"Morning Gary and Alofa
Another great day...summer on way.
Guess what? With prayer and since taking the IODINE - I have had
no symptoms of heart fluctuations (missed beats when resting!!!)
Awesome aye.... Definitely feeling more energy too.."
(Name withheld)
"I saw the articles about Iodine on your blog. Very interesting - since I
have been taking the Iodoral, I've had a stronger immune response to
the numerous viruses I catch, and just in the last few days the ectopic
heartbeats I'd been having for the last perhaps 8 months have completely
cleared up."
(Name withheld)
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Gary:
Such reports of improvement in heart function and energy, by people I am working with, are not mere coincidence. The connection between mineral deficiencies, such as magnesium, potassium and iodine - and various heart problems has been known for many years; but mostly ignored - and often rubbished by some experts, despite the evidence - Choosing, instead to push costly patent drugs that are always fraught with numerous nasty side effects, including feeling terrible.
It is ironic that the active ingredients in some of these drugs are the very minerals, such as iodine, that some mainstream health professionals regard as being the "enemy", or "of little treatment value". The problem, for commercial medicine, is that these basic elements of the Universe can not be patented and are therefore of no commercial value to the cartel that presently dominates health care - So these are trashed at every opportunity by those who control the "System".
Natural therapies do work bearing in mind the following:
- That need is determined by regular, scientific testing.
- Natural therapies take time and their effect is usually gradual and subtle. Think months and years - not days!
- We all die eventually: The natural trend for measures of health are for them to worsen as one gets older. At best, one can only hope to slow the inevitable decline into disrepair, to halt it for a time and maybe - just maybe - bring about a significant reversal of one's health.
- Many medications, such as statins and steroids, interfere with the way nutrients are processed and may negate many of the benefits of nutritional balancing. Seldom will a medical practitioner consent to gradually reducing a medication and having a nutritional therapy progressively replace it. Even if it can and has been done by others!
- The regulations governing the potency of nutritional supplements, such as B complex vitamins and iodine, have them diluted to such an extent to be rendered almost useless from a therapeutic viewpoint. For maximum benefit, off-the-shelf products may be of insufficient potency.
Atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia
Atrial fibrillation is a favourite subject of mine, partly because I was once consulting a cardiologist about the problem myself and because it is very common among high-intensity and endurance athletes, like runners and cyclists.
Treating adrenal and thyroid disorders with non-hormone glandular extracts, vitamins, iodine and other nutrients are the key to overcoming this distressing and debilitating condition.
If you have problems with an irregular there is hope. I am that hope: today, at 60 years of age, my heart can rev to well over 170 beats per minute without a single stutter; whereas, several years ago, my heart beat was all over the place, I could barely get above 110 beats per minute without distress and my pace was no more than a staggering plod!
Please read the following article about the iodine connection, written by Bruce West, D.C.
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, ARRHYTHMIAS AND IODINE
By Bruce West, D.C.
[In Health Alert, June 2006, Volume 23, Issue 6. To order, call
831-372-2103, weekdays. Or write Health Alert, 100 Wilson Road, #110,
Monterey Ca 93940.]
ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION, ARRHYTHMIAS AND IODINE
By
Bruce West, D.C.
[In Health
Alert, June 2006,
Volume 23, Issue 6. To order, call 831-372-2103, weekdays. Or write
Health Alert,
100 Wilson Road, #110, Monterey Ca 93940.]
“
As you have read over and
over in Health Alert, there is an epidemic of cardiac arrhythmias and
atrial fibrillation in this country. Expert Thyroidologists like Guy
Abraham, MD, are convinced that the medical iodine phobia has a great
deal to do with this phenomenon. Adequate stores of iodine are
necessary for a smooth heartbeat.”
-- Health Alert, Vol. 22, No. 12
Too many years ago medical experts
determined that high doses of iodine were dangerous, despite a
hundred-year history of extremely high doses (in today’s terms) of
iodine prescribed by doctors for just about everything—with great
results. As is often the case, the flawed results of this study
became medical dogma. And today, more than 50 years later, organized
medicine still follows that dogma when it comes to iodine therapy.
