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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Better Heart Health with Proper Thyroid Testing

Reading this pleases me because I have for decades raised this issue with clients who are being improperly counseled by their health providers about critical health concerns. 

In one case the person's did not get her doctor's attention until the TSH   result was pushing 10. And not only had this been over the current high range of 3.0 for years, they kept pushing statin drugs because her cholesterol level kept going up and they ignored the patients requests for proper testing.

I see it getting worse as there is more exposure to fluoride in water, food, and drugs, but also with more exposure to electromagenetic fields, more microwaved food, and increased mobile use.

More ‘aggressive’ thyroid management may help reduce risk of heart disease


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SELECTIONS FROM NATURAL HEALTH NEWS

Jul 03, 2010
Larry Frieders, the compounder, THYROID MADNESS DEFINITION: 1.Treating hypothyroid patients solely with T4-only meds (synthroid) 2.Dosing solely by the TSH and the total T4, or using the outdated "Thyroid Panel" 3.
Jul 22, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 21 - Environmental exposure to organochlorine compounds affects thyroid function in preschool children, according to a report from Spain in the July issue of Occupational and Environmental ...
Jun 13, 2009
"The thyroid, located in the neck, is a kind of master gland, secreting hormones that affect metabolism. Doctors usually check its activity by an indirect measure -- looking at levels of TSH, or thyroid stimulating hormone." ...
Mar 05, 2011
PURPOSE: In the present study we investigated the possible histopathological effects of pulse modulated Radiofrequency (RF) fields on the thyroid gland using light microscopy, electron microscopy and immunohistochemical ...

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Hormone Disruption: Fluoride and Your Wireless Device




RE - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009912011027330

It shows that long term exposure (six years) to both cellphones and their base stations can alter human hormone profiles.

The most significant (which the authors describe as highly significant in the text) are their effects on the thyroid hormones, which show a marked reduction over this period. Although the authors do not say it (I suspect that they dare not if they want to get their work published) this would result in hypothyroidism, the most important symptoms of which are fatigue and obesity. 



WEEP reader comments:

If cellphone exposure is combined with a fluoridated water supply, the low thyroid outcome is even more likely.

See this history of the fluorine/iodine antagonism connection, and the use of fluorine-based drugs to treat overactive thyroid.

http://poisonfluoride.com/pfpc/html/thyroid_history.html

Please join the spreading campaign to remove fluoride (from toxic-waste source) out of drinking water.

http://cof-cof.ca/hydrofluorosilicic-acid-origins/

'This water-based “wet scrubber” hydrofluorosilicic acid, containing the contaminants, is then taken out of the chimneys and stored in open-air cooling lakes, further exposed to airborne contaminants. Industry produces millions of gallons of this liquid hazardous waste. It costs thousands of dollars per ton to properly neutralize and dispose of hydrofluorosilicic acid, therefore, industry would rather just sell it to you as “product”.'

http://cof-cof.ca/top-ten-arguments-against-fluoridation/

And then if you are exposed to mercury too... and then the EMF shuts down detox, well we have got to do something about the use of these toxic substances.  Martin Weatherall, WEEP.

Friday, July 08, 2011

Fluoride Risks Hit Supermarket Mag

I've been interviewed a few times for 'for women First' magazine, one of the supermarket mags for women.  I don't usually purchase it but I had to succumb today when I saw their front page story about a thyroid discovery.  The discovery is fluoride and how it slows down your thyroid, (page 40, July 18, 2011 issue).

The problem with this is that fluoride is a known endocrine disruptor that's been known for about 70 or more years.

This means clear your shelves of fluoride tooth paste and all the dental products laden with it.  Don't get any fluoride treatments at the dentist either.

Watch for fluoride is prescription drugs like antibiotics (fluorquinolones)  and antidepressants (SSRI,SNRI) , as well as others.  Many foods like soy and others sprayed with pesticides and herbicides contain fluoride too.  And you'll find bromine (in bread), chlorine, and any halogen will suppress your thyroid too, just like mammogram, that pink salt, and your cell phone. 

Selections from Natural Health News

Natural Health News: Dr Paul Connett World's Leading Expert on ...



Apr 05, 2011


For example, rodent studies show that fluoride exposure can cause free radical damage to DNA molecules and cells in areas of the brain that are essential for cognition, as well as structural brain changes and ...


