My initial thoughts were that my puffy eyes were caused by a dust mite intolerance, isothiazolinone allergy or simply a bad diet with too much coffee.
Well eating a better diet with less coffee and at the same time buying dust mite covers for my bedding and getting rid of shampoos, hair conditioners and fabric softener containing isothiazolinones did significantly make my puffy eye become less swollen. The improvement was very slow and only seen over the course of several months.
However it still wasn’t quite back to normal and still one eye was more puffy than the other. I might not have worried so much if this problem didn’t appear suddenly one morning rather than gradually over time.
Researching on the Internet has revealed that Western diets are low in selenium and iodine (found in seaweed and sea kelp). We are exposed to bromine, fluorine and chlorine which compete in our bodies for the places where iodine should rightfully go. Lack of selenium and iodine can cause hypothyroidism, of which one symptom is puffy eyes. Now I don’t have any other symptoms of hypothyroidism and a blood test didn’t reveal anything wrong with my thyroid hormones. However Internet research revealed to me that blood tests can be inconclusive and that just because you don’t get the full blown disease doesn’t mean your body isn’t suffering from a deficiency of iodine and selenium. Incidentally I read on the Internet that black teas and coffee can contain fluoride, which again can out-compete iodine in your body.
So last week I purchased a bottle of thyroid support vitamins and minerals. It contains, of course, both selenium and iodine, along with copper and zinc. I have also purchased a bottle of sea kelp.
One Puffy Eye 