👏👏👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗 E excellent piece and exactly why I stopped recommending FLCCC protecol. As is incomplete.
Fully agree with your recommendation of adding to their protecol, but would also add Selenium. Frankly the quickest, most permanent way to heal most people would be to stop spraying garbage on our food and support regenerative farming to get all these beautiful nutrients BACK into the soils globally. But yeah you know take a supplement, is way more profitable.🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Love your work Jennifer, I'd like to see you running a school on future nutrition. The current market is about 15years behind the actual science.😉
OTOH, if you are just trying to survive, taking some pills a lot more expedient than trying to reform the entire agricultural system, or even the little system on your own property! So I am grateful to the supplement companies who seem to be keeping me alive, and do not begrudge them a little profit.
But I still have plenty of respect and gratitude to those who are pursuing regenerative, organic , or biodynamic farming, all t,he contributors to real health.
Jen, Pomegranate is very high in Ellagic Acid content. I believe it's the second best source besides raspberry seeds. Some people have made full recoveries from cancer just doing prescribed levels of Ellagic.
I wouldn't waste time asking your endocrinologist other questions personally. They should know that every single gland in the body needs iodine and if they don't know that, get out fast. They are supposed to specialize in glandular function and iodine is basic to glandular function - all of them, not just the thyroid.
AMA system has trained doctors to think of iodine as a radioactive toxin to use medically and otherwise iodine is like a toxin....therefore. It is disinfo or lies or hubris and profit motives. Iodine sufficiency protects against cancer and makes their stupid Xray machines not work as well. So of course, stupid Xray machines won that battleground. History, roughly.
Wow, Jennifer, I read all your links about the iodine. Yes, they are doozies, especially the coma one. 😲 I was just telling someone about a video I saw about the organ donors in a coma hearing everything and wanting to scream out. Horrifying!!
Thank you for all of the info. I have so many issues pointing to iodine deficiency... dense cystic breasts, polycystic ovaries (before they removed them), papillary thyroid cancer, now breast cancer, plus other issues you mentioned. I have no idea where I'll find a doctor who has a mind of his own and is educated in this. Maybe a holistic or Integrative. 🤷
I have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism and my doctor keeps lowering my levo dose, while I'm gaining weight and have no energy. My cancer is not genetic (tested) something is causing it. And I just got through lung cancer. I keep saying "I need a doctor!". Any opinion on what type of doctor or other I should try?
I love your opinions on the Med community and your comments like "I see tinfoil people". 😀
I would dump your doctor who is lowering your dose while your symptoms worsen and take back your rights to self-care. Doctors frequently brainwash patients into the belief that absolutely nothing should be done without doctor approval - but it sounds like the advice you have been given has just led you done the "Keep getting sicker" path.
Iodine is a food thing. Selenium is a food thing. Cancer seems to be a dysfunctional methylation cycle and cytoplasm thing which standard cancer care simply makes worse while maybe killing some cells. Pomegranate helps prevent metastasis and kills cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
I personally needed to avoid gluten as hypothyroidism seems to involve that as a molecular mimicry autoimmune problem and you could start taking more iodine foods or supplements as you are comfortable with trialing on your own. and 1-2 Brazil nuts per day or 200 mcg of selenium.
How to find a reliable doctor in these times, is a good question. I know insurance needs to have a doctor listed, but that doesn't mean you have to see them. You need a doctor for prescriptions, but your current doctor has been reducing dose of a not very good thyroid med.
This company looks like it has good thyroid medication but require a prescription. Better thyroid meds are not Synthroid and do contain T3 and T4. https://www.cfspharmacy.pharmacy/human-medicine/thyroid I don't see anywhere where they list physicians who work with them though.
If you increase iodine and cut out gluten, your thyroid function might improve on its own and you might start making some of your own hormone again.
I would persevere on doing things differently than your doctor has been doing. Note that that person doesn't have to wear your body all day.
I will look a little more.
Addition: Dr. Brownstein is the guy to see for thyroid issues but there was always a 6 month wait list whenever I called. https://www.drbrownstein.com/ I attended a seminar he held in my area and started iodine on my own but forgot the selenium.
The iodine protocol he recommends is a mega dose 2 Iodoral in the am and 2 in the pm, for one month to help the body dump bromide, fluoride and any excess chloride, and then go to one Iodoral a day. Our diet and water is so toxic and low in iodine that the fibrocystic breast pain simply seems to be inflammation due to bromide and fluoride - both toxic metals to health. Iodoral is 12.5 mg and about the same iodine intake as the average of a traditional Japanese diet and breast cancer is rare with the traditional diet. Japanese people on Western diets get unhealthy too.
