@Corngold For the record, this is because the cows' diet is supplemented with more iodine than they would usually get in nature. Milk has around 14 mcg per cup when the cows aren't supplemented.

More info in the article I wrote about it: https://endocrinefriendly.com/excess-iodine-milk/

@elle_em I hope all goes well for you. I'd like to express my sympathy, and I wish you good luck and a full recovery. I wish I could help more but I don't know much about cancer and chemo.

But I see you are being advised to take iodine. Please also look into the possible harms of iodine excess so that you can make an informed decision.

The inspiration for this forum, Ray Peat, was opposed to high dose iodine supplementation. He referred to high dose iodine as "very toxic," promoted by a cult of "crazies."

No offense intended, Luch, but I have to say it. I know you mean well too, but I don't want to see someone harmed.

Resources about the harms of iodine excess:

"I was seeing new patients almost weekly who developed thyroid disease after attempting high dose iodine." - from:
https://www.drchristianson.com/blog/the-iodine-controversy/

This article tries to explain both sides of the iodine debate:
https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/modern-diseases/the-great-iodine-debate/#gsc.tab=0

Info about iodine excess that I've collected:
https://bioenergetic.forum/topic/3927/iodine-too-much

I know it's hard to be getting all kinds of conflicting advice during a stressful time. Again, I wish you good luck.

@sushi_is_cringe It's crazy. Hope you like bleach in your bisque!

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All commercially prepared food must be seriously contaminated with sanitizer chemicals.

Factories, food storage facilities, restaurants, and cafeterias all use sanitizer chemicals liberally.

I think this is one of the reasons for the modern chronic disease problem. These chemicals can't be good for us.

Getting your food fresh from local farms is a better way!

Iodine sources are:
A lot of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
Red dye #3 (cherry red coloring)
Iodized salt
Certain fancy salts like Redmond Real Salt and pink himalayan salt. Sea salt has some but it varies how much.
Any food made with a high iodine salt
Bread products made with iodine dough conditioner: 148 mcg/slice
Seaweed
Seafood (A few species are high, but most don't have as much as you'd think)
Milk: 85 mcg/cup today because cows are over-supplemented
Yogurt
Cheese: 14mcg/oz in most types, but it varies
Eggs: 25 mcg/egg cause hens are over-supplemented
Meat (but generally not in very large amounts)
Orange juice: 21 mcg/cup. And Grapefruit juice too. (This is because they sanitize the storage tanks with iodine. Oranges and grapefruits by themselves have very little.)
Some fruits packed in syrup, probably for similar reasons.

Orange juice having iodine was a surprise to me! I researched why and wrote an article about it, since you can't find a word about it on the internet currently. Here it is: https://endocrinefriendly.com/orange-juice-iodine/

And most other food has barely any iodine, That's why it would be hard for a typical non-seaweed-eating person in the past to end up eating a very high iodine diet, before iodine fortification and before dough conditioners. I estimate an inland person (living in a part of the world with iodine rich soil) in 1890 would get maybe 80 mcg iodine per day.

@chosroes I did, thanks!

What if it's iodine excess? There's way too much in milk now.

More info:
https://bioenergetic.forum/topic/3927/iodine-too-much

Interview about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R085kZw3YBQ