Iodine, Breast Cancer, ADHD and the Thyroid
As I discussed in my post a few days ago, I’ve been reading the book Iodine: Why you need it, Why you can’t live without it
I’ve now finished reading the book, and I ordered and received a bottle of Lugol’s Iodine a few days ago. It’s not easy to come by! I phoned almost every health shop and several chemists here on the Gold Coast, and only one person actually new what I was talking about, but none of them sold it.
Iodine is a product that was commonly sold in pharmacies years ago, but has been almost wiped out – removed from the shelves and removed from the consciousness of everyday people to be replaced with drugs that make their makers rich and their users sick.
Anyway, this is a book I would highly recommend – if you value your health. David Brownstein MD, along with other doctors such as Guy E Abraham MD, FACN, have researched, tested and used iodine successfully for many years in their practices to treat many common health issues and David explains why iodine is so important to our health and why the rates of deficiency are so high these days and getting higher.
He has had and seen great success in treating the hormonal cancers such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer. He also talks about the epidemic of ADD and ADHD in children and the results that can be obtained by supplementing them with iodine. I know that I have heard amazing testimonials from the parents of children with ADD and ADHD getting fabulous results with the use of vitamins and minerals and EFA’s and probiotics and to me it is common sense that we are all going to struggle if we’re not getting the right amount of nutrients and we’re being bombarded with chemicals. It changes our body chemistry!
But to read of the difference that one nutrient can make and how it actually works to remove toxic halides such as fluoride, bromide, chlorine and heavy metals such as mercury from the body is really exciting!
Iodine is best known for it’s use by the thyroid, but our bodies require it for much more than just our thyroid gland. Iodine is stored and used by every cell in our body! It’s needed everywhere and if there’s not enough then there is no way that our body will function as it should. The priority when iodine levels are low is the thyroid. It requires the most iodine to function, and the breasts come in second place. Other areas/organs that require higher amounts of iodine are the ovaries, uterus, prostate, and brain. This is why iodine deficiency in women is more obvious and more common, however it commonly affects men as well.
For some reason, the drops that are commonly sold and the supplements that a commonly produced only contain Potassium Iodide. David says in his book that it is assumed that our body will convert Iodide into Iodine, but his experience over the years (and now my experience of the past few days) proves that not to be the case due to results.
I watched some video of David Brownstein talking yesterday here, where he talks about how he when he started to try iodine supplementation on patients with thyroid problems, he was using Iodide and didn’t get the results he was hoping for or expected. It was only once a test for iodine levels was created and he started using the Lugols mixture or Iodoral tablets (tablet form of Lugols) containing both iodine and iodide, that he got the results he was after.
My experience over the past four days would indicate the same. Although I did get some good results with the Potassium Iodide, I believe just from the differences I am noticing in the way that I feel already, that my results will be much different using this mixture – I will keep you posted.
My husband on the other hand, has had a very different experience on the Lugols mixture in just 4 days! We have both started on a fairly high dose – about 50mg per day which is the dose that David seems to be using. Now my husband Ray’s story is a little complicated, but suffice it to say he’s had some health challenges over the past 10 years (more than many people realise) and he was taking the potassium iodide for quite some time at a high dose but got really no result that he noticed from it and so hasn’t taken any for a month or two.
Ray’s body, has been heavily contaminated over his adult life – both through work and through his own bad choices. He has worked in factories where he has been exposed to all sorts of chemicals – one place in particular he worked with, and inhaled solvents all day every day with no protection and left work each day stoned from the fumes. He’s worked in situations where he was required to go into radioactive areas one day after they were shut down, with a supervisor telling him it was safe to do so and the list goes on – lot’s of exposures that never should have happened.
He also has had a whole lifetime of teeth that were black with amalgam fillings. Teeth that were rotting and decaying and leaching so much mercury into his body that he has what the dental profession refer to as ‘tattoos’ on his gums where they are stained black. He now finally has all the amalgam removed from his mouth, but this has only been completed in the last 12 months and I believe there is very likely much mercury lodged in the cells and tissues of his body.
So, when he started taking 50mg of Iodine three days ago, we didn’t consider the effect that might have on his body. Detoxification! that’s what’s happening. It never happened with the iodide, but it’s happening with the Lugols mixture. He’s stopped taking it until his body calms down and then he will take it slowly – and adjust his dose upwards as he is able.
He first noticed that something was going on yesterday morning. The front of his neck was sore. Then after he had his dose of Iodine, it got worse and was hurting when he swallowed. Gradually as the day wore on, he started to get tired and achy. By the time last night arrived, he was lying on the couch, running a temperature, with a sore neck, head and everything else – even his hands. He was peeing a lot yesterday afternoon, and during the night last night he was up 7 times to pee! He’s feeling a little better this morning, but still pretty miserable.
It took a little while to figure out what was going on, and it made me finish reading the book – Poor Ray! But it just proves the difference between the potassium iodide drops and the lugol’s mixture and it proves that the iodine is having an effect. I believe that if he takes it slowly, and we up his other supplements to assist his body’s detoxification pathways (vitamin C in particular) it will gradually, over time, help to remove a lot of that mercury and the huge amounts of toxic halides that are undoubtedly contained in his body and help to improve his health even more over time.
This detox reaction that Ray has had, apparently happens in about 5% of people from what David Brownstein has witnessed. While it is uncomfortable and can be a little scary (when it’s something new), it’s simple to rectify with an adjustment of dosage. He explains that there is no one dose that will suit everyone. Some people are a lot more sensitive than others and as in Ray’s case, a lot more toxic than others! He explains that Iodine is safe, even in high doses and whilst we choose not to do this under a doctors supervision (and that is our choice) he recommends that you find a health practitioner familiar with iodine (not an easy task I would imagine) and have tests done to see where your iodine levels are along with levels of the other halides such as bromide and fluoride. I personally am happy to go with the way I feel.
If you’re wanting to try iodine for yourself – I ordered mine from Complementary Compounding Services here in Australia. Other compounding pharmacies would also be able to make it up for you I would imagine. Otherwise it is available from Amazon here – Lugol’s Solution 5%
I’ll keep you posted with more results as I have them.
