If there is not enough dietary iodine, the thyroid swells up in an effort to make more hormones, a condition that is called hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid). The swelling is called goitre. Important iodine facts. 1  Iodine deficiency in pregnancy causes a severe form of retardation in the child called cretinism. 2  Until well into this century, iodine deficiency was a serious problem in the western world. 3  To solve the iodine problem, salt producers began adding iodine to table salt around 1924.
What is IPT? Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT) is an effective alternative cancer treatment. It uses a combination of two traditional drugs â insulin and a chemotherapy drug. Some decades ago it was discovered that cancer cells had highly active insulin receptors, making them âsugar hungryâ.
Aversion therapy is a type of behaviour therapy which aims to reduce or eliminate an undesirable behaviour. This can be achieved by associating the undesirable behaviour with unpleasant stimuli (classical conditioning).