I think it’s a shame how we always seem to learn how dangerous things are… after the fact. I remember DDT and Thalidomide, but if you’re younger you are probably focusing on more recent global problems like plastic. Government and big business are inseparable, it’s all about the economy, and you and I are expendable. If you expect to hear the truth from government or big business sources you are foolish.

That’s exactly what’s happening in Japan, and across the globe in the aftermath of this latest disaster. Our government agencies and news media, over the next weeks and months, will be assuring us that there is little or no danger to our families from the radio-active fallout from the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant. It’s in their best interest to do so. Unfortunately, it isn’t the truth. The damage won’t be immediate, but it will be cumulative.

Back when I was still in Healing Arts College, forty five years ago, our radiology instructor, on a regular basis, lectured us on the safety of X-rays. When asked what happened to the missing little finger on his left hand, he said that when he was a young doctor he would hold kids on the X-ray table so they wouldn’t move and blur the film. His hand received so much radiation because of this activity that one of his fingers had to be removed. It was immediately apparent to me that even educated people could be fools, and I have never owned an X-ray machine. If I needed an X-ray on a patient, I always let someone else take it.

As the years have gone by, there have been at least two World Council on Radiology conferences that come to memory. Both times we were told that the limits of radiation that had previously been considered safe, needed to be lowered. I have little doubt that this will happen again. For those of us living in the Kansas City area, a good example of government’s approach to safety in the workplace would be the mess at the Banister facility for the Atomic Energy Commission. They have been subjecting workers to toxic levels of Beryllium for years, and have been doing everything in their power to avoid responsibility for their employees illnesses.

There was a fallout problem after both Chernoble and Three Mile Island that affected the continent of North America, and we will experience the same from this accident in Japan. It will be in the medical journals within the next 24 months, but you won’t hear about it in the popular press. Radiation is dangerous enough that books have been written by authorities on medical radiology that clearly show the damage done by our cavalier use of X-rays and CAT scans.

How can you protect your family from this fallout? Iodide, particularly potassium iodide, blocks the thyroid gland from absorbing significant amounts of radioactive iodine from fallout. Preventics Iodine/Iodide Complex contains 2.5 mg of potassium iodide along with sodium iodide and molecular iodine. The adult dose is one pill a day, for children between 50 and 100 pounds, the dose would be 1/2 a capsule a day, and for children who weigh less than 50 pounds, the dose would be 1/4 capsule a day. We can expect it to take at least two years for the atmosphere to cleanse itself, so my recommendation is to continue this regimen for at least that length of time.

I placed an extra order for our Iodine/Iodide supplement the other day and the manufacturer was already having trouble meeting the increased demand.

The biggest push for soy consumption comes in regard to its reputed ability to protect against various cancers, breast cancer among them. However, there is no evidence that unfermented soy offers any protection whatsoever, and in fact, the facts point in just the opposite direction. Scientific studies very specifically show that unfermented soy increases cancer risk. In fact, unfermented soy is also linked to heart disease, reproductive disorders, digestive problems, malnutrition, thyroid dysfunction and cognitive decline. Soy is particularly damaging when used in infant formulas.

The powerful companies behind soy have bought and paid for our congressmen with their lobbying dollars and have managed to get some of their employee’s promoted into top positions with the FDA. That is how they have managed to keep the research that is negative to soy from the public, which is exactly how they did it with Aspartame, the artificial sweetener that’s more dangerous than sugar.

In almost every case, fibrocystic disease is curable. Approximately 25 years ago I had the privilege of attending a lecture on a protocol developed by a Dr. John Myers. He had devised an approach for the successful treatment of fibrocystic disease. The first part of his protocol was a basic vitamin program similar to the Basic Self-Help Program that you find in my newsletters. To this you add extra vitamin E, so the dosage goes to 800 units a day (two of Preventics Vitamin E – E-Mixed Tocopherols). To that you must add 100mg of extra vitamin B₆ (two of Preventics Vitamin B6-50), and 400mg of extra Magnesium (one of Preventics Mag Chelate Plus). The final ingredient is iodine.

The best way to determine a deficiency of iodine is to get a bottle of tincture of iodine from the pharmacist and paint a square on your abdomen about the size of an audiocassette case. If you are deficient in iodine, you will absorb this through the skin in less than 8 hours. When you are no longer deficient your body will cease absorbing it and it will remain for 24 hours. Do not be surprised if the iodine patch is gone very quickly. There is a serious iodine deficiency all across our country, which is especially severe in the mid-west. Some people are allergic/sensitive to iodine and should see an NAET practitioner to clear the allergy (if my office in the Kansas City area is not convenient for you, go to the NAET.com website to locate a practitioner near you). About the only side effect from this approach is tender skin. In some individuals, the skin under the iodine application area will become tender or sensitive. If that happens, you simply move the patch to another area or discontinue the treatment for a few days.

When the fibrocystic disease is particularly bad, the application of iodine directly to the breast areas most affected improves results even more, although extra care must be taken not to stain white undergarments. With fibrocystic disease of the uterus and/or ovaries, it helps to paint the iodine patches on the skin directly over the organs. Almost without fail, by the time the iodine patch lasts 24 hours before fading, the fibrocystic disease is gone. Many women have reported back to me that their OB/GYN told them that their uterine and/or ovarian cysts that were bigger than an orange have disappeared.

Once the iodine patch refuses to disappear in the allotted 24 hour period, many of my patients prefer taking Preventics Kelp, because it eliminates the risk of staining clothes.

An additional benefit of this treatment is improved Thyroid function, the main topic of one of our newsletters. It was the increase in the number of calls from that newsletter that prompted this follow up.

The most common comments were those regarding increased energy. It is not unusual when doing the iodine patch test to see a considerable increase in energy because often the Thyroid is marginally under-functioning because of a lack of iodine, and in the presence of the deficient mineral the Thyroid again begins to function optimally.

Still another common comment had to do with weight loss, which takes place sluggishly if at all when the Thyroid is marginally under-functioning. With adequate iodine, and a Thyroid that is working the way it is supposed too, weight loss is much easier to achieve.

Have fun with this test. Check yourself 3 or 4 times a year to be sure your iodine levels are adequate for optimum Thyroid function, and enjoy better health. This is the kind of preventive medicine that keeps you out of the doctor’s office.

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