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IODINE

Bring Back the Universal Nutrient Medicine

International Medical Veritas Association

Medical textbooks contain several vital pieces of misinformation

about the essential element Iodine, which may have caused

more human misery and death than both world wars combined.

Dr. Guy Abraham

The present situation we find ourselves in at the very beginning of the 21st

century demands that we quickly reengineer medicine, not only mainstream

allopathic but all the branches and alternatives. Consciousness is just forming

around the conclusion that the majority of humans today are suffering from

chronic poisoning. It is not just the fact that the tide of toxic chemicals is

rising and accumulating in our cells and blood streams, wrecking

physiological, emotional and mental havoc, but there is also a sheer drop in

the quality

and quantity of key nutrients being consumed. Iodine is a perfect example, in

today’s world the last thing you want to be short on is iodine.

Iodine is detected in every

organ and tissue in the body.

We might debate about the optimum dosage but we should find quick agreement

that iodine is absolutely necessary for a healthy thyroid as well as healthy

ovaries, breasts and prostate. Beside the greater risk for breast cancer in

iodine deficient women, there is convincing evidence that iodine deficiency

increases also the risk of thyroid cancer. These are just a few of the reasons

to become interested in iodine. In an age of increasing toxic exposures we

all need more not less iodine because it has very specific protective effects

against several common poisons like fluoride, bromide, and to a lesser extent

it helps eliminate lead and mercury from the body. Dr. Sebastiano Venturi, in

Evolution of Dietary Antioxidants: Role of Iodine, makes it clear that

iodine is a crucial antioxidant and apoptosis-inductor with anti-tumoral and

anti-atherosclerotic activity. When we supplement with iodine we will see

increased antioxidant activity and immune system function [ii].

Iodine, Cancer and Fibrocystic Disease

Several studies have demonstrated a relationship

between low iodine intake and fibrocystic disease of the

breast (FDB), both in women and laboratory animals. [iii]

Dr. David Derry said, “Lugol's solution is an iodine-in-water solution used

by the medical profession for 200 years. One drop (6.5 mg per drop) of

Lugol's daily in water, orange juice or milk will gradually eliminate the first

phase of the cancer development namely fibrocystic disease of the breast so no

new cancers can start. It also will kill abnormal cells floating around in

the body at remote sites from the original cancer. Of course this approach

appears to work for prostate cancer as prostate cancer is similar to breast

cancer in many respects. Indeed, it likely will help with most cancers. Also

higher doses of iodine are required for inflammatory breast cancer. As well we

know that large doses of intravenous iodine are harmless which makes one wonder

what effect this would have on cancer growth.â€

Because iodine deficiency results in increased iodine trapping

by the thyroid, iodine deficient individuals of all ages

are more susceptible to radiation-induced thyroid cancer.

Iodine plays a crucial role in the body’s elimination system by inducing

apoptosis, or what is called programmed cell death, and this is vital because

this process is essential to growth and development and for destroying cells

that represent a threat to the integrity of the organism, like cancer cells and

cells infected with viruses.

Women with goiters (a visible, non-cancerous enlargement of

the thyroid gland) owing to iodine deficiency have been found

to have a three times greater incidence of breast cancer.

A high intake of iodine is associated with a low incidence breast

cancer, and a low intake with a high incidence of breast cancer.

Dr. Donald Miller Jr.

Iodine is a very important primary nutrient in regards to people’s health

and healing. So essential is iodine for life that those who are deficient in it

suffer from a wide variety of afflictions (including cancer) that are

difficult to trace back to this trace mineral. Iodine used to be considered

much

more importantly, so much so that up until 20 years ago, it had been routinely

added to bread as a supplement. " Just how likely is an iodine deficiency in

cancer? In an in-house study, 60 cancer patients (various types) were given

the iodine-loading test and then measured for urinary excretion. All 60

patients were found to be seriously deficient in body stores of iodine and some

had

great excesses of bromine. The best case excreted only 50 percent of the load

and the worst excreted only 20 percent (that means they were retaining a

very high 80 percent). Folks, these are some serious numbers. One hundred

percent of these cancer sufferers were deficient in iodine! I assure you the

problem is population wide, " writes Dr. Robert Rowen.

