Guest guest Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james47.htm THYROID HORMONE THERAPY APPEARS TO CAUSE BREAST CANCER One third of all individuals on Earth are functioning with subnormal levels of iodine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 >From: Z <perennialgardener2003@...> >Reply-iodine >iodine >Subject: Re: Iodine and Breast Cancer >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:27:27 -0700 (PDT) > >Forgot to connect the dots...breast tissue is the number two storage site >for iodine/iodide...therefore it loses it when we are using thyroid >hormones...if not supplementing with iodine. > MIchigan Why wouldn't thyroid hormone lower the need for iodine, as when taking thyroid hormone the thyroid doesn't need to use as much iodine to make thyroid hormone? It sounds like you're saying that thyroid hormone increases the need. Dr. Derry said those with low iodine would soak it up for a couple weeks of supplementation, the thyroid would then become saturated then it would go other places it was needed. He said for those taking adequate thyroid hormone (I think he meant a dosage large enough to suppress TSH, because I think most people feel better at such dosages, and his starting dose for most patients was 3 grains, which is what was common in 1940 and probably when he was in med school) the thyroid would not need to soak up the iodine, but it would go other places it was needed. After all, thyroid hormone is iodine and tyrosine. Skipper _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Thanks for the link, Chantal. Here are some quotes from the article by Howenstine. It is an excellent article, and I recommend reading it all. http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james47.htm " When humans lack iodine the thyroid gland enlarges (goiter), nodules appear in the thyroid gland and over a period of time cancer may appear in a thyroid nodule. Conventional medicine treats thyroid gland enlargement with thyroid hormone without considering the possibility that the hypothyroidism and goiter may be due to lack of iodine. This failure to diagnose and treat iodine deficiency can lead to an increased risk of breast cancer and the longer the diagnosis is missed the greater the chance that breast cancer will occur. Women taking thyroid hormone appear to be twice (12.1%) as likely to develop breast cancer as women not using thyroid hormone (6..2%). Women who had taken thyroid hormone for 15 years had a 19.5% incidence of breast cancer whereas women who have only taken thyroid hormone for 5 years had only a 10% incidence of breast cancer. Why is this? " " The iodine containing hormones are involved in the creation of embryos, development of brain function, growth, metabolism and maintenance of body temperature. This means that proper amounts of thyroid hormone, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, insulin, growth hormone etc. can not be made when iodine is lacking from the body. " " There is strong evidence that iodine lack predisposes to breast cancer. One out of seven women in the U.S. has deficiency of iodine proven by urine iodine screening tests (urine I less than 50 ug/L). This is the same incidence for breast cancer seen in U.S. women. Without bothering to check urine for iodine, physicians visited by a woman with a goiter or symptoms of hypothyroidism are routinely prescribing thyroid hormone therapy. " " Hintze et al[2] compared the results of 400ug/L of Iodine with 150ug of T4 (synthyroid) for 8 months and then four months after stopping therapy. The results clearly favored iodine therapy. Both treatments led to similar suppression in the size of the goiter. However, four months later the size of the thyroid had returned to pre-treatment levels in the group treated with T4 hormone. The group who had received iodine therapy continued to have normal sized thyroid glands four months after therapy was stopped. Several investigators have concluded that iodine lack is a probable cause for breast cancer in women.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] " Administration of thyroid hormone to iodine deficient women appears to increase the risk of developing breast cancer. In a group of women undergoing screening mammograms the incidence of breast cancer[10] was twice as high in the women taking thyroid hormone. for hypothyroidism (probably caused by iodine lack) than in women not taking thyroid supplements. The mean incidence was 6.2% in controls and 12.1% in women on thyroid hormones. The incidence of breast cancer was twice as high in women taking thyroid hormone for more than 15 years (19.5%) compared to those on thyroid hormones for only 5 years (10%). " " Iodine has a role in promoting general well being as well as protecting against infections, degenerative diseases and cancer. Iodine promotes the normal killing of defective and abnormal cells (apoptosis). Thus, iodine helps the body's surveillance system to detect and remove abnormal cells. Additionally, the presence of iodine triggers differentiation away from the more dangerous undifferentiated type of cell toward normal cells. " Zoe http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james47.htm THYROID HORMONE THERAPY APPEARS TO CAUSE BREAST CANCER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Steph, if you can find a good reference on this, I would definitely be interested. I've heard this mentioned before, but I have not found mention of it in any of the articles I have read on thyroid physiology. Zoe I have read that the thyroid is a detoxifier/ filter. The iodine assists in this filtering process as it is a natural detoxifier. If I remember correctly the iodine serves more of a purpose than just creation of thyroid hormone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I wish I remembered what I read it. It talked about the thyroid being a filter. I'll have to see if I can dig it up. I know it wasn't Dr. B's book. B. My Ebay Auctions: http://tinyurl.com/o9nqv MY SOY CANDLE STORE IS OPEN! COME VISIT: http://www.marloquinn.com/SoyScentsational Re: Iodine and Breast Cancer Steph, if you can find a good reference on this, I would definitely be interested. I've heard this mentioned before, but I have not found mention of it in any of the articles I have read on thyroid physiology. Zoe I have read that the thyroid is a detoxifier/ filter. The iodine assists in this filtering process as it is a natural detoxifier. If I remember correctly the iodine serves more of a purpose than just creation of thyroid hormone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I've read this too, and I think it was in Dr. Jarvis' articles. Don't know if I read them on JCrows.com or another web site about Vermont Folk Medicine. Lynn > Steph, if you can find a good reference on this, I would definitely be interested. I've heard this mentioned before, but I have not found mention of it in any of the articles I have read on thyroid physiology. > > Zoe > > I have read that the thyroid is a detoxifier/ filter. The iodine assists in > this filtering process as it is a natural detoxifier. If I remember > correctly the iodine serves more of a purpose than just creation of thyroid > hormone. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 That's what I was trying to find! I had a hunch it was on JCrowe's but couldn't think of the name. UGH! B. My Ebay Auctions: http://tinyurl.com/o9nqv MY SOY CANDLE STORE IS OPEN! COME VISIT: http://www.marloquinn.com/SoyScentsational Re: Iodine and Breast Cancer I've read this too, and I think it was in Dr. Jarvis' articles. Don't know if I read them on JCrows.com or another web site about Vermont Folk Medicine. Lynn > Steph, if you can find a good reference on this, I would definitely be interested. I've heard this mentioned before, but I have not found mention of it in any of the articles I have read on thyroid physiology. > > Zoe > > I have read that the thyroid is a detoxifier/ filter. The iodine assists in > this filtering process as it is a natural detoxifier. If I remember > correctly the iodine serves more of a purpose than just creation of thyroid > hormone. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Yes, . I'm interested and fit the criteria. Thanks. BarbF In a message dated 11/14/2009 9:55:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, tobyor@... writes: If anyone wants it, let me know, and I'll forward the link onto you directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I can't help but wonder if this is just another ploy to discover who makes whatever we're taking and go after them ... guess it's just the cynic in me. xxoo > > A researcher at the University of land is doing a study on supplements used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope that those who are taking iodine will be represented in the research study. The study simply consists of filling out an online survey. > > I've copied the email that I got below. I can't copy the sign-up link. If anyone wants it, let me know, and I'll forward the link onto you directly. > > > > > Dear Army of Women volunteer, > > We know that many women with breast cancer are using complementary and alternative medicines, in particular herbal dietary supplements. But we don't know what they are using, how they learn about products they choose to take, and whether these supplements work. > > To learn more about what women are using and what works and what doesn't, a research team at the University of land, in College Park has created a short survey on herbal supplements called Breast Cancer and Herbal Dietary Supplement Use. > > If you are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and if you are interested in sharing information about your thoughts and experiences with herbal supplements – please read on and sign up! If you know of anyone who might fit this study, pass it on! > What's the study about? > > The purpose of this research study is to find out which supplements are most commonly used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, how effective women think they are, and how women learn about them. The researchers also are interested in women's feelings about how dietary supplements are regulated. The researchers need to enroll 500 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in this study. > What's involved? > > If you join the study, you will be sent the link to complete an on-line survey about your use of herbal dietary supplements during and after your breast cancer treatment. You will be asked about the kinds of supplements you used, the reasons you took them, and where you learned about them. The survey will take approximately 15 - 20 minutes to complete. > > Who is conducting the study? > > Mark Kantor, PhD, at the University of land, in College Park > Where? > > Anywhere in the United States – this is an on-line study > Who can participate? > > You can join the Herbal Dietary Supplement Study if you match ALL of these MAIN categories: > > •You are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. > > •You are over 18 years old > > •You live in the United States > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I hadn't thought of that, but it seems to me that it's such a broad study -- covers pretty much all dietary supplements -- that they couldn't possibly be going after manufacturers. There would be too many. > > > > A researcher at the University of land is doing a study on supplements used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope that those who are taking iodine will be represented in the research study. The study simply consists of filling out an online survey. > > > > I've copied the email that I got below. I can't copy the sign-up link. If anyone wants it, let me know, and I'll forward the link onto you directly. > > > > > > > > > > Dear Army of Women volunteer, > > > > We know that many women with breast cancer are using complementary and alternative medicines, in particular herbal dietary supplements. But we don't know what they are using, how they learn about products they choose to take, and whether these supplements work. > > > > To learn more about what women are using and what works and what doesn't, a research team at the University of land, in College Park has created a short survey on herbal supplements called Breast Cancer and Herbal Dietary Supplement Use. > > > > If you are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and if you are interested in sharing information about your thoughts and experiences with herbal supplements – please read on and sign up! If you know of anyone who might fit this study, pass it on! > > What's the study about? > > > > The purpose of this research study is to find out which supplements are most commonly used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, how effective women think they are, and how women learn about them. The researchers also are interested in women's feelings about how dietary supplements are regulated. The researchers need to enroll 500 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in this study. > > What's involved? > > > > If you join the study, you will be sent the link to complete an on-line survey about your use of herbal dietary supplements during and after your breast cancer treatment. You will be asked about the kinds of supplements you used, the reasons you took them, and where you learned about them. The survey will take approximately 15 - 20 minutes to complete. > > > > Who is conducting the study? > > > > Mark Kantor, PhD, at the University of land, in College Park > > Where? > > > > Anywhere in the United States – this is an on-line study > > Who can participate? > > > > You can join the Herbal Dietary Supplement Study if you match ALL of these MAIN categories: > > > > •You are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. > > > > •You are over 18 years old > > > > •You live in the United States > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi , yes, I'd be interested in the link and to forwarding it to others who also may be interested in participating, if that is okay with you? thanks, Dahlia > > A researcher at the University of land is doing a study on supplements used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope that those who are taking iodine will be represented in the research study. The study simply consists of filling out an online survey. > > I've copied the email that I got below. I can't copy the sign-up link. If anyone wants it, let me know, and I'll forward the link onto you directly. > > > > > Dear Army of Women volunteer, > > We know that many women with breast cancer are using complementary and alternative medicines, in particular herbal dietary supplements. But we don't know what they are using, how they learn about products they choose to take, and whether these supplements work. > > To learn more about what women are using and what works and what doesn't, a research team at the University of land, in College Park has created a short survey on herbal supplements called Breast Cancer and Herbal Dietary Supplement Use. > > If you are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and if you are interested in sharing information about your thoughts and experiences with herbal supplements – please read on and sign up! If you know of anyone who might fit this study, pass it on! > What's the study about? > > The purpose of this research study is to find out which supplements are most commonly used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, how effective women think they are, and how women learn about them. The researchers also are interested in women's feelings about how dietary supplements are regulated. The researchers need to enroll 500 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in this study. > What's involved? > > If you join the study, you will be sent the link to complete an on-line survey about your use of herbal dietary supplements during and after your breast cancer treatment. You will be asked about the kinds of supplements you used, the reasons you took them, and where you learned about them. The survey will take approximately 15 - 20 minutes to complete. > > Who is conducting the study? > > Mark Kantor, PhD, at the University of land, in College Park > Where? > > Anywhere in the United States – this is an on-line study > Who can participate? > > You can join the Herbal Dietary Supplement Study if you match ALL of these MAIN categories: > > •You are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. > > •You are over 18 years old > > •You live in the United States > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 or the realist? From: melizzard11 <melizzard@...