Iodine prevents breast cancer

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Iodine prevents breast cancerThursday, November 19, 2009by Mike Adams, the Health RangerEditor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...)http://naturalnews.com/027530_iodine_brst_cancer.html Email this article to a friend Printable Version FREE Email Newsletter Articles Related to This Article:• How iodine accelerates weight loss by supporting the thyroid gland• Iodine May Be the Critical Mineral for Weight Loss, Energy and Beauty• Iodine Deficiency and Its Link to Diseases in the Body(NaturalNews) Breast cancer seems to be on everyone's mind these days: How do you detect it? Prevent it? Reverse it?Fortunately, preventing breast cancer is easy, and iodine is one of the key nutritional strategies for accomplishing precisely that.Here, we bring you an extremely informative collection of information about how iodine helps prevent breast cancer. You'll learn how it works, which different sources of iodine are available today, and which books to read to learn more.Personally, I strongly recommend the books and website of Dr. David Brownstein (http://www.drbrownstein.com)Iodine and breast cancerBig Pharma has no financial interest in looking at any natural product, including iodine. Q: Does iodine supplementation cause goiter? A: No. Iodine deficiency causes goiter, not iodine supplementation. Medical research has shown this for over 100 years. Q: Does iodine deficiency cause breast cancer? A: Breast cancer is a multi-factorial illness. However, the evidence linking iodine deficiency to breast cancer is overwhelming. Iodine deficiency may not be the sole cause of the epidemic of breast cancer that is plaguing us today, but, it plays a very large role in this illness.- Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It by David Brownstein, M.D.The thyroid gland needs approximately 6mg/day of iodine for sufficiency. The breasts need at least 5mg of iodine; that leaves 2mg (13mg-llmg) of iodine for the rest of the body. This 2mg is still well above the RDA (14x the RDA) of 150mcg/day of iodine. Either way, this would explain why the RDA for iodine is inadequate and why it is necessary not only to get your iodine levels evaluated but, more importantly, to supplement with the correct amount and form of iodine. FINAL THOUGHTS The connection between iodine deficiency and breast cancer as well as fibrocystic breast disease is strong.- Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It by David Brownstein, M.D.Donnie Yance, a health care provider who works with many women diagnosed with breast cancer, believes that a genetic predisposition to a weak immune system is a very strong risk factor for breast cancer. Iodine and thyroid hormones (both natural and synthetic) generally reduce risk of breast cancer. Max Gerson, M.D., an acclaimed (and controversial) cancer specialist, believed that iodine was critical to the process of countering cancer. Some researchers speculate that the low rate of breast cancer in Japan is due to the iodine-rich diet.- Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way by Susun S. WeedAt iodine sufficiency, the largest amounts of iodine are found in fat tissue and muscle (striated) tissue. If obesity is present, the body's need for iodine increases as the fat cells of the body would require more iodine. As previously mentioned, women's breasts are major sites for iodine storage. Maintaining adequate iodine levels is necessary to ensure an adequately functioning thyroid gland and normal breast architecture. I believe it will also lower the incidence of breast cancer and help women overcome breast cancer.