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Cure prostate cancer and breast cancer and Grave’s disease
IODINE
IS VITAL FOR GOOD HEALTH
http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=6298
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD.
November 5, 2005
NewsWithViews.com
Lack of iodine is widespread
in the United States today. For many years iodine was added to bread in generous quantities which prevented iodine deficiency.
Each slice of bread contained 150 mcg. of iodine filling the whole days RDA of iodine In 1960 the average diet consumed about
1 mg. of iodine daily with bakery products accounting for about 75 % of the total. This quantity of iodine was enough to decrease
the thyroid glands ability to absorb radioactive iodine and it was also sufficient to prevent excess release of thyroid hormone
thus preventing many cases of hyperthyroidism (Grave’s Disease).
Forty years ago the food industry decided to
remove iodine from baked goods and replace the iodine with bromine. Iodine and bromine appear similar to the thyroid gland
and bromine easily binds to the thyroid gland’s receptors for iodine. Bromine, however, is of no value to the thyroid
gland unlike iodine and it inhibits the activity of iodine in the thyroid gland. Bromine also can cause impaired thinking
and memory, drowsiness, dizziness and irritability. This substitution of bromine for iodine has resulted in nearly universal
deficiency of iodine in the American populace. Iodine therapy helps the body eliminate fluoride, bromine, lead, cadmium, arsenic,
aluminum and mercury. Could this substitution of bromine for iodine have been carried out to increase diseases and thus create
more need for pharmaceutical drugs?
Among the problems caused by iodine deficiency are:
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Underactivity of the thyroid gland produces fatigue. In rodents iodine deficiency leads to abnormal pituitary-adrenal
function. The adrenal gland provides energy and stamina.
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When iodine no longer
binds to thyroid cell membranes enzymes called peroxidases are able to damage these membranes and produce autoimmune diseases
such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and Hyperthroidism (Graves Disease). Researcher Dr. Guy Abraham has observed several
cases of thyroiditis and hyperthyroidism that have been corrected by the simple replacement of iodine. For more than 100 years
high doses of iodine have been known to benefit both underactivity (hypothyroidism) of the thyroid gland and overactivity
of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). Iodine therapy allows the sluggish thyroid gland to resume normal production
of thyroid hormone leading to resolution of hypothyroidism. Provision of iodine stops the peroxidase injury to the thyroid
membranes in hyperthyroidism which permits hyperthyroidism to resolve. Thus thyroid surgery for hyperthyroidism is no longer
necessary.
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Several human organs need iodine but can not absorb it until blood iodine
levels reach high values (stomach, salivary glands). Most persons exhibit impaired production of stomach acid as they age.
This impaired capability to produce adequate stomach acid may be a result of iodine deficiency as iodine promotes stomach
acidity.
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Resolution of cysts Iodine therapy resolves nearly every case of breast
cysts. This treatment also can heal ovarian cysts and works well on skin cysts when rubbed over the cyst.
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Iodine is found in large quantities in the brain and the ciliary body of the eye. Lack of iodine
may be involved in production of Parkinson’s disease and glaucoma.
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Lipoprotein
(a) This dangerous substance is quite important as it produces plaques in arteries because it is very sticky and collects
platelets, calcium and fibrin from the blood circulating inside our arteries. Excessive clotting and vascular disease resulting
from high levels of lipoprotein (a) can be reversed by iodine treatment.
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Other
Health Problems Iodine has proven value in treating headaches, keloids, and parotid duct stones.
How Can Iodine Deficiency
Be Detected?
An accurate test for diagnosing iodine deficiency exists. Dr. Jay Abrahams has developed a loading test
to settle this issue. The patient takes 4 iodine tablets (12.5 mg each). If there is sufficient iodine in the individual the
excess iodine is excreted in the urine in the next 24 hours. If iodine is lacking the body retains most of the iodine with
little iodine appearing in the urine. Use of this test has shown that nearly every patient with any condition known to be
associated with iodine deficiency tested positive for iodine lack. Therefore, it often is sensible to assume iodine lack and
proceed to treat with iodine.
However, when a patient takes iodine for several months and has shown no improvement
this test can be used to exclude a problem with absorption of iodine. Iodine lack is known to be a factor in the development
of breast and prostate cancer. Sixty patients with a variety of cancers were studied. All sixty patients were found to have
serious iodine deficiency.
To correct iodine deficiency by taking iodized salt is not feasible. You would need 20 teaspoons
of iodized salt daily to get adequate quantities of iodine. Dr. Abrahams has developed an iodine preparation named Iodoral
to treat iodine deficiency. This is composed of dried Lugol’s solution containing 12.5 mg of iodine per tablet. A person
with adequate iodine stores who takes 4 of these tablets (50 mg.) will excrete 90 % of the iodine in their urine.
Dr.
Abrahams thinks that the correct quantity of iodine needed to maintain sufficient amounts of iodine in the body is 13 mg.
daily. This is 100 times more than the government recognized RDA for iodine. This quantity of daily iodine would be distributed
as follows –six mg. to thyroid gland, five mg. for the breasts in females and two mg. for the remainder of the body.
Males appear to usually, but not always, need slightly less than females.
