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A site guest submitted this information, below, today in a comments field on 3.19.2011 and it seemed thorough and timely. I am rep-posting it for everyone.
Residues, the Effects of Radiation, and Radioactive Contamination
These Herbs and foods can also be used for many other Health challenges– This sure gives me a lot of peace of mind. ~J
It’s sad but true that there are thousands of scientific references
and medical studies out there on the fact that radiation and
radioactivity can harm you, yet despite millions of dollars spent by
the government to study radiation, virtually nothing is available
about a detoxification diet or nutritional supplements you might use
if you are exposed to radioactive contamination.
Here’s some of the information we do know from the only book in the
world on the topic. Keep this information in the back of your mind
as it may one day help save you or someone you know.
Most people are aware taking potassium iodide (KI) or potassium
iodate (KIO3) tablets will help block your thyroid gland from
absorbing radioactive iodine should there ever be a dirty bomb
explosion or nuclear power plant mishap such as the Three Mile
Island incident. In 1999, another such accident happened in
Tokaimura, Japan where several individuals died from radiation
exposure in a fuel processing facility.
What people don’t recognize is that potassium iodide or iodate
tablets only protect the thyroid gland and do not provide protection
from any other radiation exposure, so taking them should not give
you a false sense of security. It’s important to detox your body
after radioactive exposure!
One question is, what do you do if KI or KIO3 tablets aren’t
available during an emergency? Interestingly enough, according to
research by Ken Miller, health physicist at the Hershey Medical
Center, he found that an adult could get a blocking dose of stable
iodine by painting 8 ml of a 2 percent tincture of Iodine on the
abdomen or forearm approximately 2 hours prior to I-131
contamination. Potassium iodine tablets are best, but if they’re not
available this is the next best thing.
An entirely different problem arises after you’ve been exposed to
radioactive contamination because now you have to get rid of any
radioactive particles you may have ingested through the air you
breathed, water you drank, or food you ate. Some people suggest
Epson salt, Clorox or clay baths to remove any residues on your skin
and to leach out any heavy metals you may have absorbed, but the big
worry is internal contamination. To gain some insights into what to
do, we have to turn to the story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
At the time of the atomic bombing, Tatsuichiro Akizuki, M.D. was
Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Francis’s
Hospital in Nagasaki and he fed his staff and patients a strict diet of brown rice, miso and tamari soy
soup, wakame, kombu and other seaweed, Hokkaido pumpkin, and sea
salt. He also prohibited the
consumption of sugar and sweets since they suppress the
immune system.
By imposing this diet on his staff and patients, no one succumbed to
radiation poisoning whereas the occupants of hospitals located much
further away from the blast incident suffered severe radiation
fatalities.
Much of this positive result has to do with the fact that the sea vegetables contain substances that bind
radioactive particles and escort them out of the body. This is why
seaweed sales usually skyrocket after radiation disasters, and why
various seaweeds and algae are typically used to treat radiation
victims.
In Chernobyl, for instance, spirulina
was used to help save many children from radiation poisoning. By
taking 5 grams of spirulina a day for 45 days, the Institute of
Radiation Medicine in Minsk even proved that children on this
protocol experienced enhanced immune systems, T-cell counts and
reduced radioactivity. Israeli scientists have since treated
Chernobyl children with doses of natural beta
carotene from Dunaliella algae and proved that it helped
normalize their blood chemistry. Chlorella
algae, a known immune system builder and heavy metal
detoxifier, has also shown radioprotective effects. Because they
bind heavy metals, algae should therefore be consumed after exposure
to any type of radioactive contamination.
In 1968 a group of Canadian researchers at McGill University of
Montreal, headed by Dr. Stanley Skoryna, actually set out to devise
a method to counteract the effects of nuclear fallout. The key
finding from their studies was that sea
vegetables contained a polysaccharide substance, called sodium alginate, which selectively bound
radioactive strontium and eliminated it from the body.
Sodium alginate is found in many seaweeds, especially kelp, and
since that time the Russians have been seriously researching the use
of their own kelps from Vladivlostok, from which they have isolated
the polysaccharide U-Fucoidan, which is another radioactive
detoxifier. Because miso soup was so
effective in helping prevent radiation sickness, the Japanese have
also done research identifying the presence of an active ingredient
called zybicolin, discovered in 1972,
which acts as a binding agent to also detoxify
and eliminate radioactive elements (such as strontium) and
other pollutants from the body.