I've learned so much from reading your articles but I'm going as fast as I can because surgery is next week and they'll recommend chemo after. I've started pomegranate tabs and juice and upped my supplements. I just spent three years researching everything on COV and taking control of that so my doctor's aren't keen on discussions with me. 😁
Now, I'm worn out and can't do this research on my own in so little time.
A lesson I've learned is plan ahead and if you're not with the right doctor, you're chances drop dramatically. I'm taking all of your suggestions.
Surgery is less risk of increasing the underlying methylation problems. Chemo and radiation are both really bad and I would encourage you to postpone until you can think more about those.
The cancer team are super confident that their approach is correct. So was the ICU team that killed my sister with the CoV isolate/vent/sedate protocol. The only one that seemed aware that the system was not helping was the nephrologist. They understand magnesium an electrolyte balance better than other types of doctors.
I posted a new post late yesterday that is may help breast cancer. Take home points, reduce inflammation/stressors, maybe increase ginger and CLA fatty acid (grass fed butter is a natural source) and maybe avoid brothy moist cooked chicken dishes, (or Broaster chicken). Chicken nuggets would be included as the meat is moist cooked first. Red meat and processed meats are cancer risks for varied reasons, not just the arachidonic content. https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/arachidonic-acid-5-hete-ginger-cla?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Whenever I have a patient with a cyst , I always think I better check Iodine ( and I always use selenium with it when needed). So , is your endo saying only the thyroid needs iodine ? What about your ovaries , breasts , liver ...?
Yes. When I asked if I should take iodine, she said "only your thyroid needs iodine and you don't have one, why would you need it?" I couldn't answer her where we need it, so I said I've read about iodine deficiencies and I thought, I'll research on my own. I think I better find another doctor. Thank you!
I have others on iodine too. I was hypothyroid for years undiagnosed because the T3 and T4 were okay levels, just not working because of the fluoride/bromide/chloride substitues. I didn't use selenium though and eventually went hyperthyroid and needed some methimazole briefly and to cut out iodine.
I think you should look further into the codependent but as yet undefined relationship that iodine has with Selenium and then chat with your endocrinologist. They may want to reassess.😉🤗
Thanks. I have a professional membership and have copied a series of pomegranate articles here, under a Pomegranate subsection of deNutrients. I have done lots of my own research on the topic too.
Once again you have taken my thoughts (well from your own brain of course, not mine). and stated them coherently and elegantly: "Cancer has been heavily promoted with movies and talk shows and patient forum sites - it is so brave and courageous to have cancer and put up with the treatments that make it and you worse - SO BRAVE! And the patients and families defend the system - their doctors are saviors trying so hard to help. Too bad that they are so bad at it. "
Cross posting is posting it to your email list as if it is one of your posts. Comments elsewhere likely wouldn't travel. Linking to a post in a note or Substack would take the person to the post with the comments. The time stamp on a comment is the link to a specific comment. I think.
"As proof of the W-C effect, the textbooks point to the fact that large amounts of potassium iodide can remedy hyperthyroidism." <- are they insane? I had to go strictly no iodine after going hyperthyroid. I stayed on Iodoral too long with no selenium. I didn't know or forgot that part of Dr. Brownstein's recommendations. I attended a webinar of his and It helped my health immensely, I just stayed too long on high dose iodine with no selenium, and gluten is parrt of my issues. I had started eating just a little bit at holiday family things....
Addition - I noticed after the fact that the Iodine and Cander review article I linked to has a few paragraphs touting the W-C nonsense. ARRRGH
👏👏👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗 E excellent piece and exactly why I stopped recommending FLCCC protecol. As is incomplete.
Fully agree with your recommendation of adding to their protecol, but would also add Selenium. Frankly the quickest, most permanent way to heal most people would be to stop spraying garbage on our food and support regenerative farming to get all these beautiful nutrients BACK into the soils globally. But yeah you know take a supplement, is way more profitable.🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Love your work Jennifer, I'd like to see you running a school on future nutrition. The current market is about 15years behind the actual science.😉
Thanks!
and agree - profit motive in health is an oxymoron
OTOH, if you are just trying to survive, taking some pills a lot more expedient than trying to reform the entire agricultural system, or even the little system on your own property! So I am grateful to the supplement companies who seem to be keeping me alive, and do not begrudge them a little profit.
But I still have plenty of respect and gratitude to those who are pursuing regenerative, organic , or biodynamic farming, all t,he contributors to real health.