60 million mainland Japanese consume a daily average

of 13.8 mg of elemental iodine, and they are one of the healthiest

nations based on overall well being and cancer statistics. [iv]

Iodine is available in small amounts in some salts but health officials do

not consider that most of the iodine evaporates while sitting on the kitchen

table. In the United States 45 percent of American households buy salt

without iodine and over the last three decades people who do use iodized table

salt have decreased their consumption of it by 65 percent. Americans are

consuming less iodine when in reality they need much more.

Iodine the Antiseptic

Iodine is by far the best antibiotic,

antiviral and antiseptic of all time.

Dr. David Derry

The antiseptic properties of iodine are used to sterilize every surface and

material in hospitals. Iodine is an excellent microbicide with a broad range

of action that includes almost all of the important health-related

microorganisms, such as enteric bacteria, enteric viruses, bacterial viruses,

fungi and

protozoan cysts.[v] The minimum number of iodine molecules required to

destroy one bacterium varies with the species. For H. influenzae it was

calculated

to be 15000 molecules of iodine per cell. When bacteria are treated with

iodine, the inorganic phosphate up-take and oxygen consumption by the cells

immediately ceases. [vi]

Though iodine kills all single celled organisms such as these it is not

exploited for internal use by modern day physicians to combat internal

infections, which of course is a great mistake. Dr. Derry says iodine is

effective “for

standard pathogens such as Staphylococcus, but also iodine has the broadest

range of action, fewest side effects and no development of bacterial

resistance.†Some doctors have reported that it is excellent for the

treatment of

mononucleosis.

Iodine is able to penetrate quickly

through the cell walls of microorganisms.

Iodine is a deadly enemy of single cell microorganisms thus it can be our

best friend. Iodine was not available to these life forms at the beginning of

evolution and it was not until seaweed concentrated it did it become involved

in higher life forms. It is for this reason that the simplest level of life

cannot tolerate iodine. Iodine kills single celled organisms by combining with

the amino acids tyrosine or histidine when they are exposed to the

extra-cellular environment. All single cells showing tyrosine on their outer

cell

membranes are killed instantly by a simple chemical reaction with iodine that

denatures proteins. Nature and evolution have given us an important mechanism

to

control pathogenic life forms and we should use it and trust it to protect us

in ways that antibiotics can’t. As we shall see directly below, so powerful

is iodine in a protective sense that it also helps us rid the body, not only

of harmful chemicals and heavy metals, but also rids the body of abnormal

cells meaning it qualifies as an anticancer agent.

Elemental iodine is a potent germicide with a wide spectrum of activity and

low toxicity to tissues. A solution containing 50 ppm iodine kills bacteria

in 1 min and spores in 15 min. It is poorly soluble in water but readily

dissolves in ethanol, which enhances its antibacterial activity. Iodine

tincture

contains 2% iodine and 2.4% sodium iodide (NaI) dissolved in 50% ethanol; it

is used as a skin disinfectant. Strong iodine tincture contains 7% iodine and

5% potassium iodide (KI) dissolved in 95% ethanol; it is more potent but also

more irritating than tincture of iodine. Iodine solution contains 2% iodine

and 2.4% NaI dissolved in aqueous solution; it is used as a nonirritant

antiseptic on wounds and abrasions. Strong iodine solution (Lugol’s solution)

contains 5% iodine and 10% KI in aqueous solution. Iodophores (eg,

povidone-iodine) are water-soluble combinations of iodine with detergents,

wetting agents

that are solubilizers, and other carriers. They slowly release iodine as an

antimicrobial agent and are widely used as skin disinfectants, particularly

before surgery.

Medical iodophobia has reached pandemic proportions.

It is highly contagious and has wreaked havoc on the

practice of medicine and on the U.S. population.