This is particularly sad for those
who do not have access to alternative medical care and are suffering
from problems with thyroid and goiter, female reproductive diseases,
menopause, diabetes, obesity, liver disease, polycystic ovaries,
breast disease, heart disease, and most especially arrhythmia
problems.
Missing Link
Iodine supplementation may be the
missing link
in a good percentage of heart arrhythmia cases, especially atrial
fibrillation. The body needs adequate stores of iodine for the heart
to beat smoothly. After close to a year now of using Iodine
Fulfillment Therapy, I can attest to this fact. Most of the stubborn
cases of cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation that we were
unable to completely correct with our cardiac protocols have now been
resolved with adequate supplies of iodine added to the protocol.
Even I was fooled for years—fooled
away from using adequate doses of iodine. But thanks to bona fide
experts like Dr. Abraham, I was able to see the decades-old medical
iodine phobia for what it really was—a mistake. Carefully and
slowly at first, I started having patients take sufficient doses of
iodine. Much to my surprise, there were no problems, just many great
results, especially with arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation.
Iodine Fulfillment
Iodine fulfillment means the
entire body has adequate stores of iodine to function properly.
Although iodine can be found in every organ and tissue in the body,
some areas utilize more iodine than others. It is not only the
thyroid gland that uses iodine but also the heart, breasts, ovaries,
muscles, liver, and adrenal glands. We are also discovering that
while it may take smaller doses to fulfill the thyroid’s needs, it
often takes much larger doses to fulfill the rest of the body’s
needs, including the needs of the heart.
These parts of the body are iodine
sensitive—that is, if they are starving for iodine, they do not
function properly. Since there are so many iodine-sensitive sites in
the body, medical experts are finding that iodine therapy can be a
“panacea” of sorts for all types of stubborn problems. Just as
physicians noted 60 to 100 years ago, iodine therapy can help people
with hypo- or hyperthyroid (with or without goiter), fibrocystic
breasts, polycystic ovary syndrome, brain fog, constipation, obesity,
diabetes, and hypertension. In addition, it may prove essential
treatment if you suffer from heart disease, arrhythmias, and atrial
fibrillation.
In the past, with just about every
patient with heart problems, arrhythmias, and atrial fibrillation, I
would always use a protocol from Standard Process that included
Cataplex F.
Cataplex F is a combination of liver extract, omega-3 fatty acids,
and iodine. But the typical dose of four to six Cataplex F tablets
contains less than one milligram of iodine. While this dose was
adequate for most people, some failed to respond, or only got
partially better. Old-time physicians used to routinely prescribe up
to 100 milligrams daily for all kinds of problems with excellent
results. Now I know that they were on the right track.
How Much Iodine, and For How Long?
As I see people with stubborn
arrhythmias getting better on 10, 20, 30, and even up to 50 mgs of
iodine daily, I know that large doses are sometimes needed by the
body. This is what Iodine Fulfillment Therapy is all about. Iodine
fulfillment simply fulfills all of the body’s needs for iodine.
For those deficient, this may require up to 50 mgs daily for three to
four months.
If you have been unable to resolve
your heart arrhythmia with one of my protocols, the simplest way to
proceed with Iodine Fulfillment Therapy is to add Prolamine
Iodine from Standard
Process to your heart protocol. Begin with one Prolamine Iodine
tablet daily. If there are no problems after a few days to a week,
increase the dose to two daily. Continue this procedure, increasing
the dose by one more daily until your heart begins to beat smoothly.
At this point, you have reached iodine fulfillment. Stay at this
dose for a full three months.
Since each Prolamine Iodine tablet
contains 3 mgs of iodine, your body may require from 1 to 15 tablets
daily for three months. Most people achieve results after 3 to 10
tablets daily. After three full months at your iodine fulfillment
dose, begin to cut the dose back by one to two tablets daily each
week. If you begin to feel your heart act up again, you have gone
past your maintenance dose. Add back one more tablet daily. You
will generally end up with a dose of one to four daily—and this
dose should be maintained for 12 months. Thereafter, you will
probably need even less.
Don’t Take Prolamine Iodine and Amiodarone
Amazingly, while medicine shuns
iodine therapy, their most popular anti-fibrillation drug,
Amiodarone, actually is
iodine in a toxic,
sustained-release form. This drug can produce a smooth heartbeat
when the body has accumulated about 1,500 mgs of iodine—the
exact amount of iodine
retained by your body when iodine fulfillment is achieved by natural
supplementation with Prolamine Iodine.
