NUTRITION:

NUTRITION: Live to eat or eat to live?”

Food types we eat:
When choosing foods from each food type - the details matter
	Fruits / Veggies	Legumes
	Fats / Oils	Nuts / Seeds
	Meat	Grains
	Fish	Beverages
	Dairy	Sweeteners
	Eggs	Herbs, spices, salt

Nutrients we need:
	Glucose	Provided by carbohydrates; needed to produce cellular energy
	Amino acids	Protein building blocks
	Fatty Acids	Fat building blocks
	Fiber	Stool softener and intestinal sweeping brush
	Antioxidants / Vitamins	Neutralize oxidants. Vitamins (A, B, C, D, E ), phytonutrients(carotenoids, polyphenols), others (CoQ10)
	Minerals	~ 25 of the 92 naturally occurring major and trace mineral elements are essential for life. Magnesium, sulfur, selenium, zinc, manganese may not be sufficiently present in diet and may need to be supplemented.
	Enzymes	Make things happen! Composed of amino acid chains, enzymes act as catalysts to speed up biochemical reactions in our body.
	Probiotics – “For Life!”	More than 2/3 of your immune system is in your gut, dependent on a healthy presence of microflora.
	Food electrons	Needed for cellular energy production

Harmful Foods / Practices
	Genetically modified foods / GMOs	GM plant or animal foods having adverse health-effects. DNA molecules from bacteria, viruses, insects, plants, animals, humans are combined to form new genes to transfer to plants for herbal tolerance of weed-killer and / or insect-resistance, or animals / fish for selective breeding of desirable traits
	Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
	Aspartame	This sugar-free sweetener is a neurotoxin
	Sucralose	0 calorie sweetener is a harmful organochlorine
	Chlorination	Disease-causing disinfectant in your water
	Fluoridation	Mega health fraud
	Microwaved food - Not so convenient for your health
Harmful when eaten to excess
	High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
	Too much fructose
	Too much sugar
	Too much caffeine
	Antinutrients	Particularly lectins (e.g. prolamins, agglutinins) and phytate in IMPROPERLY prepared WHOLE grains, seeds, nuts and legumes. Lectins can cause a “leaky gut” inflammation leading to IBS, allergies, asthma, arthritis, anemia, obesity, +++ ; Phytate can cause malabsorption of magnesium, calcium, iron, copper, and zinc;
	Alcohol	Moderation is the key
Good general food choices
	Daily 'No-brainer' 💡 "Make-it-Happen" smoothie:	This daily drink with supporting supplements contains nutrients typically missing from our diet to restore / maintain physical and mental health. It includes the Rath-Pauling therapy at maintenance level providing important antioxidant vitamin C and amino acids for building collagen, also Omega-3 fats, magnesium, iodine, and vitamin D

	RECOMMENDED DAILY SUPPLEMENTS CHART
	Grown in your native environment	i.e. locally grown and in season
	Organic – What does that mean?	Natural, unprocessed and organic (chemical/GMO-free).
	Glycemic Index (GI) vs. Glycemic Load (GL)	A food's glycemic index indicates how much it raises blood sugar, but its glycemic load (GL) gives a gives a truer comparison between foods, since it accounts for typical serving size.
	What foods does the bible say are good to eat or not?
	Cooking to preserve nutrients	Aim for at least 1/3 raw. Raw food contains enzymes, which are destroyed by heat. Some nutrients are made more bioavailable by heating, some are destroyed.
	ACID / ALKALINE BALANCE
	ANTIOXIDANT / OXIDANT BALANCE

Harmful Foods / Practices
	Genetically modified foods / GMOs	GM plant or animal foods having adverse health-effects. DNA molecules from bacteria, viruses, insects, plants, animals, humans are combined to form new genes to transfer to plants for herbal tolerance of weed-killer and / or insect-resistance, or animals / fish for selective breeding of desirable traits
	Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
	Aspartame	This sugar-free sweetener is a neurotoxin
	Sucralose	0 calorie sweetener is a harmful organochlorine
	Chlorination	Disease-causing disinfectant in your water
	Fluoridation	Mega health fraud
	Microwaved food - Not so convenient for your health
Harmful when eaten to excess
	High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
	Too much fructose
	Too much sugar
	Too much caffeine
	Antinutrients	Particularly lectins (e.g. prolamins, agglutinins) and phytate in IMPROPERLY prepared WHOLE grains, seeds, nuts and legumes. Lectins can cause a “leaky gut” inflammation leading to IBS, allergies, asthma, arthritis, anemia, obesity, +++ ; Phytate can cause malabsorption of magnesium, calcium, iron, copper, and zinc;
	Alcohol	Moderation is the key

Good nutritional choices
	Daily 'No-brainer' 💡 "Make-it-Happen" smoothie:	This daily drink with supporting supplements contains nutrients typically missing from our diet to restore / maintain physical and mental health. It includes the Rath-Pauling therapy at maintenance level providing important antioxidant vitamin C and amino acids for building collagen, also Omega-3 fats, magnesium, iodine, and vitamin D

