If you were a woman with painful, cystic breasts who lived in the 1800’s—your doctor might have advised you to “paint your breasts” with iodine.  Some doctors even injected iodine directly into the breasts or ovaries to heal cysts. Your doctor may have heard about it by word of mouth from the women he treated. … Continue reading How Fluoride (a Toxin) Got in Our Water, and Iodine (a Critical Nutrient)