• Fluoride & Kidney Stones

    ByHealthWarrior

    Hello Subscribers to iMedDo.com Newsletter,

    For this month’s March newsletter, I will be building on the topics discussed in last month’s newsletter concerning the toxic halogen fluoride, so if you missed it, be sure to read last month’s February “Halogen Talk” issue if you need a refresher on halogen family chemical periodic table properties. One reason why fluoride halogen is so toxic is because of its insolubility when bound to calcium.  Calcium fluoride gets stuck all over the body in tissues (e.g. pineal, thyroid, breast & ovaries) including the often overlooked adrenal tissue which is located right above each kidney.  Sit back and enjoy: “Fluoride & Kidney Stones!  Presented by Dr. Ben Goins MS DSM

    Fluoride Deactivates Adrenal & Kidney Tissue

    Fluoride is the toxic halogen which iodine detoxes.  Fluoride is especially toxic because it mimics iodine in the body but rather than activates, it blocks & deactivates all the tissues it binds to which require iodine instead.  Although iodine is used by every cell in the body, the effect is most notable in endocrine tissue as when deactivated by fluoride very noticeable hormonal imbalances occur.  The most well know is the brain tissue pineal gland, the thyroid tissue, breast & ovarian tissue, but one often overlooked but very important tissue that is deactivated by fluoride is the the adrenal tissue of the adrenal glands which are located right above each kidney.  Adrenal glands are very important as they produce a number of endocrine hormones including adrenaline (epinephrine), noradrenaline, aldosterone & cortisol.  When fluoride is present all three of these hormone can be disrupted & in addition the disruption can spread to the adjacent kidney tissue.  In addition to filtering blood into urine the kidney’s primary function, people forget that the kidney also has hormonal functions. The kidney tissue & its hormones can also be disrupted by fluoride.  The major hormones of the kidney are renin, erythropoietin & calcitriol. My belief is that calcitriol in paticular is involved in promoting kidney stones via fluoride endocrine disruption of the vitamin D pathway as will be discussed at end.  

    ADRENAL HORMONES: Adrenaline, Noradrenaline, Aldosterone, Cortisol

    ADRENALINE & LOW ENERGY

    Adrenaline hormone is used in fight or flight & rapid stress responses to help your body survive a life of death situation or in certain excitement situations like sexual function.  It causes increased blood flow to muscles (more strength) supported by increased heart rate (more blood to brain for quick thinking) & more glucose in the blood (more energy) & pupil dilation (better vision) to help you survive a tough spot.   When fluoride suppresses the adrenal tissue, & your body operates with less adrenaline than normal then you experience less energy & less ability to respond rapidly to stressful situations.  One of the most common good effects of taking NeuIodine health supplement is experiencing a noticeable increase in energy as your adrenal tissue is reactivated after fluoride suppression.  The iMedDo system uses NeuSilver & NeuGold which protects the tissue from damage from the fluoride & other toxins on their way out while it is being detoxed by NeuIodine.

    NORADRENALINE & ADRENAL FATIGUE

    Similar to Adrenaline hormone is a hormone called Noradrenaline which is also produced by the adrenals & can also be deactived with fluoride & reactivated with iodine.  Noradrenaline also helps stimulate the body & mind to action.  It is lowest during sleep, raises when awake, and it helps you wake up.  Suppression of adrenal tissue & noradrenaline production is likely a component of “brain fog”, “sluggishness” & what hard to wake up in the mornings people have called “Adrenal Fatigue”. Adrenal fatigue is very noticeable for people who’s adrenal tissue is deactivated by fluoride from bad drinking water or from dental work & or other halogens (chlorine from showers & bromide from bread for example).  To compensate for adrenal fatigue, people use caffeine to help them wake up; however, a common good effect of using a quality iodine supplement system such as iMedDo.com products is that adrenal fatigue goes away & body craves caffeine much less.  Adrenal fatigue & low energy is very common in people deficient in iodine such as pregnant women in particular. Pregnant women will crave caffeine & ice cream but those cravings will go away once they get NeuIodine as reactivates the adrenal tissue & iodine is the nutrient their body was wanting to get from the milk fat of the ice cream.

    ALDOSTERONE & BLOOD PRESSURE

    Aldosterone is a hormone produced & used by the adrenals to tell  the kidneys & other tissues to regulate sodium & potassium salt balance especially sodium conservation which regulates blood pressure.  I have frequently meet people who have chronic blood pressure problems many of whom have spent thousands on mainstream medicine without any effect.  After a single drop of NeuIodine, their blood pressure returns to normal within 30 minutes as the problem was clearly a fluoride suppression of the adrenal tissue. Nothing you try except iodine will flush out fluoride & not all iodines work as effectively as NeuIodine as it has the fat soluble form that can also flush out fat soluble versions of the halogens (Chlorine, Fluorine & Bromine) in addition to the salt forms (Fluoride).  Once reactivated & producing aldosterone hormone again, the adrenals & kidneys can work together to balance the salts & thus blood pressure.  If you know anyone with chronic blood pressure problems please have them try iMedDo system as if works as is very likely is a $150 fix instead of the thousands they might waste on inconclusive testing in mainstream medicine where they will do everything EXCEPT ever tell you about iodine deficiency.  This is a simple problem (fluoride) which can be life threatening if you don’t know what is going on, and is a simple solution (iMedDo.com Detox System).

    CORTISOL & STRESS & KIDNEY STONES?

    Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenals which does a variety of functions & is most well known for its activity related to how your body deals with stress recovery.   After you adrenals get done helping you survive a life or death situation say by producing Adrenaline & Noradrenaline as discussed above which require it to elevate your blood glucose levels (more energy), then after this stressful situation is over & you survived be it from winning the fight or running away, your body needs some time to recover & recuperate.  Cortisol is produced by the adrenal when it senses low blood glucose levels (you are all tuckered out after fight or flight response) & now low energy.  Cortisol hormone gives the signal for your body to start doing the things it needs to do to slowly recover after a stressful situation such as producing more glucose the slow way (called gluconeogenesis), to aid in the metabolism of fat, carbohydrates & proteins (energy recover & replenishment).  It also diverts energy away from the immune system.  It  can also take minerals & nutrients from the bones to replenish blood levels of nutrients.  This is important for calcium replenishment so if you are calcium deficient, your body can decrease bone formation in response to cortisol.  Fluoride suppression of adrenal tissue blocking cortisol hormone can contribute to kidney stone formation as the process to reabsorb calcium is blocked & kidney stones are calcium based deposits.  Not only can you not respond to the stress well with adrenaline & noradrenaline, but neither can you recover from the stress very well either as not enough cortisol.  Worst case scenario is your body is adrenal fatigued & constantly stressed out & your immune system which may kick into action to help deal with the stress (it feels you are under attack) may actually become overactivated as without cortisol to give it the signal to dial back when stress is over.  This can result in inflammation & autoimmune responses which are not good.  Similar process in thyroid going on in presence of fluoride have you heard of graves disease? The worst part is that fluoride can bind to and get stuck with (is insoluble with) calcium resulting in calcium fluoride.  Normally cortisol hormone would give the signal to remove or remodel calcium in bone, but when cortisol production is deactivated by fluoride in adrenal tissue, the body may instead erroneously produce too much bone tissue by failing to remove unneeded bone.  Even worse some of the extra bone tissue if made with calcium fluoride can get stuck there, and then later be unresponsive to cortisol levels to remodel it.  Have you heard of bone spurs? Extra unwanted bone deposition can result in all sorts of problems & can also contribute to osteo-arthritis as excess bone can push on nerves & cause pain.  The solution is iodine replenish to reactivate adrenal tissue which will flush calcium fluoride & reactivate adrenal cortisol hormone production which will allow body to remove & remodel unwanted bone tissue when it is using the excess bone to replenish nutrients.  For osteo-arthritis, try iMedDo system as well as frankincense vapor or oil.  The NeuIodine will flush the fluoride allowing adrenal & other (thyroid etc) hormones to function again which will allow proper processing of calcium & bones.  NeuGold is anti-inflammatory in the nerves & works great for rheumatoid & inflammatory arthritis.  Although NeuGold will not work immediately for osteo-arthritis, it does help with the inflammatory part of it & over long usage, after several months once hormone & nutrient levels rebalance then osteo-arthritis can go away as stuck calcium fluoride & bone spurs & excess bone can be reabsorbed using cortisol & other calcium related hormones which will likely help possibly get rid of osteo-arthritis as well.  In the meantime also try Frankincense for osteo-arthritis & have seen many good anti-inflammatory fruit extract type products which are also very good.  Calcium balance also requires magnesium & vitamin D as will be discussed in more detail at end of article. 

    KIDNEY HORMONES: Renin, Erythropoietin, & Calcitriol

    RENIN & BLOOD PRESSURE

    Renin is a hormone produced by the kidney that also regulates blood pressure.  Just like the aldosterone produced by adrenal tissue, when the renin produced by the nearby kidney tissue is suppressed by fluoride it can cause blood pressure problems which can be fixed by tissue reactivation by iodine.  So adrenal fatigue, this is what might be considered “kidney hormone fatigue” with resultant blood pressure problems if the hormone renin gets out of balance.  A major difference between adrenal aldosterone blood pressure hormone & this kidney renin hormone is that the first is a steroid & the latter is a protein, so even though they may share similar functions related to blood pressure they are likely both very needed for different types of tissues (steroid hormone better to travel through fatty membranes) & protein hormones better to travel inside the blood or extracellular matrix of cells.  Renin as a protein is better to travel in the blood to other tissues where it helps regulate extracellular fluid (blood, plasma, lymph and interstitial fluid) and arterial vasoconstriction (squeezing/tightening of arteries which can result in increased blood pressure). Renin & Aldosterone hormones are very closely connected as the Kidney Renin enyzmatic hormone catalyzes the conversion of angiotensin to angiotensin 1 which is the active form of a molecule which gives the signal to tell the adrenals to produce more Aldosterone & also signals the arteries to tense up (i.e angiotensin) which increases blood pressure.  Renin in kidney signals adrenals to produce more aldosterone.  So fluoride could disrupt either of these pathways individually or both. Fluoride halogen & Fluorine form in particular most likely disrupts aldosterone pathway the most & this a problem since aldosterone pathway is downstream of renin pathway.  So it is really important to flush that fluoride out of the adrenals as well as the kidneys & all the endocrine tissues.  

    ERYTHROPOIETIN & ANEMIA

    Erythropoietin (hematopoietin) is a hormone produced by the kidney tissue which stimulates the production of red blood cells. Its production is stimulated by hypoxia (low oxygen) which makes sense as red blood cells contain hemoglobin the iron utilizing protein that carries oxygen in the blood. So if the body thinks it is low in oxygen, then of course it would want to stimulate making more oxygen carrying red blood cells & this hard to spell hormone erythropoietin is how it does it!  The kidney which filters and monitors blood into urine or returns clean blood to the body is a perfect place to monitor oxygen & thus red blood cell levels in the blood & to produce a hormone to tell the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells when needed.  If the erythropoietin producing tissue is suppressed by fluoride you can expect anemia (low red blood cell count) as well as chronic kidney disease.  This is a good place to mention the importance of iron nutrition which is used in hemoglobin in red blood cells.  When you take iodine, it will reactivate kidney tissue. When erythropoietin production reactivates, you will notice your body will start using your iron supplements (at least should be getting some in a multivitamin) as will use the iron in bone marrow to produce more red blood cells.  If you have every undergone any high stress situation or procedure such as radiation or chemo which kills a lot of blood cells, you can see how devastating fluoride can be in your system as it will keep your kidney from sending this erythropoietin hormonal signal to replenish red blood cell supply.  Get your nutrients & don’t let fluoride mess up your kidney or any other tissue!

    CALCITRIOL & KIDNEY STONES!