Dr. Guy Abraham

According to current W.H.O. statistics more than 3 billion people in the

world live in iodine deficient countries and it is known that deficiencies of

selenium, vitamin A and iron may exacerbate the effects of iodine deficiency.

In the analysis of ‘National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys’ data

of moderate to severe iodine deficiency is present now in a significant

proportion of the U.S. population, with a clear increasing trend over the past

20

years, caused by reduced iodized table salt usage [Vii]. Along with magnesium

and selenium, iodine is one of the most deficient minerals in our bodies.

Iodine is essential for the synthesis of thyroid hormone, but

selenium-dependent

enzymes (iodothyronine deiodinases) are also required for the conversion of

thyroxine (T4) to the biologically active thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine

(T3). Selenium is the primary mineral responsible for T4 to T3 (thyroid

hormones) conversion in the liver. (Selenium is absolutely essential in the age

of

mercury toxicity for it is the perfect antidote for mercury exposure. It is

literally raining mercury all over the world but especially in the northern

hemisphere. And of course with the dentists poisoning a world of patients with

mercury dental amalgam and the doctors with their mercury laden vaccines,

selenium is more important than most of us can imagine. One must remember that

mercury strips the body of selenium for the selenium stores get used up

quickly because of its great affinity for mercury)

Iodine is the agent which arouses (kindles) and keeps going the

flame of life. With the aid of our thyroid, in which the iodine is

manifesting, it can either damp this flame or kindle it to a dissolute fire.

Scholz 1990.

Symptoms of iodine deficiency include muscle cramps, cold hands and feet,

proneness to weight gain, poor memory, constipation, depression and headaches,

edema, myalgia, weakness, dry skin, and brittle nails. Sources include most

sea foods, (ocean fish, but not fresh fish, shellfish, especially oysters),

unrefined sea salt, kelp and other sea weeds, fish broth, butter, pineapple,

artichokes, asparagus, dark green vegetables and eggs. Certain vegetables,

such as cabbage and spinach, can block iodine absorption when eaten raw or

unfermented and are called goitrogens. But eating fish won't give you iodine in

mg

amounts. To get 13.8 mg iodine, you would have to eat 10-20 pounds of fish

per day. [viii]

Iodine is needed in microgram amounts for the thyroid,

mg amounts for breast and other tissues, and can

be used therapeutically in gram amounts [ix]

Dr. David Miller

Inorganic non-radioactive iodine/iodide is an essential nutrient, not a

drug. Therefore, the body has the metabolic mechanism for using inorganic

iodine

beneficially, effectively and safely. Iodine is as safe as magnesium chloride

with a track record of 180 years of use in medicine. Published data confirms

its safety even when used in pulmonary patients in amounts four orders of

magnitude greater than the US RDA [x]. When patients take between 12.5 to 50

mg of iodine per day, it seems that the body becomes increasingly more

responsive to thyroid hormones [xi]. Optimal intake of iodine in amounts two

orders

of magnitude greater than iodine levels needed for goiter control may be

required for iodization of hormone receptors [xii].

Iodine helps us utilize our proteins properly. In all likelihood

an iodine deficient person will remain protein deficient.

Dr. Bryce Vickery

Iodine is the essential ingredient in thyroid hormone synthesis. So if

deficient, protein synthesis will be disturbed. Thyroid hormones have two major

physiological effects. They increase protein synthesis in virtually every body

tissue and increase oxygen consumption dependent upon Na+ -K+ ATPase (Na

pump). The thyroid gland needs iodine to synthesize thyroxine (T4) and

triiodothyronine (T3), hormones that regulate metabolism and steer growth and

development. Thyroid hormones are essential for life as they regulate key

biochemical

reactions, especially protein synthesis and enzymatic activities, in target

organs such as are the developing brain, muscle, heart, pituitary and

kidney[xiii]; thus iodine is critically important to the developing fetus.

Iodine transport damage can be corrected, in part, by administration

of reasonably high doses of ascorbic acid or more natural Vitamin C.

The thyroid hormones are synthesized in the follicular cells of the thyroid.