Natural Health News: Getting Too Much Fluoride? Better Check Your ...


Jan 11, 2011


The New York Times just reported that a "political battle" is brewing on EPA's decision to phase out the use of sulfuryl fluoride as a food fumigant in the US. According to the Times, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla. ...


Natural Health News: Top 10 Drugs: Violence and more Fluoride

Jan 12, 2011


Related information about fluoride is found here as well, and now you know mainstream media is finally suggesting you have been getting too much. Here are the 8 top true "conspiracy theories". ...


Natural Health News: The Fluoride Glut: Sources of Fluoride Exposure

Dec 05, 2010


Yes, your so called Himalayan health salt is full of fluoride. You may learn more here, and be prepared to be surprised! Graphic by DEES The American Dental Association has a budget of $100 million (with over $1.4 ...



Wednesday, May 04, 2011

The TSH Test Can't Tell You About Thyroid Health

As you can see Natural Health News has been covering issues that affect thyroid health for quite a long time.   We've also published issue of our newsletter, herbalYODA Says!, on this topic, and presented one of our radio programs on this too.

Back in 2001 we made a comment on the infamous Yates case, related in my opinion, to thyroid problems.
May 08, 2010
The new study just being reported focuses on the use of some specific amino acids that effect thyroid function. Skipping proper thyroid function testing so rampant in today's medical modeling its no wonder this old and well known fact ...
Even the TV show featuring the Duggars and their very large family shows a clear example of an overlooked thyroid problem.  Gall bladder problems are a key symptom of thyroid health concerns, and it is best to not cut it out. 

Recently I met with a client whose MD ignored her low thyroid TSH result and pressured this person to take Pravastatin.  Elevated cholesterol levels are another common symptom of thyroid health problems. 

And now Hillary Clinton is pleased to tell you thyroid diminishing cell phones are to be used to help you have a healthier baby

Today's  BBC News brings this critical issue to light.  Call for thyroid screening in pregnancy

All pregnant women should be screened for hidden signs of thyroid disease, according to Czech researchers.
A blood test can pick up about a third of mothers-to-be who have no symptoms but will go on to develop full-blown disease after giving birth, they say.
Early detection could have major implications for the health of mothers and babies, they told the European Congress of Endocrinology.
Increasing rates of Down Syndrome show a thyroid connection.  But then so does fluoride in everything.

If you just test for TSH you cannot determine how much active T3 is circulating

If you test TSH and T4 you do not know if the T4 is converting to T3, the most active thyroid hormone. Liver function is linked to the feedback mechanism,adrenal function too.  Your heart is also linked to this important issue, so much more.

How Your Thyroid Works "A delicate Feedback Mechanism"

The function of the thyroid gland is to take iodine, found in many foods, and convert it into thyroid hormones: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Thyroid cells are the only cells in the body which can absorb iodine. These cells combine iodine and the amino acid tyrosine to make T3 and T4. T3 and T4 are then released into the blood stream and are transported throughout the body where they control metabolism (conversion of oxygen and calories to energy). Every cell in the body depends upon thyroid hormones for regulation of their metabolism. The normal thyroid gland produces about 80% T4 and about 20% T3, however, T3 possesses about four times the hormone "strength" as T4.
The thyroid gland is under the control of the pituitary gland, a small gland the size of a peanut at the base of the brain (shown here in orange). When the level of thyroid hormones (T3 & T4) drops too low, the pituitary gland produces Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) which stimulates the thyroid gland to produce more hormones. Under the influence of TSH, the thyroid will manufacture and secrete T3 and T4 thereby raising their blood levels. The pituitary senses this and responds by decreasing its TSH production. One can imagine the thyroid gland as a furnace and the pituitary gland as the thermostat. Thyroid hormones are like heat. When the heat gets back to the thermostat, it turns the thermostat off. As the room cools (the thyroid hormone levels drop), the thermostat turns back on (TSH increases) and the furnace produces more heat (thyroid hormones).
The pituitary gland itself is regulated by another gland, known as the hypothalamus (shown in our picture in light blue). The hypothalamus is part of the brain and produces TSH Releasing Hormone (TRH) which tells the pituitary gland to stimulate the thyroid gland (release TSH). One might imagine the hypothalamus as the person who regulates the thermostat since it tells the pituitary gland at what level the thyroid should be set.
Don't overlook pharmaceuticals like antibiotics, antidepressants, and osteoporosis drugs that are fluoride based, and now radiation too.

