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Letters

component that I had left out. I recently ing for one-and-one-half months. The teeth. On a recent trip to the dentist, the
found a painful lump in my breast that bleeding started on holiday and I had dentist confirmed that the active decay
really frightened me. How could this to make an emergency trip to a doctor in his baby teeth has changed colour in
be happening with my diet? Through who gave me oral progesterone. That the last week or so. I believe that the
research, what I now understand is that helped for a few days but didn’t stop the decay is beginning to become inactive.
most women get these lumps and that flow. I returned from holiday and went It is such a relief for me as a mother to
they are cysts. I also learned that doing straight to my gynecologist, who told know that we are treating his decay us-
regular breast lymphatic self-massage me to go back on the contraceptive pill. ing natural foods and that his long term
will help these cysts drain, improve As that didn’t help either, I was given health is so much safer.
breast health and help prevent them from progesterone by injection. Again three Alice Carr
forming in the future. Within three days weeks after, I was back at my doctor, Melbourne, Australia
of following the massage protocol, the still bleeding, to be told the next step
cyst disappeared by 80 percent! What a was a D and C (dilation and curettage, ATOMIDINE
revelation! Unfortunately, because of the or scraping of the uterus), which would Regarding your article on iodine
media attention to breast lumps, most be followed by another procedure. (Summer, 2009), at least two websites
women are scared to death when they I followed your suggestions to take advise that the current product marketed
find a lump, and then they panic. I was three tablespoons of cod liver oil each as Atomidine has not been manufac-
so thankful to have learned this holistic, day along with plenty of butter. So for tured in accordance with the Cayce
caring information from a project called the next five days I began each day recommendations for many years now.
“The Breast Health Project.” with buttered toast and cod liver oil, See Phil Thomas at www.iodinesource.
Here is the site on breast self-care: all washed down with a glass of juice! com and John Brookshire at www.mag-
www.breasthealthproject.com. It says I was really wondering whether it was nascent.com. Note that they each offer
that “Women find that this massage re- going to work. On day five the bleeding an alternative version of “detoxified
duces breast pain, breast swelling, PMS stopped for a few hours and I started to iodine” which they present as based on
breast symptoms, cystic issues, calcifi- feel hope again. On day six my bleeding the Cayce protocol.
cations and even fear of breast cancer” stopped completely and I haven’t had I have been using the Detoxified
and that “The Breast Health Project has any since! Iodine from Phil and am going to
created a new model of breast care based Thank you for what you do. I am try John’s version. One of my close
on holistic medicine, using the best of sharing my good news with all my friends, age seventy-eight, had been
eastern and western therapies.” friends. on Synthroid for years and was able to
Paired with a nutrient-dense, tra- Pam from Singapore discontinue it the first week she tried
ditional diet, lymphatic massage sheds Phil’s iodine.
a refreshing light on the possibilities of TOOTH DECAY HALTED Richard J. Fitts
truly taking charge of our health. I would like to thank you for your Virginia Beach, Virginia
Marion Davidson clear direction regarding my son’s tooth
Chicago, Illinois health. I was very concerned when the HELP FOR THYROID PROBLEMS
dentist confirmed widespread tooth I really enjoyed the articles about
GOOD NEWS decay in his baby teeth. Based on your iodine in Wise Traditions (Summer,
I am writing to say a sincere thank advice, he has been having raw milk and 2009), especially Dr. Rind’s article
you for your advice and wisdom. Feeling taking the cod liver oil and high-vitamin about thyroid and adrenals. These issues
very desperate, I wrote to the Founda- butter oil for three months now, and have been serious health problems of
tion requesting advice. I had been bleed- already I can see an improvement in his mine which I have been able to manage

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