Iodine: Why You Need It Why You Can't Live Without It
by David Brownstein
Our Price: $14.40
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $9.98 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: David BrownsteinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2004
ISBN: 0966088239
Publisher: Medical Alternatives Press
Book Reviews of Iodine: Why You Need It Why You Can't Live Without It
Book Review: This Book Invokes a Renaissance in the Use of Iodine
Summary: 4 Stars
Iodine, Why You Need It and Why You Cant Live Without It by David Brownstein MD is written for the lay reader, however, all health care professionals should find the information useful in clinical practice.
Brownstein says we are in the "Medical Dark Ages" concerning iodine supplementation, and his book attempts to invoke a Renaissance. David Bronstein MD has a clinical practice in the goiter belt of Michigan, and is involved with an ongoing iodine research project with Guy Abraham MD and George Flechas MD.
According to Brownstein, iodine is safe and beneficial, preventing not only goiter, but also preventing the many thyroid cysts, nodules and auto-immune thyroid disease rampant in the population. Iodine is anti-microbial, anti-parasitic, anti-cancer, important for hormone production, reverses fibrocystic breast disease, and shrinks ovarian and thyroid cysts. It may be our most important preventive measure against breast cancer.
The book dispels a number of myths about Iodine supplementation.
Myth number one: There is no iodine deficiency because of Iodized Salt.
The iodine in Iodized salt is not very bio-available, and government surveys show decreasing Iodine levels in the population. Brownstein found that 90% of his patients were iodine deficient based on a 24 urine test for excreted iodine after a 50 mg loading dose.
Myth Number two: Too much Iodine above the RDA of 150 mcg is not safe.
In reality Iodine supplementation is very safe. The average Japanese diet contains 12 mg per day which is 100 times the RDA in the US. In the event of a nuclear power plant accident, the government gives everyone 50 mg. of Iodine to prevent thyroid cancer.
A chapter is devoted to iodine deficiency and fibrocystic breast disease and breast cancer. Brownstein presents case reports of women with fibrocystic disease as well as breast cancer who benefit from iodine supplementation. Another chapter devoted to the thyroid describes patients with Graves' disease and Hashimoto's disease who benefit from iodine supplementation.
Iodine tablets are inexpensive and widely available as a nutritional supplement called Iodoral without a prescription. Another book, Breast Cancer and Iodine, by David Derry MD PhD, is also recommended.
Jeffrey Dach MD
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Books and e-Books
Kindle Shortcuts and Kindle-friendly Websites. This concise Kindle user guide describes keyboard shortcuts and hidden Kindle features for both Kindle 2 and Kindle 1. Updated 04/ 28/ 2009by MobileReference, mobi
MobileReference; MobileReference; Release date: 2009-04-03; Published: 2009-04-03; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Best price: $0.99
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2006-09-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
The Shackby William P. Young
Windblown Media; Published: 2008-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.40
Price in other shops:
The Twilight Saga Collectionby Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-10-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $43.87
Price in other shops:
Cook Yourself Thin: Skinny Meals You Can Make in Minutesby Lifetime Television
Voice; Published: 2009-04-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops:
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-05-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.75
Price in other shops:
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2007-08-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.19
Price in other shops:
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2008-08-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.95
Price in other shops:
The Lost Symbolby Dan Brown
Doubleday Books; Published: 2009-09-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.63
Price in other shops:
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifestoby Mark R. Levin
Threshold Editions; Published: 2009-03-24; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.25
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Living Well with Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know (Revised Edition)by Mary J. Shomon
ClubNatural; Collins Living; Published: 2005-02-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.28
Price in other shops:
Transdermal Magnesium Therapyby Mark Sircus
Phaelos Books & Mediawerks; Published: 2007-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.12
Price in other shops:
Salt: Your Way To Health (This Book Will Show You Why Salt Is The Most Misunderstood Nutrient)by David Brownstein M.D.
Medical Alternatives Press; Published: 2006; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illnessby Broda Barnes
HarperCollins; Published: 1976-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.74
Price in other shops:
Hypothyroidism Type 2: The Epidemicby Mark Starr
New Voice Publication; Published: 2005-03-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.74
Price in other shops:
Iodoral 12.5 mg 90 tabsOptimox; Optimox; Health Care
Best price: $14.25
Price in other shops:
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndromeby James L. Wilson
Smart Publications; Published: 2002-01-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.87
Price in other shops:
Breast Cancer and Iodine : How to Prevent and How to Survive Breast Cancerby David Derry
Trafford Publishing; Published: 2002; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.23
Price in other shops:
Iodoral 12.5 Mg 180 TabletsOptimox; Optimox; Health Care
Best price: $28.99
Price in other shops:
Overcoming Thyroid Disordersby David Brownstein
Medical Alternatives Press, Inc.; Published: 2002-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.90
Price in other shops: