My state, South Carolina, used to be known as the Iodine State. That was its official nickname. It was because the lower half of the state, where lots of farming occurs, was at one time covered by ocean, and the soil in that area is still incredibly rich in iodine and transfers the iodine to the crops grown in that soil.
It's too bad we don't have a doctor like you in every single doctors office. If there were we'd have a lot of healthy people in the world. Thank you very much for all your awesome information Dr. Berry. GOD BLESS
1. Any Fish that comes from the Ocean 2. Any Shellfish that comes from the Ocean 3. Sea weed (again... from the ocean is best) 4. Meat and Organs (from grass fed is better) 5. Dairy (from grass fed is better) 6. Eggs 7. Coastal plants
Dr. Ken Berry, I have followed you since Oct 2018. I've lost almost 40 lbs since then doing Keto. I work in retail and my customers have seen my results and have asked how. I recommend to everyone to start researching by watching your videos. I'm sure at least 25 - 50 customers have subscribed to your channel since. I call you the Keto GURU and said this is the first step to going keto. Thank you for all your videos on this. It's amazing how great I feel from inside out and I'm such an advocate on Keto lifestyle in Ontario, Canada I want all my customers to know. Thank you for your research and making it available for us all. Norah Canada
I had watched your previous video on iodine because I have cystic fibroid breasts... almost immediately (within 48 hrs) of implementing a good iodine supplement and eating more seafood the cysts in my breasts Greatly reduced!! I’m so glad I stumbled on that particular video and that you’ve added this new video with great sources of natural iodine!! Thank you so very much for everything you do!! 🤗🤗
@@rosem9402 Iodine: essential or dangerous is the name of the video. He posted it two years ago. He also has a more recent video with Kelly Hogan. Just hit the search button and add his name plus Kelly and iodine… Hope this helps as I’m not very tech savvy… I’ve also added eating the tins of sardines (only packed in spring water.. bought at Walmart) a couple times a week… such a difference!! Good Luck on your journey to better health! 😊
@@carlestridge423 I would probably still eat them packed in olive oil ( if I couldn’t find them in water) but I found my tummy gurgles a lot more when I’ve tried those. I’ve been lucky enough to find them packed in Spring Water and have no digestive issues with them.
I also heard (not sure where) that the iodine in the salt evaporates and releases into the air over time and after opening. so it is almost useless. Most of what the "government" tells us and does (without our permission) is USELESS and even possibly harmful! People used to eat full-fat foods all the time and when I look back at most people prior to 80's, 90's, etc. they didn't have the weight problem we see now. Granted - many things contribute to this, but it can also be a cycle: cut out good stuff, people eat bad/empty foods and crave more, they continue eating bad stuff which packs on the weight and keeps starving them. I generally don't listen to what "medical folks" tell us. Especially when one year coffee aspirin, etc. etc. are bad and then suddenly the next year or so, they are good. blah
Yah, red meat or any meat is bad, eggs bad, butter bad, cream bad but be sure to eat carbs in any and every form. Yah, look at how well that turned out. I’ll go to Dr B any day, or a doctor he recommended. But 99% I do not trust. I blame my sisters Dr for her death because she had cancer and told her she could eat whatever she wanted, just don’t drink soda😳. Stage 4 cancer and don’t drink soda. That’s not all of it but that was the last brain fart from him before she died. I genuinely believe most Drs don’t give a shite about their patience. But I know Dr B does.
Remember when I/you where a child in grade school ? I’m 65 and I can remember when I was taught that the Indians planted their crops and put a fish along with the seeds !
Lugol's solution is 10% iodide and 5% iodine with pure water which is excellent for supplementation. Before the antibiotic explosion doctors gave patients Lugols for every ailment imaginable.
@@CentralTexasPuppies I take it orally, 10 drops from an eyedropper in a large cup of warm water first thing every morning. Just sip it as you would a cup of coffee. It doesn't taste bad and the protection you are receiving is huge. If you are new to Lugol's start off with 3 or 4 drops, then slowly work your way up. Really beneficial for females especially. If you are looking for topical protection or a cure for skin infections, scratches, cuts, pimples or any damage to the skin that is of risk of becoming infected, iodine tincture is the way to go The tincture is 2.5% iodine and 2.5% Potassium iodide. A pharmacist will make these up for you on request. I have been taking it once daily for well over 30 years and I put my good health down to iodine ( plus real food)
It is refreshing to hear an educated person (MD 20years+) speaking as a common person. "AINT" I have listened to people use words to show that their level of education is ...., that I have to look up the word to understand what they are saying. You using "aint" brings the level of conversation to a common level showing that you are speaking to people not pier reviewers. Thank-you for being down to earth as most of us are.
I'm so impressed that you use Lugol's Iodine!! I've been using it for 20 years. It completely changed my life when I was young and made my lungs healthier when they were infected. I used to get bronchitis and pneumonia all throughout my childhood. But never have had it since I discovered Lugol's Iodine.
Thank you for explaining this. I'm severely allergic to crawfish. I had shellfish poisoning while pregnant. But I can eat tuna, flounder and shrimp with little to no reaction. I use non-iodine salt when I cook. But now knowing I am still getting nutrients from eggs and meat makes me feel so much better. 😁
Thank you Dr. Ken Berry. Ken Berry would be glad to have someone like you share his name if he were around. I've learned and applied the things I'm hearing from your videos. . An educated consumer is the best customer.
Thank you for an information and iodine rich video :) My father told me when he grew up, near the coast, the family had one cow, some sheep and some chicken. He learned early to go out fishing and they ate lots of fish. My grandparents was the first generation Finns that moved to north Norway because of food scares in Finland in the 1880. They used seaweed as food for the animals, and I remembered my father telling me how happy the animals was when they got cocked fish for dinner. And my father loved the raw milk that tased a bit oceany ( is that a word?) I wish I had that upbringing, but now it's illigal to sell raw milk here in Norway and it was not possible to live where my father grew up, he had to be near a job earning money for living.
@@unnistevens9595 Wow, I lived in Hammerfest for two years before I met my now husband. :) Sadly they don't have those fiskegjeld when I lived there. Dried fish is very good :)
I still cook our meals ( all organic when possible ) and all this foods are on my list. I have hyper-thyroidism ( not associated with any disease ) and when I started to add all of these to my diet along with an old and inexpensive medication I have improved greatly. I take a supplement of sheep thymus and bovine liver from New Zealand, grass fed and finished. Thank you, Dr.. ☺️
Oh and where to purchase? They are usually sold directly through practitioners (naturopaths, chiropractors, etc.) lmk if you cant find it online and I can connect you with an ND office where you can get it.
The Irish are known to be big consumers of potatoes and I'm sure that potatoes grown in Ireland are loaded with iodine because it's an island nation. Also, Irish cattle, cheese and milk should have good iodine in them as well - even the grain fed cattle. Iodine is absorbed by the lungs if it is available in the breeze that wafts in off the ocean spray. Japan produce is loaded with iodine too, I would say.
@@rodolson5682 I love it! We've used real salt forever so raising the kids we kept kelp on the table. I remember always feeling like I couldn't eat enough of it to matter.
I just finished your book this weekend. This is going to blow the top off my drs head! ha ha. I enjoyed it very much and thanks for including all the references. It's a real gem.
@@jeanf8998 the past few weeks I’ve been really wanting liverwurst but every one that I find in my area has junk in it and I’m talking about like corn syrup and all kinds of preservatives. I can’t find a good one. :-(
I love watching your videos! Of course I have your book, "Lies My Doctor Told me"! It was eye opening! You have been a blessing and have changed my life! God Bless you, Dr. Berry!
Dr. Ken I think you make us all smarter just by listening to you. I admit I never thought about iodine as anything other than the big ouch my Ma used to put on our scrapes and cuts as children (when she could catch us). I have a thing about ocean Perch I started eating it when I was pregnant and still get it as often as I can. I think I may go shopping today.
I have kidney failure (not disease) from being poisoned. My diet is heavy in nuts, mushrooms and coconut. I also like some seaweeds soups that they have in health foods. I think nuts have iodine because of very deep roots and many are grown in california, near the ocean. Some mushrooms have very high amounts. Coconuts help with the balance of fats that is natural. Hazelnuts - one of my favorite (the nut not the processed stuff). I also use the pink salt from Real Salt Himalayan.
I apply iodine topically. I feel very certain that masses of individuals, especially those living inland, are iodine deficient. In the 90s people began shifting away from iodized salt to sea salt. This has possibly made the situation worse.
@@musamusashi Well, if you haven't yet, research it. Maybe there's different information out today, but when I have researched it before, what I find is that they don't know how much iodine is there, but in many cases it may be none. I suppose it may be like how iodine levels in seaweed can vary widely from batch to batch, and they don't really test for it. Not much information is available on any of this, unfortunately. At least as far as I could see. Please post a response if you find good sources of info that help on this topic.
@@SG-js2qnthanks, i stand corrected. I just assumed iodine would be high, because of the sea factor, but it actually seems that Himalayan salt has the highest content. I still always try to get my nutrients from the foods they are naturally present in, rather than from foods those same nutrients are added to. Good we use Himalayan salt regularly beside eating a good amount of sea food.
amazing video, you answered my question... I did not want to take iodine supplement, but I am now eating herring "sardines" so now I am more confident I am meeting my iodine needs by eating sardines everyday!!!
My entire family now uses Lugol's iodine in our morning coffee since I saw your first video on iodine. Much appreciate all the information that you share to improve our health.
@@skinnydee1886 hi. I take 2 drops every morning in my coffee. Do not take it in the afternoonbor evenings as your mind will be quite alert. The Lugol's has a dropper, therefore I do not measure other than two drops. Your body will evacuate any excess you do not need in your urine.
Ginette Houle Yuck, iodine tastes awful. It makes everything taste like bad tap water. I’d hate to ruin my coffee with it. I just put it in a couple ounces of water.
@@golfgalc8855 I really hope so, I have a new dr due to mine retiring and she is giving me blood tests due to this way of eating and seemed very receptive to it
Great Video thanks, my biggest worry is we have a sewerage outlet plus a smelter (i always double the pollutant figures they put out, they are careless with the truth) near our place so seaweed is off limits but i catch and eat all my fish, away from the said discharge areas.
I just started watching. I am in the US interior. I grow berries. I am going to find out if I can add iodine to my soil. Lots of farmed seafood here that I will now avoid, thank you. Going to eat scallops from Florida tonight.
I'm a 64 year old male . I am on day 36 of a 50 day water fast . So far I have lost 42.6 pounds on this water fast. The only problems thus far are extreme gas and diarrhea almost daily . In the last 2 weeks I do get dizzy if I get up too fast and a very horrible taste in my mouth . I drink smart water daily that does contain potassium , sodium and magnesium . After 35 days I would believe their could not be anything left in my intestines . Is this normal ? Could this be food stuck on the walls over years finally being released ?
JABCO the fecal matter is most likely from your own body feeding on itself. I am not a doctor but had worked in long term care for over 20 years and have seen this happen when people stopped eating for a prolonged time. I would strongly encourage that you see your doctor and or end your fast. I never fast past 3days myself.
Hey Doc, could you make a video on how you and your pregnant wife take Lugol's iodine? It's very unclear anywhere online how it is taken and how often. Would be really great
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When I was a child in Dawlish, Devon, farmers would come along the beaches after a storm with their trailers & load the seaweed in to use on their land. So Dawlish potatoes did have iodine as all other Dawlish foods. I fear they no longer do this.
There's probably some local council rule stopping farmers taking seaweed off the beach. It's also time consuming so quicker for the farmer so pour a liquid into the farm spray machine than do it yourself healthy option.
