| Thyroid problems have become rampant in the | | | | USA and low incidence of breast and other cancers in |
| modern world, thanks to greedy manufacturers. | | | | Japan. Iodine supplementation was used to reduce |
| Between dumping poisonous sodium fluoride waste | | | | fibrocystic breast disease and to increase apoptosis |
| (from aluminum can and weapons manufacturing) into | | | | (programmed cell death, which is important to destroy |
| our toothpaste, soda drinks and public water supplies, | | | | cancer cells that are formed naturally in the body) as |
| and chlorine (another poison) into our water, cleaning | | | | well as prevent goiter. |
| products and medicines, the thyroid has very little | | | | Some of the other disease found to respond |
| chance of functioning properly. | | | | favorably to iodine supplementation include: |
| Fluorine, Chlorine, and Bromine (which is also added to | | | | fibromyalgia, uterine fibroids, diabetes, migraines, and |
| sodas and medicines), iodine and astatine are | | | | some skin conditions. It is also used to remove toxins |
| 'halogenated compounds' all of which can take the | | | | like bromine and fluorine from the body (but high doses |
| place of iodine. These extremely reactive oxidizing | | | | will cause skin eruptions as these are removed). Dr. |
| agents don't exist by themselves very long-they must | | | | Guy Abraham, who started The Iodine Project in 1996, |
| combine with other substances to be stable. Because | | | | conducted clinical studies on 50mg daily of Iodoral (the |
| they are highly reactive, they tend to bond very | | | | pill form of Lugol's Solution) and determined that iodine |
| strongly with other molecules (Teflon is fluorine bonded | | | | sufficiency had been reached when 90% of the dose |
| with carbon, table salt is chlorine bonded with sodium, | | | | was excreted in the urine. He also found that up to |
| bleach is chlorine bonded with sodium, and PCB's are | | | | 1,500mg could be contained in the body without |
| polychlorinated biphenyls). | | | | significant side effects. Dr. Abraham concluded that |
| Here's the problem: the thyroid, a gland found in the | | | | taking 100 times the recommended daily dose is safe |
| neck area, needs iodine to function properly. All those | | | | and effective when combined with a good diet, |
| other halogenated elements can bind to the same | | | | selenium, magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids. (check |
| areas that iodine can. So what do you think happens | | | | out for more information about The Iodine Project |
| when a person drinks a lot of sodas every day...uses a | | | | It is a fairly simple thing to add iodine to one's daily food |
| lot a table salt...or spends a lot of time in or around | | | | intake now, given both liquid and pill supplements (yeah, |
| swimming pools? Right-they get their thyroid iodine | | | | it tastes really bad). The minimal trace amounts we |
| receptors filled up with bromine, chlorine, and fluorine. | | | | consume in canned foods, iodized salt and seafood is |
| That means thyroid hormone is not produced properly. | | | | usually enough to prevent goiter but can be useless if |
| Since thyroid hormones are necessary for so many | | | | the iodine is displaced by the other halogenated |
| metabolic functions other than just producing heat in | | | | elements mentioned above. While overdose of iodine |
| the body-such as: protein, carbohydrate, and fat | | | | can cause heart palpitations, over-excitement and the |
| metabolism, protein synthesis, catecholamine sensitivity, | | | | like, it is pretty easy to determine when that is |
| and some kind of neuronal activity (thought to be | | | | happening. Under utilization of iodine is usually more |
| involved in hibernation cycles)--the lack of thyroid | | | | subtle and can result in a sub-clinical hypothyroidism |
| function is a serious matter. T3 (Triiodothyronine), the | | | | that leaves people fatigued, depressed and sick...and |
| active form of thyroid hormone in the blood, has iodine | | | | can't be diagnosed with a thyroid blood test. For |
| in it. That would be a very different compound if it was | | | | further information on how to check for sub-clinical |
| trichlorthyronine (which has been found to cause | | | | hypothyroidism, check out the other articles in this |
| angina and depression of serum protein-bound iodine) | | | | series. |
| or tribromothyronine (which, while effective, is about | | | | It is estimated that over 80% of the population of the |
| 10% less effective than triiodothyronine). | | | | USA is suffering from sub-clinical hypothyroidism. No |
| The difference between amounts of iodine consumed | | | | wonder so many people are falling asleep behind the |
| in the USA vs. Japan is astounding: 240micrograms vs. | | | | wheel of the car, listless at work, losing hair and gaining |
| 12 milligrams daily. Health experts are discovering links | | | | weight. |
| between the high incidence of breast cancer in the | | | | ©2010 Dr. |