Jen, Pomegranate is very high in Ellagic Acid content. I believe it's the second best source besides raspberry seeds. Some people have made full recoveries from cancer just doing prescribed levels of Ellagic.
Yes, I have posts on this topic, even a section now "Pomegranate".
What if you don't have a thyroid so don't have iodine? My Endo said you don't need iodine, but I think you do. 🤷
Great information as always, thank you.
I wouldn't waste time asking your endocrinologist other questions personally. They should know that every single gland in the body needs iodine and if they don't know that, get out fast. They are supposed to specialize in glandular function and iodine is basic to glandular function - all of them, not just the thyroid.
AMA system has trained doctors to think of iodine as a radioactive toxin to use medically and otherwise iodine is like a toxin....therefore. It is disinfo or lies or hubris and profit motives. Iodine sufficiency protects against cancer and makes their stupid Xray machines not work as well. So of course, stupid Xray machines won that battleground. History, roughly.
Wow, Jennifer, I read all your links about the iodine. Yes, they are doozies, especially the coma one. 😲 I was just telling someone about a video I saw about the organ donors in a coma hearing everything and wanting to scream out. Horrifying!!
Thank you for all of the info. I have so many issues pointing to iodine deficiency... dense cystic breasts, polycystic ovaries (before they removed them), papillary thyroid cancer, now breast cancer, plus other issues you mentioned. I have no idea where I'll find a doctor who has a mind of his own and is educated in this. Maybe a holistic or Integrative. 🤷
I have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism and my doctor keeps lowering my levo dose, while I'm gaining weight and have no energy. My cancer is not genetic (tested) something is causing it. And I just got through lung cancer. I keep saying "I need a doctor!". Any opinion on what type of doctor or other I should try?
I love your opinions on the Med community and your comments like "I see tinfoil people". 😀
Thank you!!
I would dump your doctor who is lowering your dose while your symptoms worsen and take back your rights to self-care. Doctors frequently brainwash patients into the belief that absolutely nothing should be done without doctor approval - but it sounds like the advice you have been given has just led you done the "Keep getting sicker" path.
Iodine is a food thing. Selenium is a food thing. Cancer seems to be a dysfunctional methylation cycle and cytoplasm thing which standard cancer care simply makes worse while maybe killing some cells. Pomegranate helps prevent metastasis and kills cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
I personally needed to avoid gluten as hypothyroidism seems to involve that as a molecular mimicry autoimmune problem and you could start taking more iodine foods or supplements as you are comfortable with trialing on your own. and 1-2 Brazil nuts per day or 200 mcg of selenium.
How to find a reliable doctor in these times, is a good question. I know insurance needs to have a doctor listed, but that doesn't mean you have to see them. You need a doctor for prescriptions, but your current doctor has been reducing dose of a not very good thyroid med.
This company looks like it has good thyroid medication but require a prescription. Better thyroid meds are not Synthroid and do contain T3 and T4. https://www.cfspharmacy.pharmacy/human-medicine/thyroid I don't see anywhere where they list physicians who work with them though.
If you increase iodine and cut out gluten, your thyroid function might improve on its own and you might start making some of your own hormone again.
I would persevere on doing things differently than your doctor has been doing. Note that that person doesn't have to wear your body all day.
I will look a little more.
Addition: Dr. Brownstein is the guy to see for thyroid issues but there was always a 6 month wait list whenever I called. https://www.drbrownstein.com/ I attended a seminar he held in my area and started iodine on my own but forgot the selenium.
The iodine protocol he recommends is a mega dose 2 Iodoral in the am and 2 in the pm, for one month to help the body dump bromide, fluoride and any excess chloride, and then go to one Iodoral a day. Our diet and water is so toxic and low in iodine that the fibrocystic breast pain simply seems to be inflammation due to bromide and fluoride - both toxic metals to health. Iodoral is 12.5 mg and about the same iodine intake as the average of a traditional Japanese diet and breast cancer is rare with the traditional diet. Japanese people on Western diets get unhealthy too.
I just got Dr. Brownstein's iodine book and subscribed to his newsletter. Hoping he does more Zoom seminars. Thanks!
I've learned so much from reading your articles but I'm going as fast as I can because surgery is next week and they'll recommend chemo after. I've started pomegranate tabs and juice and upped my supplements. I just spent three years researching everything on COV and taking control of that so my doctor's aren't keen on discussions with me. 😁
Now, I'm worn out and can't do this research on my own in so little time.
A lesson I've learned is plan ahead and if you're not with the right doctor, you're chances drop dramatically. I'm taking all of your suggestions.