We offer effective thyroid testing and education.  More here.

Selections from Natural Health News

Mar 05, 2011
PURPOSE: In the present study we investigated the possible histopathological effects of pulse modulated Radiofrequency (RF) fields on the thyroid gland using light microscopy, electron microscopy and immunohistochemical methods. ...
Apr 29, 2011
Also note that if you search the history of Synthroid you will find that there was collusion many decades ago to move Armour Natural Thyroid out of the marketplace and allow Synthroid to move in. This had to do as well with a change in ...
Jul 03, 2010
Larry Frieders, the compounder, THYROID MADNESS DEFINITION: 1.Treating hypothyroid patients solely with T4-only meds (synthroid) 2.Dosing solely by the TSH and the total T4, or using the outdated "Thyroid Panel" ...
Jul 22, 2008
Especially risky to people with diabetes, an endocrine disorder linked to thyroid and other endoctine imbalances. Few human studies of safety have been published on sucralose. One study of diabetic patients using the sweetener showed a ...
Jun 04, 2010
The thyroid gland, in the neck, is sensitive to ionising radiation, especially in children, but the potential risk posed by dental radiography is often ignored, researchers said. In a study of 313 cancer patients, scientists from ...
Mar 27, 2009
Thyroid concerns are perhaps a greater health concern that realized. This may be related to low selenium levels in food, the thyroid suppressing effect of water fluoridation, the rise in the number and use of fluoride based ...
Nov 10, 2008
Researchers at UCLA tried to show that low vitamin D would make an autoimmune thyroid problem worse. Their experiment was based on the idea that vitamin D has a dampening effect on an excessive and inappropriate immune response in many ...
Sep 24, 2008
The correct range currently and for the last several years for TSH is 0.3 to 3 or 3.2 mU/L. Even some whose TSH result is in this narrowed range may still be suffering with symptoms realted to abberation in thyroid function. ...
May 26, 2008
The data suggest that silent or "subclinical" thyroid dysfunction "might represent a potentially modifiable -- albeit modest -- risk factor for coronary heart disease and mortality," Dr. Nicholas Rodondi, from the University of Lausanne
May 19, 2008
2008-05-19 15:54:10 - There is clear evidence that small amounts of fluoride, at or near levels added to US water supplies, present potential risks to the thyroid gland, according to the National Research Council's (NRC) first-ever ...
Jun 13, 2009
"The thyroid, located in the neck, is a kind of master gland, secreting hormones that affect metabolism. Doctors usually check its activity by an indirect measure -- looking at levels of TSH, or thyroid stimulating hormone." ...
Apr 14, 2009
No large-scale human research studies have been conducted that examine the thyroid-related effects of long-term consumption of whole, natural soy foods consumed in ordinary amounts. Studies in this area have mostly focused on rats fed ...
Mar 14, 2011
Diabetes in this case may develop from loss of function of the thyroid gland, which in turn effects function of all other endocrine glands, including the pancreas. High quality digestive enzymes and other natural pancreatic support may ...
Apr 05, 2011
That's why nutrients such as Iodine, L-Tyrosine, Kelp and other iodine-rich seaweeds rejuvenate and balance thyroid function. These help to protect the thyroid and supports its detoxification process. While these low dose and natural ...
Jan 01, 2008
over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland," reports Scientific American editors (January 2008). "Scientific attitudes toward fluoridation may be starting to ...
Mar 21, 2010
