Iodine (and Iodide) Versus Cancer?

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Iodine (and Iodide) Versus Cancer?

 

Years ago, when applying Dr. John Myers very effective iodine therapy

for fibrocystic breast disease (see Nutrition and Healing for July

1995) some of the women had 24-hour urine tests for estrone,

estradiol, and estriol. To my surprise, in the majority of these women

the quantity of estriol greatly increased, and the total quantity of

estrone and estradiol (combined) decreased following the iodine treatment.

 

Since estradiol and estrone can metabolize to estriol only through

16a-hydroxyestrone theoretically it appears that iodine somehow

greatly stimulated this pathway. Also theoretically, this may mean

that iodine helps to " drain away " 16a-hydroxyestrone ( " bad estrogen " )

by helping to turn it into estriol.

 

At the time, it was not possible to check this theory, but it can now

easily be done with a combination of the tests reviewed here (see

Medical Tests to Assess Sex-Hormone-Related Cancer Risk).

 

" Lugol's solution " , a combination of iodine and potassium iodide, was

used in the " Myers treatment " noted above. As large amounts of iodine

or iodide can possibly affect the thyroid adversely, it's best to work

with a physician if using this material or other relatively high-dose

iodine and/or iodide preparations.

 

A historical note: Max Gerson, M.D., the famous diet and cancer cure

physician of the early and mid 1900s, maintained that iodine was a

major tool in cancer treatment.