    Calcitriol is a hormone produced by the kidney which completes the activation of vitamin D which signals calcium absorption.  When fluoride is present suppressing the kidney tissue, then calcitriol hormone can be suppressed meaning the kidney is not able to properly give the signal to absorb & retain calcium & phosphates & magnesium nutrients properly.  Not enough calcium & phosphates will be absorbed by intestines & too much calcium & phosphates will be excreted by the kidneys into the bladder & urine.  Buildup of calcium chelated by a substance called oxalate & phosphates is the cause of kidney stones.  Fluoride is known to stimulate production of kidney stones & stimulates oxalates as well.  Not only can fluoride stimulate the production of kidney stones by suppressing the adrenal & kidney tissue & suppressing important calcium regulation hormones we discussed (cortisol & calcitriol), but also fluoride can bind to calcium directly forming a hard insoluble rock “seed” which like a snowball can build up more calcium oxalate & calcium phosphate around it making larger kidney stones. 

    PARATHYROID HORMONE & KIDNEY STONES

    Although the subject of this newsletter is adrenal & kidney hormones, there is one important thyroid hormone which plays a part & must be mentioned when talking about kidney stone formation & that is a hormone called parathyroid hormone produced by the thyroid (parathyroid) tissue in a totally different part of body near throat rather than near kidneys or adrenals.  Like Calcitriol, the kidney hormone mentioned above relating to calcium absorption, Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) is also important for bone calcium remodeling.  Just as the adrenal & kidney tissue work together, the kidney & thyroid tissue work together making hormones regulating calcium deposition & remodeling (calcitriol & PTH).  Although it may seem backwards, as normally fluoride deactivates tissues, in the case of PTH, fluoride can make it make too much PTH.  A similar effect is seen with fluoride in hyperthyroidism where body senses lack of properly made thyroid hormones so it overactivates trying to compensate, & likely something similar with PTH over-activation going on. PTH over-activation by fluoride  is a problem because PTH in response to low blood calcium levels, stimulates the bones to dissolve more bone to release more calcium.  More calcium released means more kidney stone formation.  Perhaps the insoluble calcium fluoride in the bones confused the parathyroid’s calcium sensors as it tries to dissolve it but cannot (without iodine) so it gets stuck thinking it needs to release more calcium when it doesn’t need to. 

    FLUORIDE CAUSES KIDNEY STONES

    Fluoride increases the rates of kidney stones in humans. 

    The above statement has been shown conclusively by study of non-fluoridated vs fluoridated populations & has been know for quite some time, see Reference #1 [http://fluoridealert.org/studies/kidney09/] which indicates approximately 4.6x as high risk or even up to 2x higher than that of kidney stones for fluoridated populations.

    #2 Fluoride is known to make the parathyroid hormone hyperactive which stimulates the dissolving of bone to increase calcium levels in the blood & such excess calcium can contribute to the formation of kidney stones. See Reference 2 [http://fluoridealert.org/studies/kidney09/].

    #3 Although it is known that fluoride can stimulate kidney stones, can stimulate the production of oxalate which binds calcium, can form insoluble calcium fluoride which can stimulate kidney stones & can mess with the thyroid (parathyroid tissue & parathyroid hormone) to stimulate excessive calcium, the full mechanism of fluoride stimulation of kidney stones in not known. 

    Dr. Ben’s Kidney Stone Hypothesis:

    Kidney stones are produced by a combined endocrine disruption of thyroid, adrenal & kidney tissue by fluoride of the parathyroid hormone, cortisol, and calcitriol hormones which can be reversed by iodine replenishment using iMedDo NeuIodine system used with NeuSilver & NeuGold. 

    MY HYPOTHESIS is that through looking at other tissues, namely the adrenal & kidney tissue, & thinking about how fluoride could suppress & deactivate those tissues & the hormones they produces, that a more complete picture of additional mechanisms of fluoride action for stimulating kidney stones can be seen.  Through listing all the major known adrenal & kidney hormones & looking at their function, I have identified two in particular one of the adrenal (CORTISOL) and one of the kidney (CALCITRIOL) in particular whose suppressed function by fluoride very likely contributes to formation of kidney stones in addition to already known kidney stone stimulation by parathyroid hormone (PTH). 

    HYPOTHESIS SPECIFICS

    I believe that kidney stones are being created by the body sending a signal to dump calcium while at the same time sending another signal to dump the calcium chelating agents oxalate & phosphate. Blood coming into the nephron of the kidney is purged of calcium & oxalate & phosphate & fluoride at least.  As soon as calcium exits the nephron into ureter, it can bind with fluoride creating an insoluble seed which can grown into a full size stone from oxalate & phosphate calcium chelating agents binding to it like a snowball rolling downhill getting bigger as it rolls around stuck in the ureter creating a larger & larger kidney stone.  Most kidney stones are known to be composed of about 70% calcium oxalate & 30% calcium phosphate though it can vary.  Although it was previously known that fluoride can stimulate the production of oxalate & can stimulate the production of excess calcium by PTH, my possibly novel idea (would require a literature search to see if anyone already thought of before is novel to me) is that two additional hormones one from the adrenal  (CORTISOL) & one from the kidney (CALCITRIOL) are also involved by their levels being reduced or deactivated by fluoride.  Deactivated cortisol can result in too much bone (such as calcium deposition) as lacking signal to dissolve bone, this could result in too much calcium deposition resulting kidney stones.  Conversely, if cortisol levels are too high then can stimulate like PTH a breakdown of bone & flushing of extra calcium out which could also stimulate kidney stones.  Although I assume fluoride would suppress cortisol producing tissue would need to see more studies as could be that like PTH it might actually overstimulate Cortisol which would be even worse as would free up even more calcium into the blood & would make kidney stones even worse.  Because of the proximity of the cortisol producing adrenal tissue to the nearby kidney stone producing kidney the likelyhood of fluoride endocrine disruption of cortisol in stimulating kidney stones is very high.  Even more interesting than cortisol in the adrenal is the hormone calcitriol produced in the kidney.   The steroid cholesterol is activated into vitamin D part 1 in the skin then the pre-activated vitamin D is final activated in the kidney by calcitriol.  This is fascinating as it connects a known pathway to me (iodine, thyroid, vitamin D, Sunlight calcium & magnesium balance) to something I did not realize before that VITAMIN D REQUIRES ACTIVATION BY THE KIDNEY.   What this could mean is that kidney stones could be cause by something as simple as a vitamin D deficiency caused by fluoride suppressing kidney tissue suppressing calcitriol. Without enough calcitriol even if you were taking a vitamin D supplement, and even if you were getting enough sunshine on your skin to partially activate it, it would still not work if kidney was suppressed as requires final activation in the kidney. This link of how iodine can free up the Vitamin D pathway is something I have been searching for and so glad I understand how this works now where kidney or liver calicitriol is required for final activation of vitamin D after it has been pre-activated by sunshine in the skin.  This is a big deal.  Since some calcitriol is produced in the liver as well is nice the body has a little bit of a backup system for vitamin D production as it is that important. We only have one liver but have 2 kidneys (a backup kidney) which lets you know perhaps kidney is even more important for detox than liver but since liver is much larger than kidneys perhaps it balances out.  Calcitriol activated vitamin D is the signal to tell the intestines to absorb more calcium, more magnesium & more phosphate & likely a signal to the kidney to excrete less calcium, less magnesium & less phosphate.  A kidney is at risk of forming a kidney stone where it is still excreting calcium & phosphate as it is not getting the calcitriol signal. Iodine should flush out the fluoride & reactivate the kidney tissue & restore calcitriol levels.  With higher calcitriol levels, the body will stop trying to flush so much calcium & phosphate & without fluoride will flush less oxalate & should be at lower risk of kidney stones. 

