Introduction to Bromine Toxicity
I've written a lot about iodine at AlivenHealthy because it's such an important nutrient and every American and most people in developed countries are deficient. In my opinion, correcting this deficiency is one of the first steps a person can take toward finding a cure for Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's disease, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and other neurological disease. If you've been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, Lewy Body Dementia (or any of the other related diseases) and you're searching for a cure, I always recommend that people start with treatments that are widely available and that will do no harm. Lugol's iodine has a broad impact on many systems of the body. In other words, it might help you get rid of cystitis while simultaneously curing breast cancer. But as I mention cystitis, I have to remember my days working in nursing homes and long-term care as a nursing assistant. Often, elderly patients with urinary tract infections or bladder irritation would develop dementia as a result of a UTI or cystitis. So, consider the fact that Bromine Toxicity and Iodine Deficiency is often the root cause of cystitis and sometimes also chronic UTIs. When the cystitis or UTI cleared up, so did the dementia. Holistic medicine acknowledges that these connections exist though doctors regularly deny it. What I'm trying to say is, if you're searching for a cure for Lewy Body Disease or Multiple Sclerosis or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, read anything you can, particularly about holistic remedies to learn more about cures for these disease. Often the cure for Parkinson's Disease and other disorders are elegantly simple and surprising.In particular, be sure to read more about Iodine Deficiency and Vitamin B12 Deficiency as a root cause of neurological disease including dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Aphasia, and more. Note that if your doctor won't give you or a loved one a vitamin B12 injection just to see if it can reverse dementia or other neurological diseases, you can self-administer vitamin B12 topically through the skin using Dimethylsulfoxide.
Bromine is an element that competes with iodine in the body. It sits right above iodine on the periodic table, which means that these two elements (bromine and iodine) share certain characteristics and behaviors. Unfortunately, while Bromine can be absorbed by the body and the body often confuses bromine as iodine (because bromine’s chemical structure is similar to that of iodine), bromine does not satisfy the body’s needs as iodine does. In fact, bromine competes with iodine and therefore contributes to the problem of iodine deficiency. Bromine is nearly ubiquitous in the United States. People are regularly exposed to bromine through the following channels:
- Commercial bread products:
- Brominated Vegetable Oil:
In Wisconsin, a man opened a can of Mountain Dew and found a dead mouse in the can. When the man sought legal damages, Pepsi responded with the claim that a mouse would turn into a “jelly-like substance” if submerged in Mountain Dew because of the presence of brominated vegetable oil. Mountain Dew won the case on the basis of this fact [2].
Soft drinks that contain brominated vegetable oil:
- Mountain Dew.
- Squirt.
- Fanta Orange.
- Sunkist Pineapple.
- Gatorade Thirst Quencher Orange.
- Powerade Strawberry Lemonade.
- Fresca Original Citrus.
- Brominated Flame Retardants (PBDE’s):
- Silver bromide:
- Ethylene bromide:
- Bromomethane:
- Pharmaceuticals:
- High-density drilling fluids
- Dyes:
- Water Treatment and Swimming Pools:
- More:
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References
[1] Yoquinto, L. (2012). The Truth About Potassium Bromate. Retrieved December 26, 2018 from https://www.livescience.com/36206-truth-potassium-bromate-food-additive.html
[2] MightyNest (2012). BVO: Cloudy Chemical Used in Citrus Soft Drinks. Retrieved December 26, 2018 fro https://mightynest.com/articles/bvo-cloudy-chemical-used-in-citrus-soft-drinks
[3] Wikipedia (2018). Bromine. Retrieved December 26, 2018 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine#Applications