new article by Dr Bruce West

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Dr Bruce West, in a brief article on constipation, discusses "sluggish thyroid" and how to use iodine to "flush the toxic halogen molecules from your system."

He seems to be saying that iodine supplementation (where the thyroid is concerned) has a dual function:

Detoxing the halogens that are interfering with proper thyroid function.

Supplying necessary iodine.

Constipation and Psyllium

West B Health Alert, January 2007, Volume 24, Issue 1

"The best way to treat this condition [sluggish thyroid/ hypothyroidism] is to flush the toxic halogen molecules (which include fluorine, bromine, and chlorine) from your system, while fulfilling your iodine needs. Toxic amounts of halogen compounds like bromine, which are found in processed foods, can displace healthy iodine levels in your body. The areas where iodine is needed, such as your thyroid, then suffer.

"To eliminate the bromine (and other toxic halogens), you need to utilize iodine fulfillment therapy. This therapy supplies the body’s need for iodine until the body begins to finally release and excrete the toxic molecules and incorporate the iodine. This change in halogens (out with the toxic and in with the iodine) can easily be measured with urine tests."

http://iodine4health.com/overviews/clinicians/west_clinician.htm

Zoe