	RECOMMENDED DAILY SUPPLEMENTS CHART
	Grown in your native environment	i.e. locally grown and in season
	Organic – What does that mean?	Natural, unprocessed and organic (chemical/GMO-free).
	Glycemic Index (GI) vs. Glycemic Load (GL)	A food's glycemic index indicates how much it raises blood sugar, but its glycemic load (GL) gives a gives a truer comparison between foods, since it accounts for typical serving size.
	What foods does the bible say are good to eat or not?
	Cooking to preserve nutrients	Aim for at least 1/3 raw. Raw food contains enzymes, which are destroyed by heat. Some nutrients are made more bioavailable by heating, some are destroyed.
	ACID / ALKALINE BALANCE
	ANTIOXIDANT / OXIDANT BALANCE

Iodine against thyroid disorders

IODINE:

Iodine is used to make thyroid hormones

Thyroid hormone production. Dietary iodine is rapidly absorbed by the intestinal tract, chiefly as iodide, and is then transported by the blood to the thyroid gland. There, iodide is oxidized to iodine and combined with the amino acid tyrosine to produce mono- and di-iodotyrosines (MIT and DIT). Further conversion results in the formation of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), taking place in the thyroid epithelial cells.

Thyroid Gland Hormones – Control Metabolism, Protein Synthesis and Growth

Iodine has been used for >100 years against hypo- and hyper-thyroidism

Dr. Abraham and other thyroid experts have learned that tremendous health benefits ensue by providing whole body iodine sufficiency (i.e. saturating the body with sufficient iodine to supply all its tissues)

Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism. Whole body iodine sufficiency is the treatment of choice for both hypothyroidism (underactivity of the thyroid gland) and hyperthyroid (overactivity of the thyroid gland) with or without goiter. Doctors achieved up to 90% cure rate with hyperthyroidism by using high daily doses (6-37mg) of iodine doses which were equally effective in resolving cases of hypothyroidism. Used for more than 100 years, this dose level was once considered normal, but is now generally espoused as being high by today’s medical profession.

Thyroiditis. Researcher Dr. Guy Abraham has observed several cases of thyroiditis that have been corrected by the simple replacement of iodine.

Iodine protects thyroid against damage

Iodine protects thyroid against damage by H2O2. High TSH produces hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), which together with iodide is used to form thyroid hormone (TH). A lack of iodide may produce oxidative stress by increasing levels of H₂O₂ (since the H₂O₂has not been used to produce TH).

Iodine increases the production of thyroid hormone back to normal in hypothyroidism

Iodine therapy allows the sluggish thyroid gland to resume normal production of thyroid hormone. Resolving the problem.

Use iodine / iodide in preference to thyroid hormone supplementation. Unfortunately, the mainstream medical treatment prescribed for hypothyroidism and goiter is T4 hormones, instead of simply supplying the missing iodine. Also, although T4 hormones deal with thyroid enlargement (hypertrophy), they do not reduce the risk of hyperplasia (increased cellular reproduction rate i.e. cancer risk ) when the thyroid is iodine-deficient, whereas high-level iodine supplementation decreases both thyroid enlargement and cancer-risk. (Abraham, 2004)
Synthetic thyroid hormone supplementation significantly increases breast cancer risk

Thyroid Replacement Hormones

Iodine can provide the solution to hyperthyroidism

Sufficient iodine prevents damage to TPO enzyme, which would otherwise lead to stimulation of TH production. With an iodine deficiency, there will not be enough substrate (i.e. iodine) for thyroid cells to produce iodinated lipids. Lack of iodinated lipids, such as É—-iodolactone, results in a loss of the ‘brake’ in the pathway to oxidize iodide, which may result in a temporary production of too much hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), which can damage the enzyme TPO.

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) stimulates cellular mitochondrial energy-production, which produces H₂O₂ as a by-product. With sufficient iodide, this H₂O₂ is employed in the organification of iodide to iodine to make TH via thyroid peroxidase enzymes (TPO). Without the iodide substrate, the excess H₂O₂ is able to damage TPO, leading to TPO antibodies stimulating the TSH receptors and proliferating the hyperactive cycle.

An 80+ year-old study used 9 mg iodide daily to control goiter in adolescent girls. (Marine & KImball, 1917; Marine, 1923)

References

Abraham (2004) The concept of orthoiodosupplementation and its clinical implications. The Original Internist, 11(2):29-38

Jorge D. Flechas, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director of Flechas Family Practice in Hendersonville, NC. specializes in Iodine Therapy for Hypothyroidism and Fibrocystic Breast Disease. Dr. Flecha’s youtube video

Marine D, Kimball BS. (1917) The prevention of simple goiter in man. J Lab Clin Med; 3:40-48.

Marine D. (1923) Prevention and treatment of simple goiter. Atl Med J; 26:437-442.