How to make iodine

A healthy diet is a great way to ensure you receive a good balance of the nutrients your body requires, including iodine — and you need to make sure you always have enough iodine.

My buddies at Rocks and Salt grabbed a sack full of black walnuts while they were doing an event in Pennsylvania. Quit a good haul! If you ever had questions on how to dye with these bad boys, here ya go! Here’s my process extracting the dye and getting it on my print table, with the end results being my fine linen cowl neck tops. You collect black walnuts aka juglans nigra, in eastern North America in late fall/early winter. I live in Brooklyn NYC, so harvesting dye stuff is possible but…

It’s estimated that as many as 25 million Americans have a thyroid problem, and half of them have no idea that they do. Hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid, accounts for 90% of all thyroid imbalances. The thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland in the center of your neck, is the master gland of metabolism. How well your...

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Your body doesn't naturally produce iodine, but it is found in plenty of foods that we eat every day.

Iodine is one of the most controversial topics in the thyroid world. Some people say you should avoid it, others say you should take high doses, and others (like me) recommend small daily doses to keep your thyroid functioning optimally. But what happens if you take iodine and experience side effects? What do you do then? Learn more about iodine-related side effects in this article, what causes them, how to avoid them, and what they mean for your body. See the full list of side effects here.

Your thyroid gland produces some of the most important hormones in your entire body. But what happens if you have your thyroid removed? Or destroyed? Are you able to survive? The answer is yes and

Low iodine levels can lead to slow metabolism, difficulty losing weight, thinning hair, brain fog, or breast tenderness.

Iodine is very important for thyroid hormone production. Insufficient iodine intake can lead to health issues, including hypothyroidism. You can use this simple test at home to find out if you need to focus on getting more iodine in your diet. Supplies: Pen/paper 2% U.S.P Iodine Tincture (like this) Directions: IMPORTANT NOTE: This test is...Read On →