Re: MMS and the Flu

Yes, I'd say that pretty much sums up a lot of what it can do and without wanting to turn this into another Iodine support forum, it does another thing that Jim Humble says Miracle-Mineral-Supplement does. It supplies cells with Iodide which is a halide like chloride. It seems the immune system prefers to use Iodide and it is more effective.
Jim Humbles explanation of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement helping produce myeloperoxidase doesn't appear to be right if the following is true, rather it seems to merely supply more chloride ions.


A totally neglected area is the effect of goitrogens on other haloperoxydases, such as myeloperoxydases, involved in the defense mechanism against infections. Myeloperoxydase is present in high concentrations in the granules of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocytes. It catalysis the oxidation of iodide, bromide, and chloride in the presence of H2O2 (Hydrogen-Peroxid) to yield products that oxidize and halogenate microbial components. Chloride, due to its high concentration in leukocytes is believed to be the main halogen used by myeloperoxydase. However, leukocytes have the ability to concentrate Iodide 300-fold during phagocytosis and even deiodinate thyroid hormones to generate inorganic iodide when iodide supply is inadequate. Incubated in the presence of 10 mg iodide/100 ml of incubation media, phagocytosing leukocytes concentrated inorganic iodide 300-fold during phagocytosis110and even deiodinate thyroid hormones to generate inorganic iodide when iodide supply is inadequate. Incubated in the presence of 10 g iodide/100 ml of incubation media, phagocytosing leukocytes concentrated inorganic iodide 300-fold to achieve intracellular concentration of 0.003% inorganic iodide. Leukocyte proteins contained even higher concentrations of organic iodine, 0.04%, that is a 4,000-fold higher concentration of Iodine than present in the incubation media. Thyroxine synthesis was observed during phagocytosis of leukocytes, when the iodide supply was adequate (10 g/100 ml). However, in the absence of non-radioactive iodide, phagocytosing human leukocytes metabolized thyroid hormones added to the incubation media in order to generate free inorganic iodide.Klebanoff and Green 111commented that iodide, on a molar basis, was much more effective than chloride in the antimicrobial activity of myeloperoxydase of leukocytes and stated, "When the iodide supply is diminished, the concentration of chloride... may be adequate." These authors observed a significant interference with the antimicrobial activity of myeloperoxydase of leukocytes by antithyroid drugs (goitrogens).


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