An array of additional risk factors for statin AEs are those that amplify (or reflect) mitochondrial or metabolic vulnerability, such as metabolic syndrome factors, thyroid disease, and genetic mutations linked to mitochondrial ...
Mar 18, 2011
Many customers already take Iodoral® (iodine/iodide) and therefore have taken an important and ongoing step in supporting thyroid and overall health. The reality is that we don't yet know the extent to which this disaster will truly ...
Mar 16, 2009
The National Research Council has identified fluoride as an "endocrine disrupter" that may impair thyroid function, while recent research from Harvard University has found a possible connection between fluoride and bone cancer. ...
Feb 07, 2011
In addition to Zinc, Iron, B12, vitamin D, and EFAs, thyroid nutrients may be depleted in vegan and vegetarian diets. Vegans risk blood clots and atherosclerosis, so also heart attack. Meat eaters are known for having a significantly ...
Jun 09, 2010
ODDLY IN BOTH DOWN SYNDROME AND ALZHEIMER'S, HIGH INCIDENCE OF THYROID PROBLEMS EXIST AS WELL Eye problems can be a symptom of thyroid imbalance. Contact Lenses News :: Experts make Down syndrome and Alzheimer`s eye link ...
Jun 07, 2010
If there were to be something coming from this story I'd like to see proper thyroid testing, nutritional counseling, and supplement support. I say this because I worked for several years as a resource person for a large urban hospital
Jun 04, 2010
http://naturalhealthnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/treat-soy-with-caution.html. Scientists have known for years that isoflavones in soy products can depress thyroid function, causing autoimmune thyroid disease and even cancer of the thyroid. ...
Oct 02, 2010
Even more amazing was when, while channel flipping, I heard Dr. OZ tell poeple that you have to shield your thyroid when you get ANY x-ray (even mammogram) or you will be at risk for thyroid cancer, because x-ray is cumulative. ...
Apr 09, 2010
Research from the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development found triclosan had thyroid and estrogen effects in animals. The agent is a common ingredient in antibacterial soaps and washes, toothpastes, ...
Aug 16, 2006
Also, consider that those people taking radiation are subjected to outcomes that can lead to congestive heart failure, total thyroid ablation, immune system failure and other cancers. This information is provided by Creating Health ...
May 06, 2009
Along with a concern about rising rates of thyroid cancer I think it is worthwhile to consider the implications of fluoride in the water supply, fluoride in many drugs and in pink salt or found in other places along with increasing cell
Dec 15, 2008
and don't forget that walnuts do have a thyroid lowering effect so perhaps this will aid those with hyperthyroid conditions who aren't sold on slaying their gland with radioactive iodine. This information is provided by Creating Health ...
Feb 02, 2011
September 22, 2008 — A new study has found that older adults with severe subclinical hypothyroidism had almost double the risk of developing heart failure (HF) compared with those with normal thyroid function over a 12-year follow-up . ...
Mar 31, 2010
One of the most problematic health issues today is thyroid function. Part of the problem is that it is not only overlooked as important in today's Big Insurance+Big PhRMA controlled medical care, but it is also porrly diagnosed.
Oct 19, 2010
With his open-minded MD he was able to switch to B12 shots and natural thyroid support, reduce his costs, and greatly improve his anemia, and his health. Working as I do from time to time with people who experience serious anemic states ...
Jan 10, 2011
Also effecting mostly the elderly: not enough good fats, the dearth of which causes cataracts and eye disease while contributing to joint problems, dementia, and thyroid disease! Years ago when I was a self taught "Grand-Master" of ...