    CONCLUSION:

    I think most likely the primary cause of kidney stones besides fluoride & disrupted PTH even more so than the adrenal cortisol connection is that of the kidney CALCITRIOL hormone being disrupted.  Without the signal to absorb more calcium, magnesium & phosphate, the body is excreting too much calcium & phosphate at least in addition to the oxalate known to be elevated with fluoride. 

    PREDICTIONS

    If my hypothesis is correct that calcitriol is the main hormone besides PTH being disrupted in kidney stones, then anything that disrupts the calcitriol hormone pathway could cause kidney stones. If you have kidney stones which is unlikely you will ever get if using iMedDo system, then you should do all the things in the pathway to make it go away.  The pathway known to me is: “iodine –> thyroid –> calcium & magnesium balance requires Vitamin D –> Sunlight –> kidney –> calcitriol –> calcium absorption”.  So if you are 1) iodine deficient, 2) suppressed thyroid 3) calcium or magnesium deficient 4) skin sunlight exposure( i.e. pre-activated vitamin D) deficient 5) have suppressed kidney 6) or are calcitriol deficient, then you are at risk of kidney stones as your body may be excreting too much calcium. Over a long period of time this can lead to low calcium bone density & what is called osteoporosis. Although iodine is the solution to flush fluoride, if you already have osteoporosis you must take iodine very slowly & replenish calcium at the same time as much of your bones are made of insoluble calcium fluoride which will be detoxed making them temporarily even weaker as your body need time to remodel with fresh calcium once iodine restores your endocrine system.  iMedDo NeuIodine is safe even for elderly with osteoporosis as ling as they are also supplementing calcium & magnesium because it has a build in dose ramping & is used in a system with silver & gold to protect body & brain from fluoride as it comes out.  Because fluoride disrupts 4 of the 6 parts of this pathway (competes with iodine, suppresses both thyroid & kidney tissue & suppresses kidney calcitriol production) it is NO WONDER THAT FLUORIDE CAUSES KIDNEY STONES!   The interesting predictive finding of my hypothesis is that being magnesium or calcium deficient or being vitamin D or sunlight deficient can also potentially cause kidney stones as well which is something that I had never thought about.  However, I have known for a long time that oftentimes that the body balances calcium with magnesium & that it is important to supplement them both at least in a multi-vitamin.  However,  oftentimes the calcium & magnesium supplements people are taking do not work as they won’t balance unless you also take iodine & get sunlight or colloidal gold which I now understand why with the full knowledge of this Vitamin D pathway which starts at iodine & ends at the kidney not at sunlight & calcium & magnesium levels are only balanced if full pathway is not deficient at any point. Many people use magnesium (I have some magnesium oil from Australia ask me privately if you want some) for muscle cramps as balances calcium in the muscles to make them relax. Still this calcium pathway will be off if fluoride is present disrupting all these calcium regulating hormones like cacitriol, PTH & cortisol. Another interesting thought on this vitamin D pathway is that I have known for a while that colloidal gold seems to somehow stimulate vitamin D similar to sunlight.  After doing this article, I now believe that some colloidal gold in the liver may very well stimulate the final activation of vitamin D like calcitriol just as is done in kidney.  More study is needed to show that NeuGold can substitute for sunlight but I’m pretty sure it does.  This is important for elderly & those afraid of skin cancer to know.  If you do not get enough sunlight, you are at risk of kidney stones as a symptom of calcium imbalance. Get iodine & make life easy on your kidneys by getting enough activated vitamin D, you only have two.

    HOW I CAN HELP

    I sell the most premium quality iodine replenishment & fluoride & heavy metal detox system on the market.  Do not let fluoride, or any halogen wreak havoc on your endocrine system. The time is now to upgrade your health.  Detox with iMedDo.com System today!  You need to use all three together: NeuIodine, NeuSilver & NeuGold.  The silver & gold can be mixed in water, and the iodine is absorbed on your skin & has a dose ramping where men work up to 2 drops and women 4.  Additionally use an extra drop of NeuIodine everytime you accidentally drink fluoride water (you will know as fluoride gives an immediate headache) or take a chlorine bath or get out of a chlorine hot tub.  The biggest problem I see repeatedly besides fluoride & halogen poisoning is mercury teeth amalgam poisoning, & you need to know that you should do an additional drop of NeuSilver everyday for each metal filling in your mouth. If you have metal fillings, do yourself a favor and make a plan to get them removed, detox with iMedDo.com system for 6 months, then get them out & then detox for at least a year afterwards with iMedDo system.  This system will fix your thyroid, will fix your other endocrine tissues including adrenals, kidney, and for women breast & ovary & for men even prostate.  All three of these products have anti-cancer properties, 2 have germicial properties, 2 have anti-inflammatory properties & I can only sell them as health supplements, but please take the time to learn about them & more importantly try them out as no amount of reading will substitute for actually detoxing. You will notice results or your money back.  You have nothing to lose as each product has 100% satisfaction guarantee, and everything to gain, more energy, more mental clarity, hormonal balance as tissues reactivated after kicking out fluoride etc. 