Unfortunately, Amiodarone is an
extremely toxic form of iodine used by the medical profession. The
side effects are often too great (and even life threatening) for most
people to endure long enough to achieve a normal heartbeat. In
addition, once you stop this drug, your original problem returns.
Iodine therapy, on the other hand, fulfills the body’s needs
safely, then maintains the smooth heartbeat with a low-maintenance
dose.
Because Amiodarone is iodine, you
cannot use iodine fulfillment therapy while you are taking this drug.
Rather, your doctor needs to wean you off this drug first, so you
can then begin natural iodine treatment. In other words, iodine
fulfillment therapy is done in
place of Amiodarone,
not together with it. Amiodarone
and iodine at the same time can be dangerous.
If you are on a heart protocol
that has been only partially effective, or your arrhythmia or atrial
fibrillation problem is stubborn, you will need to test iodine
fulfillment therapy. However, you will maintain your original heart
protocol with one change.
Once iodine therapy has started (even at one Prolamine Iodine tablet
daily), you will no longer need to take Cataplex F. Everything else
in your protocol remains the same.
The Iodine Test
In the past we held that if it
took less than 24 hours for tincture of iodine to disappear from the
skin then there was a need for iodine supplementation. Today, I am
not so sure this is a good indicator of iodine need. There are just
too many variables involved in how quickly the tincture disappears
from the skin.
However, tincture of iodine,
available in drug stores everywhere for pennies, cannot hurt. Common
sense dictates that if the iodine first disappears in a few hours,
but stays in place for more than 24 hours after iodine fulfillment
therapy, it is a good test. I will leave it up to you if you want to
challenge this test.
As far as I’m concerned, I am
finding more and more people deficient in iodine—even those I would
not have thought would have this problem. At this stage, unless you
know you are allergic to iodine (a very rare condition), it would be
best to fulfill your body’s needs for iodine if you have any of the
problems mentioned in this article.
Simply proceed with caution,
slowly and carefully. For anyone setting out on a course of iodine
fulfillment therapy, please send us a self-addressed envelope with
two stamps and say IODINE. We will send you our full article so you
will know exactly how to proceed. The best course of action is to
proceed with iodine therapy safely, as there have been some problems
reported in certain individuals. I recommend that you proceed only
when you have our Iodine flyer in your hands.
Problems and Allergy to Iodine
Few problems have been reported
when iodine therapy is accomplished slowly and safely—as outlined
in my flyer. Sensitive individuals may experience skin irritation;
watery eyes, nose, and saliva; nervousness or headache. Some highly
sensitive individuals may also experience a racing heart or
irritation of the esophagus. These are extremely rare (I’ve seen
very few of these potential problems), and they are easily resolved
by either immediately reducing the dose or quitting the iodine.
The greatest problem arises when
an individual with a known allergy to iodine tries iodine therapy.
This therapy cannot be used by these folks unless their allergy to
iodine is resolved.
Resolving an allergy to iodine may
be possible with an acupuncture technique called NAET. To find out
if your allergy to iodine (or other substances, for that matter) can
be resolved, check out the acupuncture site of an old friend of
Health Alert,
Dr. Devi Nambudripad, at www.naet.com.
The second greatest problem can
occur if you try iodine therapy while taking an iodine drug like
Amiodarone. This will cause problems that can require medical
attention. Do not
attempt to take large doses of iodine when you are taking Amiodarone,
Pacerone, or Cardarone.
If you want to try iodine therapy, your doctor will first have to
wean you from these drugs.
In conclusion, if you suffer from
heart arrhythmias or atrial fibrillation, or any of the problems
listed in this article, keep iodine therapy in mind. If you use
iodine therapy, please feel free to send me your results. As I’ve
said, I have been nothing but pleasantly surprised with results
coming back better and better. And I can finally reach some of those
really stubborn arrhythmia and fibrillation cases that just would not
respond completely to my protocol containing only a milligram or two
of iodine.
It is now beyond a doubt that
adequate iodine is necessary for a smooth heartbeat. This ongoing
research is truly wonderful news.
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