The first step to hormone synthesis is the import of iodide into the

follicular cells. Thyroid hormone regulates mitochondrial protein synthesis

through

the stimulation of synthesis of mitochondrial protein synthesis modulators,

and that the tissue specific modulators (stimulatory in liver and inhibitory

in kidney) can be produced by the hormone. [xiv] Whole body iodine

sufficiency is a critical means to counter the side effects of thyroid hormone

medications (Synthroid, etc.). Long-term use of these drugs is associated with

depletion of thyroid and tissue iodine levels, as well as increased rates of

cancer. All thyroid patients should be on iodine therapy.

Iodine is a powerful primary nutrient with broad medicinal effects and a

hundred years ago it was used universally by most doctors. From 1900 to the

1960s almost every single U.S. physician used Lugol (iodine) supplements in his

or

her practice for both hypo and hyperthyroid, as well as many, many other

conditions all with excellent results. In fact, iodine was considered a

panacea

for all human ills. The Nobel laureate Dr. Albert Szent Györgi (1893 -

1986), the physician who discovered vitamin C, writes: " When I was a medical

student, iodine in the form of KI (potassium iodide) was the universal

medicine.

Nobody knew what it did, but it did something and did something good.†Today

we know what iodine does and how much it can help people but modern allopathic

medicine is asleep at the switch letting people suffer and die for its

lacking.

Iodine is a gatekeeper of mammary gland integrity

" Breast, ovarian, and skin cysts - In addition to fixing almost all cases of

breast cysts, iodine also has a remarkable healing effect on ovarian cysts,â€

says Dr. Robert Rowen. Though few know it swollen ovaries is a condition

analogous to goiter, when the thyroid swells in response to iodine deficiency.

Goiters often also result in a hormonal imbalance leading to hypothyroidism. In

the case of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) the starvation of the ovaries

causes them to become cystic, swollen and eventually unable to regulate the

synthesis of their hormones leading to imbalances and infertility. Russian

studies when investigating Fibrocystic breast disease also discovered that the

greater the iodine deficiency the greater the number of cysts in the ovaries.

Since 1928, the iodine concentration in the ovary has been known to be higher

than in every other organ except the thyroid. Dr. Browstein has found in his

research with high doses of iodine that cysts on the ovaries became smaller

and began to disappear. He also found that libido in women and men increased.

It takes 20 to 40 times the amount of Iodine needed to control

breast cancer and fibrocystic disease than it does to prevent goiter.

In sufficient amounts iodine can not only adjust a dysfunctional thyroid, it

can assist with a host of glandular imbalances as well as a wide assortment

of internal as well as external bacteria, fungi, and virus's. Iodine has many

non-endocrine biologic effects, including the role it plays in the

physiology of the inflammatory response. Iodides increase the movement of

granulocytes

into areas of inflammation and improve the phagocytosis of bacteria by

granulocytes and the ability of granulocytes to kill bacteria [xv].

Dr. Robert Rowen informs that iodine reduces the activity of lipoprotein(a).

When elevated, this protein can lead to excessive blood clotting and

vascular disease. Iodine has been used successfully in headaches, keloid

formation,

parotid duct stones, and Dupuytren's and Peyronie’s contractures. Doses up to

six times the RDA have been used safely for months to combat the excessive

mucous in chronic lung diseases. He also states that Iodine is found in large

amounts in the brain (including the parts of the brain associated with

Parkinson’s disease) and the ciliary body of the eye, a possible factor in

glaucoma.

" One 1860 French physician mistakenly gave a tincture of iodine when he

meant to give digitalis to a woman with Grave’s Disease. She recovered within

three weeks. When he discovered his mistake, he switched to digitalis, and her

symptoms came back. He switched back to the iodine and achieved a remission, "

reported Dr. Rowen.

The occurrence of iodine deficiency in cardiovascular disease is frequent.