    Thankyou to all my loyal customers & distributors and for new people on the fence, just do it! Still rated 5 stars on Facebook after 4 years in business is not an accident! Customer service is my passion. 

    Thank you very much for reading & contact me if you have any questions.

    Dr. Ben DSM Founder & Chemist of iMedDo.com

    P.S. Besides the main iMedDo.com system that you need to try first, I also have through affiliates: magnesium oil, multi-vitamins, probiotics, fish oil & NEW CBD oil available contact me healthwarrior@imeddo.com if you want to try my new affiliate products, will get links to them online in near future.  Thank you for your patience.  

    Disclaimers: Views & Opinions of Dr. Ben DSM & in this newsletter do not necessarily represent the views & opinions of iMedDo.  iMedDo products are sold as health supplements for health support subject to the FDA disclaimers:  Products Not Evaluated by FDA & not intended to diagnose, cure, prevent or treat disease. Read & Understand the Health Supplement Mindset at iMedDo.com Guide.

    REFERENCES: 

    Singh PP, et al. (2001). Evidence suggesting that high intake of fluoride provokes nephrolithiasis in tribal populations. Urological Research 29(4):238-44.

    Murao H, et al. (2000). Sodium fluoride increases intracellular calcium in rat renal epithelial cell line NRK-52E.Biol Pharm Bull. 23(5):581-4.

  • Halogen Talk: The Evolution of Iodine

    ByHealthWarrior

    Hello Subscribers to iMedDo.com Newsletter,

    Wow February flew by fast! A Lot of things going on this month for me including dancing, funeral, travel & chemistry hobnobbing & this month’s newsletter is on the Evolution of Iodine: “Halogen Talk: Fluorine, Iodine & Tennessine” presented by yours truly Biochemist Ben (Dr. Ben MS DSM)!

    CHINESE NEW YEAR!

    Did you know that as of Feb 5th, we are now officially in the Chinese tradition in the “Year of the Pig”? So happy pig year oink oink! One of my Chinese friends told me that he prefers to call it the “Year of the Boar”.  As a former Texan, I have to agree as when I think of pig, I just think of bacon. Whereas, when I think of a boar, I get images of the tough tusked boar from Game of Thrones TV show that killed King Baratheon.  Like a wild boar this year is going to be totally wild & exciting as was the month of February! 

    If you are not familiar then you should know that the Chinese Zodiac is a bit different than than the Greek Zodiac.  A similarity is they both have a cycle of 12 but the Chinese zodiac is a cycle of 12 years whereas the Greek zodiac is a cycle of 12 months.  Although some of the animals seen similar (ox vs bull & ram vs goat) in greek vs chinese zodiac respectively, actually they are quite different.  Whereas the more familiar Greek zodiac which comes from Egyptian-Vedic-Babylonian-Sumerian sources perhaps concerns the planet EARTH & the procession of the equinoxes as earth travels around the SUN in a year, the Chinese zodiac concerns & approximates the ~12 yr (11.85 orbital year) period of the planet JUPITER & is more concerned with lunar cycles of the MOON.  So don’t try to compare them as they are quite different & likely played a large part in shaping differences in Western vs. Eastern thought.  Myself coming from a Western tradition, I had assumed that if it was your year in the Chinese zodiac that must be your super lucky year! I was shocked to find out that actually they consider when it is your year that it is an unlucky year for you!  So if you were born in the year of the pig be extra aware this year this is your year which means it is not your year! I was born in the year of the Rooster which was last in 2017.  Looking back I had both ups & downs that year a healthy mixture of good & bad.  Regardless of what the zodiac astrology says, I still feel great about 2019 & hope you do too!

    DANCIN’ & DETOXIN’

    My wife Shari & I started teaching Swing Dance in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the local Yoga studio. It has really been fun to shake it on the dance floor & show others the joy of Lindy Hop Swing Dance & how to use Fusion Dance & Eastern Philosophies of movement in our own dance style we call “Lindy Fu”. Like Kung Fu: Tai Chi & healing Chi movements Qigong, Lindy Fu partner dance is a graceful, healing & fun way to move not only your own Chi but that of your partner.  So fun.  If you happen to know anyone in Chatt area have them check out River City Dance Club on FB to find us or find a local dance, chi movement, martial or marital art activity in their area.  Physical activity does wonders for body, balance, mind & work-fun life balance & highly recommended for everyone in addition to eating healthy & detoxing.  The squeezing of the muscles & vibration of head such as from drums in music & dance is a part of the physiological detox process.  Movement stimulates & moves stagnant blood & helps excrete toxins in lymphatic system as part of completing a body nourishing & detoxing circulatory loop.  Give dance or you favorite form of movement or exercise a try if not already part of your routines consider adding. 

    FAMILY & TRAVEL

    Dear readers, I hope your life & family are doing well but as you know life has its ups and downs. After we started teaching our first week of dance we got the call that wife’s grandma passed away in Texas & we flew out & back for the funeral.  Although bitter sweet under the circumstances she lived a long life into her 80’s & it was a good time to reconnect with family & loved ones.  If your year is going great cherish it, if you are going through difficulties it will pass & the pain will lessen over time.  Thankyou all for the condolences & love shared with us in our time of family transition.  If anyone is going through spiritual, family or financial difficulties and wants to talk, I am available for you and am a Priest of “Love is all there is”. 