The kelps and algaes aren’t the only natural foods with
radio-detoxifying effects. In terms of fluids to drink, black and green tea have shown “radioprotective
effects” whether consumed either before or after exposure
to radiation. This anti-radiation effect was observed in several
Japanese studies, and studies from China also suggest that the
ingredients in tea are radioactive antagonists.
In short, after any sort of radioactive exposure you want to be
eating seaweeds and algaes along with almost any type of commercial
heavy metal chelating formula to bind radioactive particles and help
escort them out of the body. Whether you’re worried about depleted
uranium, plutonium or other isotopes, this is the wise thing to do
which can possibly help, and certainly won’t hurt. Many nutritional
supplements have been developed for the purpose of detoxifying heavy
metals, most of which contain the algaes and plant fibers and other
binding substances.
Basically, an anti-radiation diet should focus
on the following foods:
· Miso soup
· Spirulina, chlorella and the algaes (kelp, etc.)
· Brassica vegetables and high beta carotene vegetables
· Beans and lentils
· Potassium, calcium and mineral rich foods
· High nucleotide content foods to assist in cellular repair
including spirulina, chlorella, algae, yeast, sardines, liver,
anchovies and mackerel
· Cod liver oil and olive oil
· Avoid sugars and sweets and wheat
· A good multivitamin/multimineral supplement
Yet another benefit of the sea vegetables rarely discussed is their
high mineral content, which is a bonus in the case of radioactive
exposure. Consuming natural iodine, such as in the seaweeds, helps
prevent the uptake of iodine-131 while iron inhibits the absorption
of plutonium-238 and plutonium-239. Vitamin B-12 inhibits cobalt-60
uptake (used in nuclear medicine), zinc inhibits zinc-65 uptake and
sulfur is preventative for sulfur-35 (a product of nuclear reactors)
incorporation by the body.
Since nuclear workers are potentially exposed to radioactive sulfur,
this means that workers in the atomic power industry need a higher
content of sulfur in their diet. MSM
supplements provide a source of dietary sulfur, but thiol
supplements such as cysteine, lipoic acid and
glutathione serve double-duty in this area because they
help detoxify the body and attack all sorts of other health problems
as well.
The immune system is usually hit hard after radiation exposure, and
a number of steps can be taken to help prevent opportunistic
infections after a radioactive incident. Though the full dimensions
of the protective mechanism is still unknown, Siberian
ginseng is one form of ginseng that exerts a definite
radioprotective effect and has been demonstrated to lessen the side
effects of radiation. It was widely distributed by the Soviet Union
to those exposed Chernobyl radiation and is commonly used to help
cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
Consuming Reishi mushrooms is another
proven way to bolster your immune system after radiation exposure
and helps reduce the damage from radiation. It’s been used to
decrease radiation sickness in animals and help them recover faster
after potentially deadly exposure.
Panax ginseng has prevented
hemorrhaging after radiation exposure, prevents bone marrow death
and stimulates blood cell formation, so it’s another supplement to
add to one’s protocol. In short, yeasts, beta glucans, bee pollen
and various forms of ginseng have all been shown to bolster the
immune system after radiation incidents. In terms of radiation
burns, aloe vera has a proven ability
to treat serious radiation burns and offers other radioprotective
effects, and can easily be grown in your house.
The amino acid L-Glutamine can be used
to help repair the intestine in case of the gastrointestinal
syndrome usually suffered due to radiation exposure, and a variety
of substances can help rebuild blood cells to prevent hematopoietic
syndrome. Those particular foods include beet
juice, liver extract, spleen extract, and shark alkyglycerols.
Most oncologists don’t know that shark liver oil, with
alkyglycerols, can help platelet counts rebound in days..
