was stripped off, and fragments of it, including hyaluronan, could be measured floating in the bloodstream. Any meal that spikes blood sugar does this. People who have been given the label diabetes do it chronically. People with the condition medicine calls prediabetes, often undiagnosed, do it chronically as well.

Sugar-damaged proteins. When excess sugar in the blood binds to proteins and fats, it damages them. The damaged molecules are called advanced glycation end products, or AGEs. Research has shown that AGEs can initiate and propagate atherosclerotic lesions independently of lipid status, meaning the damage is done directly, with no need for elevated cholesterol.

Homocysteine. The amino acid identified by McCully. Elevated homocysteine damages the lining directly. The B-complex nutrients folate, B6, and B12 are required for its metabolism, and intake of these through whole food is often inadequate on a modern processed diet. The fuller story of McCully’s discovery, its suppression, and the B-vitamin connection is told in “The Wrong Enemy.”

Smoking. The link between smoking and heart disease is one of the few that mainstream cardiology and this analysis agree on, and the mechanism is lining damage. Smoke damages the glycocalyx and the endothelium directly.

Heavy metals. Lead and cadmium, in particular, accumulate in the arterial wall and damage endothelial cells.

Bacterial toxin. When bacterial fragments cross from the gut or the mouth into the bloodstream, as happens in leaky gut and in advanced gum disease, they trigger inflammation at the arterial lining. A 2018 study identified lipopolysaccharide, a bacterial toxin, embedded directly within atherosclerotic plaque.

Cortisol and adrenaline. Chronic stress, through the HPA axis, elevates these hormones chronically. Both damage the endothelium and increase clot formation.

Kidney disease. The condition medicine calls chronic kidney disease impairs nitric oxide synthesis, which is required to keep the endothelium healthy, and reduces the circulating supply of endothelial progenitor cells, which are needed to repair damage.

The list is not exhaustive, but the common thread is clear. These are insults that strip the glycocalyx, damage the endothelial cells, and either exceed the body’s capacity to repair the lining or exhaust the progenitor cell supply that performs the repair. Where the insult is intermittent, the lining heals and no plaque forms. Where the insult is chronic and the repair system is overwhelmed, the repair residue accumulates. That residue is what pathologists see on autopsy and name atherosclerosis.

(I would venture to add that some vaccinations probably damage arteries, too.) ]]> Health and Wellness John Hilton https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?131721-What-Is-Atherosclerosis---An-Essay-on-Healed-Injury-Layered-Clots-and-the-Repair-That-Medicine-Refuses-to-See