Look into zinc supplementation. I’ve been doing keto and intermittent fasting for nine months. All my markers have gotten better except I had have high blood glucose fasted. And it always seem to range in the low 100s. But sometimes as high as130. I’ve tried a few things like berberine and Ceylon cinnamon. With no real results. I decided to give 50 mgs of zinc once a day a try. After about a week and a half I noticed my glucose readings after eating were a lot lower. Then I started noticing my fasted morning glucose in the mid 90s. Since I don’t trust glucose strips entirely since they seem to fluctuate from bottle to bottle. I thought it was just a fluke. But I’m on my third bottle of 50 after a few weeks and everything is still holding. I’ve actually seen my glucose a number of times two hours after eating in the mid-80s. That’s when I read a study from John Hopkins University on zinc from 2017. Something about a gene variant that of some people have it is it doesn’t really affect much but if you don’t have it it seems to control your glucose and also insulin sensitivity. Since diabetes runs on both sides of my family I always thought that I would be able to keep it down but never perfectly. I was somewhat satisfied follow 100 readings. But now I’m thinking maybe it doesn’t have to be that way maybe my body which I’m sure was getting plenty of zinc through the foods I eat but wasn’t being absorbed properly. The study also stated that pre-diabetics and diabetics have more zinc in their urine then in their blood. Which means your body is just peeing it out rather than using it. Just a thought for people struggling to get their glucose down maybe this is the right move for you. So far it seems to be for me.
@@kathleenredick275 Tillamook is one of the many cheese companies aligned with Phizer that use black mold to make there cheese, videos on it can be found on youtube. I no longer trust them, it may not be all their cheeses but I'm done with them and anyone else doing it. Been happening since early nineties. I want natural only from companies that make all natural on all products.
I have hashimotos, I have all the symptoms including a goiter. My Drs say my TSH is low, they actually had to lower my synthroid dose. Can I have a normal TSH and still be iodine deficient? Also I once read if you have thyroid disease, you shouldn't eat foods high in iodine. Can someone please help me with these questions.
Dr. Berry, I'm confused as to why (if as you claim, iodine is so important for us), that you recommend salt that does not contain it (Redmond Real Salt). It seems to me that an easy solution would just be to use regular salt that includes it. Maybe that's an over simplification. Or perhaps it's added or something. But if excluding it is causing problems associated with low iodine, wouldn't it be healthier to eat regular salt? Thank you for your hard work. Just curious about this.
I watched a video of a man in Scotland working in his garden, he was chopping seaweed that he collected on his compost pile then using it in his garden. I always wondered if that would boost the iodine?
We do that here too...Go down to the beach and grab a bunch of seaweed. It would improve iodine. You can also bury oyster shells to increase calcium, that is especially good for growing tomatoes
Oxalate rich foods can cause calcium oxalate kidney stones so if you’ve ever had a kidney stone there are many foods to avoid and adding potassium citrate can help prevent the formation of the stones. Ask me how I know (insert numerous painful kidney stones here) LOL
Yeah, snacking on almonds and dark chocolate...ask me how I know! That kidney stone was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. No spinach for me, lol. And don't even MENTION rhubarb.
Dr. Berry, how did you arrive at determining what supplement was best for you? I'm astounded by the variety of products that are available, the forms of nutrient available (Iodine, Iodide, combinations of the two), and the advertised sources for the ingredients. Would you consider making a video that discusses the metabolic pathway of Iodine uptake in the body & how the Adrenal gland uses it? Perhaps include mention of TSH and the delicate balance that exists between it and Thyroid hormones? Thank you so much for your work. I'll give the J. Crow product you recommend a go in the meantime.
Every day i learn something new about minerals/vitamins. These days unless you organically grow your own food. Non GMO seeds. You are not getting the nutritional benefits of an earlier period. We must supplement. The list keeps growing.
I’m landlocked and supplement my iodine with a liquid derived from seaweed. Two drops a day in my water 💦 I still try to eat the foods enriched in iodine.
Thank you so much! This is a great video :) I love debunking nutrition lies and medical lies too, but I'm not a doctor, so I always appreciate when doctors make videos like this. I'll check out more on your channel. I think another factor is a lot of health conscious people use sea salt or Himalayan salt, which doesn't have iodine added (though it may still have some?), instead of iodized table salt which is a pretty big source in many places.
After trying Himalayan salt I realized how I didn't like the taste of table salt. It does however have other great minerals. Unfortunately, yes, you're right, it doesn't have Iodine. I found out I had low Iodine and now take Iodine drops.
Dr. Berry. I have everyone of those symptoms except the goiter. I am always very tired and I've been losing my hair for a long time now. Could I still have a iodine deficiency even though I don't have a goiter ?
I went to a naturopath and had around a dozen thyroid tests done. It came up that I am more prone to get Hashimoto's. My iodine level was normal, though so I make sure I take an iodine supplement everyday. My sister had hypothyoid as well which is another motivation to take iodine.
It varies with age, activity, and person. Older people need more protein, and may need levels approaching that of body builders. Some people thrive on a plant based diet, and others thrive on a meat based diet. I am 67 years old and thrive on a meat based diet. My target is 0.8 g of protein per pound of ideal body weight. Grams of protein are not the same as grams of meat. An example is 100 grams of rib eye steak no visible fat eaten contains 30.7 grams of protein. So rib eye is around 30% protein. Most of the weight is actually water. You need as much protein as it takes to satiate you, give you good energy, and make you feel healthy. There are as many opinions about how much protein to eat as there are people with opinions. This is mine.
@@bnsgokugreat It depends on various factors, such as your weight, metabolic health, genetics, and physical activities. The advice telling people to restrict protein is wrong, it's not a problem when combined with intermittent fasting and low carb. See Siim Land video title Methionine Restriction and Longevity. He eats significantly more protein than the recommendation, yet his insulin and IGF1 levels are lower than people who eat low protein, but he eat in a 2-4hrs window, low carb meals, and work out. Carb raises insulin and IGF1 more than protein. Protein does seem to need to be restricted if you have existing cancer. Too low IGF1 is associated with cancer mortality and too low insulin is associated with shorter life span. So there is a sweet spot, health is not about restricting everything all the time.
Thank you so very much for your honesty. Throughout my medical career I have discovered a twisting of the facts. There has been teachings that iodine is bad. There has been a lot of iodine reduction in our food. The sources that are in high iodine ratings have been spoken badly of to keep people from eating them.
Will Himalayan pink salt work. What if you are allergic to dairy and shellfish? I wouldn't eat anything from the Pacific Ocean. It's radioactive from Fukashima melt down that now has 4 reactors destroyed. Sea life dying and what is alive is deformed.