The thyroid hormone deficiency on cardiovascular function can be characterized

with decreased myocardial contractility and increased peripheral vascular

resistance as well as with the changes in lipid metabolism. A study done with

42 patients with cardiovascular disease were divided into 5 subgroups on the

ground of the presence of hypertension, congestive heart failure,

cardiomyopathy, coronary dysfunction and arrhythmia. When urine concentrations

were

tested the most decreased urine iodine concentration was detected in the

subgroups

with arrhythmia and congestive heart failure. An elevated TSH level was

found by 3 patients and elevation in lipid metabolism (cholesterol,

triglyceride)

associated with all subgroups without arrhythmia. The researchers concluded

that iodine supplementation might prevent the worsening effect of iodine

deficiency on cardiovascular disease. [xvi]

Iodine made its leap into medical history when a Swiss physician, Dr Jean

François Condet announced that iodine could reduce goiters (enlarged

thyroids).

At this moment, modern medical science was born because for the first time

we have a specific disorder that is relieved by a specific treatment. It is

most ironic to note that the very first step of allopathic medicine was into

nutritional not chemical medicine with iodine being a common mineral from the

sea.

The required daily amount (RDA) of iodine is just enough to keep our thyroids

from expanding, like the RDA of vitamin C today which is just enough to keep

us

free of scurvy, but not enough to prevent pre scurvy syndromes or

Cardiovascular Disease.

“We placed am 83-year-old woman on ortho-iodo supplementation for six

months at 50 mgs of elemental iodine daily. She experienced a tremendous

increase

in energy, endurance, well being, and memory. At six months all her skin

peeled off and was replaced by new, younger-looking skin. She was

flabbergasted and amazed at her new appearance. In our experience older women

(especially

over 65) noticed a major difference both physically and mentally,†wrote Dr.

Guy Abraham, an endocrinologist who today is providing the backbone of the

movement back toward the use of iodine as an essential safe and effective

medicine.

Breast tissue has an affinity for iodine.

Iodine deficiency causes fibrocystic breast disease

with nodules, cyst enlargement, pain and scar tissue.

Drs. Abraham, Flechas and Brownstein tested more than 4,000 patients taking

iodine in daily doses ranging from 12.5 to 50 mg, and in those with diabetes,

up to 100 mg a day. These _investigators found_

(http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-10/IOD_10.htm) that “iodine does

indeed reverse fibrocystic

disease; their diabetic patients require less insulin; hypothyroid patients,

less

thyroid medication; symptoms of fibromyalgia resolve, and patients with

migraine headaches stop having them.†We can expect even better results when

iodine is combined with magnesium chloride.

Most physicians and surgeons view iodine from a narrow perspective and this

is one of the greatest tragedies of allopathic medicine. Most health

officials are chemical terrorists in disguise as they ignore the toxic buildup

going

on in the general population and they have no intention of informing them

what they can do about it. Mercury is a perfect case in point. Mercury is toxic

from whatever source it arrives into our bodies but doctors and dentists

still insist on using it, which puts us solidly in the modern age of medical

and

dental barbarism. We like to think we are an advanced race of intelligent

beings but lo and behold we find what are supposed to be the best and most

intelligent of us poisoning young and old alike with mercury. It is beyond

criminality what they are doing and what they are denying.

On top of everything these same health officials do not even have an

understanding of the basic medicines already in use, like iodine, magnesium

chloride, and sodium bicarbonate, all emergency room substances that save

peoples’

lives everyday. To most doctors iodine is an antiseptic that disinfects

drinking water and prevents surgical wound infections, and the thyroid gland

needs

it to make thyroid hormones and that’s it. But Dr. George Flechas relates

that many of his diabetic patients need lowering of insulin dosage and diabetic

drugs after repletion of iodine deficiency and others have observed the same

thing. Something is dangling itself before our very eyes, a medical mystery

that will enlighten us about our ignorance about how important minerals are

for life. Both general and medical scientists can explain why diabetics and

others benefit so greatly from heavy iodine supplementation, but will

allopathic

medical officials listen? Don’t count on it.

Iodine is utilized by every hormone receptor in the body.

The absence of iodine causes a hormonal dysfunction that

can be seen with practically every hormone inside the body.

