Where I begin iodine supplementation, all raw food and then add a parasite cleanse - a grand experiment.
Day one Friday: I began oil pulling first thing in the morning about a month ago. After much reading and research, I ordered Lugol's and it came today. I had taken magnesium and vitamin C with breakfast. I took a dose of 16 drops of lugol's in water a half hour before lunch, chased it with more water and a selenium tablet. It tastes pretty strong, so I ended up chasing that with milk, and finally brushing my teeth with the clove tooth paste I use. I also took a salt push, which is 1/4 teaspoon of celtic sea salt in water followed by 12-16 oz of more water. Lunch put an end to a very slight stomach sensation an hour later. I took more vitamin C at dinner, and another salt push at around 9:30 pm. My urine was substantially darker right after that. Head got foggy and achey two hours later..so another salt push and more water.
Day two Saturday: . I did get some major foggy headed last night. Had to take a third salt push to deal with it. Otherwise first day was fine. I worked all day long. I have taken my 8 drops, big slug of water and some milk. Still do not like the taste, warmth at the back of the throat. I will take a salt push now, as well. Then in a little while breakfast and the other supplements. ~ I got busy and worked all day, got a foggy headache later and took another salt push. I drank lots more water. Went to bed early.
Day three Sunday: I slept around the clock, deep and heavy sleep with amazing and strange dreams. I took another 8 drops after oil pulling this morning. ~ I put off the salt drink... took it about three hours later when I got a foggy head. All gone in minutes. I am going to be taking a salt drink with each dose now. I am so cheerful and perky! I love that. ~ I did take a second dose in the evening. I also painted my face with Lugol's - dilute it if you try this. It has the effect of a laser peel... I am pink and slightly crusty the next day. I did notice again tonight in bed that my glands beneath my chin were sensitive and ever so slightly swollen.
Day four Monday: I slept really hard again.. must be using it to heal. And had a harsh and dramatic dream that echoes what iodine does to fluoride and bromine in the body. I took a smaller dose today - 4 drops. I am fine with the iodine, it is the salt and puffiness that is getting to me. So, I will build up more slowly. 4 drops is an excellent amount, about 25 mg of iodine daily. I made guacamole for breakfast... well, it floats my boat. ~ I did not enjoy the lift I felt the past two days. In fact I got blue and craved sugar. So, I took a second dose of 12 drops. I also did the salt push. It worked great! I felt perky and happy just an hour or so later. Back to four drops twice a day tomorrow.
Day five Tuesday: Short sleep, do not remember dreams. I took 8 drops. Not as cheery as last night. My face is peeling big time. I look a bit odd, even for me. My body seems to be adjusting to the salt, now. As well as the iodine. I fell asleep early and missed the second dose.
Day six Wednesday: I am having no problem falling asleep, that is for sure. I took 8 drops when I got up, then went back to bed. Took the other supplements when I got up again an hour later. Then went back to bed again. I did not do a salt push until hours later. My face is REALLY peeling, now. The skin underneath is very pink and very soft. Otherwise all is well. I got a full box of Emergen-C. I am already thinking this is a huge success. I took another 12 drops for the second dose. I needed the salt push a few hours later. I feel so happy. I love that. And I had lots of energy to shop with a friend for hours, too.
Day seven Thursday: I took another 12 drops this morning, and the support vitamins an hour later... after an hour long hike. I picked up another box of Emergen-C tropical this time, because it is on sale. Much more fun to take than the pills. I also got watermelon, cherries and lemon mangos to eat. I am feeling the pull toward more raw, and I am trusting it.~ The iodoral arrived today and I took 3 tonight an hour after a salt push and vitamins. I am beginning to think I can start the Humaworm cleanse... maybe tomorrow.
