Iodine in biology
The U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) updated Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for iodine in 2000. For people age 14 and up, the iodine RDA is 150 μg/day; the RDA for pregnant women is 220 μg/day and the RDA during lactation is 290 μg/day. For children 1–8 years, the RDA is 90 μg/day; for children 8–13 years, 130 μg/day. As a safety consideration, the IOM sets tolerable upper intake levels (ULs) for vitamins and minerals when evidence is sufficient. The UL for iodine for adults is 1,100 μg/day. This UL was assessed by analyzing the effect of supplementation on thyroid-stimulating hormone. Collectively, the EARs, RDAs, AIs and ULs are referred to as Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).
Nascent iodine (dietary supplement)
Nascent Iodine sometimes known by the generic term atomic iodine or generic trademark name Atomidine or by the detoxified iodine, is a liquid orally administered supplemental form of iodine, claimed to be in a and monatomic state, originating from a 1931 Edgar Cayce formula. The concept of nascent state has been debunked. Thus, nascent iodine does not exist and medicines purporting to contain this substance are misrepresentations.The preparation was first conceived in 1931 by American Christian mystic Edgar Cayce in two channelled "readings" for an Indian inventor by the name of Shankar Bhise who inquired about how to improve an iodine medicine. Cayce regarded this specially formulated "atomic" iodine as far easier to assimilate than other forms. Cayce recommended this atomic iodine or "Atomidine" as a therapeutic measure, in over 600 "readings". Extracts from some of his readings: