I found this interesting. Am currently at 15 drops of 2% Lugol's iodine. Cardiovascular System (from Recent Advances in Iodine Nutrition, Michael Donaldson, PhD, on ResearchGate.net) Iodine is critical to the heart and arterial system. Iodine (as well as omega 3 fats) is critical to the stabilization of the electrical pulses of the heart. Lack of iodine is related to atrial fibrillation. An iodine-containing drug called amiodarone is used to prevent atrial and ventrical fibrillation and releases about 9 mg of iodine per day. It is a complex, toxic drug and is stored in the fatty tissues of the body, but part of its mechanism of action appears to be the iodine that is being released slowly by the drug. Bruce West is a chiropractic doctor who has found iodine to be very helpful in helping patients with arrhythmia problems. He says, “The body needs adequate stores of iodine for the heart to beat smoothly. After close to a year now of using Iodine Fulfillment Therapy, I can attest to this fact. Most of the stubborn cases of cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation that we were unable to completely correct with our cardiac protocols have now been resolved with adequate supplies of iodine added to the protocol.” (West B. Atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias and iodine. Health Alert. 2006;23(6).) Another article is here: [drsircus.com] https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201524#msg-201524 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:01:28 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201590#msg-201590 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201590#msg-201590 susan.d AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:18:08 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201549#msg-201549 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201549#msg-201549 I plan to get back on iodine.]]> californiagal AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:32:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201548#msg-201548 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201548#msg-201548
Tom and George, thanks for your posts. Human biochemistry is a marvel. Always good to learn more about it...]]> californiagal AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:47:21 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201547#msg-201547 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201547#msg-201547 CaroleF AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:43:42 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201532#msg-201532 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201532#msg-201532 I will take alook at all of it.
Thanks]]> TomR AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:31:25 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201530#msg-201530 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201530#msg-201530
There are notes I put together uploaded to this post from 2023: [www.afibbers.org] There is a broken link to Dr. Guy Abraham's papers. Here is one that works, through the Internet Archive: [web.archive.org]

When I consulted with a person that runs an iodine FB group (and is a retired nurse who had been doing an iodine protocol for 10 ish years), he told me a fair number of people who consulted with him had afib and it did help mitigate their episodes. I can't say it has made a difference one way or the other for my afib case. The most potent afib rhythm med is amiodarone, which has an organic (chemically organic in this case) iodine molecule as its basis. As most know, it also has potential side effects from long duration use. My logic was that Lugol's, which does not have those issues, might have the same benefit.

One thing is that iodine is a halide in the periodic chart. It will displace other halides. The big one is bromine/bromide, which is now ubiquitous in our environment. Getting it out of your system is good, but needs to be done slowly. There is a salt loading protocol, developed by a US military doc in WWI for dealing with bromine gas poisoning. It should be done for two weeks prior to consuming high iiodine doses. In my uploaded document, there is a list of suggested companion nutrients that sholud be taken with the iodine.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:31:03 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201524#msg-201524 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201524,201524#msg-201524

Cardiovascular System (from Recent Advances in Iodine Nutrition, Michael Donaldson, PhD, on ResearchGate.net)

Iodine is critical to the heart and arterial system. Iodine (as well as omega 3 fats) is
critical to the stabilization of the electrical pulses of the heart. Lack of iodine is related to
atrial fibrillation. An iodine-containing drug called amiodarone is used to prevent atrial
and ventrical fibrillation and releases about 9 mg of iodine per day. It is a complex,
toxic drug and is stored in the fatty tissues of the body, but part of its mechanism of
action appears to be the iodine that is being released slowly by the drug.

Bruce West is a chiropractic doctor who has found iodine to be very helpful in helping
patients with arrhythmia problems. He says, “The body needs adequate stores of iodine
for the heart to beat smoothly. After close to a year now of using Iodine Fulfillment
Therapy, I can attest to this fact. Most of the stubborn cases of cardiac arrhythmias and
atrial fibrillation that we were unable to completely correct with our cardiac protocols
have now been resolved with adequate supplies of iodine added to the protocol.”
(West B. Atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias and iodine. Health Alert. 2006;23(6).)

Another article is here: [drsircus.com]]]> TomR AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:11:51 +0000