In his book, Dr. Brownstein talks about three main reasons behind the iodine deficiency:
Due to poor farming techniques, deficiencies of iodine and other minerals in the soil have increased. So crops grown in iodine-deficient soil will be deficient in iodine.
Exposure to certain chemicals that inhibit iodine binding in the body (bromide, fluoride, chloride) – bromine replaced iodine in the baking industry as a dough conditioner. Bromine can also bind to iodine receptors in the breast and is a known carcinogen to the breast.
Percholate contamination of our water supply: excess percholate levels can also displace iodine and damage the transport of iodine into the cell.
Dr brownstein is amazing. We should all be supplementing iodine not only because we are deficient but because deficiency is caused partially by displacement of iodine by fluorine, chlorine and bromine which are pervasive in society
Just sharing information for research:
https://www.drbrownstein.com/shop/p/iodine-why-you-need-it-why-you-cant-live-without-it
Dr brownstein is amazing. We should all be supplementing iodine not only because we are deficient but because deficiency is caused partially by displacement of iodine by fluorine, chlorine and bromine which are pervasive in society