Prominent thyroid researcher, Dr. Benjamin
Eskin, has shown that the thyroid gland and skin prefer to concentrate the iodide form of iodine while the breasts concentrate
iodine. His research suggested that the body needs both the iodide and iodine form of iodine. This is easy to accomplish with
Lugol’s solution developed by French physician Dr. Jean Lugol in the 1820s. His solution mixed iodine (5 %) with potassium
iodide (10 %) and 85 % water. Dr. Lugol’s solution killed germs and was used with success in treating infections and
many other conditions. This solution in the recommended 2 drop dosage contains 5 mg. of iodine and 7.5 mg. of iodine which
is exactly the quantity of iodine recommended for daily intake by Dr. Abraham. Lugol’s solution tastes metallic unless
greatly diluted and stains clothing and skin.
A third solution that works well in correcting iodine deficiency is Triodide
made by Scientific Botanicals of Seattle, Washington. This has the same dosage of iodine and iodide combined with a sea vegetable
called bladderwrack. This can be obtained from natural food stores, Tahoma Clinic Dispensary and compounding pharmacies. This
contains 12.5 mg of iodine in the same 2 drop dosage.
Dr. Abrahams recommends taking 50 mg of Iodoral (four 12.5 mg.
tablets), Lugol’s solution (8 drops)or Triodide (8 drops) daily for 3 months as a loading dose. Then this dose should
be gradually reduced to the 12.5 mg. maintenance dosage under the supervision of a knowledgeable health care professional.
Dr.Abraham feels that 14 to 15 mg. of iodine/iodide daily is the upper maximum of safety. This is close to the recommended
dose of 12.5 mg daily so caution is necessary in managing iodine repletion. Japanese researchers have discovered patients
with hypothyroidism who were taking 20 mg. of iodine or more daily.
Another valuable iodine preparation is saturated
solution of potassium iodide. This does not have the correct ratio of iodine iodide recommended by Dr.Abrahams for correcting
iodine deficiency but it does have a multitude of valuable healing properties. It can help open up blocked arteries, disinfect
water, cure bladder infections, reduce or eliminate ovarian cysts, diminish unsightly keloids, loosen thick bronchial secretions,
reduce or eliminate Peyronie’s Disease and Dupuytron’s contracture.
Endocrine Cancers And Iodine Stores
Iodine
deficiency is a recognized risk factor in the development of cancer of the breast, prostate, and probably the ovary and endometrium.
Breast cancer is twice as common (12.1 %) in women taking natural thyroid hormone or synthetic thyroid hormone as in women
not taking thyroid hormones (6.2 %). The risk for breast cancer in women taking thyroid hormones increases with time. Women
who had taken thyroid hormone for 15 years had a 19.5 % incidence of breast cancer while women who had been on thyroid hormone
therapy for five years had only a 10 % incidence of breast cancer. This increase in breast cancer with time suggests that
correction of a iodine deficiency might well eliminate the need for thyroid hormone and would also lower the incidence of
breast cancer.
Japanese women, who are eating lots of seaweed, have the highest iodine intake (13.8 mg. daily) of women
anywhere in the world. They also have the lowest incidence of breast cancer in the world. Japan has one of the lowest worldwide
rates of every type of cancer with the exception of stomach cancer. In addition Japan has one of the lowest incidences of
iodine deficiency, goiter (enlarged thyroid gland), and hypothyroidism. Iceland, another high iodine intake country, has low
rates of goiter and breast cancer. Two countries with low iodine intakes (Thailand, Mexico) have high rates of breast cancer
and goiter.
Patient Studies.With Iodine Therapy
A patient of Dr. Rowen named Betty had severely painful breast
cysts. She took 5 mg. of iodine daily with complete disappearance of painful breast cysts.
Veronica, another patient
of Dr. Rowen, had advanced breast cancer with severe hip pain from a bone metastasis. Iodine loading test showed severe deficiency
of iodine. After three months of Iodoral she still has not restored her iodine levels but her excretion of bromine has increased
10 fold. Her cancer therapy with IPT and artemisin has been stable with only an occasional IPT and she continues with 25 mg.
of Iodoral three times daily. Dr. Abrahams relates that he has seen two remissions of breast cancer in persons taking 75 mg
of Iodorol daily. Iodine deficiency plays a role in allowing breast cancer and prostate cancer to develop.
Another
physician has seen a case of prostate cancer go into remission after taking Iodoral and supplements.
George Flechas
MD relates that many of his diabetic patients need lowering of insulin dosage and diabetic drugs after repletion of iodine
deficiency. Dr. Rowen has observed the same thing.
Food Sources Of Iodine
Iodine from fish must be limited because
of mercury problems. However, sardines have such a short life span they do not get contaminated with mercury. My suggestion
would be to buy tins of sardines packed in tomato sauce so you can avoid the transfats used in oil packed sardines.
Brown
and red seaweeds contain the most iodine (kombu, focus, etc.).of sea vegetables. You may still need supplemental iodine to
get an adequate quantity for repletion of iodine deficiency. unless you are eating lots of seaweeds.
Iodoral can be
purchased from Optimox 310-618-9870 if you are willing to buy a case. Otherwise you can probably find this in health food
stores. Lugol’s solution is a satisfactory way to obtain iodine but you will need a prescription. The dose is 2 drops
daily. Be careful in measuring as 3 drops daily can lead to toxic symptoms.
The evidence presented here proves that
iodine is vital to human health. Many persons will experience improved health when their iodine deficiency is corrected.
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