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How did you reduce your BMI? That's not an insignificant loss of weight and it might have been the big factor rather than the supplements. I've found that my as

How did you reduce your BMI? That's not an insignificant loss of weight and it might have been the big factor rather than the supplements. I've found that my asthma is bad when I don't exercise. If I do cardio for a few weeks there is a noticeable improvement.

phkahler 12y ago
>> How did you reduce your BMI? Diet and exercise. But prior to that, I found magnesium took the edge off the asthma consistently. It is a broncho-dilator so this made perfect sense (it's also a vaso-dilator so that had some interesting side effects). The Iodine link is less solid, but after several minor indicators I ran across this: http://thyroid.about.com/library/derry/bl10.htm http://thyroid.about.com/library/derry/bl10.htm and some other great reading. This lead me to start taking kelp regularly, which helped stabilize my blood sugar and other things (that's another story, but very conclusive). Only after all that did I start to exercise and lose weight, and after months of that I got the asthma rechecked. For a while in there I took Lugol's iodine quite regularly too in the hope of reducing cholesterol - which it is supposed to do - but it didn't work for me. I had my thyroid tested (TSH, T4) before and after that phase though, so I can confirm that taking Iodine does not (for me) screw up the thyroid as is widely believed. My triglycerides went from ~300 to 160 though. My wife also used Lugol's to significantly heal a surgical scar - almost eliminated it. Iodine is wonderful, unfortunately the folks who promote it sound like an infomercial, but it truly is amazing stuff. I had to find all the papers and abstracts myself to cut through the hype.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  Thanks for the information, I'll definitely be looking into this to see if it can help me at all.
- mzs 12y ago
  My pulmonologist after looking at my x-rays recommended I lose weight cause in my case my beer gut is taking-up room that my diaphram could expand down into and increase lung volume. You might have experienced that as well. Thank you for sharing the other info too and glad to read your success.
  - phkahler 12y ago
    There was a weight above which I could actually feel that effect. It was very unpleasant and I took it as a "you gotta fix this or your gonna f*ing die". Kinda like how people don't change their ways until they actually have a heart attack. There is also another weight below which my snoring quiets down and heartburn goes away. I did pass through both of these in all of this too. Be happy with every pound of progress and look forward to more.

phkahler 12y ago

>> How did you reduce your BMI? Diet and exercise. But prior to that, I found magnesium took the edge off the asthma consistently. It is a broncho-dilator so this made perfect sense (it's also a vaso-dilator so that had some interesting side effects). The Iodine link is less solid, but after several minor indicators I ran across this: http://thyroid.about.com/library/derry/bl10.htm http://thyroid.about.com/library/derry/bl10.htm and some other great reading. This lead me to start taking kelp regularly, which helped stabilize my blood sugar and other things (that's another story, but very conclusive). Only after all that did I start to exercise and lose weight, and after months of that I got the asthma rechecked. For a while in there I took Lugol's iodine quite regularly too in the hope of reducing cholesterol - which it is supposed to do - but it didn't work for me. I had my thyroid tested (TSH, T4) before and after that phase though, so I can confirm that taking Iodine does not (for me) screw up the thyroid as is widely believed. My triglycerides went from ~300 to 160 though. My wife also used Lugol's to significantly heal a surgical scar - almost eliminated it. Iodine is wonderful, unfortunately the folks who promote it sound like an infomercial, but it truly is amazing stuff. I had to find all the papers and abstracts myself to cut through the hype.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
Thanks for the information, I'll definitely be looking into this to see if it can help me at all.
mzs 12y ago
My pulmonologist after looking at my x-rays recommended I lose weight cause in my case my beer gut is taking-up room that my diaphram could expand down into and increase lung volume. You might have experienced that as well. Thank you for sharing the other info too and glad to read your success.
- phkahler 12y ago
  There was a weight above which I could actually feel that effect. It was very unpleasant and I took it as a "you gotta fix this or your gonna f*ing die". Kinda like how people don't change their ways until they actually have a heart attack. There is also another weight below which my snoring quiets down and heartburn goes away. I did pass through both of these in all of this too. Be happy with every pound of progress and look forward to more.