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HEALTHWednesday 9 March 2016
Mineral from the Sea
By: Dr Carlos Viana
People feelbetter wheth-
er they are soakingin our
beautiful Caribbean sea.
Taking time off from our
daily responsibilitiesto re-
lax and play in nature re-
vitalizes our spirit. Yet, the include: Depression, Infertil-
increase in vitamin D from
sunshine and iodine from
the sea is benefiting our
physicalhealth as well.
Iodine is a trace element,
essential for good health.
Iodine is naturally present
in seawateras well as many
marine fish and plants. It
is found naturally in some
foods and is also added to
salt that is labeled as “io-
dized”.For many years I as-
sumed those of us who live
in the tropics would have
sufficient levels of iodine in Thyroid, hypothyroidism.
our bodies. After all, we
swim in the ocean regularly
andour diet includes lots of
fish, fruits and vegetables,
which should contain io-
dine from the soil.
Urinary iodine levels in the
US today are about half
what they were in the
1970s. Since our current
Island diet, like most mod-
ern diets, includes import-
ed, conventionally grown
food, we islanders, like
most peopleare now io-
dine deficient.My assump-
tions about our iodine lev-
els were wrong.
In order not to assume and
to confirm levels, I started
testing our patient iodine
levels. To do this, we have
you collect some urine in
the morning and evening.
Since iodine levels are es-
pecially important for the those with the lowest se-
thyroid, we send the sam- lenium levels.Laboratory
ple to a lab specializing in studies indicate the poten-
Hormones. tially beneficial role of sele- Sjögren’s syndrome, rheu-
nium in the management
Symptoms and potential of breast cancer. It actu-
risk for iodine deficiency ally could be that selenium
is stimulating the iodine in
ity, Feeling cold all the time the breast.
or cold hands and feet, The breast strongly and
Sleep disturbances, Elevat- actively concentrates io-
ed cholesterol, Aches and dine into breast-milk for the
pains, Dry skin, Fatigue, benefit of the developing
Heart palpitations, Con- infant, and may develop
stipation, Anxiety, Foggy lumpy swelling, sometimes
thinking, Low libido, Thin- manifesting as fibrocystic
ning hair, Brittle nails, Head- breast disease, when io-
aches, Weight gain with dine level are low. Studies
an inability to lose weight, indicate that iodine defi-
and menstrual irregularities, ciencycan lead to breast
to name a few symptoms. problems and increased
These symptoms also ap- incidence of malignancy,
pear in people with a slow while iodine treatment can
reverse breast lumps. Lab-
Your thyroid gland secretes oratory evidences dem-
iodine- rich hormones thy- onstrate that the effect of
roxin and triiodothyronine, iodine on breast cancer is
which regulate your me- in part independent of thy-
tabolism rate; but its effects roid function and that io-
are felt all over the body. dine inhibits cancer promo-
Hypothyroidism dispropor- tion through modulation
tionately affects women at of the estrogen pathway.
a rate of about 9 to 1 in the Natural medicine physi-
US. The reason for this is that cians have recommended
the female hormone estro- women with breast cancer
gen inhibits the absorption or uncomfortable lumps
of iodine.Women who are in the breast, fibrocystic
pregnant or nursing need breast disease paint their
about 50% more iodine to breast with iodine.
provide sufficient iodine for Eating foods that rob io-
their baby. dine, such as cabbage,
cassava, turnips, broccoli,
Iodine has a nutritional re- cauliflower, brusselsprouts-
lationship with selenium. mustard greens, millet and
Medical researchers have pine nut contribute to low
found that men with the iodine levels. I think the
highest levels of selenium worse is gluten found in
had a 52% reduced risk of wheat.Gluten sensitivity has
diabetes, compared to been found to go hand-in-
hand with autoimmune dis-
orders such as type 1 dia-
betes, Addison’s disease,
matoid arthritis, and auto-
immune thyroid disease.
Kelp, a type of seaweed is
one of the best food sourc-
es of iodine.
The third problem effect-
ing your iodine levels and
hypothyroidism is an ami-
no acid deficiency. As
the building blocks of ev-
ery structure of your body,
amino acids have an influ-
ence on the function of or-
gans, glands, tendons and
arteries. They are further-
more essential for healing
wounds and repairing tis-
sue, especially in the mus-
cles, bones, skin and hair as
well as for the removal of
all kinds of waste deposits
produced in connection
with the metabolism. The
conversion of thyroid hor-
mones T3 and T4 involves
thyroid specific amino ac-
ids, found predominantly
but not exclusively in the
thyroid tissue.
Get The Point! Feeling any
of the symptoms listed
above could indicate a
problem with thyroid and
problems of your body to
utilize iodine. The first step tionsformparadiseq
is to test your body’s iodine
status. Our clinic offers io-
dine, full hormone panel
and amino acid testing. If
results show you are defi-
cient in iodine, we need like
a detective, start eliminat-
ing and identifying what is
blocking your body’s ability
to use iodine and if appro-
priate, add the correct io-
dine supplementation.q
CARLOS VIANA, Ph. D.is an
Oriental Medical Doctor
(O.M.D.) having studied
in China; a US Board Cert.
Clinical Nutritionist (C.C.N.),
an Addiction Professional
(C.Ad.), Chairperson of the
Latin American Committee
of the International Acad-
emy of Oral Medicine and
Toxicology (IAOMT), a Re-
juvenating Cell Therapist
specializing in Age Man-
agement, has a weekly
radio program, writes and
lectures extensively. For in-
formation: VIANA HEALING
CENTER, Kibaima 7, St Cruz
TEL: 585-1270 Web Site:
www.vianaheal.com
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