> From: Nancy Dunham <[log in to unmask]>
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> >After removing non-organic milk products from my diet my tsh and free t3
> and
> >free t4 numbers were more in range.
What do you think caused the thyroid improvement?
Milk contains iodine. Levels are higher if they clean the cows and the
equipment with iodine. Too much iodine (or too little) can make one more
hypothyroid.
At least in Denmark, organic milk has more iodine -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&
list_uids=10694773&dopt=Abstract
Organic milk was found to have a lower iodine content than non-organic milk.
Non-organic milk contains Bovine Growth Hormone.
It has calcium, which could cause a problem with absorption, if you drink
milk around the time you take your pills. Actually, non-organic milk is devoid
of its natural enzymes that help you to digest the milk, so perhaps without
those enzymes it causes absorption problems.
So, doing a little surfing, if your new milk is unpasteurized and organic,
then it contains more Vitamin C, less absorbable sugar, better aborbed calcium,
and more iodine.
http://www.angelhealingcenter.com/Milk.html
Besides destroying partof the vitamin C contained in raw milk and encouraging
growth of harmfulbacteria, pasteurization turns the sugar of milk, known as
lactose, intobeta-lactose, which is far more soluble and therefore more rapidly
absorbedin the system, with the result that the child soon becomes hungry
again.Probably pasteurization'sworst offence is that it makes insoluble the major
part of the calciumcontained in raw milk. This frequently leads to rickets,
bad teeth andnervous troubles, for sufficient calcium content is vital to
children;and with the loss of phosphorus also associated with calcium, bone
andbrain formation suffer serious setbacks.Pasteurization also destroys20 percent of
the iodine present in raw milk, causes constipation and generallytakes from
the milk its most vital qualities.
So, at least to some degree, a healthier diet is helping your condition,
assuming that along with your labs being more in line with normal, you also feel
better.
Taking Armour would not affect your antibody tests, unless the Armour was
lowering those antibodies. Which is a good thing. Some people's antibodies go
away when taking the proper thyroid meds. In other people, corticosteroid or
other means have lowered antibodies. On a med school website, which I didn't
save unfortunately, they were summarizing an endocrinology journal article. A
man came to the emergency room who historically had high Hashimoto's titers.
He came with an adrenal crises. They treated him with corticosteroids for a
short time. I assume high dosages, since doctors tend to do this, but it's
only an assumption. Anyways, when they were done with treatment, he didn't need
to stay on corticosteroids. And, when his Hashimoto's antibodies were tested,
they were gone. A lot of hypos also have low adrenals. So, this could be
one cause of antibodies and at least in some cases treating the adrenals can
eliminate the Hashi's antibodies. Since there are also adrenal antibodies, maybe
the ones it helps have both adrenal and thyroid antibodies.
It's hard to tell you what to do with your labs, since the doctor should be
treating you and not those slips of paper. Most don't like to read or think
much.
My son had severe hypothyroid problems with a TSH of 2.2. To make it more
difficult to diagnose, his symptoms were completely different than mine or my
wife's. Neither of us are anorexic of appetite nor emaciated in appearance. He
was.
Did a doctor say his T3 was too high? The fact he still has TSH implies his
pituitary is still asking for more. The fT3 tests are known to not be as
reliable as other tests. They are a guide, alone they are not a reason to make
changes. At the very least, if changes are going to be made based on this,
there should be another test, it could have been unusual only at that point in
time, or the lab could be in error, that does happen.
Besides, is the normal range you are looking at adjusted for age? I don't
know how old your son is, but the thyroid is supposed to kick in to high gear at
certain ages, puberty being one. And sometimes low thyroid causes early
puberty.l
There are so many endocrinologists without that clue because it's not
profitable to have it.
Clean up the food, the water, the dairy products, and the air, and you would
have a lot less sickness. Give Armour Thyroid on a test basis titrated
properly when someone has thyroid symptoms, there would be a lot less work for
allergists, asthma doctors, rheumatologists, orthodontists, dentists, hospitals,
labs, drug companies. What you're asking would devestate one of the biggest
sectors of the American economy. It's unpatriotic, isn't it?
Skipper
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