*1.) Any Fish that comes from the Ocean* 👍 *2.) Any Shellfish that comes from the Ocean* 👍 *3.) Sea weed (again... from the ocean is best)* 👍 *4.) Meat and Organs (from grass fed is better)* 👍 *5.) Dairy (from grass fed is better)* 👍 *6.) Eggs* 👍 *7.) Coastal plants* 👍
Eggs from free-range birds(whatever birds you raise, or you can get from those that raise egg layers) are better than from chaged birds !! I hope that this helps👍🤠‼️
I love your channel and wanted to “read” your book. My main form of consuming books is on Audible Are you planning on creating an audiobook version in the near future?
My state, South Carolina, used to be known as the Iodine State. That was its official nickname. It was because the lower half of the state, where lots of farming occurs, was at one time covered by ocean, and the soil in that area is still incredibly rich in iodine and transfers the iodine to the crops grown in that soil.
interesting!
I love South Carolina!
Thank you for that info.
Eastern coastal North Carolina here and wonder if my area falls into the same category? Hmmmmmmmm.
@@dougm2250 I’m sure it would, or did.
It's too bad we don't have a doctor like you in every single doctors office. If there were we'd have a lot of healthy people in the world. Thank you very much for all your awesome information Dr. Berry. GOD BLESS
Wish he was my Dr.
No chance if you live in The UK with The National Health service...The word service is misleading.
They would go bankrupt after a few years when their patients got healthy
1. Any Fish that comes from the Ocean
2. Any Shellfish that comes from the Ocean
3. Sea weed (again... from the ocean is best)
4. Meat and Organs (from grass fed is better)
5. Dairy (from grass fed is better)
6. Eggs
7. Coastal plants
👍👍👍
You the real mvp
Thank you for the list!
3. Sea weed (again... from the ocean is best)
5. Dairy (from grass fed is better)
6. Eggs
& Lugol (Iodine)
Every day.
sourdinefd thanks 🙏. You are an angel 😇
My Filapino neighbors used to put fish carcasses in their veggie gardens to enrich the soil
Great strategy!
Filipino
@@linaadams138 thank you!
Fish guts have always been the old fashioned remedy for over gardened weak soil.
seaweed goes on mine, in Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Ken Berry, I have followed you since Oct 2018. I've lost almost 40 lbs since then doing Keto. I work in retail and my customers have seen my results and have asked how. I recommend to everyone to start researching by watching your videos. I'm sure at least 25 - 50 customers have subscribed to your channel since. I call you the Keto GURU and said this is the first step to going keto. Thank you for all your videos on this. It's amazing how great I feel from inside out and I'm such an advocate on Keto lifestyle in Ontario, Canada I want all my customers to know. Thank you for your research and making it available for us all.
Norah
Canada
@norahlea2731 hello fellow Canadian. Blessings.
I had watched your previous video on iodine because I have cystic fibroid breasts... almost immediately (within 48 hrs) of implementing a good iodine supplement and eating more seafood the cysts in my breasts Greatly reduced!! I’m so glad I stumbled on that particular video and that you’ve added this new video with great sources of natural iodine!! Thank you so very much for everything you do!! 🤗🤗
What is the title of that video please.. I have the same problem. Happy that you got help
@@rosem9402 Iodine: essential or dangerous is the name of the video. He posted it two years ago. He also has a more recent video with Kelly Hogan. Just hit the search button and add his name plus Kelly and iodine… Hope this helps as I’m not very tech savvy… I’ve also added eating the tins of sardines (only packed in spring water.. bought at Walmart) a couple times a week… such a difference!! Good Luck on your journey to better health! 😊
@@erinmcleod9730 how about those package in olive oil
@@carlestridge423 I would probably still eat them packed in olive oil ( if I couldn’t find them in water) but I found my tummy gurgles a lot more when I’ve tried those. I’ve been lucky enough to find them packed in Spring Water and have no digestive issues with them.
And thank you for your story...makes a lot of sense.
They told us we needed more iodine so they put it in our salt.
Then they told us to cut back on salt . Way to go experts 🙄
I also heard (not sure where) that the iodine in the salt evaporates and releases into the air over time and after opening. so it is almost useless. Most of what the "government" tells us and does (without our permission) is USELESS and even possibly harmful! People used to eat full-fat foods all the time and when I look back at most people prior to 80's, 90's, etc. they didn't have the weight problem we see now. Granted - many things contribute to this, but it can also be a cycle: cut out good stuff, people eat bad/empty foods and crave more, they continue eating bad stuff which packs on the weight and keeps starving them. I generally don't listen to what "medical folks" tell us. Especially when one year coffee aspirin, etc. etc. are bad and then suddenly the next year or so, they are good. blah
@@mchrysogelos7623 Our government is funded by big pharma, and vice versa, so there's that. 😈
Yah, red meat or any meat is bad, eggs bad, butter bad, cream bad but be sure to eat carbs in any and every form.
Yah, look at how well that turned out.
I’ll go to Dr B any day, or a doctor he recommended. But 99% I do not trust. I blame my sisters Dr for her death because she had cancer and told her she could eat whatever she wanted, just don’t drink soda😳. Stage 4 cancer and don’t drink soda.
That’s not all of it but that was the last brain fart from him before she died.
I genuinely believe most Drs don’t give a shite about their patience. But I know Dr B does.
Lol lol lol oh dear and I bet they are very well paid.
@Iris-Angela Jones
Lol ,that was was my nickname in High School. Thanks ✌
Remember when I/you where a child in grade school ? I’m 65 and I can remember when I was taught that the Indians planted their crops and put a fish along with the seeds !
this vidio is a blessing to be. Found it by accident and a ovary growth in the same week. Thanks
Lugol's solution is 10% iodide and 5% iodine with pure water which is excellent for supplementation. Before the antibiotic explosion doctors gave patients Lugols for every ailment imaginable.
How do you use it? Topically?
@@CentralTexasPuppies I take it orally, 10 drops from an eyedropper in a large cup of warm water first thing every morning. Just sip it as you would a cup of coffee. It doesn't taste bad and the protection you are receiving is huge. If you are new to Lugol's start off with 3 or 4 drops, then slowly work your way up. Really beneficial for females especially. If you are looking for topical protection or a cure for skin infections, scratches, cuts, pimples or any damage to the skin that is of risk of becoming infected, iodine tincture is the way to go The tincture is 2.5% iodine and 2.5% Potassium iodide. A pharmacist will make these up for you on request. I have been taking it once daily for well over 30 years and I put my good health down to iodine ( plus real food)
@@CentralTexasPuppies 2-3 DROPS in your glass of water.
