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Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 9:03 PM

Iodine and Heart Health

International Medical Veritas Association

Courtesy of Scientific American

According to Scientific American physicians for decades have

grappled with ways to block further tissue damage in patients who

suffer heart attacks. They have tried everything from drugs to cell

therapy—all with little luck. But promising new research indicates

that a biogel made from seaweed may have the healing powers that have

thus far eluded them. Some of the principle healing agents in seaweed

are magnesium, iodine, and selenium.

Though the main theme of this book is magnesium medicine for

cardiac care we will deal in this chapter with iodine and in another

with the important mineral selenium. Selenium is not only crucial when

using iodine but it addresses most directly the Hun Hordes of Mercury

that are attacking heart tissues in massive amounts leading to cardiac

arrest. Mercury is a deadly cardiac poison whose best antidote is

selenium - since they bind together making it easier for the body to

remove the selenium-mercury compound.

Doctors and all health care practitioners need to be up on their

minerals because we need them now more than ever. Minerals provide the

foundations of our bodies as cement provides the support for most

building foundations. We need to be acutely aware also of how the

minerals work together and are dependent on each other for functioning

at optimal levels. It is important that mineral interactions be taken

into account when looking at iodine supplementation. A person with

superior nutrient intake, especially of selenium, will be much more

likely to respond well to higher intakes of iodine.

Seaweeds (iodine) have exceptional value in the treatment of

candida overgrowth. They contain selenium and (all the) other minerals

necessary for rebuilding immunity; furthermore the rich iodine content

is used by enzymes in the body to produce iodine-charged free radicals

which deactivate yeasts. Experiments have shown that k. japonica,

edible seaweed, was able to transform inorganic selenium to organic

selenium through metabolism. Seaweed was crucial in the evolution of

life in that it was and still is responsible for concentrating iodine

from the ocean. The Japanese eat more seaweed then anyone in the world

and they enjoy some of the best health statistics for it.

Clinical cardiovascular features of hypothyroidism include:

bradycardia, reduced cardiac output, increased pericardial and pleural

effusions, increased diastolic blood pressure and peripheral

vasoconstriction. According to Dr. A. Hoption Cann, Department

of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia,

iodine deficiency can have deleterious effects on the cardiovascular

system, and correspondingly, that a higher iodine intake may benefit

cardiovascular function.[ii]

Regional iodine intake has been shown to be associated with the

prevalence of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, where autoimmune

hypothyroidism is the more common of the two in regions with moderate

to high iodine intake. Both of these thyroid abnormalities have been

shown to negatively affect cardiovascular function.

Selenium, an important antioxidant in the thyroid and involved

in the metabolism of iodine-containing thyroid hormones, may

play an interactive role in the development of these thyroid

irregularities, and in turn, cardiovascular disease.

Dr. . Hoption Cann

Dr. son says, " Iodine stabilizes the heart rhythm,

lowers serum cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, and is known to make

the blood thinner as well, judging by longer clotting times seen by

clinicians. Iodine is not only good for the cardiovascular system, it

is vital. Sufficient iodine is needed for a stable rhythmic heart

beat. Iodine, directly or indirectly, can normalize serum cholesterol

levels and normalize blood pressure. Iodine attaches to insulin

receptors and improves glucose metabolism, which is good news for

people with diabetes. Iodine and iodine-rich foods have long been used

as a treatment for hypertension and cardiovascular disease; yet,

modern randomized studies examining the effects of iodine on

cardiovascular disease have not been carried out. " [iii]

Adequate iodine is necessary for proper thyroid function.

The heart is a target organ for thyroid hormones. Marked changes

occur in cardiac function in patients with hypo- or hyperthyroidism.

The country of Finland is an excellent case study of

cardiovascular disease and iodine, as reviewed by Dr. Cann. Endemic

goiter was common in people and in domestic animals, particularly in

the eastern part of Finland away from the sea. Studies in the 1950s

revealed that the major dietary difference between eastern and western

Finland was iodine. The risk of death from coronary heart disease was

3.5 times higher for people with a goiter in Finland .[iv]

" Thyroid hormone is an important regulator of cardiac function

and cardiovascular hemodynamics. Triiodothyronine, (T(3)), the

physiologically active form of thyroid hormone, binds to nuclear

receptor proteins and mediates the expression of several important

cardiac genes, inducing transcription of the positively regulated

genes including alpha-myosin heavy chain (MHC) and the sarcoplasmic

reticulum calcium ATPase. " [v]

" Negatively regulated genes include beta-MHC and phospholamban,

which are down regulated in the presence of normal serum levels of

thyroid hormone. T(3) mediated effects on the systemic vasculature

include relaxation of vascular smooth muscle resulting in decreased

arterial resistance and diastolic blood pressure. In hyperthyroidism,

cardiac contractility and cardiac output are enhanced and systemic

vascular resistance is decreased, while in hypothyroidism, the

opposite is true. Patients with subclinical hypothyroidism manifest

many of the same cardiovascular changes, but to a lesser degree than

that which occurs in overt hypothyroidism. Cardiac disease states are

sometimes associated with the low T(3) syndrome. " [vi]

" The phenotype of the failing heart resembles that of the

hypothyroid heart, both in cardiac physiology and in gene expression.