Day eight Friday: Yes, I began the Humaworm today. I feel steady on the iodine. Great dreams today.~ Unexpected benefit: Just a couple minutes ago I was painting a mole with Lugol's and noticed that on the other side of my arm, four inches up from the wrist where I used to have a pink spot on top of what felt like a big, deep pimple there is only the pink spot. This lump has been there for over a decade, all through my liver flushes, Master Cleanses and all the raw food eating... and it is almost gone now. There is only the slightest thickness there now. Like a healing scab/scar on the surface of the skin, nothing underneath. Big grin ~ Second dose went fine, Vit C, selenium, magnesium, salt push and then an hour later 3 iodoral tablets. Dinner was an hour after that. ~ Between watermelon for breakfast and the Humaworm, I am a pooping fool! And then I fell asleep early. Now is that excitement!
Day nine Saturday: 3 iodoral tablets and 2 Humaworm capsules and an hour later the support protocol and breakfast. And another long nap today. More iodoral and Humaworm and dinner. I am not sure if it is the Humaworm or the detox from higher dose of iodine that is making me so sleepy. Went to bed early.
Day ten Sunday: I am maintaining the 6 iodoral tablets a day and the four Humaworm capsules and am really hungry when meal time comes and really sleepy almost all the other time. I had extra coffee today and managed a perky conversation with one of my sisters. Then napped a bunch and had more coffee when I woke up. Emotions are close to the surface, other than that and the sleepiness, I am great. I am going to try and boogie today. I have not been oil pulling because I don't like the sesame oil and my new supply of coconut oil has not arrived. It should be here in a day or so. I will start again then. Over all my face skin is much clearer and smoother! It is still peeling. grin And does food ever taste great!!! I am not eating more, but I am enjoying it a lot more.
Day eleven Monday: Day 4 of Humaworm. I did boogie! And it felt so great to move freely again. I slept and woke only to take the iodoral and Humaworm. When I naturally woke up it was with a headache... which the salt push totally eliminated. I have taken the other supplements, too. I am taking a larger amount of selenium because I upped the iodine. I got my coconut oil from Alissa today and it is so delicious! I oil pulled right there and then. ~ Here are some very straight forward, short, informative videos about iodine in the body made by a doctor: http://vitamincfoundation.org/videos/#BROWNSTEIN These are worth the download time. ~ I am still a puffy face, although I am not retaining water elsewhere of note... which means I am not drinking enough water. It is way too easy when sleeping this much to forget. So, I will track it, as I track my iodine, etc. I boogied again... I like this feeling good stuff a lot!
Day twelve Tuesday: I took the iodoral and Humaworm first thing with water. Then in a little while had breakfast and the Vitamin C, selenium, magnesium and niacin. I did not take any salt push. I had not slept enough, so went back to bed awhile - I keep vampire hours sometimes. I slept fine, with strange dreams. Woke with no headache, no body aches, no foggy head. Hmmm. Maybe I can eliminate or cut back on the salt pushes until I up the amount of iodine again. I shall watch and see. ~After being up an hour or more I did have a headache that went away with the salt push - I only used 1/4 teaspoon of salt this time. Then I too the iodoral and Humaworm a little before dinner. I seemed to digest everything just fine. I did not need another salt push.
Day thirteen Wednesday: Iodoral and Humaworm at 7:30 a.m. with water and back to bed. Salt push with 1/4 tsp at 9:00. Salt push again because of headache at 5:00 pm. ~ Support protocol with dinner and then Iodoral and Humaworm at 9, followed at 11:30 with another support protocol and a salt push with Himalayan salt.. delish! Even more so than the Fleur De Sel I have been using. I am staying with 75 mg of iodine a while. My nose is gooky, headaches come and go, itchy skin now and then. Humaworm at work! I am focused and productively working. I love that. ~ Much later... bathroom detox from the Humaworm and iodine. Brown pee! Might be the effect of the Himalayan salt... I dunno. So glad it is out of me!!
