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For many years, physicians used potassium iodide in doses starting at 1.5-3 grams and up to more than 10 grams a day, on and off, to treat bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with good results and surprisingly few side effects. There is a case report in the medical literature of a 54-year-old man who, thinking it was iced tea, drank a "home preparation" of SSKI in water that his aunt kept in the refrigerator for her rheumatism. Over a short period of time he consumed 600 mL of this solution, which contained 15 g of iodide, an amount 100,000 times more than the RDI. He developed swelling of the face, neck and mouth, had transient cardiac arrhythmias and made an uneventful recovery. CO For many years, physicians used potassium iodide in doses fibromyalgia resolve; and patients with migraine headaches stop starting at 1.5-3 grams and up to more than 10 grams a day, on and having them. To paraphrase Dr Szent-Gyérgi, these investigators off, to treat bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary aren't sure how iodine does it, but it does something good. disease with good results and surprisingly few side effects. Thyroid function remained unchanged in 99 per cent of patients. There is a case report in the medical literature of a 54-year-old Untoward effects of iodine*—allergies, swelling of the salivary man who, thinking it was iced tea, drank a "home preparation" of glands and the thyroid, and iodism—occurred rarely, in less than one SSKI in water that his aunt kept in the refrigerator for her per cent. Iodine removes the toxic halogens fluoride* and bromide rheumatism. Over a short period of time he consumed 600 mL of from the body. Iodism, an unpleasant brassy taste, runny nose and this solution, which contained 15 g of iodide, an amount 100,000 acne-like skin lesions, is caused by the bromide that iodine extracts times more than the RDI. He developed swelling of the face, from the tissues. Symptoms subside on a lesser dose of iodine. neck and mouth, had transient cardiac arrhythmias and made an As these physicians point out, consuming iodine in milligram uneventful recovery. doses should, of course, be coupled with a . ’ wo. complete nutritional program that The lodine Project The project Ss hypothesis IS includes adequate amounts of selenium, Dr Guy Abraham, a former professor A AA 7 magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids. of obstetrics and gynaecology at UCLA, that maintaining whole Done this way, an iodine intake 100 mounted what he calls "the Iodine body sufficiency of iodine times the RDI is "the simplest, safest, Project" in 1997 after he read the Ghent . most effective and least expensive way to paper on iodine for fibrocystic disease. requires 12.5 mg a day, help solve the health care crisis crippling He had his company, Optimox an amount similar to what our nation", as the leader of the Iodine Corporation, make Iodoral, the tablet Project, Dr Abraham, puts it. form of Lugol's solution, and he engaged the Japanese consume. People who take iodine in these two family-practice physicians, Dr Jorge amounts report that they have a greater Flechas (in 2000) in North Carolina and sense of well-being, increased energy and Dr David Brownstein (in 2003) in Michigan, to carry out clinical a lifting of brain fog. They feel warmer in cold environments, studies with it. need somewhat less sleep, have an improved skin complexion and The project's hypothesis is that maintaining whole body have more regular bowel movements. These purported health sufficiency of iodine requires 12.5 mg a day, an amount similar to benefits need to be studied more thoroughly, as do those with what the Japanese consume. The conventional view is that the regard to fibrocystic breast disease and cancer. body contains 25-50 mg of iodine, of which 70-80 per cent resides Meanwhile, perhaps we should emulate the Japanese and in the thyroid gland. Dr Abraham concluded that whole-body substantially increase our iodine intake; if not with seaweed, then sufficiency exists when a person excretes 90 per cent of the iodine with two drops of Lugol's solution (or one Iodoral tablet) a day. ingested. He devised an iodine-loading test where one takes 50 mg and measures the amount excreted in the urine over the next 24 About the Author: hours. He found that the vast majority of people retain a Donald W. Miller, Jr, MD, is a cardiac surgeon and Professor substantial amount of the 50 mg dose. Many require 50 mgaday of Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. for several months before they will excrete 90 per cent of it. His | He is a member of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and studies” indicate that, given a sufficient amount, the body will writes articles on a variety of subjects for LewRockwell.com. retain much more iodine than originally thought—1,500 mg, with | He can be contacted by email at dwm@u.washington.edu only three per cent of that amount held in the thyroid gland. and via his website, http://www.donaldmiller.com. More than 4,000 patients in this project take iodine in daily doses ranging from 12.5 to 50 mg, and those with diabetes take up to 100 Editor's Note: mg aday. These investigators have found that iodine does indeed = To view the recommended reading list and additiona reverse fibrocystic disease; their diabetic patients require less insulin, | endnotes attached to this article, go to the web page ypothyroid patients require less thyroid medication; symptoms of _ http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/ miller20.html. Endnotes 11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fegi?db=pubmed 1. http://optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-12/IOD_12.htm &cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10814974& 2. https://www.cia.gov/library/ query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum publications/the-world-factbook/ 12. http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/28 1/28/19762 3. http://www iccidd.org/ 13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed 4. http://www.donaldmil ler.com/ &cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12941836& Todine20Talk.doc . 239 query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum 5. http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/entrez/query.fegi?db=pubmed& 14. http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-08/IOD_08.htm cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlusé&list_uids=8221402&query_ 15. http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/reprint/8 1/10/3622 WNSléaticsl poland aleasem , , By a 16. http://web.tiscali.it/iodio/ 6. http://www.donaldmiller.com/Iodine_For_Fibrocystic_Disease_ 17 Ih 5 di 31 October 2002 nee 18. http: www optim ‘compel i eOD- 04/IOD_04.htm] 7. ibid. . http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine, ml 8. http://clinicaltrials. gov/ct/show/NCT00237523?order=1. UP, Tiber aie eo 9. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/072 169490X/sr=1- I/qid= &cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=14057854&query_ 1155448365/ref=sr_1_1/104-8208774-0223107?ie=UTF8&s= hl=6&itool=pubmed_DocSum — books/lewrockwell/ 20. http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-05/IOD_05.html 10. http://www.springerlink.com/(bh4w5ojssdvwknvrhlg |tw21)/ 21. http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-10/1OD_10.htm app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue, 1,20; 22. http://www.optimox.com/pics/lodine/IOD-09/IOD_09.htm journal,98,977;linkingpublicationresults, 1:100484,1 23. http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller17.html The project's hypothesis is that maintaining whole- body sufficiency of iodine requires 12.5 mg a day, an amount similar to what About the Author: Donald W. Miller, Jr, MD, is a cardiac surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. He is a member of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and writes articles on a variety of subjects for LewRockwell.com. He can be contacted by email at dwm@u.washington.edu and via his website, http://www.donaldmiller.com. 30 - NEXUS the Japanese consume. www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2007 — JANUARY 2008