- One of the gals I used to work with, and some of you
know who I am speaking about, (Linda G.) started using
8 drops daily of 5% Lugols iodine and her breast
cancer disappeared, with in a few months.
I feel sorry for the people that take toxic drugs and then have
surgery and chemo.
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What if there was one nutrient which...?
http://breastcancerchoices.org/iodine.html
1. Desensitized estrogen receptors in the breast.
- 2. Reduced estrogen production in overactive ovaries.
- 3. Reduced fibrocystic breast disease which often precedes
breast cancer.
4. Caused cancer cell death, slowed down cell division and
reduced blood vessel growth to tumors.
5. Caused more cell death than the chemo drug, Fluorouracil .
- 6. Prevented rats from getting cancer when they were fed the breast
cancer causing toxin DMBA.
Research suggests that some breast cancers may be an
iodine deficiency disease.
As iodine consumption has gone down, breast cancer rates have gone up. But
the research goes far deeper, exploring the effects of iodine supplementation on
breast disease and breast cancer. This important breakthrough has been in the
research pipeline for years but only recently found momentum. After sifting
through 50 years of iodine research and corresponding with researchers around
the world, the editors report that abnormal iodine metabolism, due either to
bromide dominance in the environment or a dietary deficiency of iodine, must be
addressed as part of a preventive and or a therapeutic strategy.
- Iodine consumption by Americans has dropped 50% since the 1970s as breast
cancer rates have risen (1). In the US Goiter Belt, where iodine in the soil is
- lower, breast cancer is higher (2).
- By contrast, the incidence and severity of breast cancer are less in Japan than
- in Europe and the US, attributable to the diet (3). Japanese women consume 25
times more dietary iodine than North American women and have lower breast
cancer rates (4).
- Meanwhile, since the 1970s, in the US and several other countries, iodine-
blocking bromides have been added to flour, some sodas, and medications,
exacerbating the iodine deficiency.
- Fluoridated drinking water also depletes iodine absorption. Thus, as women
- consume less iodine and excrete more due to toxic elements, our risk for breast
cancer grows(5).
- Blocking iodine in rats' food supply led to progressive human-like fibrocystic
- disease (atypia, sclerosing, calcifications, dysplastic changes) as the rats aged
(6). Supplementing patients with fibrocystic disease with iodine helped to resolve
fibrosis and reduced breast size (7).
- For women with painful breasts accompanying fibrocystic disease, iodine
- improved symptoms in more than 50% of the women who took 6.0 mg. of iodine for
6 months (8), and brown sea alga improved pain and nodularity in 94% of the
women (9). From the editors' observations of the Iodine Investigation Project
participants, depending on the kind of iodine agent used, painful breast
symptoms have resolved in from 24 hours to two months.
- Since benign breast disease increases the risk of breast cancer (10), and iodine
improves fibrocystic disease, we at Breast Cancer Choices propose studies to
see if iodine supplementation decreases the risk of getting breast cancer and
the risk of recurrence.
- For breast patients, iodine's therapeutic mechanisms of action may be at least
- three-pronged: Hormonal (11), Biochemical (12-18), Genetic (19).
That is, iodine desensitizes the estrogen receptors, alters the chemical pathways
as well effects on the genes, resulting in less cell growth, and causing anti-tumor
effect by causing apoptosis (programmed cell death) of malignant cells.
- Iodine-rich seaweed exhibits an anti-cancer effect in rats and in the lab on human
breast cancer cells.
- Adding seaweed to rats' food delays the onset and number of rat mammary
tumors (20,21). And in the lab, mekabu seaweed plant induced cell death in three
kinds of human breast cancer cells. Mekabu had a stronger effect on the cells
than the chemo drug, 5-fluorouracil (22).
- Adding iodine to chemically-induced (DMBA) rat breast tumors stops the
- growth of the tumors. Adding iodine plus medroxyprogesterone gave the
highestlevel of response: the growth-suppressed tumors showed 100% times the
iodine content than the full blown (nonsuppressed) tumors. The researchers
suggest that the uptake of iodine was enhanced by medroxyprogesterone. (23).
As David Brownstein, MD, phrased it, "You cannot give breast cancer to rats that
have sufficient iodine."
- In small, preliminary patient studies, using the screening iodine-loading test,
breast cancer patients excreted less urinary iodine than healthy people, implying
iodine-deficiency (24,25).
- What to do about iodine deficiency?
- The editors at Breast Cancer Choices recommend patients read as much as they
- can from the Iodine Related Links on the top left side of this page.
- Secondly, we recommend taking the Iodine Loading Test which will provide a
guideline to your current iodine sufficiency status. Then join the Iodine
Investigation Project and participate in our confidential database so we can
follow your progress. Next, consider finding an iodine-literate practioner (ILP)
from our directory or one willing to consider this non-toxic therapy.
- Iodine Protocol. Depending upon the results of your screening iodine-loading
test, most doctors we are familiar with currently recommend 50 mg or more of
iodine daily in the form of Iodoral tablets (a combined iodine-iodide formula), but
others recommend an iodine-only formulation or Lugol's iodine solution.
- Where to Get Iodoral: Iodoral tablets may be available from your health
practitioner. The Breast Cancer Choices charity fund-raises for the Iodine
investigation Project through sales of Iodoral. If we have provided information to
you, please consider buying from a charity rather than a for-profit company.
- Iodine Companion Nutrients. Many Iodine Literate Doctors suggest selenium(26),
vitamin C (27), and magnesium(28) enhance the therapeutic value of iodine.
Niacin was also recommended at the February 07 Iodine Conference. Thyroid
function should be closely monitored and may require an adjustment of thyroid
medications.
- For those experiencing uncommon detox side effects such as constipation, acne
or rash,the Yahoo Iodine Group has used 1/2 teaspoon Celtic salt dissolved in a
large glass of water, taken twice a day. Drinking additional water and taking extra
vitamin C may help even more.
- What to Expect
The Breast Cancer Choices Iodine Investigation Project is currently following
patients taking iodine to prevent recurrence. Most patients report no side
effects. Some report a range of non-breast improvements such as change in
thyroid status, need for less thyroid medication, weight loss, ovarian cysts
resolving, fibroids shrinking, improved energy, mood and mental clarity.
But be aware some iodine takers report what we believe to be iodine detoxing
bromide into the bloodstream causing symptoms of bromism.
According to a Department of Defense commissioned report, , bromism symptoms
can manifest as lethargy, depression, "dark" thoughts, "brain fog," constipation,
leg and hip pain, acne, rashes and other symptoms. These side effects are
usually reversible in 24-48 hours by discontinuing the iodine and allowing a short
period of washout before restarting at a lower dose. Again, as stated above,
Celtic salt in water has relieved detox symptoms quickly by speeding up bromide
detox through the kidneys. See Iodine Protocol.
CAUTION: DO NOT TAKE IODINE IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO IODIZED SALT
| Since bromide excretion seems to be higher in breast cancer patients than | ||
| undiagnosed persons (29), it is important that each patient develop a strategy with her physician to clear the bromide. Ways of eliminating bromide detox symptoms by taking 1/2 teaspoon of Celtic salt in water are currently being used |
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