Steve, thank you for providing all the details about iodine. I also believe it is a very important nutrient that is sadly missing (or we do not get enough of it) from our diets. I do take it for most of the reasons listed above… I even read somewhere that it helps to decalcify the pineal gland… I’ve read on curezone that people who take it regularly go through the emotional cleansing process, where somehow old memories/events come up and they try to resolve them… I kind of think that life is a puzzle, and it helps with untying the knots, in a way… 
Thank You,
Anna