@@CentralTexasPuppies I put a few drops in my coffee so I can’t taste it.
My J. Crow Lugol’s says only 2 %Iodine. How many drops do I use please??
It is refreshing to hear an educated person (MD 20years+) speaking as a common person. "AINT" I have listened to people use words to show that their level of education is ...., that I have to look up the word to understand what they are saying. You using "aint" brings the level of conversation to a common level showing that you are speaking to people not pier reviewers. Thank-you for being down to earth as most of us are.
I'm so impressed that you use Lugol's Iodine!! I've been using it for 20 years. It completely changed my life when I was young and made my lungs healthier when they were infected. I used to get bronchitis and pneumonia all throughout my childhood. But never have had it since I discovered Lugol's Iodine.
Maybe it can cure covid.
@@deltahunter2302 Without a doubt. One should use the proper dosage (consult health practitioner) in a nebulizer.
@@kathleentehrani I thought you took 2 drops a daily..
@@kristinecybulski Amazon.
How is it used? I don’t know anything about this.
I’m watching all your videos on iodine now. I think this is going to help. 10 years of menopause symptoms and now also going carnivore.
Thanks Dr Ken, you are my main source of truth.
Thank you John!!
Thank you for explaining this. I'm severely allergic to crawfish. I had shellfish poisoning while pregnant. But I can eat tuna, flounder and shrimp with little to no reaction. I use non-iodine salt when I cook. But now knowing I am still getting nutrients from eggs and meat makes me feel so much better. 😁
Crayfish don't live in the ocean...just sayin
@@cmongimme
Correct. Freshwater - ponds, lakes, streams. 😊
Thank you Dr. Ken Berry. Ken Berry would be glad to have someone like you share his name if he were around. I've learned and applied the things I'm hearing from your videos. . An educated consumer is the best customer.
Added iodine 6 weeks ago and I swear my taste buds have changed for the better and my mind is clearer.
Just started here’s hopeing❤️
This has been at the top of my mind lately. I am realizing how much I was neglecting these important minerals. Thank you so much for break down!
Yes, me too!
Dulse is a delicious seaweed! (Especially, from the Bay of Fundy - Nova Scotia 😊)
Love dulce! didn’t think it has as much iodine but it’s delicious!!! So pricey here in states
Thank you Dr Berry, You are a wealth of knowledge.
And thank you for faithfully sharing that knowledge with us !!
Awesome to have a doc like yourself pushing back against big pharma 🤙🏼
Thank you for an information and iodine rich video :)
My father told me when he grew up, near the coast, the family had one cow, some sheep and some chicken. He learned early to go out fishing and they ate lots of fish. My grandparents was the first generation Finns that moved to north Norway because of food scares in Finland in the 1880. They used seaweed as food for the animals, and I remembered my father telling me how happy the animals was when they got cocked fish for dinner. And my father loved the raw milk that tased a bit oceany ( is that a word?)
I wish I had that upbringing, but now it's illigal to sell raw milk here in Norway and it was not possible to live where my father grew up, he had to be near a job earning money for living.
I enjoyed your family story. We have salt blocks for our cows, so I shouldn’t of been surprised that cows liked fish and seaweed.
Yep! I grew up in Beaufort SC and most barrier Islands had massive tomatoes crops and of course all the seafood you could catch
I grew up in Norway, my mom came from Hammerfest. We loved eating the dry fish ,they had hanging on large wooden racks to dry, when visiting there.
@@unnistevens9595 Wow, I lived in Hammerfest for two years before I met my now husband. :) Sadly they don't have those fiskegjeld when I lived there. Dried fish is very good :)
@@Mrs.WarmWaffle How nice. We stayed in a cabin in Reppafjord, and went to Nordkapp on a beautiful sunny day. Nice fresh air!
I still cook our meals ( all organic when possible ) and all this foods are on my list. I have hyper-thyroidism ( not associated with any disease ) and when I started to add all of these to my diet along with an old and inexpensive medication I have improved greatly. I take a supplement of sheep thymus and bovine liver from New Zealand, grass fed and finished. Thank you, Dr.. ☺️
What supplement do you take? What is the brand called and where can I purchase it?
In case the OP doesn’t answer. This sounds like a brand called Standard Process. Good luck! :-)
Oh and where to purchase? They are usually sold directly through practitioners (naturopaths, chiropractors, etc.) lmk if you cant find it online and I can connect you with an ND office where you can get it.
The Irish are known to be big consumers of potatoes and I'm sure that potatoes grown in Ireland are loaded with iodine because it's an island nation. Also, Irish cattle, cheese and milk should have good iodine in them as well - even the grain fed cattle. Iodine is absorbed by the lungs if it is available in the breeze that wafts in off the ocean spray. Japan produce is loaded with iodine too, I would say.
Thanks! The Maine coast kelp has 970% of the RDA of iodine per tsp! No other seaweed comes near. I use a 1/4 tsp a day.
Delphine Kirkland Which product is 970%? Thanks!
@@rodolson5682 Maine Coast Organic Kelp Granules from Maine Coast Sea Vegetables Inc.
Delphine Kirkland Thank you! Ordered it.
@@rodolson5682 I love it! We've used real salt forever so raising the kids we kept kelp on the table. I remember always feeling like I couldn't eat enough of it to matter.
Hi, I'm looking at this, too; we only use real salt with my family. They also have dulse. What's the difference? Thx.
Thanks so much Dr Berry for helping humanity.
I just finished your book this weekend. This is going to blow the top off my drs head! ha ha. I enjoyed it very much and thanks for including all the references. It's a real gem.
I eat a lot of eggs and seaweed to nourish my hypothyroid. I take selenium and zinc as well. I’m starting to lose the 20 lbs I gained 👍🏻
How did you end up doing? Did this work for you?
This explains my craving for crab legs and liverwurst in all my pregnancies
Me liver wurst ❤
@@jeanf8998 the past few weeks I’ve been really wanting liverwurst but every one that I find in my area has junk in it and I’m talking about like corn syrup and all kinds of preservatives. I can’t find a good one. :-(
I love watching your videos! Of course I have your book, "Lies My Doctor Told me"! It was eye opening! You have been a blessing and have changed my life! God Bless you, Dr. Berry!
