Could Iodine Kill Cancer Cells?

Iodine

At the Cancer Control Society meetings I have attended the last couple of years iodine deficiency was discussed by doctors. In his book entitled “Iodine, Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It”, 4^th Edition, the author, David Brownstein M.D. provides some very interesting information and facts about how he has used iodine and associated nutrients in his medical practice to treat many of the health conditions listed at the end of this blog post.

Why Are So Many People Deficient in Iodine?

Bromide/bromine, fluoride, and chloride/chlorine bind to the iodine receptor sites preventing our cells from receiving iodine.  Bromine is used in bakery products. Refined salt is also not a good source of iodine.  Healthy sources of salt are available. Iodine is found in every cell in the body and is needed in the production of all of the other hormones our bodies produce. Even if adequate amounts of iodine are consumed, the human body has to have a functional delivery system to be able to deliver the iodine to the necessary areas of the body. This delivery system can be another problem area which he discusses and explains certain treatments he has used to solve problems in this area.

Where in the Body Is Iodine Needed?

Iodine can be used in treating a wide range of health conditions.  Iodine is concentrated in the glandular system.  The thyroid gland has the highest concentration of iodine but other areas of the body that have high concentrations of iodine or iodide include the prostate, salivary glands, the cerebral spinal fluid, the brain, the gastric mucosa, the breasts, ovaries, the skin, kidneys, spleen, liver, blood,  intestines, and eyes. For example, bromine mentioned above can bind to iodine receptors in the breast, is a known carcinogen to the breast, and it interferes with iodine utilization in the thyroid gland.

Apoptosis

Iodine has been shown to induce apoptosis in breast and thyroid cancer cells. Apoptosis means that cancer cells do not continue to divide out of control but instead are caused to go through the normal cell life cycle then die as other normal healthy cells would do. Iodine has also been shown to be extremely effective in treating and preventing fibrocystic breast disease. The subject of apoptosis is a very interesting area of discussion in his book.

Japan

Average mainland Japanese people consume more than 100 times the amount of iodine than is included in the U.S. recommended daily allowance. Most Americans probably don’t consume even the recommended daily allowance; therefore most Americans are grossly deficient in this aspect of their nutrition. The author states that he feels it is impossible to have a balanced hormonal system without adequate iodine consumption. Sufficient amounts of iodine have been shown to remove toxic levels of certain chemicals from the human body such as mercury and other heavy metals as well as the chemicals mentioned at the beginning of this article.

Thyroid Gland

The thyroid gland which is dependent upon iodine acts as the body’s major metabolic regulator. If the thyroid gland is not operating properly, a long list of health conditions can result. Many people who have been treated for iodine deficiency have reported correction of rapid heartbeat, slow heartbeat, brain fog, low energy and many other conditions. The author believes that the areas of the body where iodine is concentrated seem to be some of the areas where there is currently the highest frequency of cancer occurrence. Because there are many other nutrients that the body requires in order to utilize iodine it is necessary to consider his advice about the many other areas of nutrition he discusses. The author feels that there are a number of very serious health conditions in children both born and unborn caused by inadequate iodine. He even states that he has seen many psychiatric issues resolved when iodine deficiency is corrected.

Here are some conditions that can be symptoms of improper thyroid function:

Depression

High cholesterol

Essential hypertension

Fatigue

Inability to concentrate

Infertility

Menstrual Irregularities

Nervousness

Poor memory

Slower heartbeat

Weight gain

ADHD

Atherosclerosis

Fibrocystic breasts

Goiter

Hemorrhoids

Headaches

Hypertension

Infections

Liver diseases

Ovarian disease

Prostate disorders

Thyroid disorders

Vaginal Infections

In conclusion, it appears that iodine considerations could provide very promising solutions to certain cancers as well as many other troubling and serious health issues. He recommends that people should consult a licensed practicing physician to determine if their body is receiving and using properly an adequate supply of iodine.

Dr Brownstein’s website is www.drbrownstein.com. He is the Medical Director of the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He has also authored the following books:

Overcoming Thyroid Disorders

Drugs That Don’t Work And Natural Therapies That Do

The Miracle Of Natural Hormones

Salt Your Way To Health

Overcoming Arthritis

The Guide To Healthy Eating

The Guide To A Gluten Free Diet

The book summarized above was published by Medical Alternatives Press, 4173 Field Brook, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323, telephone number 888–647–5616.

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Breast Thermography - The Mammography Alternative?

Breast Thermography - The Mammography Alternative?
by Moshe Dekel, MD • Oceanside, NY

If you ask ten women, or men, if they are familiar with Breast Thermography, nine would say no. This is a surprising fact, since medical thermography has been in use since the early 1970’s and the modality was approved by the FDA in 1982 for breast cancer detection and risk assessment, as an adjunct to mammography.

