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Iodine MetabolismMiller DW, Jr MP3 audio -- 54 minutes (takes a while to download) RadioLiberty.com February 21, 2007.
In this 54 minute radio program, Dr Miller talks about many aspects of iodine metabolism and research. Here are a few of the issues he discusses.
Iodine in Medicine Today. Dr Miller says he has used iodine in heart surgery for the last 35 years. It is used to prepare the patient's skin and remains the best antiseptic for preventing wound infections after surgery. It kills 90% of bacteria on the skin within 90 seconds. Most doctors today view iodine as an antiseptic and know that the thyroid gland needs it to make thyroid hormones. That is a limited view.
American vs. Japanese Iodine Consumption. The Japanese consume 100 times more iodine than Americans. 95% of the iodine they consume comes from seaweed, which includes kelp, brown algae, nori sheets, red algae, chlorella, green algae. In a 1964 study, the Japanese ate 4.5 grams of seaweed per day, equal to 13.8 mg of iodine per day. In a 2001 study, the consumption of seaweed had increased to 14.6 grams per day, equal to 43.8 mg of iodine per day. The Japanese are very healthy. Clear evidence that large amounts of iodine cannot be very bad for a population.
Fish and Iodine. Eating fish won't give you iodine in mg amounts. To get 13.8 mg iodine, you would have to eat 10-20 pounds of fish per day.
Iodine in mcg, mg, and gram amounts. Iodine is needed in microgram amounts for the thyroid, mg amounts for breast and other tissues, and can be used therapeutically in gram amounts.
Resistance to mg amounts of iodine from thyroidologists. Two primary reasons for resistance to iodine in mg amounts:
Iodine Deficiency, Fibrocystic Breast Disease, and Breast Cancer. Iodine deficiency predisposes to Fibrocystic Breast Disease (FBD). FBD predisposes to breast cancer.
A 1920s autopsy study found that 3% of women had fibrocystic changes. Now, 90% of women have FBD. Six million women have severe pain that lasts more than six days during the menstrual cycle.
In 1970s Russian studies showed iodine cured FBD in 70% of patients. In 1993, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial in Seattle and Canada with 5 mg molecular iodine cured FBD in 70% of women.
Evidence for iodine and breast cancer link:
Fibrocystic Breast Disease and Breast Cancer are iodine-deficiency disorders, just like goiter and cretinism.
Other places in body that use iodine. The salivary glands, stomach, and cervix absorb high amounts of iodine and then secrete iodide into the mouth, lining of stomach and vagina, which helps prevent infection.
Skin, arteries, and bone like iodine. Iodine uptake can be seen in total body scintiscans with RAI.
The thymus gland has an iodine pump. Iodine strengthens the immune system.
Lugol's and Iodoral. Both contain 5% iodine and 10% iodide. Two drops Lugol's = one Iodoral tablet = 12.5 mg iodine. 12.5 mg Lugol's costs about 4c. One Iodoral tablet costs about 25c.
Iodism and Bromide. "Iodism" has been traditionally attributed to excess iodine and consisted of such symptoms as brassy taste and acne. These symptoms are actually due to bromide detox, which occurs when consuming iodide. Iodine removes both fluoride and bromide from the body.
Vitamin D. Vitamin D is important in preventing cancer of the breast, colon, ovaries, and prostate.
Evidence-Based Medicine. Need to return to evidence-based medicine with respect to iodine. "Consensus" view is that iodine should not exceed 300 mg per day, but this view is without good evidence. Studies that show that iodine in mg amounts can cure FBD are ignored. Iodine in mg amounts is important for health.
Iodine in Health and Civil DefenseMiller DW, Jr August 2006
This is a set of PowerPoint slides (with narration) presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of Doctors of Disaster Preparedness at Portland State University, August 6, 2006. It covers a wide-range of iodine-related topics with excellent information.
It takes quite a while to download because it is 66 MB, so be patient. It will take about an hour to watch the whole thing. It is definitely worth watching.
Text-only version. (fastest to download)
Healthy and Harmful Halogens: Iodine and FluorideMiller DW, Jr Dec 2006
"This is a set of PowerPoint slides on iodine and fluoride from a presentation in December 2006. You can read just the text here.
PowerPoint Viewer 2003
If you don't already have PowerPoint, Microsoft provides a free download of a PowerPoint Viewer. PowerPoint Viewer 2003 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.
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