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If You Want to Keep Your Thyroid Healthy
or restore it from being damaged - READ!!!

If you suspect your thyroid is compromised or you know that it
is, feel free to get in touch with me for help in restoring your
thyroid and overall health.  It's easier than most people think.

Bromides are a common endocrine disruptor. Because bromide
is also a halide, it competes for the same receptors that
are used in the thyroid gland (among other places) to
capture iodine. This will inhibit thyroid hormone production
resulting in a low thyroid state.

Iodine is essential for your body, and is detected in every
organ and tissue. There is increasing evidence that low
iodine is related to numerous diseases, including cancer.
Various clinicians and researchers have found iodine
effective with everything from goiter to constipation.

Bromide can be found in several forms. Methyl Bromide is a
pesticide used mainly on strawberries, found predominantly
in the California areas. Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) is
added to citrus drinks to help suspend the flavoring in the
liquid.

Potassium Bromate is a dough conditioner found in commercial
bakery products and some flours.

If you are like most people, you probably haven?t spent much
time thinking about how much bromine you?re absorbing from
your car upholstery or your Mountain Dew. But bromine
toxicity is a definite danger from some surprising sources,
and it can wreak havoc on your health.

Bromines All Around You

Bromines are common endocrine disruptors, and are part of
the halide family, a group of elements that includes
fluorine, chlorine and iodine. What makes it so dangerous is
that it competes for the same receptors that are used to
capture iodine.

If you are exposed to a lot of bromine, your body will not
hold on to the iodine that it needs. And iodine affects
every tissue in your body -- not just your thyroid.

You are already exposed to far too much chlorine and
bromine. Bromine can be found in a number of places in your
everyday world, including:


   * Pesticides (specifically methyl bromide, used mainly on
   strawberries, predominantly in California)

   * Plastics, like those used to make computers

   * Bakery goods and some flours often contain a ?dough
   conditioner? called potassium bromate

   * Soft drinks (including Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Sun Drop,
   Squirt, Fresca and other citrus-flavored sodas), in the
   form of brominated vegetable oils (BVOs)

   * Medications such as Atrovent Inhaler, Atrovent Nasal
   Spray, Pro-Banthine (for ulcers), and anesthesia agents

   * Fire retardants (common one is polybromo diphenyl ethers
   or PBDEs) used in fabrics, carpets, upholstery, and
   mattresses

   * Bromine-based hot tub and swimming pool treatments

According to van Leeuwen, who has extensively studied the
effects of sodium bromide on thyroid function:

?Although the bromide ion is widely distributed in nature,
the main route of exposure in humans stems from bromide
residues in food commodities as a result of the abundant use
of bromide-containing pesticides, like methylbromide and
ethylene dibromide, for soil fumigation in intensive
horticulture and for postharvest treatment.?

One clinical consequence of overexposure to bromine is
suppression of your thyroid, leading to hypothyroidism,
which will be discussed shortly. Another is bromide
toxicity.

Bromine -- The Bully of the Halide Group

When you ingest or absorb bromine, it displaces iodine, and
this iodine deficiency leads to an increased risk for cancer
of the breast, thyroid gland, ovary and prostate -- cancers
that we see at alarmingly high rates today. This phenomenon
is significant enough to have been given its own name -- the
Bromide Dominance Theory.

Aside from its effects on your endocrine glands, bromine is
toxic in and of itself. Bromide builds up in your central
nervous system and results in many problems. It is a central
nervous system depressant and can trigger a number of
psychological symptoms such as acute paranoia and other
psychotic symptoms.

In fact, in an audio interview, physician Jorge Flechas
reported that, between 1920 and 1960, at least 20 percent of
all hospital admissions for ?acute paranoid schizophrenia?
were a result of ingesting bromine-containing products.

In addition to psychiatric problems, bromine toxicity can
manifest as the following:

   * Skin rashes and severe acne

   * Loss of appetite and abdominal pain

   * Fatigue

   * Metallic taste

   * Cardiac arrhythmias

Baby Boomers might recall a popular product from the 1950s
called Bromo-Seltzer. These effervescent granules, developed
by the Emerson Drug Company of Baltimore, were used to treat
heartburn, upset stomach, indigestion, headaches and
hangovers.

Bromo-Selzer?s original formula contained 3.2 mEq/teaspoon
of sodium bromide -- hence the name. The sedative effect
probably explained its popularity as a hangover remedy.
Bromides were withdrawn from the American market in 1975 due
to their toxicity.

Bromo-Selzer is still on the market, but no longer contains
bromide.

Bromines in Your Bread Box: Potassium Bromate

The ban on bromines have not prevented them from sneaking
into your foods and personal care products.

You probably are not aware of this, but nearly every time
you eat bread in a restaurant or consume a hamburger or
hotdog bun you are consuming bromide, as it is commonly used
in flours.

The use of potassium bromate as an additive to commercial
breads and baked goods has been a huge contributor to
bromide overload in Western cultures.

Bromated flour is ?enriched? with potassium bromate.
Commercial baking companies claim it makes the dough more
elastic and better able to stand up to bread hooks. However,
Pepperidge Farm and other successful companies manage to use
only unbromated flour without any of these so-called
?structural problems.?

Potassium bromate is also found in some toothpastes and
mouthwashes, where it?s added as an antiseptic and
astringent. It has been found to cause bleeding and
inflammation of gums in people using these products.

Sodium Bromate and BMOs

Mountain Dew, one of the worst beverages you can drink, uses
brominated vegetable oil as an emulsifier. Not only that, it
contains high fructose corn syrup, sodium benzoate, more
than 55 mg of caffeine per 12 ounce can, and Yellow Dye #5
(tartrazine, which has been banned in Norway, Austria and
Germany.)