Dr. George Flechas

This, in part, would already start to explain why Dr. Flechas sees such

dramatic results with his diabetic patients. Why would many people who take

iodine report that they have a greater sense of well-being, increased energy,

and

a lifting of brain fog? They feel warmer in cold environments, need somewhat

less sleep, improved skin complexion, and have more regular bowel movements.

The most obvious answer is that iodine is a trace mineral used to synthesize

hormones and is a mineral that is very important to how hormones function at

the hormone receptor sites.

Thyroxin and Triiodo-thyronine stimulates and maintains normal heart rate,

blood pressure and body temperature. [xvii] " Despite the general medical

dependence upon special hormone tests, such as TSH, etc, temperature appears to

be

much more accurate for assessing thyroid function. During the past decade, I

have noticed that 90% of individuals have a temperature BELOW normal. The

oral temperature before getting out of bed in the morning should be 97.6

degrees

Fahrenheit or higher. Mid-afternoon the temperature should be 98.6.

Temperature is the simplest measure of basal metabolic rate, the key function

of the

thyroid gland, " said Dr. Norman Shealy, who suggests iodine dosages of 1500

micrograms daily 4 to 6 weeks. If basal temperature comes to normal, lower

iodine dosage to 600 mcg daily.

Iodine's ability to revive hormonal sensitivity seems to significantly

improve insulin sensitivity. Dr. Flechas said, “It was while treating a

large

320-pound woman with insulin dependent diabetes that we learned a valuable

lesson regarding the role of iodine in hormone receptor function. This woman

had

come in via the emergency room with a very high random blood sugar of 1,380

mg/dl. She was then started on insulin during her hospitalization and was

instructed on the use of a home glucometer. She was to use her glucometer two

times per day. Two weeks later on her return office visit for a checkup of her

insulin dependent diabetes she was informed that during her hospital physical

examination she was noted to have FBD. She was recommended to start on 50 mg

of iodine (4 tablets) at that time. One week later she called us requesting to

lower the level of insulin due to having problems with hypoglycemia. She was

told to continue to drop her insulin levels as long as she was experiencing

hypoglycemia and to monitor her blood sugars carefully with her glucometer.

Four weeks later during an office visit her glucometer was downloaded to my

office computer, which showed her to have an average random blood sugar of 98.

I praised the patient for her diligent efforts to control her diet and her

good work at keeping her sugars under control with the insulin. She then

informed me that she had come off her insulin three weeks earlier and had not

been

taking any medications to lower her blood sugar. When asked what she felt

the big change was, she felt that her diabetes was under better control due to

the use of iodine.â€

Increased metabolic rate increases the need for iodine.

If a person is not getting enough iodine and are

on thyroid meds they will become more deficient.

Dr. Fletchas [xviii] reported that two years later and 70 pounds lighter

this above patient continues to have excellent glucose control on iodine 50 mg

per day. “We since have done a study of twelve diabetics and in six cases we

were able to wean all of these patients off of medications for their diabetes.

The range of daily iodine intake was from 50 mg to 100 mg per day. All

diabetic patients were able to lower the total amount of medications necessary

to

control their diabetes.â€

A lack of iodine in the skin manifests as very dry skin

and skin that does not sweat when an individual becomes hot.

Dr. Jorge D. Flechas

Everyone agrees that a lack of iodine in the diet causes a spectrum of

disorders that includes, in increasing order of severity, goiter and

hypothyroidism, mental retardation, and cretinism (severe mental retardation

accompanied

by physical deformities). Iodine deficient humans, like endemic cretins,

suffer physical, neurological, mental, immune and reproductive diseases. Iodine

is

important in the proper function of the nervous system and Dr. S. Cunnane

[xix] suggests that “iodine is the primary brain selective nutrient in human

brain evolution.â€

Iodine deficiency is a major cause of under-functioning intellect [xx]. Dr.

