As
we were researching for our last book, "Your Ideal Hawaii Health: Why People in Hawaii are so Healthy and Happy", we discovered that the
health and happiness was due to people getting nutrients in Hawaii that are
missing on the mainland. People living in Hawaii get vitamin D from the
tropical sunshine, iodine from the ocean, and omega 3 oils in local fish
and grass fed beef. Each of these nutrients are so important that doctors have
written entire books about how they can be a miracle cure for people that are
severely deficient in any one of them. As we read stories of amazing
recoveries from taking a few supplements, we were curious if taking additional
supplements of these nutrients would have an even greater positive effect on us?
We
found iodine the most appealing to try after reading about people who reported
that their tumors disappeared and kids with autism had sudden improvements
after taking iodine supplements. It was hard to believe that a simple
inexpensive supplement could have such a big impact. After convincing ourselves
that it was safe for us to try, we started taking iodine supplements in the
form of Lugol's Solution (5 drops of 2%) in the morning. We were impressed at
how much energy iodine suddenly gave us and we no longer need coffee to get us
going. It has been over two years now and we still take iodine every day.
Over
the last two years we have found Facebook groups on iodine and we followed one
of them closely. It seems like most people are excited at first and then find
for one reason or another that the supplement did not do what they were
expecting. Generally people on Facebook groups trying iodine seem to have
some severe illness and when they are not cured overnight they are very
disappointed. For us, our low energy was cured within a few weeks, so we are very happy about that.
Our
success with iodine supplements has inspired us to try other supplements and
continue researching key nutrients missing in our diet. We will post what we
discover in our continuing adventure in improving our Hawaii life with better
nutrition.