Friday, April 29, 2011

Too Much Thyroxine Boosts Fracture Risk

You will note as you read towards the bottom of this BBC News article that the fracture risk with thyroid has been known for over a century.

Also note that if you search the history of Synthroid you will find that there was collusion many decades ago to move Armour Natural Thyroid out of the marketplace and allow Synthroid to move in.  This had to do as well with a change in the lab tests done around this same time to foster the use of the synthetic hormone.

The other day I was speaking with a nurse educated in the PNW.  We were talking about my work (Health Forensics) and how it seems there will be more pressure for nurses to be more thorough in their responsibilities and drug awareness.

I found this an odd statement because this has ALWAYS been the responsibility.
And in fulfilling my responsibility I have been education people about Synthroid and osteoporosis risk for 30+ years or more.

Now it seems science wants you to know too.

28 April 2011  Thyroid drug 'boosts risk of fractures in the elderly'
Many elderly people may be taking "excessive" medication for their thyroid problems, increasing their fracture risk, researchers warn.

A synthetic hormone, thyroxine, is given to people whose thyroid glands produce too little naturally.
normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">But writing in the British Medical Journal, researchers say having too much boosts fracture risk and doses may need to be reduced as people age.
A British expert said there was not enough research into the condition.It has been estimated that 20% of older people are on long-term treatment for an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism).Patients are supposed to be checked regularly to ensure they are on the right dose, but for many it often remains unchanged into old age.This can lead to people developing the opposite problem, an over-active thyroid - caused by having too much thyroxine - which can increase the risk of fractures, particularly in older women.In this study, a team from the Women's College Research Institute in Toronto looked at 213,500 people aged 70 and over who had received at least one prescription for levothyroxine - the synthetic version of thyroxine - between 2002 and 2007.'Unexpectedly low'
Participants were grouped into people who were currently on the medication, those who had stopped taking it between 15 and 180 days prior to study and those who had stopped taking it more than 180 days prior.Just over 10% - 22,236 people - had had at least one fracture during the study period.Those who were currently taking thyroxine, or who had recently stopped were at a significantly higher risk of experiencing fractures.Writing in the BMJ, the researchers led by Dr Lorraine Lipscombe, said it suggested medication levels should be more closely monitored "in this vulnerable population".In the same journal, Professor Graham Leese at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, said ideal thyroxine doses may vary with age and be "unexpectedly low" in elderly people."It is 120 years since the effect of excess thyroid hormone on bone was first described, yet research in this area still lacks funding," he said."With the prevalence of treated hypothyroidism increasing, and the annual economic burden of fractures in the United Kingdom currently estimated at £5.1bn ($8.4bn), such research warrants a higher priority." SOURCE
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Synthroid
Jan 05, 2009
I surely hope she isn't on Synthroid and I wonder how it is that who ever is her doctor overlooked her adrenal stress. One thing she has "right" is that it isn't so much the food, it is really the emotions behind what is going on in ...
Sep 23, 2008
Treating hypothyroid patients solely with T4-only meds (synthroid) 2.Dosing solely by the TSH and the total T4, or using the outdated "Thyroid Panel" 3.Prescribing anti-depressants in lieu of evaluating and treating the free T3 ...
Mar 27, 2009
On the other side of the coin is a group of people with hyperactive thyroid conditions who are "radiated" to "kill" the gland and then require supplementation, usually Synthroid. This group of people should know that there are effective ...
Mar 24, 2009
... JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) reported that if women experience Iodine deficiency and are prescribed T4 thyroid medication (Synthroid & Levoxyl), T4 medication further increases their risk for Breast Cancer. ...
Thyroid
Mar 05, 2011
PURPOSE: In the present study we investigated the possible histopathological effects of pulse modulated Radiofrequency (RF) fields on the thyroid gland using light microscopy, electron microscopy and immunohistochemical methods. ...
Jul 03, 2010
Larry Frieders, the compounder, THYROID MADNESS DEFINITION: 1.Treating hypothyroid patients solely with T4-only meds (synthroid) 2.Dosing solely by the TSH and the total T4, or using the outdated "Thyroid Panel" ...
Jul 22, 2008
Especially risky to people with diabetes, an endocrine disorder linked to thyroid and other endoctine imbalances. Few human studies of safety have been published on sucralose. One study of diabetic patients using the sweetener showed a ...
Mar 27, 2009
Thyroid concerns are perhaps a greater health concern that realized. This may be related to low selenium levels in food, the thyroid suppressing effect of water fluoridation, the rise in the number and use of fluoride based ...

Monday, April 11, 2011

No More Pink Please

UPDATE: 11 April 2011 -  The "Race" campaigns are once again in motion and so far I have yet to hear one thing about the fact that this cancer has been cured.

Just where does the $ go?

Top 4 of 30+ from Natural Health News

Thermography 90, Mammogram 50
May 21, 2010
A great boost for the benefits of thermography over breast-cancer-causing mammogram. It is more effective and better for women under 50. Yes! Thermography's accuracy rate is 90% versus mammogram's 50%. It is well past time the ensconced ...
Better to Screen You with Thermography, My Dear...
Oct 23, 2009
"Rethink" of Cancer Screening Triggers Comments and Controversy By Nick Mulcahy October 23, 2009 — In a comment that has triggered widespread media coverage, the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS) admitted that ...
Call For A Differing Viewpoint
Jun 30, 2010
A great boost for the benefits of thermography over breast-cancer-causing mammogram. It is more effective and better for women under 50. Yes! Thermography's accuracy rate is 90% versus mammogram's 50%. It is well past time the ensconced ...
Supplement Suppresses Breast Cancer Cells
Oct 11, 2010
No one wanted you to learn that there are safer screening methods (thermography) and safer therapy approaches that include nutrition, herbs, vitamins, and other natural therapies ( ex: JBNI herbal formulas all tested at Dana Farber), ...


