so much information, so little time. i'm amazed and overwhelmed when i learn a little of what the body is doing on a molecular level, the expected cascade of a given metabolic path when initiated by a bio-identical agonist as opposed to the pathway that may at some point meander when excited by a synthetic hormone, the incredible chemistry of messaging, homeostasis, really mind numbing. anyway, of all the breast intel, i can't remember having come across this before and i found it interesting. this was the paragraph from http://www.007b.com/breast_development.php that peaked my interest:
During breast growth, a girl's requirement for iodine, an essential mineral, increases, because healthy breast tissue concentrates iodine (it contains more of it than the surrounding tissues). In fact, breast tissue has the second highest concentration of iodine in the body (the thyroid has the highest). The larger the girl's breasts become, the more iodine she needs.
anyway, i was disappointed there was no further expounding on what might have been a fascinating subject. what earth girl doesn't like a bit of expounding. i did, however, come across two sites i found informative, that is, just like xenoestrogens in the environment that compete for estrogen receptors, there are compounds in our environment that compete for iodine receptors. i didn't even know we had iodine receptors. honestly, the thing that bugs me most is that all of this is probably in another thread somewhere.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2011/oct2011_The-Silent-Epidemic-of-Iodine-Deficiency.htm
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/iodine-and-breast-health-6-things-you-need-to-know/
this looks interesting, too http://healyourselfathome.com/HOW/NEWSTARTS/1_NUTRITION/MINERALS/IODINE/WHAT_DOESNT_IT_DO/I_at_work_in_body.aspx
During breast growth, a girl's requirement for iodine, an essential mineral, increases, because healthy breast tissue concentrates iodine (it contains more of it than the surrounding tissues). In fact, breast tissue has the second highest concentration of iodine in the body (the thyroid has the highest). The larger the girl's breasts become, the more iodine she needs.
anyway, i was disappointed there was no further expounding on what might have been a fascinating subject. what earth girl doesn't like a bit of expounding. i did, however, come across two sites i found informative, that is, just like xenoestrogens in the environment that compete for estrogen receptors, there are compounds in our environment that compete for iodine receptors. i didn't even know we had iodine receptors. honestly, the thing that bugs me most is that all of this is probably in another thread somewhere.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2011/oct2011_The-Silent-Epidemic-of-Iodine-Deficiency.htm
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/iodine-and-breast-health-6-things-you-need-to-know/
this looks interesting, too http://healyourselfathome.com/HOW/NEWSTARTS/1_NUTRITION/MINERALS/IODINE/WHAT_DOESNT_IT_DO/I_at_work_in_body.aspx