Day fourteen Thursday: Day 7 for Humaworm - Iodoral and Humaworm at 6:00 a.m. Then breakfast at 7:00. Happy, happy, happy!!! ~ A salt push and vitamins at 9:00 a.m. Another salt push at 4:00 p.m. because of a headache. More iodoral and Humaworm at 8:00 p.m. ~ Good mood lasted all day, in fact I felt high again. ~ Salt push at 11:pm along with more vitamins.
Day fifteen Friday: Rough sleep, only because yesterday climbing a hill I fell and the strained muscles are annoyed and bothered me through the night. Falling is shocking for me as an adult. I remember bouncing right back up as a kid. Iodoral and Humaworm at 6:30, then breakfast. Salt push around 1 p.m. ~ Worked easily all day and well into the night. More iodoral and Humarowm at 7:30 p.m. -0no detox, so no salt push tonight.
Day sixteen Saturday: I did oil pulling with virgin coconut oil and a few drops of Lugol's - much more stimulating than the oil alone. I mixed a half cup of the coconut oil with about ten drops of lugol's and applied it to face and upper body - no burning whatsoever. I upped the iodoral to four tablets, so 4 iodoral and 2 Humaworm today. If I match that tonight, that means 100 mg iodine daily. I will probably will not go higher. Both ankles, both knees are still deeply annoyed from the fall.. I am not very mobile. But, they are healing. ~ I rested all day, watched DVDs... I did take four iodoral tonight with the Humaworm caps - and did a second 1/4 teaspoon salt push and had no detox symptoms. Finally before bed feeling restless I boogied gently for over a half hour. I really enjoyed moving.. and I am hopeful of not being sore and miserable tomorrow.
Day seventeen Sunday: Woke with a crown headache - just the very top of my head. I suspect this is withdrawal from the chocolate I ate yesterday. I did oil pull. I tried a cup of green tea, some lunch. Nope, no help. So, I got another smaller chocolate bar, ate it and went back to bed and sure enough woke feeling much better.. Sigh. I am doing all these healthy things for myself and then eat a chocolate bar. Ah, well, I am human, that is for sure. Meanwhile, I managed to finally take my iodoral and humaworm at 4 pm. I do not have a sore muscle in my body and my ankles and knees are feeling much better, although all are still a bit swollen. Fastest recovery to a fall I have ever experienced. ~ I took the other 4 iodoral and the 2 Humaworm just before bed with a huge glass of water... no problems.
Day eighteen Monday: Woke with a much smaller crown headache that faded as soon as I got up and walked around a bit. (chocolate, I know) I am going to start easing into the raw food now, fetching a good supply from the health food store. I am excited about this, finally. I know the next year and a half will be a huge new adventure for me and my health, and the Universe only knows what comes after that. Exciting info about iodine, bodyfat and loose skin : "Bromine hardens fat, the introduction of iodine softens it and allows the body to access the fat storage instead of creating new storage. The tightness of skin is a side effect of a properly functioning thyroid not of hardened fat." I did take 4 more iodoral and the 2 Humaworm this morning and a salt push an hour later. ~ I took another 4 iodoral and 2 humaworm later - but no salt push. I received the Okra Pepsin today and took my first capsule with dinner. I also received the detoxified iodine and painted it all over my throat, thyroid area and all over my breasts. I got a bit carried away with it. It is a much lighter orange than Lugol's and nothing burned. It felt warm on my throat. AND again I used the mixed up coconut oil that I added lugol's to a couple times on my face. ~ I managed to reach an amount of niacin to give me a niacin flush.. I turned all pink, got itchy, burning sensations for an hour or so... It is fabulous for the circulation, but I remembered that I don't enjoy it. Plus I looked funny.. See??