The reason why so few people know about Breast Thermography is because the medical establishment, the American Cancer Society and most women’s organizations are still very comfortable recommending Mammography. The difference between the two modalities is profound. Mammography, like MRI and sonography, is an anatomical study; it looks at anatomical changes of the breast. It may take up to ten years for the tumor to grow to a sufficient size to be detectable by either a mammogram or a physical examination. By that time, the tumor has achieved more than 25 doublings of the malignant cell colony and may have already metastasized.

Thermography is a physiological study. The infrared camera detects the heat (infrared radiation), which is emitted by the breast without physical contact with it (no compression) and without sending any signal (no radiation). This is a receiving mode only. It shows small, unilateral temperature increases, which are caused by an increased blood supply to cancer cells. Cancer cells have an ability to create new blood vessels to the effected area (neoangiogenesis) in order to satisfy the increased demand for nutrients resulting from the higher rate of growth and metabolic demands of the new colony. It was found that even a few thousand cancer cells (early stage of the disease) secrete Nitric Oxide; a powerful vasodilator, in order to achieve the same results.

Physiological changes can precede anatomical mammographic detection by seven to ten years, therefore, allowing us to react early in a preventative mode that may stop the development of overt cancer. The study is interpreted with the help of computer analysis of the 75,000 temperature pixels displayed in each of the 18 digital images that are taken in each study. The study can be interpreted as normal, low moderate or higher risk. A holistic protocol is then implemented in order to prevent the formation of overt cancer.

One of the major limitations of mammography is its inability to diagnose cancer in the case of dense breast. I am sure that some readers will identify with the inconclusive reading of their mammography and their “invitation” to take another one in six months. The patient may or may not know that the density of the breast will not change in that period of time.

For more than two decades, the medical establishment, the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the media have promoted Mammography as the main screening procedure for breast cancer. The current recommendation is to have a base line Mammography at the age of forty and for women with family history of breast cancer to start as early as age thirty.

In September 2000, a large, long-term Canadian study found that an annual mammogram was no more effective in preventing deaths from breast cancer than periodic physical examinations for women in their 50’s. Half of the almost 40,000 women ages 50 to 59 received periodic breast examinations alone and half received breast examinations plus mammograms. All learned to examine their own breasts as well. By 1993, 13 years after the study began; there were 610 cases of invasive breast cancer and 105 deaths in the women who received only breast examinations, compared with 622 invasive breast cancers and 107 deaths in those who received breast examinations and mammograms.

Alternative Medicine has maintained for years that mammograms do far more harm than good. Their ionizing radiation mutates cells, and the mechanical pressure on the breast can spread cells that are already malignant (as can biopsies). In 1995, the British medical journal, The Lancet, reported that since mammographic screening was introduced in 1970’s, the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which represents 12% of all breast cancer cases, had increased by 328% and that 200% of this increase was due to the use of mammography. Since the inception of widespread mammographic screening, the increase for DCIS in women under the age of 40 has risen over 3000%.

Eighty percent of the million breast biopsies performed each year in the US, because of a suspicious mammography, are negative. Why, then, does mainstream medicine keep recommending mammograms? A $100 mammogram for all 62 million U.S. women over 40, and a $1,000+ biopsy for 1- to 2-million women, is an $8 billion per year industry.

Mammography cannot detect a tumor until after it has been growing for years and reaches a certain size. Thermography can detect the possibility of breast cancer much earlier, because it can image the early stages of increased blood supply to cancer cells, which is a necessary step before they can grow into a detectable size tumor.

Breast Thermography is not promoted here as a replacement for mammography, but rather to inform women about their options regarding the prevention of breast cancer.

In private practice for twenty-five years, Dr. Dekel is a Board Certified MD, in OB-GYN and Breast Thermography. He was an assistant clinical professor at Stony Brook Medical Center and served as the Chief of GYN surgery at the Long Island Surgi-Center. Dr. Dekel transitioned to holistic/ integrative medicine six years ago and focuses on prevention, bio-identical hormone replacement for men and women, and breast Thermography. www.drdekel.com.

This article was reprinted from http://www.creationsmagazine.com/articles/C113/Dekel.html

Reprinted with permission from the April/May 2007 issue of Creations Magazine

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The statements contained herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The above information is intended for educational purposes only. This information is not intended to be used to diagnose, prescribe, or replace proper medical care or advice provided by a qualified licensed medical professional. The information described herein is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, mitigate, or prevent any disease.