Depleted uranium is currently in the journalistic spotlight because
US weapons are made from this material, and after being fired leave
a legacy of depleted uranium dust in the environment, which anyone
can absorb. Because the kidneys are usually the first organs to show
chemical damage upon uranium exposure, military manuals suggest
doses or infusions of sodium bicarbonate
to help alkalinize the urine if this happens. This makes the uranyl
ion less kidney-toxic and promotes excretion of the nontoxic uranium
carbonate complex.
In areas contaminated by depleted uranium dusts, it therefore makes
sense to switch to drinking slightly alkaline
water and to favor a non-acidic diet
to assist in this detoxification. Any of the heavy metal
detoxifiers, such as miso soup, chlorella, spirulina and seaweeds,
are also commonsense warranted.
Another thing you can do is use homeopathics
for radiation exposure. People commonly argue over whether
homeopathics work or not, but if you assume the position that they
produce no results whatsoever then you must also assume that they
certainly won’t hurt you, which means the only loss from using them
is a few dollars. Frankly, there are countless cases and
double-blind studies where homeopathic tinctures do provoke physical
healing effects in the body. Therefore they are a viable adjunct
treatment option. One homeopathic, in particular, is URANIUM NITRICUM (nitrate of uranium) which
homeopaths suggest should be used in cases of depleted uranium
exposure or uranium poisoning. Not just soldiers or civilians
exposed to battlefield dusts, but uranium miners and radiation
workers may find it quite useful.
While we’ve discussed just a few of the many supplements and
protocols you can use to help detox the body of the lingering
results of radioactive contamination, including the residues of
depleted uranium, the last thing that might be of interest is that
there is a plant that is a natural geiger counter. The spiderwort
plant is so sensitive to changes in radiation levels (its petals
change color upon exposure) that it’s often used as a natural
radiation detector (dosimeter), just as they use canaries in mines
as detectors of poisonous gas. Some people like knowing that they
have an ongoing monitoring system for radiation in the environment,
and this is just another tip available in “How
to Neutralize the Harmful Effects of Radiation or Radioactive
Exposure.”
See also: Three Ways to Treat Radiation Exposure Naturally
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March 2011 has brought Americans yet another dire omen of political and foreign policy ill winds to come: we are now inching toward becoming embroiled in Libya, against all better common sense and judgment. I do not agree with Sarah Palin on this one. Sometimes you just have to let these nations work out their own destinies without sticking your foreign policy fingers and your overbearing cruise missiles into the mix, thus making it all potentially much worse.
Anymore, what we used to call “foreign policy” in America has seemingly become just one long intellectual justification for the U.S. military machine to do whatever the hell it wants to, whenever and where ever it wants to.
While the US military rained down at least 100 cruise missiles onto Libya, causing more than 60 civilian casualties, Barack Obama gave a speech on human rights in Brazil. The resulting utter political and humane cognitive dissonance was loud enough to be heard back in the states all the way from South America.
As the Obama White House adds yet another overseas military Op to it’s list of “things to do when you are utterly bankrupt”, it seems more and more that the US does not exactly “go to war” in a definitive manner anymore. We just kind of kick around, hands in pockets, muse it all over, then more or less sort of “stumble in”, and fall into some kind of rote in so doing that makes me really wonder not only who’s really in charge, but what kind of thinking allows that in the shape we are in financially here at home, what orchard where money grows on trees are we now plucking from now to justify the cost of yet another military intervention?
I am sick over this, just sick over it. I am sick of death, and men and their ridiculous wars, and the insane justifications that are conjured up each time our military does this. We literally can’t afford to do this. I avoided reporting on it for a week because I just COULD NOT BELIEVE that in the wake of Iraq, that we were going to crank up yet another overseas military involvement. Our miserable UN assigned “job” as the world’s military police force has bankrupted our nation, cost thousands of precious young American lives, and is now soon to incite world war three in the Mideast if we don’t stop this.
Just the mere thought of Barack Obama making a speech in Brazil on human rights as US military intervention cranks up in Libya makes me ill with the utter sight of the duplicity of it all. I have never wanted a man OUT of the White House like I want this man OUT. It goes without saying that this is the most disastrous president I have seen in my lifetime. 2012 cannot get here fast enough for me. Vote this incompetent SOB out of the White House in 2012 before he leads us straight into a final nuclear conflagration in the Mideast that could spread all around the world.
CK Hunter
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