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This video discusses the crucial role of iodine in human health, exploring its deficiency, its connection to various health issues, and its impact on populations globally. The discussion highlights how iodine deficiency can lead to goiters, mental impairment, and has been linked to an increasing incidence of breast cancer, particularly in younger women. It also touches upon the importance of iodine for other glandular tissues beyond the thyroid, its role in combating viruses and bacteria, and the competitive inhibition of iodine by other halogens like bromine and fluorine due to environmental factors. The conversation emphasizes the need for greater awareness and action regarding iodine deficiency as a public health issue.

Notes

• The series focuses on natural medicine, exploring alternatives to mainstream pharmacological interventions and natural therapies from the past.
• The discussion is presented as an organic learning experience for both the hosts and the audience.
• Iodine, formulated by Dr. Lugol in the 1820s, is discussed.
• A common symptom of iodine deficiency is goiter, a swelling of the neck, which was prevalent in the past and still affects certain regions.
• The recommended daily amounts of iodine are often based on historical data to prevent overt pathologies, not necessarily optimal levels.
• Over a third of the global population is estimated to be iodine deficient to some degree, particularly in inland and mountainous areas away from the sea.
• Iodine deficiency is the most common global preventable cause of mental impairment.
• Severe iodine deficiency in children can lead to cretinism (pediatric hypothyroid syndrome), affecting physical and cognitive development.
• Subclinical iodine deficiency can lead to reduced IQ, even if physical and sexual development are normal.
• Historically, coastal populations had higher iodine intake through fish, seaweed, and sea mist.
• Early human migrations often followed coastlines due to the availability of iodine-rich foods like shellfish.
• Countries with strong coastal cultures, like Japan and Korea, have high iodine intake, particularly from seaweed.
• Japanese women have a significantly lower incidence of breast cancer, which has been linked to their high iodine intake.
• Cancer is characterized by undivided cell growth, and the immune system normally clears abnormal cells.
• Metastatic cancer, where cancer cells spread to distant parts of the body, is often deadly.
• Fibrocystic breast disease is strongly linked to iodine deficiency and can often be resolved with iodine treatment.
• Polycystic ovary syndrome may also be linked to iodine deficiency, as cyst formation can occur in various parts of the body due to low iodine.
• Iodine is necessary for the expression of hundreds of genes and for maintaining healthy breast tissue.
• Iodine deficiency can result in hyperresponsiveness to estrogen, potentially increasing cell division in breast tissue.
• Iodine is crucial for breast remodeling during lactation and pregnancy.
• Young women tend to have lower urinary iodine levels than young men, indicating they are trying to retain more iodine.
• Urinary iodine levels in the US population have significantly increased in deficiency rates since the 1970s, with females and black women showing higher frequencies of deficiency.
• Vitamin D deficiency, particularly in individuals with darker skin, is also a significant public health concern.
• Excess body fat (obesity) can affect vitamin D absorption, as it is fat-soluble, but iodine is more evenly distributed.
• The World Health Organization's recommended iodine intake levels are not met by a majority of the US population.
• Modern agricultural practices and the use of artificial fertilizers have depleted iodine in soils, contributing to lower iodine content in food.
• Iodine plays a role in the normal physiology of various glandular tissues, including the thyroid, breast, pancreas, ovaries, and prostate.
• Iodine has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
• Iodine promotes differential apoptosis, meaning programmed cell death is more likely in abnormal cells like cancer cells.
• Iodine promotes the activity of the p53 suppressor gene, which prevents the formation of malignant cells.
• A goiter caused by iodine deficiency is associated with a three times higher risk of breast cancer.
• Other halogens like bromine and fluorine can competitively inhibit iodine in the body.
• Bromine has replaced iodine in flour in the US and is a suspected carcinogen.
• Fluoride in water can deplete iodine levels.
• The body does not need bromine, and while it needs a tiny amount of fluorine, excessive intake is common.
• Iodine deficiency is a plausible explanation for the increased incidence of breast cancer with distant metastases in young women.
• Iodine testing and management should be considered in clinical practice.
• Seaweed and kelp are the richest dietary sources of iodine.
• The body excretes about 90% of excess iodine within 24-48 hours if iodine-replete.
• Urinary iodine levels are the standard for assessing iodine deficiency, not blood levels.
• Routine urinary iodine testing is uncommon in both the UK and US healthcare systems.
• The concept of an "optimum daily intake" for iodine, beyond the minimum RDA, is not well-established.
• Iodine deficiency may be lowering global IQ by 5-10%.
• Vegetarian populations and intensive agriculture may also contribute to iodine deficiency.
• The need for iodine is fundamental, even for basic bodily functions and development.