Day nineteen Tuesday: Wow, amazingly vivid dreams, both powerful and emotional. I was glad to wake up... even to the remnants of a crown headache. I can only suppose that this crown thing is the last bit of chocolate detox or Humaworm at work. Either way, it was gone in moments of becoming vertical. The dreams are absolutely a sign of detox - it was an experiment to skip the second salt push. I took a salt load first thing after waking today - well, after oil pulling and brushing my teeth the very first thing. I followed immediately with 4 iodoral and 2 Humaworm. Then in a bit I had breakfast and two Okra pepsin caps. No problems. Nice. I did a salt push around an hour after that. It is four hours later and I am foggy, so another 1/2 tspn salt push is in order.
Lots of interesting stuff on the forum today - most interesting to me was a discussion of halide detox symptoms of lower back ache, hip, knee pains. Even though the injuries from falling are gone, my legs seem to be dragging and walking is painful. This lead to the discussion of iodine loosening and chelating the halides from the body.. but also the mention of how mercury and lead when loose in the blood like to hang out in the joints, notably the lower ones like the hips and knees causing distress and aches. That although iodine can chelate them, selenium does it better. And like sodium chelates the excess halides loosened by iodine, those of us revving our metabolism with iodine are melting old stores of fat that have mercury and lead in them. I certainly have from all the metal in my mouth, let alone the environment and I just recently turned my ankle. So, those of us with metal mouths need selenium for surer footing, which explains why I had no turned ankles while raw and eating Brazil nuts. Which further means for all this detox to go more smoothly an increase in selenium for my higher amount of iodine may just eliminate ankle turning for me. So, I am off to get some L-selenomethionine, the selenium you cannot OD on. Secondly most interesting was this link to a video interview of the author of a book about Fluoride. Link to video click here! Fascinating stuff! ~ Another four iodoral and 2 humarworm tonight followed y a salt push and the minerals later. Another salt push very late - not tired.
Day twenty Wednesday: I was high as a kite yesterday until very late when I felt very sad, slept like a hibernating bear today. The rhythms of healing?? It was not the vividness of detox dreaming, much quieter and it felt more restful. So, I think three salt pushes is what I need to cope with all this detox right now. I took the iodoral and Humaworm at around 11 a.m. and had a peach with the salt flush an hour later or so. I just had the Emergen-C with the minerals at 5:30 p.m. My nose is kinda clogged. Second round at midnight.
Day twenty one Thursday: Two rounds of 4 iodoral and 2 Humaworm, a couple salt pushes, vitamins and minerals once. A few new detox aches - right knee, left shoulder. I applied the coconut oil and iodine mixture all over my body, slathered it on my feet and put on socks. I did a half hour of boogie, too. I am Investigating IP6
Rice Bran Cleanse IP6
Getting rid of inner rust
as a result of Vulcanel's posts about it and ordered some online. I will do a 30 day cleanse with it when it arrives. It is a major metal chelator - most powerful with iron and calcium deposits.
Day twenty-two Friday: I am going to take iodine only once today - 50mg. I have a feeling varying the amount is good for the body. And I think it will help with the detox.
Day twenty-three Saturday: 4 iodoral and 2 humaworm twice today. Not feeling good - figured out I am not dealing so well with the salt. I am going to stop the salt pushes and see how it goes. I have not had a foggy head since Tuesday.. and I am not sure if that was the detox or not.
Day twenty-four Sunday: I slept like the dead for almost 19 hours. Woke groggy, not my of late normal self. 5 iodoral and 2 Humaworm before first meal. Ate light, craved sweets. I took one Okra pepsin with two meals. I went through major detox with Humaworm via toilet in late, late evening - which explains the heavy long sleep. After having no bromine detox from upping the amount of iodine, I decided to continue at 5 iodoral again for the second dosage, along with 2 Humaworm and lots and lots of water with a little Himalayan salt in it.
Day twenty-five Monday: 5 iodoral, 2 Humaworm, 1 Okra Pepsin with breakfast. Slept for 9 hours and awoke feeling able to charm the world! Now, this is what I am getting used to feeling. I climbed California street coming home from the HFS. I got my IP6 today and will take my first couple tablets in about a half hour -3 hours after dinner. I am easing into more raw, got lemon mangos, celery, cherries, and some raw cookies. I had a second okra pepsin with dinner. 5 more iodoral and 2 humaworm with water before hitting the sheets.