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NEW - How much pink turns into green?  

Looks as if some people are catching on, says Komen Foundation rated only as a B+ which means much less than 75% of donations are used for goals.  A pretty high adminsitrative rate if you ask me, when 7% should be the target.

and

 "I don't think people understand the lack of progress"
The stark reality is that in the 26 years since the campaign began, deaths from breast cancer have dropped only slightly — about 2% per year, starting in 1990. According to the National Breast Cancer Coalition in Washington, D.C., 117 women in the U.S. died of breast cancer every day in 1991; today that number is 110.

Just the other day I was out shopping about 80 miles from where I live. I was on a mission as I was looking for some specific items.Every turn I made up another aisle was a woman talking on a cell phone.

Exasperated, I finally had had enough and when I went on yet another aisle in yest anotehr store I yelled out " Not you too!" This woman was no more than a foot from me chatting on her cell phone, holding it between her ear and shoulder.

I looked her straight in the eye and said, "Don't you know cell phones are linked to breast and thyroid cancer, and can cause heart disease?"

In a quick, and all too common reply, she said, "That hasn't been scientifically proven."

My answer was, "Yes it has, since the 1940s!"

Of course too few know the real risk of cell phones and WIFI, but the cellular providers do, and so do the scientists.

Even more amazing was when, while channel flipping, I heard Dr. OZ tell poeple that you have to shield your thyroid when you get ANY x-ray (even mammogram) or you will be at risk for thyroid cancer, because x-ray is cumulative. And, YES, this means that when you opt for radiation treatment if you have breast cancer you can get thyroid cancer and heart failure.  Just something we have been teaching at CHI for decades.

Now that this cat is out of the mainstream bag, ask about options to give you better and earlier screening and least risk of more cancer.

Natural Health News: Thermography 90, Mammogram 50
May 21, 2010
Yes! Thermography's accuracy rate is 90% versus mammogram's 50%. It is well past time the ensconced ACS wakes up to newer, better, and safer screening for breast cancer. Big Insurance needs to wake up as well! ...
Sep 23, 2010
A great boost for the benefits of thermography over breast-cancer-causing mammogram. It is more effective and better for women under 50. Yes! Thermography's accuracy rate is 90% versus mammogram's 50%. It is well past time the ensconced ...
Oct 23, 2009
"Rethink" of Cancer Screening Triggers Comments and Controversy By Nick Mulcahy October 23, 2009 — In a comment that has triggered widespread media coverage, the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS) admitted that ...
Oct 07, 2009
If you're fortunate enough to be living near Toronto, your choice for breast screening for about 10 years could have been Thermography Clinic, Inc., a company started in 1998 as an integrative medical practice specializing in the care ...
And please THINK before you raise money for PINK.  If this was for a cure, then it would have been here long before now. (BTW, Natural methods are offering cure)
Sep 05, 2008
This is why for more than a decade we have been saying THINK Before You Pink! Women's Health Month is March, and that is not too far away. FDA Warns of Potential of Serious Side Effects with Topical Numbing Agents ...
These and at least 30 more articles may be found at Natural Health News, and even more at Leaflady.org
Oct 05, 2009
4 September 2010 - The Pink Cause Marketing is getting underway once again. I just received a spam from a PR firm about a massage clinic in Seattle that would give $15 from each massage to the Komen Foundation. ...
Oct 13, 2009
Walk into almost any store this month, and you'll be hit with a wash of pink products -- pink clogs, pink vegetable peelers, pink cleaning products, even pink food -- sold in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. ...
Aug 14, 2006
When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs ...
Feb 11, 2008
Currently the legislature in Hawaii is contemplating a ban on aspartame. I have spoken out about this toxin for decades. I speak out as well about the risk of its heir, sucralose. Both should be avoided without question. ...
Oct 31, 2007
... who gave their life while in the race to cure this serious health problem. Just think before you pink...and demand thermography! This information is provided by Creating Health Institute through our Health Matters(c) project.
Oct 01, 2008
In your effort to not be swayed by massive marketing of pink lids on toxic products join the campaign to stop Yoplait from using rGBH hormone laced milk to make their synthetic goop. Yoplait touts its yogurt as being healthy for women, ...
Oct 02, 2009
PINK TIP - Women who have poor diets, low in antioxidants and high in omega-6 fats (vegetable oils such as corn, safflower, sunflower, peanut, soybean and canola oils), are at much greater risk for breast cancer. ...
Oct 31, 2009
As the pink madness of the October 2009 programming winds down, because today is October 31, I am pleased to provide readers with this very good article from an MD with an open mind. As more and more doctors and other health ...
Oct 04, 2007
I'm sure you very infrequently hear the facts about radiation exposure(mammogram) and increasing your risk of developing breast cancer. Every year CHI tries to educate more people about this scientifically proven risks, often to deaf ...
Oct 08, 2008
D. Mail 7.10.08 "DOES BREAST CANCER SCREEING DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD?" Interview by Thea Jourdan. Michael Baum, Emertitius Prof. of Surgery at University College, London writes: (shortened) Each year I dread Breast Cancer Awareness month ...