Dr. Ken I think you make us all smarter just by listening to you. I admit I never thought about iodine as anything other than the big ouch my Ma used to put on our scrapes and cuts as children (when she could catch us). I have a thing about ocean Perch I started eating it when I was pregnant and still get it as often as I can. I think I may go shopping today.
😁❤ "When she could catch us..."
I have kidney failure (not disease) from being poisoned. My diet is heavy in nuts, mushrooms and coconut. I also like some seaweeds soups that they have in health foods. I think nuts have iodine because of very deep roots and many are grown in california, near the ocean. Some mushrooms have very high amounts. Coconuts help with the balance of fats that is natural. Hazelnuts - one of my favorite (the nut not the processed stuff). I also use the pink salt from Real Salt Himalayan.
I buy nori sheets, the kind used for sushi, to snack on. It's delicious, healthy, and fun to eat for some reason!
@@TerriblePerfection where do you buy them? I've been trying to find some.
Always good to increase my repertoire of iodine rich foods! Thanks dr. Berry for making us more healthy every day!
Hey how to medicate - I started seeing you all over!
Wow! This blue is totally YOUR color!😊
I like the little moose on the side
Thanks 😊 Dr Berry! I was needing this one!
I apply iodine topically. I feel very certain that masses of individuals, especially those living inland, are iodine deficient. In the 90s people began shifting away from iodized salt to sea salt. This has possibly made the situation worse.
To my understanding, sea salt is naturally rich in iodine that is added to mineral salt (henceforth iodized) that has less or none.
@@musamusashi Well, if you haven't yet, research it. Maybe there's different information out today, but when I have researched it before, what I find is that they don't know how much iodine is there, but in many cases it may be none.
I suppose it may be like how iodine levels in seaweed can vary widely from batch to batch, and they don't really test for it.
Not much information is available on any of this, unfortunately. At least as far as I could see. Please post a response if you find good sources of info that help on this topic.
@@SG-js2qnthanks, i stand corrected. I just assumed iodine would be high, because of the sea factor, but it actually seems that Himalayan salt has the highest content. I still always try to get my nutrients from the foods they are naturally present in, rather than from foods those same nutrients are added to. Good we use Himalayan salt regularly beside eating a good amount of sea food.
@@musamusashi Yes, I also learned from this response, after making the same assumption that sea salt would be naturally high in iodine.
@@musamusashi i always wondered about sea salt and iodine...
amazing video, you answered my question... I did not want to take iodine supplement, but I am now eating herring "sardines" so now I am more confident I am meeting my iodine needs by eating sardines everyday!!!
My entire family now uses Lugol's iodine in our morning coffee since I saw your first video on iodine. Much appreciate all the information that you share to improve our health.
Ginette Houle, can you please tell me how many drops or ml of iodine do you take, and do you only take it on mornings? Thank you and God bless.
@@skinnydee1886 hi. I take 2 drops every morning in my coffee. Do not take it in the afternoonbor evenings as your mind will be quite alert. The Lugol's has a dropper, therefore I do not measure other than two drops. Your body will evacuate any excess you do not need in your urine.
Ginette Houle Yuck, iodine tastes awful. It makes everything taste like bad tap water. I’d hate to ruin my coffee with it. I just put it in a couple ounces of water.
@@TheRealRealOK it doesn't taste anything. Perhaps the brand you use?
Thank you! I just ordered some from Amazon, and was wondering how much to take.
Great info as always…. Thank you to you and Neisha so much!!
thank you so much for your time and help from the UK we seem to be a little behind in this way of eating
My pleasure! Help me share the truth!
I'm from the UK. We used to eat fish all the time. Plus all the shellfish. What happened?
Ah that Kerrygold butter is wonderful stuff.
We'll be catching up soon. 👍
@@golfgalc8855 I really hope so, I have a new dr due to mine retiring and she is giving me blood tests due to this way of eating and seemed very receptive to it
What about goats milk? I love it and it really does help my stomach..the goats are grown on a farm, and approved for selling to the public.
Raw fresh goats milk was a godsend when I had a bleeding ulcer. Stopped taking my tagamet
Great Video thanks, my biggest worry is we have a sewerage outlet plus a smelter (i always double the pollutant figures they put out, they are careless with the truth) near our place so seaweed is off limits but i catch and eat all my fish, away from the said discharge areas.
Lengthy preambles are my favorite. 2:57 to get to the list.
Another amazing video!! Thank you Dr!!!!🙌
I just started watching. I am in the US interior. I grow berries. I am going to find out if I can add iodine to my soil. Lots of farmed seafood here that I will now avoid, thank you. Going to eat scallops from Florida tonight.
Subscribed. Like your videos and the way you explain things! Thanks!
I'm a 64 year old male . I am on day 36 of a 50 day water fast . So far I have lost 42.6 pounds on this water fast. The only problems thus far are extreme gas and diarrhea almost daily . In the last 2 weeks I do get dizzy if I get up too fast and a very horrible taste in my mouth . I drink smart water daily that does contain potassium , sodium and magnesium . After 35 days I would believe their could not be anything left in my intestines . Is this normal ? Could this be food stuck on the walls over years finally being released ?
JABCO the fecal matter is most likely from your own body feeding on itself. I am not a doctor but had worked in long term care for over 20 years and have seen this happen when people stopped eating for a prolonged time. I would strongly encourage that you see your doctor and or end your fast. I never fast past 3days myself.
Both ? @Chaz
I have not done a fast past 7 days, I can not imagine 50 days being safe. Wow, I hope you are doing well 2 years later.
Hey Doc, could you make a video on how you and your pregnant wife take Lugol's iodine? It's very unclear anywhere online how it is taken and how often. Would be really great
Thanks Doc, wrote down the list and ordering your recommend iodine drops as a back up. Thanks always!
Thanks again for covering this topic. I love all shell fish and ocean fish and will look into a good source for kelp.
What about Himalayan salt?
Love ya doc I have been sharing your videos so much and plugging you so much I think people hate me for it now! But that’s ok I love them enough to let them do it! 👨🏼🌾🦌♥️🌹✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️🥒🥰🙏👫🏡👰🍅🍉🌱💕🌽🥧🧀🍔✅🍀
I keep sharing too, it just makes so much sense
Native Americans were known to enrich their gardens with fish, you can also use sardines
Thanks I was looking for thus answer in all comments . I like Louisiana Sardines
Thank you Dr. Berry for this information.
