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Overviews
Clinicians
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Brice E. Vickery, D.C.
Vickery DC
“In my many
years of testing people, iodine has always shown up as a very
important and primary nutrient in regards to people’s health and
healing. Testing has always shown an iodine deficient person to
be unable to utilize their proteins properly and an iodine
deficient person will remain protein deficient.
”My current work with my new product, Vickery Sea Plant Minerals,
has further illuminated the real importance of not just curing
iodine deficiency, but bringing people to full-body iodine
sufficiency. This is a two-step process and may take some time.
”In the past I have seen that a couple of mgs of iodine daily
will cure iodine deficiency in the person with adequate gut
absorption powers. This will allow them to utilize their
proteins; however it will not mean that they have full body
iodine sufficiency (iodine receptors) in tissues such as breast,
uterus, prostate, skin, saliva glands, stomach, colon, choroid
plexus, and eye. It will also not assure that a thyroid whose
receptor space is taken up with another halogen, such as bromine
or fluorine, will have a full sufficiency of iodine for hormone
production.
”There are four halogens: iodine, bromine, fluorine and
chlorine…. All these halogens use the same receptors in the body.
Therefore if a person’s diet is deficient in iodine the iodine
receptors in the thyroid and stomach, for example, may fill up
with bromine which is common in grains, bleached flour, sodas,
nuts and oils as well as several plant foods. Then the person’s
thyroid function is deficient and the iodide-pump in the stomach
will not work efficiently either. There has been research also
done on the role of insufficient iodine and breast cancer and
cysts in the ovaries and uterus. A person whose sweat glands are
low in iodine will have dry skin…. Fluorine from sources such as
toothpaste, certain teas, and fluoridated water will also take up
receptor space.
”Once this receptor space is taken up, my research shows me that
it takes a certain level of iodine loading to replace the
unwanted halogens with iodine; this seems to be especially so of
bromine. While I have seen that around 1 to 2 mgs of iodine will
allow protein metabolism to normalize, I have seen that it takes
much more to remove unwanted halogens from the system.
”Full body iodine sufficiency has become an item of interest to
several PIONEERING doctors such as Dr. Abraham and Dr.
Brownstein. Both of them have done thorough and credible research
into the methods and efficiency of iodine loading in the body.
Their research shows that 12.5 mgs of iodine is the minimum daily
requirement for full body iodine sufficiency. I have taken this
number into account when prescribing the minimum daily dosage for
the Sea Minerals (12 mgs). However my testing has shown that this
dosage does not remove existing bromine from the body - quickly.
It appears that a loading dosage of at least 20 mgs is required
to begin the process of iodine dislodging the bromine (five to
six Vickery Sea Plant Minerals/day). Fluorine seems to come out
more easily with a lower dosage of 12 mgs over a period of time
(if the people are not heavy fluoride consumers).
”I usually start people on a 12 mg dosage (3 caps Sea Minerals)
for a couple of months and then move them up to 24, 36 and then
finally 48mgs. There are two ways of monitoring this; the urinary
and saliva/urine testing, and the energy match method which we
prefer for greater tissue accuracy and exact location of storage
sites. It is also no muss- no fuss – and inexpensive. Both
methods give you the controls to know – What To Do! The more Sea
Minerals, the faster the body seems to dislodge the bromine. If
the bromine is coming out quickly there will be certain symptoms
such as cloudy, sediment-filled urine, body odor, rashes and
extreme fatigue. It is useful at this point to recommend ˝ tsp.
of sea salt in water daily, as the bromine will follow the sodium
out of the body, thus relieving the person more quickly of the
symptoms.
”I have also noted an apparent connection between bringing
sufficient iodine to a bromine plugged thyroid, and the vitamin D
metabolism of the body. Although I am unaware of the exact
mechanism, it seems clear that the calcitonin/parathyroid
hormone/Vitamin D/calcium balance in the body changes as people
on iodine loading programs often register as vitamin D deficient
when they did not previously. It is interesting to note that when
people are given calcitonin as part of an osteoporosis program
one of the side effects mentioned is a “flushing sensation of the
skin” I have had two iodine loading, high bromine patients who
during the lowering of their bromine levels registered as iodine
deficient and mentioned “a sunburn flushed feeling on the skin of
their faces, arms and back” This flushing disappeared with
vitamin D3 supplementation at 2000 iu daily for a limited period
of time. Just an observation.
”The protein that the body uses for iodine transport (sodium
iodide symporter) needs to be sufficient in quantity also in
order to deal with the influx of iodine now available for
utilization as the bromine and fluorine are being pushed out. A
protein deficient person will not be able to do this so it is
wise not to begin iodine loading until your patient is no longer
protein deficient. (Vitamin C is also helpful in supporting the
symporter system as shown by Dr. Abraham, although he is unaware
of the protein deficiency factor.) Utilization of the Platinum
Plus Essential Amino Acids should bring them up fairly quickly.
”Of course, the application of both the Sea minerals and the
Platinum Plus together will also cause a very rapid and thorough
flushing of heavy metals such as aluminum, mercury, cadmium and
lead. This is indispensable for those patients with mercury
fillings, as the fillings are always putting small amounts of
mercury into the system, which is rapidly cleared by the use of
these two products. While I have already had great success with
metal removal using just the Platinum Plus I find the use of the
Sea Minerals to enhance the Platinum’s action….
”I have had a number of patients that continued to register
iodine deficiency even after initial 12 mg supplementation with
the Sea Minerals. I realized that their gut absorption must be
very low due to prolonged protein deficiency. For these patients
I have a product that they can use temporarily until their gut
heals sufficiently to absorb the Vickery Sea Plant Minerals.… I
have also found it to be beneficial in GERD cases where stomach
iodine reserves are low and the gastric mucosa inflamed, the aloe
proves to be very healing and soothing to the epithelial lining
of the stomach while also promoting iodine accumulation.”
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