Day twenty-six Tuesday: Got up early -took 2 IP6 with water and went back to bed. Got up again about an hour later and took the 5 iodoral and 2 humaworm with water and went back to bed. Finally woke and ate some lemon mangos. Feeling the blues, cannot get going - could it be detox or is it simply no coffee?? I tried the salt push late, late and it helped me focus a bit. I suspect the Humaworm is doing it's business again. Meanwhile... 5 iodoral and 2 humaworm, taken late.
Day twenty-seven Wednesday: I took 3 IP6 at 4 a.m. and the 5 iodoral and 2 Humaworm at 9:30 a.m. I soaked a tampon in a quarter cup of water to which I added 24 drops Lugol's and 20 drops of detoxified iodine and inserted it for 20 minutes. I will be repeating this. Major detox in the form of pain in my left ankle, left shoulder and wrist - all went away with a salt push. Another 2 IP6 at 4, another 5 iodoral and the 2 Humaworm at 5:30 p.m. Lots of detox, so I did another salt push later. I managed a 20 minute boogie, too. I also took an okra-pepsin with two of my meals. I received my raw brazil nuts and have had easily two ounces today. They are not easy to digest.
Day twenty-eight Thursday: Four big weeks today. Sometimes my yahoo horoscope puts it so well: "This current phase of a situation is waning, but that's actually a good thing. Your instinct might be to hold onto the familiar, but you should let go graciously. You'll find that this new phase goes more smoothly." I am considering scaling back on the iodine to enable me to focus on the shift to raw, by having less detox with which to cope. Meanwhile, I took another 2 IP6 at 3 am. 5 iodoral and 2 Humaworm at 11 a.m. and a salt push at 5:30 p.m. along with my first meal and a few okra-pepsin. And more brazil nuts. I took 40 drops of lugol's in water at around 11 p.m. and within ten minutes I was feeling fabulous. (Yes, the same woman who just an hour before was talking bout cutting back took 312.5 mg of iodine today.) I confess I do love that feeling. The detox is no fun except when I can laugh about the detox dreams with my sister. Another salt push an hour later. ~~ I love this feeling I get from a lot of iodine... why?? Could it be it is not the iodine I am feeling? Could it be that the loosened bromine, etc in my blood stream is making me high?? And as soon as the salt push does it's job of pushing the other halides out, I am stone cold sober... but still happy. It is the bromine making me high. Well! I can tell you that this little episode has helped me see that I don't want to feel that high anymore. I want the solid, quiet peace and happiness of enough iodine - not the drama of detox. Scaling back is going to be a lovely step to take now. 30 minute boogie.
Day twenty-nine Friday: 3 IP6 at 6:30 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. , 5 iodoral and 2 Humaworm at 8 a.m. and 8;45 p.m. , one salt push at 9:15 a.m.
Day thirty Saturday: 3 IP6 at 5 a.m. and at 6 p.m., 5 iodoral & 2 Humaworm at 6:30 a.m. 4 iodoral at 11 a.m., 50 drops lugol's at 9:45 a.m., 20 drops Lugol's & 2 humaworm at 8:30 p.m., 2 Emergen-C at 9 a.m. and again at 7 p.m., And this is how I feel - the face of parasite detox:
Well, after trying more iodine and every other thing I could think of, I gave up and went to bed. I finally fell asleep at 2 and when I woke a few hours later felt more like myself. I did do a salt push later.
Day 31 Sunday: 3 IP6 at 4 a.m and again at 4 p.m., salt push, 40 drops lugol's and 2 Humaworm at 6 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., Brazil nuts. Nice bananas, celery/apple juice for breakfast. A day of energy and emotional highs. Connections and clarifications reached. I know I am detoxing like mad, because I am smaller and smaller. I was up 24 hours with a 3 hour nap in there somewhere - major energy!
