Re: [cancercured] Re: So, is it the final consensus that copper is very bad?

Hi Jim,

I am not a health practitioner, but I wanted to talk a bit about thyroid
stuff.

I do not think low thyroid function is tied to cancer at all. There are
elements that are common with both, however.

If you supplement for a disease you do not have, I fear you may harm
yourself. Do you know if your thyroid function is low?

I believe the reason alternative doctors are trying to get cancer
patients to use thyroid supplements is to speed up their metabolism in
order to help "clear" the cancer as an assist to other methods of cancer
elimination.

We are all very different, of course, but I have been using thyroid
supplements for hypothyroidism for 12 years. I have my thyroid checked
yearly and I can tell you that I am always slightly hyper. This did not
keep me from developing cancer, unfortunately.

My personal opinion is that you do not need to use thyroid supplements.
You can support your thyroid by using kelp alone. Or, you can order an
iodine loading test from http://www.breastcancerchoices.org. It costs
$80 and results will be sent to either you or your doctor. But a doctor
will need to interpret them. If you are low in iodine, then you can
supplement with iodoral.

Another good thing to do to support your thyroid is to learn about
adrenal fatigue. I believe this to be a more major cancer problem than
low thyroid function. Supporting your adrenals will help you all
around.

Anyway, these are my thoughts. I wish you luck.

ar

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:26:40 -0000, "jrrjim" <jim.mcelroy10@yahoo.com>
said:
> And if a cancer patient has excessive copper in his/her hair, does
> this then mean they should restrict copper intake as much as
> possible, especially from supplements (and liver, and shellfish)? Or
> is other intervention necessary, such as the "TM" drug mentioned in
> several scientific journal papers?
>
> I consider this a major issue because of the fact that hypothyroidism
> is being identified as a contributing aspect to cancer, and so many
> cancer patients are being told to take thyroid supplements, and MOST
> of those supplements (that I have looked at -- albeit a non-
> scientific survey) contain significant amounts of copper. Perhaps
> the makers of such supplements need to make "copper free" versions.
>
> Here is the make up of a typical thyroid supplement which was
> recommended to me: (per 2 pills -- I was told to take 9 a day)
>
> vitamin A: 2500 IU
> Iodine (from Kelp) 150 mcg
> Selenium 50 mcg
> copper 1 mg
> manganese 2 mg
> rubidium 25 mcg
> Lamb pituitary 40 mg
> acidophilus 100 mg
> Tyrosine 10 units
> SOD 20 mcg
> catalase 20 mcg
>
> It looks like a really good supplement except for that copper.
--
Arlyn Grant
arlynsg@123mail.org

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