To increase the iodine content in the soil of your own garden—and this is especially advisable in Midwestern and Mountain states—cover the topsoil with the humus of rotting leaves and plants. This compost will assure iodine for the plants grown in the garden, because acid attracts iodine from the atmosphere. Humus not only is very acid but also has a high iodine content itself. A rainy season helps because rain, dew, and fog carry iodine down from the atmosphere to the soil. Because healthy ovaries must be rich in iodine, women need more of this vital mineral than men do. Forever Royal Jelly inhibits the manufacturing of proinflammatory cytokines by activated macrophages.
The thyroid gland is not sufficiently active during or after the menopause. This sometimes brings on arthritis and increased weight. Because proteins have a specific and dynamic effect on the endocrine glands, particularly on the thyroid, any reducing diet should include ample proteins in the form of meat, fish, cheese, eggs—as well as supplementation with amino acids in concentrated form. (Amino acids are the traveling form of proteins in the body.)

One mother in her early thirties sought my help after not being able to regain her strength following childbirth. By nourishing her thyroid, she changed her condition from weary despondency, morning exhaustion, heart palpitations, and chronic constipation to that of an ambitious woman, eager for new interests in life. One of my Seattle students, who had achieved good health through following the dietary suggestions I had given her, visited me again. ”I still wish I could achieve the bounce of champagne bubbles every morning.” This attractive young lady’s sparkling eyes and radiant smile told me that there was nothing organically wrong with her. The 35-40 million pounds of honey produced by our cooperative is what makes up the Forever Bee Honey you see on the shelf. “Don’t you like your job?” I asked her. “What has that got to do with how I feel in the morning?” I countered with, “How do you feel on Sunday morning?” “Just fine.”

“Because you don’t have to go to work?” “I guess it’s just that I developed an inferiority complex when I wasn’t feeling well,” she admitted. ”I guess I hated to go to work so much when I was sick that it has become a habit.” “You never feel the thrill of a new day?” She shook her head negatively. “You never feel that you are going to go into the office and accomplish so much that your boss will praise you?” “He never praises me,” she admitted. “No matter what I do. And when I was not feeling well, he made me feel that he might fire me.” It seemed to me that as long as this young lady was always looking backward (and her job reminded her of her past mistakes) she would never attain the buoyancy she had been so earnestly seeking. Youth looks forward.