    DETOX 101

    What I do is I detox.  My philosophy is that there are toxins everywhere in the food, water, air & soil & although it is impossible to avoid them all, that there is something you can do about it: Be mindful & detox.  I believe in the idea of being in a “Constant State of Detox” where you let your body get rid of toxins out faster than you are taking them in for a net reduction in toxins in your body at all time.  If you do this for a prolonged period of time your body will become fully detoxed, you will be much more resilient to poisons, will live a longer & fuller life as your body will operate more smoothly without poisons interfering with your biological & mental & spiritual processes. In order to achieve a negative rate of toxin accumulation so that your body will eventually become fully detoxed, you have two sides of the equation to work with: 1) You can take in toxins more slowly & 2) You can excrete toxins faster.  Only you can do #1.  The best way to do it is to be mindful of your surroundings, avoid polluted areas & avoid contaminated food & water to the best of your ability.  Eliminate or change parts of your life one small change at a time to make each part of your life more healthy.  For #2 the best way to excrete toxins faster is to hydrate & exercise.  Toxins will naturally exit the body through skin when you sweat, urine & gi track. 

    This is Detox 101.  Seems simple right? In the old days perhaps it was but not anymore.  Why not? The environment, food & air are more polluted then in the past.  In a struggle for industrial efficiency since the last 2 world war’s  & the ongoing industrial revolutions, the science of making more efficient food has resulted in mankind merely making “imitation” food. Such imitation food has imitation nutrition & when your body needs fuel & it gets something else strange things can happen usually resulting in lower energy, malnutrition, infection and cancer.  When you eat out or even when your make the food yourself with dubious ingredients it is hard to know what sort of toxins you are taking in.  For many if you have a job in a city or polluted are is hard to move & bad habits of not eating healthy or not exercising can be hard to break. Do what you can when you can and take it one step at a time making one small change at a time for a healthier life everyday.  As for me those of you who know me well know that I’m a mountain man now living totally off grid in a cabin in a low pollution area, but 7 years ago lived in a smoggy city next next to a powerline so I have made efforts to change my life & if you apply yourself you will be amazed at what steps you can take.  Ultimately, you can pick where you live & work & if making changes seems too overwhelming just do one small change at a time.  If nothing else take a few minutes each day to appreciate what you have & to love yourself no matter what your circumstances.  One of the biggest threats to your food even if real not imitation are preservatives.  If you are scared of food poisoning please know you don’t have to fear anymore, just keep a bottle of NeuSilver around and do 7-10 drops if you eat something that makes your tummy start feeling funny. Preservatives may keep food from spoiling but they also keep your gut’s natural bacteria from breaking them down resulting in less nutrition gained.  When you avoid preservatives it forces you to eat fresher food.  Yes eating healthy can be more expensive sometimes 3x more expensive but your body is worth it.  A strong body is required for a strong mind & protect both.

    EVOLUTION OF IODINE

    Chemistry Background

    Yes, I’m a chemist so I will talk a bit of chemistry. Even if you didn’t take chemistry in school or don’t remember, the nice thing is that the field of chemistry has a nice summary table called “Periodic Table of the Elements”.  It is a 2 dimensional representation of some very weird 3-D repeating helix like properties of the elements known to be made up of protons, neutrons & electrons where every one that has a different number of protons is a different element.  Each element can have different numbers of neutrons called different “isotopes” & the “atomic mass” or weight of each element is an average of the mass of the ones found in nature & in general will have the same number of electrons as protons & can also exist in more complex forms of multiple elements together (compounds) & have different number of electrons than protons (different oxidation states).  Some elemental isotopes are stable & some are unstable, depending on the ratio of neutrons to protons, & many elements which do not exist in nature have been created artificially by slamming smaller elements into larger ones to keep increasing the atomic number (# of protons) to create more and more elements.  The periodic table like the 7 chakras as 7 energy levels or rows called “Periods” where the word period comes from female moon reproductive cycle meaning repeating & are also arranged in columns called “groups” with 8 main groups repeated like musical octaves & a perfect 10 additional groups squeezed in between the 2nd & 3rd notes of the octave and a strange group of 15 (called the lanthanoids & actinoids) also in there as well which stick out like a sore thumb as does Hydrogen #1 proton the building block of all & Helium #2 at the top sticking out like horns on either side.  It’s a strange 2-D table to be sure, but from it many cool patterns can be seen & is required learning for all chemists or anyone who wants to know more about the physical construction of the things we can touch or feel which are all made up of elements.  The elements can be classified into chemical “families” which simplified into 3 families are called 1. Metals (3 families of Metals: Alkali Earth Metals, Alkaline Metals, Transition Metals) 2. Noble Gases 3. Halogens.  The metals are very broad & table is usually expressed as 5 families & other classification exist such as dividing into 9 families.   The Noble gases are inert (non-reactive) and thus not much use for biology (that I know of), the metals are crazy & interesting some critical to biology, some toxic some like the noble metals copper, silver & gold have amazing electrical & thermal properties, however, metals are not the subject of this newsletter. Instead I want to focus on the Halogen family which is super important to biology because it contains elements almost all toxic except for one which sticks out like sore thumb as being critically important: iodine!  As a chemist, biochemist & essentially iodine nutritionist,  iodine is my favorite element which is why I built the iMedDo detox system around it with silver & gold in correct colloidal forms to complement it.  There is a lot to learn about iodine for any chemists interested check out my papers which can be found at www.linkedin.com/in/bengoins.

    Halogen Family!

    An area of interest on the periodic table are the halogen family.  It consists of the elements of atomic number 9 (fluorine), 17 (chlorine), 35 (bromine), 53 (iodine), 85 (Astatine), 117 (Tennessine).

    Humans are always looking for beautiful repeating patterns in nature of which many exist & many can be seen from the periodic table. There must be an overarching energy holding all elements together in a repeating framework & this framework of energy & repeating patterns & its laws must be obeyed & harnessed by all creation & living beings to exist & change. There is more unknown than know about creation & everyone would be wise to remember that.   When the Russian scientist Mendeleev put together what is now the basic outline of what we call the periodic table, he was in disbelief later in life that there was a whole CHEMICAL FAMILY that he missed, the noble gases!  Just as he missed this & just as we have just found & name new elements in recent years, it is possible there could still be whole families still missing so wise to remember that science is still a work in progress & natural laws are there whether we have discovered them yet or not.  Perhaps all will be revealed in time but until then the highest honor for a chemist is to simply name an element for their country or state.  The most recent honor went to my local state area of Tennessee with the most recent addition to the halogen family of Tennessine!.  Congrats Tennessee! 