Thank you, again!
Surgery is less risk of increasing the underlying methylation problems. Chemo and radiation are both really bad and I would encourage you to postpone until you can think more about those.
The cancer team are super confident that their approach is correct. So was the ICU team that killed my sister with the CoV isolate/vent/sedate protocol. The only one that seemed aware that the system was not helping was the nephrologist. They understand magnesium an electrolyte balance better than other types of doctors.
I posted a new post late yesterday that is may help breast cancer. Take home points, reduce inflammation/stressors, maybe increase ginger and CLA fatty acid (grass fed butter is a natural source) and maybe avoid brothy moist cooked chicken dishes, (or Broaster chicken). Chicken nuggets would be included as the meat is moist cooked first. Red meat and processed meats are cancer risks for varied reasons, not just the arachidonic content. https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/arachidonic-acid-5-hete-ginger-cla?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Jennifer, I just saw this. Thank you!! I'm so sorry about your sister. My condolences. 😥 🙏
Whenever I have a patient with a cyst , I always think I better check Iodine ( and I always use selenium with it when needed). So , is your endo saying only the thyroid needs iodine ? What about your ovaries , breasts , liver ...?
Yes. When I asked if I should take iodine, she said "only your thyroid needs iodine and you don't have one, why would you need it?" I couldn't answer her where we need it, so I said I've read about iodine deficiencies and I thought, I'll research on my own. I think I better find another doctor. Thank you!
I have some doosies in my archives.
I suggest this https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/iodine-and-an-old-lie-still-being?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/dense-breasts-and-cancer-risk-likely?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/iodine-in-pregnancy-and-lactation?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
and kind of really disturbing statement about organ donor cards and 'coma' patients - they are still in there probably and iodine/thyroid hormone helps them wake up again. https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/brain-dead-comatose-or-iodine-deficient?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I have others on iodine too. I was hypothyroid for years undiagnosed because the T3 and T4 were okay levels, just not working because of the fluoride/bromide/chloride substitues. I didn't use selenium though and eventually went hyperthyroid and needed some methimazole briefly and to cut out iodine.
I think you should look further into the codependent but as yet undefined relationship that iodine has with Selenium and then chat with your endocrinologist. They may want to reassess.😉🤗
I'm getting a new doctor, but will bring this up with the new one. Thank you!
I will. Thank you!
🤗😀
I guess you know of greeenmedinfo as a way to search for the information you need from peer reviewed articles on natural or neutraceutical products?
https://greenmedinfo.com/
Thanks. I have a professional membership and have copied a series of pomegranate articles here, under a Pomegranate subsection of deNutrients. I have done lots of my own research on the topic too.
Excellent. Regretfully cancer seems to be really increasing.
Also - you can safely Use DMSO to get magnesium in topically. :)
how do you prepare pomegranate peel ? or just raw?
The inner pith can be minced in a salad or used in soup or baked goods. I have prep tips here https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/pomegranate-peel-prep-tips?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web and some older recipes on page G13. Pomegranate effectivecare.info
Excellent information ! Thank you !
Once again you have taken my thoughts (well from your own brain of course, not mine). and stated them coherently and elegantly: "Cancer has been heavily promoted with movies and talk shows and patient forum sites - it is so brave and courageous to have cancer and put up with the treatments that make it and you worse - SO BRAVE! And the patients and families defend the system - their doctors are saviors trying so hard to help. Too bad that they are so bad at it. "
I just reread it. Good stuff really, and a little opinionated yes.
very informative , and yes i trust you lot more than FLCCC guys anyday! Thanks for your work !
I cross posted this, but the comments apparently don't come up with the cross post, do you know how to fix that?
Cross posting is posting it to your email list as if it is one of your posts. Comments elsewhere likely wouldn't travel. Linking to a post in a note or Substack would take the person to the post with the comments. The time stamp on a comment is the link to a specific comment. I think.
thanks!
"As proof of the W-C effect, the textbooks point to the fact that large amounts of potassium iodide can remedy hyperthyroidism." <- are they insane? I had to go strictly no iodine after going hyperthyroid. I stayed on Iodoral too long with no selenium. I didn't know or forgot that part of Dr. Brownstein's recommendations. I attended a webinar of his and It helped my health immensely, I just stayed too long on high dose iodine with no selenium, and gluten is parrt of my issues. I had started eating just a little bit at holiday family things....
Addition - I noticed after the fact that the Iodine and Cander review article I linked to has a few paragraphs touting the W-C nonsense. ARRRGH