Flechas agrees, “In newborn children iodine is responsible for the

development of the babies’ I.Q. Recent research shows iodine deficiency is

felt to be

the source of attention deficit disorder in children.†“We have an absolute

epidemic of autism in this country,†said Representative Dan Burton

(R-Indiana). “Parents and doctors are struggling to find appropriate

treatment options.â€

What help iodine can be to neurological damaged children has not been

explored yet but iodine and magnesium logically should be some of the first

things

parents should reach for. We certainly will find science to create a

foundation for the use of iodine before, during and after pregnancy.

Deficiency of iodine seems to cause more damage in developing embryos and in

fact, in pregnant women iodine deficiency causes abortions and stillborns

[xxi]. It is not cretinism alone that holds risks from deficiency, but the very

survival of the infant itself. Adequate iodine may also provide protection

from infection and vaccine damage. In a study done on 617 infants between the

ages of 6 weeks and six months, in an iodine deficient area, it was shown

that with the addition of 100 mg of iodine oil to the diet of newborns, that the

death rate of infants was markedly lower than for those without any

supplementation. [xxii]

Magnesium and iodine deficiencies are the

causes of autoimmune thyroiditis, not excess iodide.

Iodine deficiency poses significant additional reproductive risks,

including overt hypothyroidism and infertility. Hypothyroidism causes

anovulation,

infertility, and gestational hypertension. [xxiii] Adequate tissue iodine

helps guide estrogen into friendly pathways that support proper function of

female sex hormones. Iodine contributes to the formation of testosterone. In

women this supports healthy sex drive. In men, testosterone is vital to

function.

Iodine is my drug of choice. I use it for everything. I raise my kids and

now my grandkids on iodine. My son was due to have his tonsils removed

and I decided to paint his tonsils and he has never been had any more

problems with his throat. I took a spray bottle and poured some iodine into

the

bottle and sprayed his tonsils. As you may know iodine dries quickly, so he

didn't really swallow any. It worked within 24 hours after spraying the

throat.

According to Dr. John Myer iodine has a marked effect on muscle contraction

directly. It relieves cramps of the leg muscles known as ‘charley horses’.

It also relieves pain in the pericardium, which he believes is similar

contraction of the heart muscles, and it has a remarkable effect on muscle

energy

and contraction of all muscles of the body. Dr. Myer also asserts that iodine

plays a decisive and critical role in the lymph system and in the lymph

glands. Swollen sub maxillary glands known as ‘waxen kernels’ to our

parents

and grandparents, will soften and regress within minutes after allowing iodized

lime to dissolve in the mouth.

Iodine is a very effective method for water purification. Its action is

dependent on the concentration of iodine, the water temperature and duration of

contact. For example, a concentration of 8 mgs per liter at 20 degrees

centigrade will destroy all pathogens if left for 10 minutes. Lower

concentrations

and lower water temperatures require a longer duration of action. Iodine

tablets were developed during World War II to disinfect small amounts of water

for emergency or temporary use. A few drops of tincture of iodine or iodine

tablets are popular with campers and the military for disinfecting water. An

iodine residual of 0.5 to 1.0 mg/l should be maintained and iodine at this

level

gives the water little or no iodide taste or odor.

When one combines the intake of iodine with other minerals (Iodine in

combination with selenium increased the activities of type 1 deiodinase (D1)

and

glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) [xxiv] one can expect strong and positive

changes in cell physiology. Iodine with magnesium, with the help of natural

chelation will resolve tough, stubborn problems that resist other treatments.

Dr.

Linus Pauling's 'orthomolecular medicine,' which refers to the concept of

creating the optimal molecular environment in the body ('orthomolecular' means

'the right molecules') should have become the foundational stone for medicine

but was replaced by a system that massively destroys peoples’ life and health

with pharmaceutical poisons. Allopaths live with the illusion that the dose

makes the poison meaning they are always assuming that there is too little

poison in their medicines to do harm. We are just beginning to find out how

tragically wrong they have been and the staggering cost in terms of lives lost

because of this mistake.

