Iodine is back in the news! What is in your salt shaker is not enough! So why do most people need more? Breast, prostate and thyroid health to begin…

Reverse fibrocystic breast disease?  Many research studies have demonstrated that proper levels of iodine can effectively reverse this condition.

Iodine is critical to human health. It forms the basis of thyroid hormones and plays many other roles in your body: in the salivary glands, brain, cerebrospinal fluid, gastric mucosa, breasts, ovaries and a part of the eye also concentrate iodine. In the brain, iodine is found where cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced, and in the area associated with Parkinson’s disease.

David Brownstein, MD, a national leader in iodine research, has tested over 4,000 patients in his clinic. His findings have been shocking — 96.5% tested low for this critical substance.

Why?

Perhaps you’ve never heard of bromine. In the 1980’s, bromine replaced iodine in the baking industry. Bakers used to use iodine to condition their dough, but in replacing it with bromine, put the nation at risk of low iodine levels and all the conditions associated with that. Even worse, bromine interferes with the utilization of what iodine we do have in our bodies.

Additionally, due to poor farming techniques, deficiencies of iodine and other minerals in the soil have increased. Obviously, crops grown in iodine-deficient soil will be deficient in iodine.

Iodized salt is a poor source of the compound iodide, because it is not very bio-available for the body.

A simple urine test…   Ask your physician to do an iodine challenge urine test to see if you are low in iodine.  If you are, it is a simple – and inexpensive – fix.

Iodine contains many cancer-fighting and cancer-preventing properties. For one thing, iodine has been shown to cause apoptosis (or cell death) in breast and thyroid cancer cells. Plus, iodine functions as both a strong antioxidant as well as an oxidant in the body. This dual effect makes it a strong anticancer agent.

Iodized salt is a poor source of the compound iodide, because it is not very bio-available for the body. 

Additionally, due to poor farming techniques, deficiencies of iodine and other minerals in the soil have increased. Obviously, crops grown in iodine-deficient soil will be deficient in iodine.

And iodine deficiency is not only due to inadequate intake.

It’s also due to the toxic substances we’re exposed to on a daily basis, including compounds such as bromine, fluoride and chlorine. These toxic halogen compounds that have wormed their way into our bodies force iodine to compete for limited binding sites to work its magic.

Perhaps you’ve never heard of bromine. In the 1980’s, bromine replaced iodine in the baking industry. Bakers used to use iodine to condition their dough. But in a flash of poor reasoning, the industry began to question the safety of using iodine in bakery products. So they went with bromine instead. This meant less iodine in our diets.

Even worse, bromine interferes with iodine utilization in the thyroid and other areas iodine concentrates in the body. Plus, it’s a known carcinogen.

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