    DISCUSSION OF HALOGEN FAMILY

    Iodine at #53 atomic number is the largest naturally existing Halogen & is the only one that is good for you as all the smaller ones: fluorine #9, chlorine #17, bromine #35 are very toxic & bad for human health.  The only exception is the salt form of chlorine called chloride which is okay.  Have you heard of sodium chloride table salt for instance?.   The salt form of chlorine is represented by Cl- with minus sign indicative of an extra electron which has negative charge & in the same way iodine in salt form is iodide I-. & bromide Br-, and Fluoride Fl-.   Additionally halogens like to exist in bi-molecular compounds consisting of two atoms of the same molecular such as Fl2, Cl2, Br2, I2 which can exist in different chemical states (solid, liquid or gas).  Gases can be compressed into liquids or can be suspended or dissolved in liquids & can with further compression or reduction in temperature can exist as solids. Bi-molecular halogens are very reactive & frequently used in chemical reactions.  The larger than iodine halogens Astatine #85 and recently discovered/synthesized Tennessine #117 are of no biological significance as they do not exist in nature and can only be produced in very small quantities by nuclear chemists using expensive linear accelerators.  However, is worth noting that they are expected to be extremely hazardous to health as would be larger than and would replace iodine in the body with damage to thyroid, pineal, breast & ovarian tissue expected to be the most noticeable & have seen some studies on Astatine confirming my theory.  So for practical purposes only the first 4 in the halogen family need be considered for health purposes.  In general the word “Halogen” with the exception of Iodine is synonymous with “Super Toxic” in the health, nutrition, biochemistry, and alternative medicine parlance but is synonymous with “Super Exciting & Reactive” in the chemistry & nuclear chemistry parlance.

    Whereas most chemists look at the periodic table as a place to practice nuclear chemistry to try to make bigger & bigger elements & to make nuclear weapons (actually best weapon is made with the smallest #1 Hydrogen), as a biochemist & biophysicist interested in nutrition & medicinal usage, I am looking at the periodic table very differently. Firstly, I’m looking at the it to heal not kill.  Secondly, I don’t care about all the new radioactive elements (except how to detox them) and especially don’t care about all the synthetic elements which do not exist in nature but only exist in microscopic quantities inside linear accelerators.  So when I look at the halogen family the thing that begs the question is WHY ARE ALL THE HALOGENS (EXCEPT IODINE) SO TOXIC & WHY IS IODINE SO GOOD FOR YOU INSTEAD? Is there some reason on the periodic table that can be seen? I know a lot but much is still unknown but now for the first time dear reader I will give you my thoughts and working hypothesis on the above question.  My current working hypothesis about why iodine is so good and the rest of the halogens are so bad is that because iodine was an abundant & reactive element in salt & later molecular & other oxidation state forms in the ancient oceans, that all life evolved to use it for their reactions.  A key reaction is that iodine & all the halogens are useful for binding and interacting with metals & the metal family is very vast with many properties.  A key metal of importance in the ancient ocean is Calcium (an alkali metal) in salt form Ca2+ were the ability to re-arrange calcium such as in calcium carbonate became a critical competitive advantage for all organisms as they used it to form coral, & shells & bones (our bones are like our internal coral structure).  Of all the relevant halogens  (fluoride, chlorine, bromine, iodine) the ONLY ONE THAT IS INSOLUBLE WITH CALCIUM IS FLUORIDE!  So the presence of fluoride is very toxic as it STOPS the ability of calcium to be re-arranged.  Calcium not only is used in building coral & bones but is used in many signaling pathways & many early proteins which evolved to bind & process calcium such as calmodulin & many proteins in the ocean such as green fluorescent protein in jelly fish rely on calcium level signaling, and in humans our neurons & heart & even muscle contraction relies on calcium signaling which is so important.  IT SEEMS TO ME PROCESSING CALCIUM WAS A KEY COMPONENT OF SEA BIOLOGY EVOLUTION & THUS IS STILL SO IN HUMANS MILLIONS OF YEARS LATER! And a key corollary to this hypothesis is that it is extremely toxic if the calcium gets stuck.  The primary way the calcium gets stuck is if it binds to FLUORIDE halogen. Fluroide is a known neurotoxin in human which is not surprising since there is a calcium pathway in neuronal plasticity (ability of neurons to grow, change & learn). 

    The Insolubility of Fluoride

    I think the insolubility of calcium fluoride may have been a key driving factor of evolution and of larger halogens to detox it where iodine became the nutrient of choice because it was the largest of the halogens, could bind to and assist in moving around the most number of metals & is able to replace/detox all the other smaller halogens which besides fluoride became non-preferred. 

    Calcium Carbonate Acquisition

    If you look at limestone made from ancient  coral shells of sea critters or living modern sea critters you will see their shells are made of calcium carbonate where carbonate is a compound of carbon (atomic #4) and oxygen (atomic #16).  It is interesting to note that carbonate can form carbonic acid (like bubble in a coke) which can be acidic & acid can dissolve or assist in rearranging bone/shell/coral just as the carbonic acid in a coke can dissolve your teeth.  Additionally it is known that iodine which likes to form a di-atomic molecular form when not in water (such as in early sea critter membranes, now in milk & thyroid tissue in humans for instance) likes to react similar to oxygen in its chemical reactivity as oxygen also likes to form a di-atomic molecular compound & both oxygen gas & iodine gas diatomic forms are highly reactive.  Oxygen is so reactive that much of chemistry talks about redox (reduction or oxidation reactions) where oxidation refers to the loss of electrons & reduction refers to the gain of electrons as oxygen (and iodine) like to “steal electrons”.  There is no doubt that there are likely whole classes of “oxidation” actually “iodination” chemical reactions in biological tissues which have not even been discovered or studied yet.  The reason is most chemistry in the body is limited to fluids such as urine are blood whereas measuring  levels of suspended colloidal or molecularly crowded proteins inside of cellular tissues or membranes is much harder.  Regardless, iodine is believed to be used in every cell of the human body which makes sense if iodine as I believe was an early calcium modulator to remove insoluble fluoride so that the early life could re-arrange calcium as needed without hindrance for signaling & protection. 