Quotes

{ "Iodine deficiency in pregnant women in the UK should be treated as an important public health issue that needs attention" } { "There's a lot of it makes you wonder and it also there's another term I really like as well which I'm thankful that is being banded around more but that is hormonal disruption as a result of all of these factors" } { "The only way really is to measure the urinary levels of ID now that test is pretty easy to do but that's really the only way to do it" } { "This is where the cysts in the overs and has it has many adverse effects now we're not saying iodine works with this I couldn't find much literature on that but iodine like of iodine seems to be associated with cyst formation around the body generally" } { "So the question is when they use that I I'm sure they don't cook in the best way it's very tasty but do they deplete the iodine have you got to eat it raw presumably to get the best a lot of the iodine will go out into the water that you cook it in" } { "Iodine is necessary for breast remodeling during lactation and pregnancy" } { "And of course if there's more estrogen there's going to be more cell division in the breast tissue yeah and if the cells are dividing more than they should be that gives more opportunity for mistakes to arise and and abnormal cells to to be forming" } { "Iodine kills all known viruses and bacteria" } { "The incidence of breast cancer in Japanese women is very low" } { "This iodine deficiency is the most common global preventative cause of mental impairment really" }

Summary

DuckDB is an open-source, fast, embeddable SQL OLAP database designed to simplify analytics implementation for developers. Developed in the Netherlands and written in C++, it was first released in 2019. Its core philosophy is similar to SQLite, being easily embeddable, but it optimizes for columnar data storage instead of row-wise storage. This columnar approach significantly speeds up analytical workloads, particularly for tasks like data aggregation, filtering, and joining, which involve reading large amounts of data from a single column across many records. DuckDB achieves high performance through its vectorized query execution engine, processing data in parallel batches of rows. It is already being used by major companies and can be easily installed and used via the terminal, with the ability to directly query data from CSV or Parquet files and output it to various formats.

Notes

• DuckDB is an open-source, fast, embeddable SQL OLAP database.
• It was developed in the Netherlands, written in C++, and first released in 2019.
• Its philosophy is similar to SQLite, emphasizing embeddability.
• Unlike row-wise storage (ideal for transactional workloads), DuckDB stores data column-wise, which is crucial for analytics.
• Columnar storage enables faster data aggregation, filtering, and joins, especially for time-series and IoT data.
• DuckDB uses a vectorized query execution engine for high performance, processing data in parallel batches of rows.
• It is already in use at companies like Meta, Google, and Airbnb.
• Users can install and use DuckDB via the terminal.
• It allows direct querying of data from CSV and Parquet files.
• Data can be outputted to formats like JSON or HTML tables.
• DuckDB excels at aggregations on time-series data using built-in aggregate functions and GROUP BY.
• It is multi-threaded by default, making it suitable for analytical workloads.

Quotes

• "Aduct DB, an open-source fast embeddible SQL OLAP database that simplifies the way developers implement analytics."
• "And the TLDDR is that it's like SQL light, but for columnar data."
• "Everybody knows that SQLite is the most deployed database in the world."
• "And that's because it runs as a single binary with no dedicated database management server process necessary, allowing it to be embedded almost anywhere, like the billions of smartphones around the world."
• "Duct DB is built on the same philosophy, but instead of storing data row-wise, it stores it column-wise."
• "But why does that matter? Well, you see, storing rows together is great for transactional workloads like most apps out there, like an e-commerce website where you need to read and write entire records at the same time, but it's not so great for high volume time series data commonly found in analytics and IoT where you need to read and analyze all the data in one column across many records."
• "And DUTDB achieves excellent performance with massive data sets thanks to its columnar vectorzed query execution engine where large batches of values are processed as vectors in one operation in parallel."
• "And what's especially awesome is that if we have some existing data in a CSV or parquet file, we can access it directly in a SQL statement."
• "That's cool and all, but the real power of this database is its ability to perform aggregations when working with time series data."
• "But under the hood, we get excellent performance because unlike SQL light, which processes data rowby row, duct DB processes data in vectorized batches of rows and is multi-threaded by default, making it an excellent choice for analytical workloads."