Using our search engine you can locate many other interesting articles for your health and education.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Usefulness of Iodine

Originally posted 4/11/08

Something already exists to help protect you from radiation, and it has been around for a very long time. It is often avoided in allopathic medicine these days because docs think you might want to take too much, which could be harmful. Seems that is a funny assumption because most people aren't interested in doing more harm to themselves that doctors already do with radiation.

A note to women on this issues is important because screening mammography is just more radiation to promote breast cancer, and isn't the rate going up, instead of getting better?

This rather inexpensive protection would be a boon to soldiers or people exposed to depleted uranium.

The substance I refer to is called Iodine. Famous as Lugol's solution, it is also a very effective antimicrobial. Today, in most US states, Lugol's requires a prescription. It may be more available in other countries, or from veterinary supply stores.

Potassium Iodide is another form as is protein bound iodine.

This can also be very useful in the prevention or treatment of dementia.

I always encourage people to keep this health-protecting remedy on hand. Iodine containing products, (ask about Lugol's) can be ordered from us.

More on Iodine's usefulness...
New drug protects against radiation damage: study Fri Apr 11, 2008

Researchers have developed a new drug that can protect healthy cells and bone marrow against anti-cancer radiation therapy and maybe even against the effects of a nuclear bomb, a study has shown.

While radiation therapy is used effectively to destroy cancerous tumors, it can have a devastating effect on healthy cells, noted the study published in the April 11 edition of the American review Science.

But a new drug protects gastrointestinal cells and bone marrow in mice and monkeys from radiation without reducing the treatment's effectiveness, lead author Lyudmila Burdelya of New York state's Roswell Park Cancer Institute said.

Dr Richard Kolesnick, of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said the research represented "a breakthrough in an issue that has challenged the scientific community."

Dr Preet Chaudhary, an oncologist at the University of Pennsylvania, said the work could have wide implications for the fight against cancer.

The drug, CBLB502, works by activating a well-known molecular pathway that some cancer cells use to stave off cell death, Burdelya and colleagues said.

A single dose given to the animals shortly before receiving radiation therapy significantly reduced the radiation damage caused to bone marrow and gastrointestinal cells and prolonged the animals' survival, the researchers said.

They said the drug might also be a useful protection against radiation exposure from a nuclear plant malfunction or nuclear bomb, adding that clinical trials on humans could begin this summer.

Copyright © 2008 Agence France Presse.
Selections from Natural Health News (30+)

Mar 24, 2009
While the current US government limits on iodine intake (RDI) is extremely low, at 0.15 mg. or 150 mcg. daily, the best levels seem to be equal to the standard amount of iodine ingested by the Japanese at about 14 mg.; the best health ...
Oct 01, 2009
Iodine is extremely important for breast health and health in general. If you happen to live in northern latitudes it is much more important as well as if you live in US western states bordering with Canada. In this area low selenium ...
Jan 05, 2009
Study Abstract: The fetus is the most vulnerable to severe iodine deficiency and hypothyroidism during pregnancy. The effects of mild iodine deficiency and subclinical hypothyroidism are poorly known. The present study assesses the ...