On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, matesz wrote:

> Todd Moody  said:
> >All my thyroid tests are normal.
>
> Actually, normal doesn't mean a blessed thing.  Most current testy for
> thyroid function are highly innaccurate and have not stood the test of time.
> Normal meals average---like it's normal for 40% or more of the population to
> be overweight, to eat candy bars, pop tarts, drink soda pop and take
> prescription medication.  That so called normal range includes a huge
> percentage of people with compromised thyroid function.  TSH is not the best
> indicator of thyroid health, nor is T3 or T4.
>
> Normal says nothing about health or full functioning.  Clinical symptoms and
> temperature are far more reliable indicators of the functioning of your
> thyroid gland.  A lot of symptoms that a lot of people have, and consider
> "normal," are put into a context that makes sense in the two books that
> follow.

I am interested, and will try to find the books.  Meanwhile, can
you give me an idea about what temperature range is indicative of
hypothyroid?  Does this refer to temperature taken upon rising in
the morning?  Before rising?

> According to the late Broda Barnes, of all the problems that can affect
> physical or mental health, none is more common than thyroid gland
> disturbance. None is more readily and inexpensively corrected. And none is
> more often untreated, and even unsuspected.

Is the treatment primarily thyroid supplementation?

Todd Moody
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