Saturday, March 7, 2009

What Everyone Should Know About Thyroid Dysfunction

Reference: www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/05/16/normal/

I just read the comments at the above site, and me makes me both sad and angry for all the people who are mislead by well-meaning, but misinformed experts. What I will share with you has been the result of helping people with dysfunctions of the thyroid, adrenals, sex hormones, etc., since 1981, and in doing so I have learned something everyone needs to know.

Minerals transport hormones (thyroid, adrenal, sex hormones, etc.) to the cells. The thyroid can be functioning normally, yet if the person has deficiencies in the specific minerals that transport the thyroid hormones from the glands (same with adrenals and sex glands), the hormones that do not get to the cells will collect in the blood. They are taken to the blood to be filtered by liver and excreted through the kidneys. This is a biological process for eliminating what the body cannot use. When the hormones get transported to the blood for this purpose, it causes imbalances in thyroid levels (it can raise or lower TSH, T3, T4 and FTI, respectively). If at that moment, a person has a blood test done by their MD, the MD will see this imbalance and immediately assume that it is a glandular problem. The MD then will diagnose hypo or hyper function of the gland, prescribe a drug for it, as in the case of Synthroid for hypothyroid. Consequently, the drug interferes with a perfectly healthy functioning gland, which in times causes the gland to become dysfunctional, even diseased, and the real cause continues, also making the condition worse and goes on undetected. This is why so many continue to have problems and create more problems for themselves when they take the drug, or take supplements such as Armour or other thyroid supplements -- the real cause is not being addressed. So though the person may feel initially better (which is due to the stimulation of the gland) once the gland has dealt as best it can with this source of stimulation or manipulation (drug or supplement), it tries again to communicate to the person (via the symptoms surfacing again) that the real problem has not been addressed. So the person goes back to feeling fatigued or whatever their original symptoms were. Please note, my referenced to Armour is not saying anything against the supplement, just that if the cause is not glandular, but mineral deficiencies, Armour will not help in the long-term.

Additionally, when a man or woman goes through menopause (fe)or andropause (male), the thyroid and adrenals are backup glands for producing sex hormones. However, most people have exhausted thyroid and adrenals glands by the time they reach this time of life. This causes even further dysfunction of these glands and more severity of symptomology.

Taking a multiple mineral supplement is not the answer and can make the above worse. I could write a whole article on minerals.

Before taking any supplement, it is best to have your nutritional biochemistry tested to find out exactly what you are deficient or excessive in - there are specific tests for vitamin deficiencies and others for mineral deficiencies.

If you want to know more about this and how to identify and correct the real cause, please feel free to contact me at (940) 761-4045 M-F 10 to 5 p.m. C.S.T. or email me at services@advancedclinicalnutrition.com. I am here to help.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Best To Test Before You Buy Supplements

80% of Americans are taking supplements. However, without clinical nutrition testing of your biochemistry (blood, urine, saliva, hair, etc.), people are taking the wrong supplement, dosage or taking supplements longer or not longer enough.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Your Health Freedom Is In Danger. Act Quickly!

Go to:
www.passhb40fortexas.org/ and www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us

Grateful

I am grateful to all the people who support me in my mission in life - to help others improve and maintain their health using God's true medicines - herbs, vitamins, minerals, food, etc. Today, I am especially grateful to my colleague, Alexandria Teed, in Boise, ID, Jordan Gary, my landlord at for my business location, and my son, Matt, who helps me in our business, above and beyond.