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Prolamine Iodine is one of three iodine products created by Standard Process and contains the most iodine in comparison with Trace Minerals-B12 and Iodomere.
Prolamine Iodine help supports healthy thyroid function and is most beneficial when used as a short-term mechanism to boost serum iodine levels.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Ingredients: Serving Size: 1 Tablet Calories 1 Calcium 20 mg 2% Iodine 3 mg 2,000% Ingredients: Calcium lactate, magnesium citrate, prolamine iodine (zein), cellulose, and calcium stearate. Dosage: One tablet per day, or as directed
After seeing the tragic events and possible Nuclear disaster unfold after the Japan earthquake and tsunami, many people are calling regarding iodine.
Here's why taking iodine tablets might help.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explain that the body needs iodine -- in a nonradioactive form -- to make thyroid hormones, which regulate metabolism. People usually get the stable iodine they need from food.
But absorbing radioactive iodine-131, which is present in the steam released from failing power plants like the ones in Japan, can cause cancer. Once breathed into the lungs or consumed by eating or drinking contaminated food or beverages, radioactive iodine travels through the body and quickly is absorbed by the thyroid gland, where it can damage DNA.
The body can't tell the difference between stable and radioactive iodine. Taking stable iodine tablets can protect the thyroid from injury by "filling up" the gland -- thus preventing it from taking up radioactive iodine. It's important for people to take it quickly, the CDC said. It remains effective for 24 hours.
Iodine tablets do not prevent radioactive iodine from entering the body in the first place, nor do they protect organs other than the thyroid gland. They also do not reverse thyroid damage that has already occurred.
For information on iodine due to radiation concerns, visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/ki.asp
Before taking any products containing iodine, please talk with your health care professional.