What about grass fed dairy from landlocked states like Iowa, Wisconsin or even NE or MO?
Right? I'm in Iowa, with chickens, thinking I need to supplement with Lugol's.
I was thinking the same thing! In Ohio, we don't get much ocean caught sea food either. Everything in the stores is "farm raised".
Does povidone iodine, used topically for wounds, add any nutritional value?
Would love to see an update to supplement recommendations if on Keto or Carnivore and how it may differ. Thanks
Hi Dr,Berry ,is there any benefit too sucking on seeds like lemon ,but not Swoulowing ,spiting out .
When I was a child in Dawlish, Devon, farmers would come along the beaches after a storm with their trailers & load the seaweed in to use on their land. So Dawlish potatoes did have iodine as all other Dawlish foods. I fear they no longer do this.
There's probably some local council rule stopping farmers taking seaweed off the beach. It's also time consuming so quicker for the farmer so pour a liquid into the farm spray machine than do it yourself healthy option.
Thanks, Dr. B.!
Look into zinc supplementation. I’ve been doing keto and intermittent fasting for nine months. All my markers have gotten better except I had have high blood glucose fasted. And it always seem to range in the low 100s. But sometimes as high as130. I’ve tried a few things like berberine and Ceylon cinnamon. With no real results. I decided to give 50 mgs of zinc once a day a try. After about a week and a half I noticed my glucose readings after eating were a lot lower. Then I started noticing my fasted morning glucose in the mid 90s. Since I don’t trust glucose strips entirely since they seem to fluctuate from bottle to bottle. I thought it was just a fluke. But I’m on my third bottle of 50 after a few weeks and everything is still holding. I’ve actually seen my glucose a number of times two hours after eating in the mid-80s. That’s when I read a study from John Hopkins University on zinc from 2017. Something about a gene variant that of some people have it is it doesn’t really affect much but if you don’t have it it seems to control your glucose and also insulin sensitivity. Since diabetes runs on both sides of my family I always thought that I would be able to keep it down but never perfectly. I was somewhat satisfied follow 100 readings. But now I’m thinking maybe it doesn’t have to be that way maybe my body which I’m sure was getting plenty of zinc through the foods I eat but wasn’t being absorbed properly. The study also stated that pre-diabetics and diabetics have more zinc in their urine then in their blood. Which means your body is just peeing it out rather than using it. Just a thought for people struggling to get their glucose down maybe this is the right move for you. So far it seems to be for me.
Thank you for sharing 😊 I've also heard chromium helps too. Good luck 👍🏻
Good info, thx. It's also true for magnesium.
@@birkit1133 i use Magnesium Supplement everyday for months. Didn't do anything from my high glucose.
@@kicknadeadcat thx for the heads up. I was going by what I've read, not experience.
Thank you for sharing this information! My fasting glucose is so high, I am trying to find ways on how to lower it. Thanks again.
Grass fed cow from coastal region. Hmmm. I live in Oregon and the Oregon coast has tons of rich grass and lots of grass fed cows
Tillamook!
@@kathleenredick275 Tillamook is one of the many cheese companies aligned with Phizer that use black mold to make there cheese, videos on it can be found on youtube. I no longer trust them, it may not be all their cheeses but I'm done with them and anyone else doing it. Been happening since early nineties. I want natural only from companies that make all natural on all products.
I have hashimotos, I have all the symptoms including a goiter. My Drs say my TSH is low, they actually had to lower my synthroid dose. Can I have a normal TSH and still be iodine deficient? Also I once read if you have thyroid disease, you shouldn't eat foods high in iodine. Can someone please help me with these questions.
Will it get rid of a goiter if you take iodine
When is the review coming? Really looking forward to it 🔥
Thanks Dr! I am hoping to see you at Ketocon this weekend. Please make time for us keto-peons!
See you there!
@@KenDBerryMD can the sweeteners in vaping cause a cephalic insulin respones?
SO EXCELLENT...NEED TO KEEP HAVING YOUR VIDEOS.
You're saving my life, Doctor. Thanks a lot, I've never felt as good as I am now.
I live in Japan. I eat fish everyday..kelp is also on the diet so is Konbu
American Indians used fiish to fertilize corn plants.
Nobody catches a fish to let rot for a plant. Thats a lie for story books. Indians did not farm. And they knew not to eat grain.
Dr. Berry, I'm confused as to why (if as you claim, iodine is so important for us), that you recommend salt that does not contain it (Redmond Real Salt). It seems to me that an easy solution would just be to use regular salt that includes it.
Maybe that's an over simplification. Or perhaps it's added or something. But if excluding it is causing problems associated with low iodine, wouldn't it be healthier to eat regular salt?
Thank you for your hard work. Just curious about this.
I watched a video of a man in Scotland working in his garden, he was chopping seaweed that he collected on his compost pile then using it in his garden. I always wondered if that would boost the iodine?
We do that here too...Go down to the beach and grab a bunch of seaweed. It would improve iodine. You can also bury oyster shells to increase calcium, that is especially good for growing tomatoes
@@HackYourHealth Wouldny the salt cont from the sea harm the soil, like salting fields?
@@cityguyable you rinse the seaweed off then put it in the garden!
I’m gonna try it thank you 🤩🤩💖
Great video Dr. Berry! Could you speak about oxalates and how they affect the body? Thanks!
Is the iodine high in oxalates?
Oxalate rich foods can cause calcium oxalate kidney stones so if you’ve ever had a kidney stone there are many foods to avoid and adding potassium citrate can help prevent the formation of the stones. Ask me how I know (insert numerous painful kidney stones here) LOL
Yeah, snacking on almonds and dark chocolate...ask me how I know! That kidney stone was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. No spinach for me, lol. And don't even MENTION rhubarb.
thank you doctor
Dr. Berry, how did you arrive at determining what supplement was best for you? I'm astounded by the variety of products that are available, the forms of nutrient available (Iodine, Iodide, combinations of the two), and the advertised sources for the ingredients. Would you consider making a video that discusses the metabolic pathway of Iodine uptake in the body & how the Adrenal gland uses it? Perhaps include mention of TSH and the delicate balance that exists between it and Thyroid hormones? Thank you so much for your work. I'll give the J. Crow product you recommend a go in the meantime.
