What is Dietary Potassium Thiocyanate/ Dioscovite (Yam Vitamin)?
Thiocyanate (SCN) can be defined by best dividing the word thio-cyanate and defining each. Thio means a prefix denoting presence of sulfur replacing oxygen. Cyanate is a salt of cyanic acid which contains the radical carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen (CNO). Thiocyanate is a salt analogous in composition to cyanate, but containing sulfur instead of oxygen; called also sulfocyanate. This is a cultural ethnic food approach to preventing the symptoms associated with Sickle Cell Disease. A diet rich in nutritional Thiocyanate/Dioscovite has shown to be effective in preventing the sickling of the red blood cells in people with Sickle Cell Disease. It is not a cure but assist with controlling the problems and symptoms associated with the disease. The painful crisis of Sickle Cell Anemia is infrequent and not as severe in people whose diet is rich in Thiocyanate/ Dioscovite. Dietary Thiocyanate is not only an anti-sickling agent, it has antibiotic activity as well. For detail information, please vi