Changes in serum T(3) levels in patients with chronic congestive heart

failure are caused by alterations in thyroid hormone metabolism

suggesting that patients may benefit from T(3) replacement in this

setting. " [vii] T(3) of course is iodine dependent so the relationship

between iodine and heart disease gets clearer.

Iodine-containing thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and

triiodothyronine (T3), are important metabolic regulators

of cardiovascular activity with the ability to exert action on

cardiac myocytes, vascular smooth muscle, and endothelial cells.

Dr. . Hoption Cann

" Whole body sufficiency of iodine/iodide results in optimal

cardiac functions, " writes Dr. Guy Abraham.[viii] There is an epidemic

of cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation in this country and Dr.

Abraham is 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.[ix]

The thyroid hormone deficiency on cardiovascular function can be

characterized with decreased myocardial contractility and increased

peripheral vascular resistance as well as with the changes in lipid

metabolism.[ x] Dr. B. West says, " 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. " [xi]

" Amazingly, while medicine shuns iodine therapy, their most

popular anti-fibrillation drug, Amiodarone, actually is iodine in a

more 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, " continued Dr. West.

Dr. son reminds us of the selenium iodine connection

saying, " Another factor in how much iodine can be safely used depends

on other possible mineral deficiencies. Selenium is very important for

thyroid function. Selenium is part of the antioxidant enzyme

glutathione peroxidase. Glutathione peroxidase in the thyroid helps

quench free-radicals produced by the enzyme thyroid peroxidase (which

functions to organify iodide as it enters the thyroid). If high levels

of iodide are present in the thyroid without sufficient amounts of

glutathione peroxidase it causes free-radical damage to the thyroid,

leading to autoimmune thyroid disease. Several of the enzymes that

convert T4 into T3 also require selenium. Studies in Zaire have found

that supplementing selenium and iodine deficient children with just

selenium had adverse effects on thyroid function. " [xii]

The selenium content in seaweed can bind with

whatever mercury is present and render it harmless.

There are just some people who understand the basics of cellular

medicine and act appropriately. Dr. Young in Tampa Florida has

been experimenting with a new process for reversing metabolic syndrome

and Type 2 diabetes. Over the past seven years he claims to have a

success rate of 80 percent with over 100 diabetes patients. Dr. Young

uses a combination of alkaline protein and minerals with a form of

iodine that he says reverses the process in diabetes patients in eight

to 12 weeks.

It's important to remember that diabetes and heart disease share

similar etiologies. Whatever Dr. Young is doing for his diabetic

patients physicians can be doing for their heart patients. Iodine is

critical to the heart and arterial system so we know it needs to be

part of a fundamental protocol either in a preventative or treatment

sense.

Dr. Flechas has found that iodine can reduce the need for

insulin in diabetic patients, using 50 to 100 mg of iodine per day. Of

12 patients, 6 were able to completely come off their medications with

random glucose readings below 100 mg/dl and a HbA1c less than 5.8

(normal), and the other 6 were able to reduce the amount and/or number

of medications needed to control their diabetes.

There is a patient who had severe mitral valve prolapse. A

35-year old banker who could not walk more than 20 metres without

getting cyanosed. Five cardiologists and surgeons suggested open heart

surgery immediately. He decided against the surgery and went to the

DaVinci Clinic in Cyrus to my colleague Dr. Gorgiou. A central

part of the pathology was severe mercury toxicity of the heart tissues

- he removed 14 amalgams poisoning himself in the process which caused

severe mitral valve prolapse. With the correct treatment not only did

this man survive but nearly a year later he is now wind surfing 12

miles at competition standard and came first two weeks ago in a race

with two others. He is working a full life etc.

The patient actually has registered with the Guiness Book of

Records as being the only man on this planet who has completely healed

of severe mitral valve prolapse without open-heart surgery. Dr.

Georgiou is a naturopathic doctor whose speciality is chelation of

heavy metals. He has done research in Russia creating his own natural

chelator called HMD. There are doctors out in the field who understand

what is actually going on in cardiac patients and treat them in ways

mainstream cardiologists don't even dream of. Basic to this man's

treatment was magnesium, iodine and natural chelation with the HMD and

other naturopathic support medicinals.

