Guest guest Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 - <arnoldgore Seaweed-Kelp for Radiation Poisoning Many of the people expopsed to uclear radiation have asked about detoxifying as best as posible. Below is an article from a Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower,RN a nurse from upstate New York who got the information for me. It was fortuitious that the Japanese inhabitats of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,the cities we bombed with the then " primitive " nuclear bomb had a diet hgh in seaweed. today their life expectancy exceeds ours. Dear Arnold, Below are the references that supports seaweeds benefits. This was sent to me by Larch Hanson from Maine of Circle of Friends. He writes: The first studies on healing radiation poisoning with seaweed were started 30 yrs ago at McGill University in Montreal. Researchers found that alginic acid, one of the important intercellular polysaccharides found in brown algae like kelp and alaria, could reduce the amount of strontium 90 absorbed throught the intestinal wall. S.C. Skoryna et al, " Intestinal Absorption of Radioactive Strontium " Canadian Medical Association Journal 191 ( 1964 ) Later research established that this alginate formed strong bonds with both free and embedded radioactive nuclides and heavy metals in the human gastrointestinal tract. N enzymatic or intestinal bacterial action could break these bonds so that the toxic material was passed safely out of the body. Y. Tenaka et al, " Intestinal Absortption of Radioactive Strontium " Canadian Medical Association Journal 99 ( 1968 ). j.F.Stera of the EPA reported similar results from the EPS's Environmental Toxicology Laboratory. " Our investigation has shown that alginate ( from kelp ) can bind radioactive strotium 90, one of the most hazardous pollutants, effectively in the gastrointestinal tract, thus preventing its metal pollutants such as excess bromium, cadmium, and zinc. " Stera also observed how strontium, already stored in the bones, was resecreted and bound by the alginic acid froming strontium alginate which was safely excreted in the stool. See Steven Schacter, Fighting Radiation with Food, Herbs and Vitamins, ( Brookline, MA : East West Health Books ) 1988. Another prevalent and toxic element, radioactive Iodine 131, accumulates in the thyroid gland. Schacter writes, " If sufficient amounts of natural iodine are available, radioactive iodine will not be absorbed. " He recommends seaweed as the source for that natural iodine. Kelp has the highest amount of iodine of any seaweed. Ara Der Marderosan , in " Marine Pharmaceticals, " The Journal of Pharmaceutical Scienes 58, no. 1,writes that " The use of sodium alginate appears to be able to remove this contaminant ( SR 90 ) without weriously affecting the availability of calcium, sodium, or potassium to the body. " Larch goes on to describe . . . Radioactive strontium has a relatively long half life of 29 yrs and is aborbed into the bloodstream via the digestive tract and then enters the bone, leading to leukemia and bone cancer. Alginates in kelp have been shown in a variety of studies to possess teh remarkable ability to bond with heavy metals and more importantly to actually chelate radioactive elements like strontium. Alginates not only prevent their absorption into tissue but they also possess the ability to draw elements like strontium out of the skeletal system. See: Schoeters GE Luz A Vanderborght OL 226 Ra induced bone-cancers: the effects of a delayed Na-alginate treatment. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in 1983 Mar:43(3):231-47. See: Tanaka, Y.,Hurlburt, A.J. et al. " Application of algal polysaccharides as in vivo binders of metal pollutants " pp. 602 -607, Proceedings of the Seventh International Seaweed Symposium, Wiley and Sons, New Yourk, 1972. See: Waldron-Edward, D., The use of alginate in the prevention and treatment of radio-strontium toxicity, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, p. 267273. See: Gong, YF, Huang, ZJ, Qiang, MY, Lan Fx, Gai, GA, Mao, YX, Ma, XP, Zhang, FG, " Suppression of radioactive strontium absorption by sodm alginate in animals and human subjects " , Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 1991 Sep; 4(3); 273-82. See: Skoryna, S.C. and Kahn, D.S. (1959 ) " Late effects of radioactive strontium on bone: histogenisis of bone tumors produced by radioactive strontium on bone: istogenisis of bone tumors roduced by radioactive strontium. Cancer 12 , 306-322. See: Skoryna, S.C. and Waldron-Edward, D. " Studies on inhibition of intestinal absorption of radioactive strontium. Prevention of absorption from ligated intestinal segments. " Canadian Medical Journal, 91, 285-288. See: Stara, J>F>, and Waldron-Edward, D. " Repressive action of sodium alginate on absorption of radioactive SR and CA in cats. " Deposited Radionuclides 1,340-354. See: Sutton, A. 1967 " Reduction of strontium absorption in man by the addition of alginate to the diet. " Nature(london) 216, 1005-1007. His list is quite endless. If anyone would like a copy of this please have them contact me at this email address and I can send it to them for cost of printing and postage. Larch also adds this: Iodine in seaweeds " may be respected as one of the most urgent and effective methodsof radiation prevention injury of the thyroid gland. " See: Turai, 1., " The experimal optimization of iodine prophlaxis for decreasing the radiation load from accidental uptake of radioiodine " Radiobiologiia 1992 Jan-Feb; 30-4 (Published in Russian ). Larch was also so very kind to send a detailed 11 page paper by Ryan Drum PHD, A.H.G. ( with his permission ) on Botanicals for thyroid function and dysfunction. This was very informative with several case studies given. I believe one can access this via planethers,com/articlesthyroid.html I hope this was sufficient as you did request the research behind the effects of seaweed. Again, if anyone is interested in purchasing seaweed in bulk, Larch Hanson can be contacted at: (207) 546-2875 or by Snail mail: The Circle of Friends P.O.Box 57 Steuben Maine, 04680 I enjoy his seaweed b/c it is fresh every year; clean, handled by humans and a reasonable cost. I have been using his seaweed for the last two years. And, he calls his customers occasionally to see how they are enjoying their seaweed and how they are doing. Sincerely, Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower RN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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