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Michael B. Schachter, M.D.

Iodine: Its Role In Health and Disease.  Some New Exciting Concepts

Schachter MB

"The commonly accepted medical opinion is that iodine’s only role in the body is to help make thyroid hormones. Although this is an extremely important function, Abraham demonstrates that the role of iodine in the body goes far beyond its function of making thyroid hormones. Other possible functions include: helping to regulate moods, preventing cancer (especially in breasts, ovaries, uterus, prostate and thyroid gland), preventing and treating fibrocystic breasts in women, helping to regulate blood pressure, helping to regulate blood sugar and prevent and treat diabetes, and helping to prevent abnormal cardiac rhythms. For example, Japanese women, who have one of the lowest breast cancer rates in the world, ingest more than 13 mg of iodine daily from seaweed without suffering any adverse consequences. He further demonstrates that iodine tends to be antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic, and antifungal and that it enhances immune function. Furthermore, he suggests that suboptimal iodine intake may contribute to various thyroid abnormalities commonly seen today, including hypothyroidism (underactive), hyperthyroidism (overactive) and autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid (Hashimoto’s Disease)."

Iodine’s role in helping to prevent and treat cancer needs much more exploration and research, but there is suggestive evidence that it plays a role in preventing and/or treating cancer (especially involving the thyroid gland, breasts, prostate, ovaries and uterus). Max Gerson MD, whose successful alternative therapy involved using fresh vegetable juices and intensive detoxification, recommended iodine containing Lugol’s solution for all of his cancer patients.

At the Schachter Center, we are reevaluating all of our current patients who suffer from fatigue, depression and any type of thyroid dysfunction or disorder, including hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland), hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid gland) and chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease). So far, we have found that most of these patients are iodine insufficient, using the iodine loading, 24-hour urine iodine test. Adding iodine to the program of these individuals seems to be helping many of them. All new patients are also being checked for iodine insufficiency. For more information on the thyroid and hypothyroidism, read the article on our website (www.schachtercenter.com) by clicking on Literature and Articles and then the article “Hypothyroidism”.

Literature & Articles

Schachter MB

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