MedicalConspiracies- Breast cancer is just an iodine deficiency disease!

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 Deficiency Growing Worse

• 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).

                        Iodine and Benign Breast Disease

• 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.
  

                                           Iodine and Breast Cancer         

• 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