David Brownstein - Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Cant Live Without It

Of all the elements known so far to be essential for human health, iodine is the most misunderstood and the most feared. Yet iodine is the safest of all the essential trace elements, being the only one that can be administered safely for long periods of time to large numbers of patients in daily amounts as high as 100,000 times the RDA. However, this safety record only applies to inorganic nonradioactive forms of iodine. Based on a review of the literature, both forms, iodine and iodide, are needed for optimal function of every organ and cell of the human body.

Some organic iodine-containing drugs, such as amiodarone, are extremely toxic and prescribed by physicians. The severe side effects of these drugs are blamed on inorganic iodine although studies have clearly demonstrated that it is the whole molecule that is toxic, not the iodine released from it. A case in point: the thyroid hormones are organic iodine-containing substances. Not a single physician has attributed the effects of thyroid hormones to inorganic iodine. Why not? They are basically the same forms of iodine covalently bound to an organic molecule. This author believes that this inconsistency of doublethink is most likely due to decreased cognition caused by iodine deficiency. Medical iodophobia may have caused more human misery and death than both world wars combined by .

It is of interest that the recommended daily amount of iodine for supplementation by clinicians of previous generations, that is 12.5-37.5 mg in the form of Lugols solution, turns out to be the exact range of intake for sufficiency of the whole human body, based on a recently developed loading test. It is time to wake up and realize that we are sitting on the shoulders of the giants of past generations who have given us useful information, which we have discarded in favor of preconceived ideas by self-appointed experts.

This book by Dr. David Brownstein is a welcome departure from the past and a fresh look at facts only, discarding myths and unfounded concerns about inorganic nonradioactive iodine/iodide. Patients will be grateful to Dr. Brownstein for bringing to light a simple, safe, inexpensive way of healing many medical conditions.

The ultimate Healer is the Creator of heaven and earth. His guidance has been felt constantly during this project by this author. May He bless and guide Dr. Brownstein and his patients.

I the LORD am your healer.

(Exodus 15:26)

Guy E. Abraham, M.D., FACN.

Abraham, G.E., Flechas, J.D., Hakala, J.C., Orthoiodosupplementation: Iodine sufficiency of the whole human body. The Original Internist, 9:30-41, 2002.

Abraham, G.E., The Wolff-Chaikoff Effect of Increasing Iodide Intake on the Thyroid. Townsend Letter, 245:100-101, 2003.

Abraham, G.E. The safe and effective implementation or orthoiodosupplementation in medical practice. The Original Internist, April 2004 (In press).

Abraham, G.E., Iodine Supplementation Markedly Increases Urinary Excretion of Fluoride and Bromide. Townsend Letter, 238:108-109, 2003

(Authors note: Dr. Abraham died before I began working on the 5th Edition of this book. He was gracious to write a new Preface for each edition. I am including the last Preface that he wrote for me.)