Another great video, Dr. Berry. What's going on with you sinuses?
My brother in law runs a large dairy farm. The iodine product for cleaning the utter is NO longer available to them FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
Is it the betaine solution that's not available anymore?
Is it true that iodine helps fibroids? Would love to hear a video on fibroids and cysts. Thanks!
Amanda Waldner it’s excellent for breast health....dr Sheri ten penny has a great presentation on TH-cam
Every day i learn something new about minerals/vitamins. These days unless you organically grow your own food. Non GMO seeds. You are not getting the nutritional benefits of an earlier period. We must supplement. The list keeps growing.
I’m landlocked and supplement my iodine with a liquid derived from seaweed. Two drops a day in my water 💦 I still try to eat the foods enriched in iodine.
What about iodine in regards to pregnancy? Can I supplement with something like Lugols when pregnant and breastfeeding? What about Iodoral?
I always learn something from you! Thank you!
Does farm raised salmon have enough iodine? Or is wild caught better?
Thank you so much! This is a great video :) I love debunking nutrition lies and medical lies too, but I'm not a doctor, so I always appreciate when doctors make videos like this. I'll check out more on your channel. I think another factor is a lot of health conscious people use sea salt or Himalayan salt, which doesn't have iodine added (though it may still have some?), instead of iodized table salt which is a pretty big source in many places.
After trying Himalayan salt I realized how I didn't like the taste of table salt. It does however have other great minerals. Unfortunately, yes, you're right, it doesn't have Iodine. I found out I had low Iodine and now take Iodine drops.
The Himalayan salt has the other minerals.
Dr. Berry. I have everyone of those symptoms except the goiter. I am always very tired and I've been losing my hair for a long time now. Could I still have a iodine deficiency even though I don't have a goiter ?
Maybe, try looking into bovine colostrum a good cross ref of vitamins and other nutrients.
I went to a naturopath and had around a dozen thyroid tests done. It came up that I am more prone to get Hashimoto's. My iodine level was normal, though so I make sure I take an iodine supplement everyday. My sister had hypothyoid as well which is another motivation to take iodine.
Low Iodine had been known to run in the family history.
Please make a video on how much Protein is required! Thanks :)
3-6 oz per meal. It adds up to taking your lean body mass and multiplying it by either .6 or .8 to get the grams of protein per day.
@@audraweiker1992 What if we go carnivore?
It varies with age, activity, and person. Older people need more protein, and may need levels approaching that of body builders. Some people thrive on a plant based diet, and others thrive on a meat based diet. I am 67 years old and thrive on a meat based diet. My target is 0.8 g of protein per pound of ideal body weight. Grams of protein are not the same as grams of meat. An example is 100 grams of rib eye steak no visible fat eaten contains 30.7 grams of protein. So rib eye is around 30% protein. Most of the weight is actually water. You need as much protein as it takes to satiate you, give you good energy, and make you feel healthy. There are as many opinions about how much protein to eat as there are people with opinions. This is mine.
@@bnsgokugreat It depends on various factors, such as your weight, metabolic health, genetics, and physical activities. The advice telling people to restrict protein is wrong, it's not a problem when combined with intermittent fasting and low carb. See Siim Land video title Methionine Restriction and Longevity. He eats significantly more protein than the recommendation, yet his insulin and IGF1 levels are lower than people who eat low protein, but he eat in a 2-4hrs window, low carb meals, and work out. Carb raises insulin and IGF1 more than protein. Protein does seem to need to be restricted if you have existing cancer.
Too low IGF1 is associated with cancer mortality and too low insulin is associated with shorter life span. So there is a sweet spot, health is not about restricting everything all the time.
Required for what? The question itself tells a lot. No offense it just is what it I'm there no exact answer
What about dulse, Dr. Berry? It's an organic red seaweed that's dried that i get at whole foods.
Eat it if you like it
Thank you so very much for your honesty. Throughout my medical career I have discovered a twisting of the facts. There has been teachings that iodine is bad. There has been a lot of iodine reduction in our food. The sources that are in high iodine ratings have been spoken badly of to keep people from eating them.
Ty I do have a few symptom.
Great information, Dr. Berry!
Will Himalayan pink salt work. What if you are allergic to dairy and shellfish?
I wouldn't eat anything from the Pacific Ocean. It's radioactive from Fukashima melt down that now has 4 reactors destroyed. Sea life dying and what is alive is deformed.
r c James DiNicolantonio of “The Salt Fix” fame says no, Pink Himalayan doesn’t and recommends Redman Real Salt which does.
There is a food called "Lava Bread" made from sea weed in Wales.
This was very informative. Thank you
*1.) Any Fish that comes from the Ocean*
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*2.) Any Shellfish that comes from the Ocean*
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*3.) Sea weed (again... from the ocean is best)*
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*4.) Meat and Organs (from grass fed is better)*
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*5.) Dairy (from grass fed is better)*
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*6.) Eggs*
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*7.) Coastal plants* 👍
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Eggs from free-range birds(whatever birds you raise, or you can get from those that raise egg layers) are better than from chaged birds !!
I hope that this helps👍🤠‼️
Thanks
Having dried seaweed with Natto and egg on toast. I feel better now. Lol Will keep eating my sardines, Thanks
Love sardines and natto. Will enjoy with seaweed. 🏋♂️🏋🏻🦊
I wish you could do something on sinus congestion, I'm always dealing with it daily. I tried everything.
Use a netting pot.
@@kjkernSerendipity ... I had used one still doesn't help either
Carnivore diet gets rid of that inflammation!!!
@@noreenn6976 .. I have stopped a lot of dairy.. very little in my coffee and that's about it. Guess I need to stop that too
@@cinnamongirl3070 ..carnivore diets? Not sure what you mean
Short, concise and very informative and valuable
I love your channel and wanted to “read” your book. My main form of consuming books is on Audible Are you planning on creating an audiobook version in the near future?
Ingo Hehner January is Audible testing month at Amazon and if you look his book up there you can see an audible version there lol
Thank u so so much
That was so insightful and illuminating 😇