    THOUGHTS & QUESTIONS TO PONDER

    How different are the cells inside our bones really from early life sea coral?  Are our bones calcium carbonate repositories where the calcium is designed to be deposited & dissolved at will according to calcium level & other signals? Is the primary toxicity of fluoride halogen because it makes calcium get stuck as I suspect?  Are there any reasons besides larger size that made evolution prefer iodine as a nutrient while shunning the smaller halogens as toxic?  Why is chloride tolerated is it used as a cheap and abundant way to try to flush insoluble fluoride when life evolved away from the ocean where iodine salt form became less abundant and tissues came to rely on molecular iodine forms for oxidation like reactions in the tissues? 

    Biological Prehistory: Ocean Salt to Life

    Iodine in salt form iodide occurs in abundance in the salts of the world’s oceans & ultimately most sources of iodine harvested to day come from ancient oceans such as the deep mining sources used by iMedDo.  When heated the salt form can combine into a molecular gas form & resublimate (when gas cools directly to a solid) which may happen naturally from volcanic activity or thermal vents.  At some point ocean critters developed membranes to separate the salt water & to perform chemical reactions on either side of or through the membranes and become more & more complex from prokaryotic to eukaryotic to multi-cellular as time progressed.  Since earth is believed to be 4.5 billion years old & oldest fossils are 3.5 billion years old this was believed to have occurred quite a while ago during that time period roughly 4 billion years ago.  Based on Sumerian religious cuneiform documents, it was believed life might be much older than that if it came from waters on the planet Mars (Marduke) which may have smacked into the proto-earth (Tiamat) which imparted the seed of life (DNA? Micro-organisms?) to our planet (Ki/Gaia).  If that is the case then this evolution could have happened even before 4.5 billion years ago and it is true that evidence of ancient oceans have been found on Mars.  So maybe one day soon we will find more clarity on this issue when Elon Musk & world governments succeed in going to Mars more often & sharing what they have learned especially if any fossils are found in ancient martian dried up oceans. Here on earth the evidence for ancient oceans are everywhere.  Where I live in the mountains near the Lookout mountain range, there is limestone everywhere which was made from the calcium carbonate of sea organism shells when this area was underwater approximately 300 million years ago! Wow! Is there limestone on Mars I wonder?  Until more Mars missions occur, then is all speculation, but iodine in salt water likely been here at least 4 billion years+ and has no doubt heavily influenced the course of evolution through being involved in ocean critter chemistry.  The nervous system of a giant squid is remarkably similar to a human neuron nerve cell in that it uses the salts sodium (Na+) & potassium (K+) kept in disequilibrium separated by a membrane when can then be allowed to cross the membrane to stimulate an action potential to make the nerve fire.  In a similar way iodide salt (I-) in the ocean was used by living organisms which somehow grew to also prefer the molecular form to be used in their tissues & membranes which likely evolved and was conserved as critters crawled out of the ocean onto land & eventually evolved in mammals, monkeys & humans in evolutionary theory.  Calcium processing is no doubt very important to ancient ocean life for making coral, protective shells, & extends to modern humans even perhaps as our bones are like coral structures for our body to use on land.

    Iodine in Human Prehistory & History: Bread

    The use of iodine goes as far back in human history as does the making of bread & beer.  Sumerian times or before no-one really knows at least 7-10 thousand years ago as evidence of ancient bread making goes back at least 8 thousand years in areas such as ancient Iraq. Although, Iodine was not known by that name, it was known that both salty bread (from ocean salts such as in dead sea area) & mother’s milk had certain nutrition properties related to wisdom & dreaming.  I found a great 2 thousand year old Armenian tradition that if a woman had two suitors that she was supposed to eat salty bread which would stimulate her to have a dream & then whichever man brought her water was the correct one to marry! Wow talk about specific! Why would bread stimulate dreaming? Looking back it obvious to me that is because the bread contained iodide the salt form of iodine. The tradition of putting iodide form of iodine in bread goes all the way up to modern time & was even popular in America until about the 20’s when was replaced by poisonous versions brominated flour (contains bromide form of bromine halogen instead of iodine) & bleached flour (contains toxic chlorine halogen instead of iodine).  Since then many health problems have resulted & we need to go back to iodinated not other toxic halogenated bread.

    Iodine in Human Prehistory & History: Milk

    Actually, the history of iodine goes all the way back to the beginning of human species & before.   Iodine is concentrated in the fat of mother’s sacred breast milk which is the complete nourishment needed for a human baby.  Although there are many healthy nutrients in breast milk, iodine is the one directly related to intelligence.  There are many ancient Hindu-Egyptian-Greco-Roman depictions of the Snake of Wisdom drinking milk as milk is & was known to have all sort of benefits for wisdom & detoxifiction and even anti-snake venom properties and was and still should be considered sacred across time by many cultures & religions.   In modern times, iodine as an independent chemical element with atomic #53 on the periodic table was not discovered until 1811 by a Frenchman who got a purple gas in his face when trying to make gun powder & was named after the greek word for the color “violet”.  Note that although NeuIodine in liquid form looks amber not violet, if you put it on a carbohydrate such as a piece of paper or a potato it will turn purple with the exception of papers covered in flame retardant.  Try it! In metaphysics iodine is always associated with the color purple, the 3rd Eye/Pineal & is known to stimulate dreaming which is now known scientifically to be caused by its ability to flush out calcium fluoride (decalcify & defluoridate) the pineal gland in the brain which when re-activated results in dreams.  In ancient history there have no doubt been many religions & priests & priestesses who have used iodine either from salty bread or milk to stimulate dreaming & many such dream stellae in ancient egypt have been found in modern archeology.  If you know anyone who had drank too much fluoride & can no longer dream, give them a drop of NeuIodine on their skin and they will dream that night! Try it! Why does this work? As discussed calcium fluoride is insoluble. This fact and it’s ability to get stuck in and deactivate bone & calcium signaling in tissue & iodine’s ability to unstick the calcium & restore function is one of the great “miracles” of iodine chemistry.  

    Thank you very much for reading & contact me if you have any questions.  

    Dr. Ben DSM Founder & Chemist of iMedDo.com

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