>Subject: Re: Iodine and breast canceriodine Date: Saturday, 14 November, 2009, 19:12 I can't help but wonder if this is just another ploy to discover who makes whatever we're taking and go after them ... guess it's just the cynic in me. :)xxoo>> A researcher at the University of land is doing a study on supplements used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope that those who are taking iodine will be represented in the research study. The study simply consists of filling out an online survey.> > I've copied the email that I got below. I can't copy the sign-up link. If anyone wants it, let me know, and I'll forward the link onto you directly.> > > > > Dear Army of Women volunteer,> > We know that many women with breast cancer are using complementary and alternative medicines, in particular herbal dietary supplements. But we don't know what they are using, how they learn about products they choose to take, and whether these supplements work. > > To learn more about what women are using and what works and what doesn't, a research team at the University of land, in College Park has created a short survey on herbal supplements called Breast Cancer and Herbal Dietary Supplement Use. > > If you are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and if you are interested in sharing information about your thoughts and experiences with herbal supplements – please read on and sign up! If you know of anyone who might fit this study, pass it on! > What's the study about?> > The purpose of this research study is to find out which supplements are most commonly used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, how effective women think they are, and how women learn about them. The researchers also are interested in women's feelings about how dietary supplements are regulated. The researchers need to enroll 500 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in this study. > What's involved?> > If you join the study, you will be sent the link to complete an on-line survey about your use of herbal dietary supplements during and after your breast cancer treatment. You will be asked about the kinds of supplements you used, the reasons you took them, and where you learned about them. The survey will take approximately 15 - 20 minutes to complete. > > Who is conducting the study?> > Mark Kantor, PhD, at the University of land, in College Park > Where?> > Anywhere in the United States – this is an on-line study > Who can participate?> > You can join the Herbal Dietary Supplement Study if you match ALL of these MAIN categories:> > •You are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. > > •You are over 18 years old> > •You live in the United States> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 I'm told that the University of land study on supplements and breast cancer is now full. Thanks to everyone who responded to my post. > > > > A researcher at the University of land is doing a study on supplements used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope that those who are taking iodine will be represented in the research study. The study simply consists of filling out an online survey. > > > > I've copied the email that I got below. I can't copy the sign-up link. If anyone wants it, let me know, and I'll forward the link onto you directly. > > > > > > > > > > Dear Army of Women volunteer, > > > > We know that many women with breast cancer are using complementary and alternative medicines, in particular herbal dietary supplements. But we don't know what they are using, how they learn about products they choose to take, and whether these supplements work. > > > > To learn more about what women are using and what works and what doesn't, a research team at the University of land, in College Park has created a short survey on herbal supplements called Breast Cancer and Herbal Dietary Supplement Use. > > > > If you are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and if you are interested in sharing information about your thoughts and experiences with herbal supplements †" please read on and sign up! If you know of anyone who might fit this study, pass it on! > > What's the study about? > > > > The purpose of this research study is to find out which supplements are most commonly used by women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, how effective women think they are, and how women learn about them. The researchers also are interested in women's feelings about how dietary supplements are regulated. The researchers need to enroll 500 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in this study. > > What's involved? > > > > If you join the study, you will be sent the link to complete an on-line survey about your use of herbal dietary supplements during and after your breast cancer treatment. You will be asked about the kinds of supplements you used, the reasons you took them, and where you learned about them. The survey will take approximately 15 - 20 minutes to complete. > > > > Who is conducting the study? > > > > Mark Kantor, PhD, at the University of land, in College Park > > Where? > > > > Anywhere in the United States †" this is an on-line study > > Who can participate? > > > > You can join the Herbal Dietary Supplement Study if you match ALL of these MAIN categories: > > > > •You are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. > > > > •You are over 18 years old > > > > •You live in the United States > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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