My soon to be released book on Iodine is dedicated to the iodine

doctors, brave souls who have risked bringing medicine back to some

semblance of sanity. Iodine offers us such a return; it is bedrock

medicine and is almost as useful as magnesium chloride. The above is

the last chapter written for the book and represents a breakthrough in

cardiac care.

Having just finished the book it still amazes me the mysteries of

iodine. I am known in certain circles as the magnesium man but with

the publishing of this book I am definitely in the iodine camp. The

experience of the past few days though are transforming me into an

iodine man as well.

My whole family came down with something that has been going

around the neighborhood, let's call it the flu. As the first winds of

it approached my body's senses I ran for the iodine and took strong

doses of it every hour or two and it beat the invading devils, headed

them off right at the pass. I still got the symptoms of cough and

running nose but I did not feel or get what most people call `sick'. I

was right on the edge for a day but each time I took the iodine I

could feel it giving me strength. The only side effect was that my

mind intensified in clarity, my sleep time was reduced and I woke up

fresh and ready to run to my work. I just this moment said to one of

my son's, who is suffering from the flu that he and I were both

ignorant, meaning he did not think to take the iodine and until this

week I never had for this purpose either. I have done so for my little

children when they have gotten sick but there is nothing like first

hand experience.

I was using the Nascent Iodine[xiii] , which I believe is the

safest and most effective of the iodine's available and for the

children I would only use this. It is not as concentrated as Lugol's,

even the newer watered down Lugol's, which is mostly what is available

in the United States after some laws changed, is much stronger. I thus

recommend Lugol's for transdermal iodine therapy. Many of the iodine

doctors use Iodoral or Iosol and with these one can take iodine

dosages up to very high levels safely. The Nascent is something

different, having powerful effects at much lower dosages. Feeling it

in ones mouth hour after hour gives one a sense of amazement about iodine.

Considering the importance of this element for overall

well-being, it is most amazing that no study so far has attempted to

answer the very important question about what the optimal amount of

daily iodine intake should be for the greatest levels of mental and

physical well-being in the majority of a population with a minimum of

negative effects. The more one experiences iodine the higher ones

estimate goes in this regard.

An important note that the CDC would not like you to know is that

Russian researchers and experts in mercury have correlated the flu

with mercury toxicity more than with little bugs that crawl around

inside of us. And behold, iodine chelates mercury as it does fluoride,

bromide and even percolate, the halogen like rocket fuel polluting

half of North America . In The Ultimate Heart Medicine book we see

that mercury is a huge problem for heart muscles, which concentrate it

to levels thousands of times higher than seen in other tissues.

Though iodine is known for its importance for the thyroid, little

has been publicized about its other crucial roles. Iodine is needed in

microgram amounts for the health of the thyroid on a daily basis but

when you factor in the needs of all the other tissues and organs[xiv]

much higher doses are needed. Iodine supports the health of many

organs in the body but for the heart it is mission critical as is

magnesium.

Mark Sircus Ac., OMD

Director International Medical Veritas Association

http://www.winningc ancer.com/

P. Pitchford, Healing with Whole Foods, Revised Edition, North

Atlantic Books, 36, 1993.

[ii] Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 25, No. 1,

1-11 (2006) Hypothesis: Dietary Iodine Intake in the Etiology of

Cardiovascular Disease

[iii] ibid

[iv] Cann SAH. Hypothesis: dietary iodine intake in the etiology of

cardiovascular disease. J Am Coll Nutr 2006;25(1):1- 11.

[v] Thyroid hormone and the cardiovascular system. Danzi S, Klein I.

Minerva Endocrinol. 2004 Sep;29(3):139- 50. Review.

[vi] ibid

[vii] ibid

[viii] The Original Internist, 12(2):57-66, 2005

[ix] Health Alert, Vol. 22, No. 12

[x] Iodine deficiency in cardiovascular diseases Molnar I, Magyari M,

Stief L. Orv Hetil. 1998 Aug 30;139(35):2071- 3. Hungarian.

[xi] Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias and Iodine. West B Health Alert,

June 2006, Volume 23, Issue 6

[xii] http://www.hacres. com/diet/ articles/ Iodine.pdf

[xiii] http://www.magnetic clay.com Toll Free (800) 257-3315

[xiv] Other organs are also able to take up iodine, too, by the same

transport protein as the thyroid. Research has shown that the receptor

for iodine uptake is in the thyroid gland, salivary gland, parotid

gland, submandibular gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, testis, mammary

gland, gastric mucosa, prostate, ovary, adrenal gland, heart, thymus,

lung, bladder, kidney, endometrium, and also breast, ovary and colon

and the lacrimal gland The ovaries hold the second highest

concentration of iodine, after the thyroid. The breasts also have a

high concentration of iodine. Most secretions in the body, whether

gastric, nasal, tears, sweat, etc., have iodine in them if sufficient

iodine is present in the body.

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