Day 32 Monday: 3 IP6 @ 2:45 a.m and 2 IP6 @ 5 p.m., salt push & 40 drops lugol's & 2 Humaworm caps @ 6:15 a.m. and again @8:30 p.m., Breakfast & Brazil nuts at 7:30 a.m. Two things I have hesitated to mention before out of shyness - sheesh, shy about this after talking bathroom adventures in my journals for years! One is my libido, the other has to do with my libido. Yes, I am posting on a public place with my name attached about sex, because it is important, not to mention about something fun. From about day four of iodine supplementation I noticed my interest in males increase dramatically. I began to appreciate their look, movement and sound more than I had in quite a while. I thought it would pass, was hormonal. Nope, it grew and has steadied out to a level that reminds me of how I felt about men and sex in my twenties - Woof!! I have noticed also that a previous need for additional lubrication has disappeared.
Day 32 Tuesday: 2 IP6 @ 1:45 a.m, brazil nuts an hour later, 60 drops lugols & 2 Humaworm & salt push at 4:15 a.m., 2 more Humaworm at 10 p.m. - I upped the amount again. Mostly because I kinda figure I will have to lower it when I go raw to avoid detox hell. I might ramp it back up again, but time will tell. I am beginning to feel my focus shifting from iodine alone to the raw food. I stumbled upon a fun site about raw... movie maker making a movie to promote the raw lifestyle.. He is a cutie pie, radiantly healthy and obviously had fun making the movie - you can see a clip on his site - Go Raw Now!!!
Okay, I have had to take three salt pushes... But other than feeling really, really awake without coffee, no problems with the iodine. ~ I know I cannot OD on iodine, but I have reached the edge of my comfort level with detox - my breath when I wake up is dragon breath, I am tense around the neck and shoulders and all I want to do is play - I don't feel grounded enough to work. I think it is actually the combination of detox from the Humaworm plus the iodine that has put me beyond my comfort zone. I an back off the iodine to finish the Humaworm more comfortably. Rough night of right leg, knee and ankle aches, interesting dreams and then relief with a new and different kind of BM.
Day 33 Wednesday: 2 IP6 @ 5:30 a.m., 16 drops Lugol's & 2 Humaworm @ 8 a.m. and again at 10:45 pm, - I feel oddly lighter and clearer this morning, so I know something good happened with the detox of yesterday and last night, but that is enough drama for now. I register as two pounds down on the scale, too. First move in a month. Then slept a lot of today. I am having fun reading about raw food again...
"TC Fry lived to 72. When he was 45 (before raw), his doctor said he would be lucky to 46. Eating raw extended his life 26 years." I love that!
Day 33 Thursday: 16 drops lugol's & 2 Humaworm at 6:30 a.m., 16 drops Lugols' @ 12:30 p.m. My face is broken out and my hair is flat - no product in it, but this is what I am looking like today. ~ Feeling blue - I took more Lugol's in water - half hour later Happy Ellen again. So much for cutting down right now. Note: Drops of Lugol's - vertical are 6.25 mg of iodine - when dropped from the dropper horizontally they are 12.5mg of iodine. I was doing horizontal drops and just went back to correct this log. ~ I skipped the IP6 today and the second dose yesterday and am still sleeping a lot, so it is iodine detox. I can add the IP6 back.
Day 34 Friday: 2 Humaworm @ 7 a.m., 2 IP6 @ 11 a.m., 8 drops Lugol's @ 3 p.m. ~ I had my last cooked meal and only just realized it was. It was food, and I am so ready to go raw. I will begin a new page for tomorrow.
Why I am supplementing with Iodine in a nutshell
Where I am getting my iodoral
Where I am getting my Lugol's solution
Nutritional support for iodine supplementation
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