A weapon of mass destruction -- in a can.

Even drinking water can be a source of bromide. When
drinking water containing bromide is exposed to ozone,
bromate ions are formed, which are powerful oxidizing
agents. Such was the case in 2004 when Coca Cola Company
had to recall Dasani bottled water.

Sodium bromate can also be found in personal care products
such as permanent waves, hair dyes, and textile dyes.
Benzalkonium is used as a preservative in some cosmetics.

Finally, bromine and chlorine were the most common toxic
elements reportedly found in automobiles, according to the
blog of David Brownstein, MD (March 2007). They showed up in
the seats, armrests, door trim, shift knobs and other areas
of the car.

Think about how much time you spend enclosed in your
outgassing Chevy? windows up with no air circulation.

The United States is quite behind in putting an end to the
egregious practice of allowing bromine chemicals in your
foods. In 1990, the United Kingdom banned bromate in bread.
In 1994, Canada did the same. Brazil recently outlawed
bromide in flour products.

What?s taking us so long? Another case of our government
protecting big industry -- instead of protecting you.

Iodine Levels and Cancer Risk

Iodine levels have significantly dropped due to bromine
exposure; declining consumption of iodized salt, eggs, fish,
and sea vegetables; and soil depletion. In the U.S.
population, there was a 50 percent reduction in urinary
iodine excretion between 1970 and 1990.

What?s this doing to our country?s health?

The Japanese consume 89 times more iodine than Americans due
to their daily consumption of sea vegetables, and they have
reduced rates of many chronic diseases, including the lowest
rates of cancer in the world. The RDA for iodine in the U.S.
is a meager 150 mcg/day, which pales in comparison with the
average daily intake of 13800 mcg/day for the Japanese.

There is a large body of evidence suggesting that low cancer
rates in Japan are a result of their substantially higher
iodine levels. Iodine has documented antioxidant and
anti-proliferative properties.

A strong case can be made that your iodine RDA should be
closer to what the Japanese consume daily, if breast cancer
rates are any indication. Low iodine can lead to fibrocystic
breast disease in women (density, lumps and bumps),
hyperplasia, and atypical mammary tissue. Such fibrocystic
changes in breast tissue have been shown to reverse in the
presence of iodine supplementation after 3-4 months.

If you are interested in being tested for iodine deficiency,
the urine iodine challenge test is the best way to assess
your iodine level.

Bromine and Your Thyroid

Adding to the negative health effects of bromine, the damage
to your thyroid health deserves special mention.

As stated in the first part of this article, bromine
exposure depletes your body?s iodine by competing with
iodine receptors. Iodine is crucial for thyroid function.
Without iodine, your thyroid gland would be completely
unable to produce thyroid hormone.

Even the names of the different forms of thyroid hormone
reflect the number of iodine molecules attached -- T4 has
four attached iodine molecules, and T3 (the biologically
active form of the hormone) has three--showing what an
important part iodine plays in thyroid biochemistry.

Hypothyroidism is far more prevalent than once thought in
the U.S. The latest estimates are that 13 million Americans
have hypothyroidism, but the actual numbers are probably
higher. Some experts claim that 10 to40 percent of Americans
have suboptimal thyroid function.

Many of these folks may actually have nothing wrong with
their thyroid gland at all -- they may just be suffering
from iodine deficiency.

Seven Tips for Avoiding Bromine and Optimizing Iodine

Trying to avoid bromine is like trying to avoid air
pollution -- all you can do is minimize your exposure. That
said, here are a few things you can do to minimize your
risk:

1. Eat organic as often as possible. Wash all produce
thoroughly. This will minimize your pesticide exposure.

2. Avoid eating or drinking from (or storing food and water
in) plastic containers. Use glass and safe ceramic vessels.

3. Look for organic whole-grain breads and flour. Grind you
own grain, if possible. Look for the ?no bromine? or
?bromine-free? label on commercial baked goods.

4. Avoid sodas. Drink natural, filtered water instead.

5. If you own a hot tub, look into an ozone purification
system. Such systems make it possible to keep the water
clean with minimal chemical treatments.

6. Look for personal care products that are as chemical-free
as possible. Remember -- anything going on you, goes in you.

7. When in a car or a building, open windows as often as
possible, preferably on opposing sides of the space for
cross ventilation. Utilize fans to circulate the air.
Chemical pollutants are much higher inside buildings (and
cars) than outside.

Avoid Unfermented Soy

Another major contributor to thyroid dysfunction that I did
not discuss above is unfermented soy. Soy isoflavones can
wreak havoc on your thyroid.

Kaayla Daniel's groundbreaking book, The Whole Soy Story:
The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food is a
powerful expos? that reveals the truth about the soy myths
that have infiltrated our culture.

It's ironic that soy has become so accepted as a health food
when, as Dr. Daniel states, thousands of studies link soy to
malnutrition, digestive distress, immune-system breakdown,
thyroid- and hormonal dysfunction, cognitive decline,
reproductive disorders and infertility--even cancer and
heart disease.

So if you want to keep your thyroid healthy, you?ll
definitely want to avoid unfermented soy products of all
kinds, including soy milk.

Finally, let me know if you are interested in an affordable,
effective and safe Iodine product that I supply.  You can put
it in your drinking water or rub it into your skin to get the
benefits that we all need...

-- 
Elijah
Healing Researcher, Educator & Coach
Your health | God's Blessing
http://GodsBlessing.com
(206) 350-7300

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