Iodine and/or selenium deficiency may modify

the distribution and the homeostasis of other minerals. [xxv]

Running our bodies without sufficient minerals is like running a car without

oil. Our engines of cellular life begin to seize up especially quickly today

because of all the impurities in our food, air, water and medical and dental

drugs and substances. Minerals are powerful medicines exactly because they

directly touch upon and effect vital body physiology.

One might go as far as imagining that there might even be a conspiracy to

keep us iodine deficient, because if we are iodine deficient our will to resist

is diminished, our apparent intellect, energy and vitality are all

diminished and we are significantly more vulnerable to thyroid malfunction,

endocrine/hormonal imbalances, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate

cancer. Many

fine physicians are wondering why the RDA for iodine would be set so low, and

why would many of the former sources of iodine be diminished or removed and

replaced with things like bromides and fluorides that deplete iodine and

offer no worthwhile compensation for the replacement?

Dr. Daniel H. Duffy uses some very harsh but deserved words while asking

some clear questions about iodine. “Isn’t it odd that the government

dispenses

Iodine to protect against radioactive iodine resulting from a nuclear

disaster when the medical quacks are dumping the same type of radioactive

iodine

into patients with thyroid problems in a stupid attempt to ‘cure’ thyroid

‘

disease’ caused by a lack of elemental iodine in its natural state found in

nature? Nature’s iodine protects our thyroid glands from taking up

biologically

destructive, radioactive iodine, yet the medical quacks use similar radioactive

iodine to destroy our thyroid glands? Why did doctors quit using Lugol’s

solution, the sure cure for thyroid disease? Why did the medical quacks bring

in

anti thyroid drugs and goitrogens to kill the thyroid gland when iodine was

being used so successfully for so long?â€

President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Nothing in Government and

politics happens by accident, you can bet if something happened it was well

planned.†J. Edgar Hoover said: “The individual is handicapped by coming

face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.â€

When it

comes to iodine suspect the worst from top government health officials who only

seem to want to poison the public. What can one say about an FDA that, for

example continues to assert the safety of aspartame when scientists around the

world are finding it to be the worst food additive ever used? Now that there

is an iodine revival going on expect the FDA to clamp down on its

availability.

Orthoiodo-supplementation should be part

of a complete nutritional program,

emphasizing magnesium instead of calcium.

Dr. Guy Abraham

Orthoiodo-supplementation employs elemental iodine supplements until the

thyroid gland and all other iodine-sensitive sites in the body have reached

iodine sufficiency. In reality there is no reason to fear iodine if approached

with reason and a slight bit of caution [xxvi] for it will stimulate a

detoxification process of heavy metals especially of halogens. All doctors used

iodine a hundred years ago and the best ones are still using it today.

Every 17 minutes, every drop of blood in our body flushes through

our thyroid, and if our thyroid has an adequate supply of iodine,

blood-borne

bacteria and viruses are killed off as the blood passes through the

thyroid.

We are just beginning to rediscover the amazing curative powers of iodine.

While it may not be the panacea that old-timers have claimed it to be when

used alone, when combined with magnesium chloride, ALA, and in the special

case

of cancer, with sodium bicarbonate, we will find something quite

extraordinary. Survival Medicine for the 21st Century contains a revolutionary

protocol

for breast cancer that includes magnesium chloride, iodine and sodium

bicarbonate. These three emergency room medicines when combined and used

correctly

will revolutionize the field of oncology but will threaten the pharmaceutical

industry whose profits will suffer enormously from the widespread use of

these inexpensive, safe and effective nutritional medicines.

The medical truth is obvious and as plain as day, but most of the time it

does not line up with conventional thinking. But given time medical science

will catch up to the obvious. As you will see in Transdermal Magnesium Therapy,

the research is already there showing magnesium chloride to be the number one

heavyweight champion of the medical world able to save lives with a single

bound in emergency situations and it, along with other basic nutritional

substances concentrated for medical purposes are the answers we are looking for

to

protect ourselves and loved ones in the age of toxicity that we are all

unfortunately passing through.

Mark Sircus Ac., OMD International Medical Veritas Association

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