Todd Moody asked:
> Is the treatment primarily thyroid supplementation?

There are several approaches.  For some dietary changes and supplementation
can do the trick.  Some authorities suggest megdoses of certain nutrients,
iron, zinc, selenium, and several others, to rectify chronic deficiencies,
which may arise from both pre- and post-natal deficiencies.  It seems that
amounts of certain nutrients may be required in amounts that one cannot get
from diet alone given the fact that our modern foods, even organically grown
or raised foods, are often mere shadows of foods available in paleo times or
even 50 or 100 years ago.  I'll have Don expand on this tomorrow.... he's
more knowledgeable in this area and has read reams of books, articles, etc.

In some cases dietary changes and vitamin, mineral supplementation alone may
not bring the temperatures up significantly or alleviate the clincial
symptoms of hypothyroidism.  This may be due to a long standing hypo
condidtion due to many years of stresses as well as prenatal deficiencies
that were worsened by an inadequate diet over many years.  If you have read
of POTTENGER'S CATS  by Francis Pottenger, MD, or seen the video on this
book, available from the Price Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, you know that
with each successive generation on a deficient diet, the cats (or humans)
became increasingly more deficint.  They come in with weaker less calcified
skeletons, weaker glands, organs, skin and/or repiratory problems,
allergies, less energy, less coordination, etc.

Another interesting article about hypothyroidism and treatment based on
clinical evidence instead of unreliable lab tests is as follow:

http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/article.asp?PageType=Article&ID=528

Hope you find them useful and share them with others!

Rachel





 Rachel