Health Alert - This Affects You All - Thyroid

[oneofthemasses]

Originally Posted by leon11

it says on the lugols iodine bottle to NOT take it if you have thyroid problems....

are lugol's taking orders or is there a good reason for this or...? :S

The reason I assume why is because iodine appears to be the trigger/cause in at least *some* cases of autoimmune thyroid disease. And from my understanding, it can make Hashimoto's thyroiditis worse. In some cases it helps Grave's Disease, in others it makes it worse. It's an unknown in otherwords.

Problem is, from my understanding, no one knows exactly who would benefit and who would do more harm than good. Everyone is different.

Personally, I avoid soy (the major trigger for me) and excess iodine in any form just to be safe. Others may be perfectly fine with either of the above. I have a severe form of thyroid disease.

Provided you don't have Grave's antibodies (or Hashimoto's thyroid storm), then you could always try it for a couple of months and see how you do. If you have established thyroid disease, be sure to get bloodwork to check your progress (hormone pannel plus antibody pannel). If you begin progrssing in the wrong direction then you have your answer. Because Lugols is supposedly different from the ionized salt seen in processed foods, it's entirely possible it doesn't have the same negative affect. Then again, only you and your naturopath (or holistic doctor if you're lucky) can really tell by trial and error.

If you have known thyroid disease, I do not suggest experimenting on your own.

[twilighterheart]

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/ne...eficiency-risk

Shaky Amount of Iodine in U.S. Salt
Some 'Iodine-Fortified' Table Salt Falls Short of Recommended Levels of the Nutrient, Study Shows
By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Salt Lacks Iodine

Feb. 1, 2008 -- There are fewer food sources of iodine in the American diet than there were just a few decades ago, raising the risk of iodine deficiency in a growing number of people. So says a researcher who calls himself an "iodine activist."

Even people who buy and use iodine-fortified table salt may be at risk, says Purnendu K. Dasgupta, PhD, a chemistry professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Dasgupta and colleagues recently tested 88 samples of iodized salt and found that 47 of them, or 53%, did not meet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recommendations for iodine levels.

Iodine levels tended to decrease in individual containers with exposure to humidity, but light and heat had little effect.
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"We certainly are not saying that people need to eat more salt," Dasgupta says. "But if we had mandatory iodization of all salt used in food, that would solve the problem."
Most Salt Has No Iodine

Iodized salt is now the main source of iodine in the American diet, but only about 20% of the salt Americans eat contains the micronutrient, Dasgupta says.

Increasing popular "designer" table salts, such as sea salts and Kosher salts, usually do not have iodine, and neither does salt used in most fast foods and processed foods.

Add to this the fact that iodine is no longer used in the production of commercial breads and dairy products, plus the ever-present public health warnings about restricting dietary salt, and iodine deficiency becomes a real threat for some people in the United States, Dasgupta says.

Though government nutrition surveys suggest that iodine deficiency is not a problem in the United States at the population level, Dasgupta says this may not be the case for the most vulnerable subgroups: pregnant and nursing women, babies, and young children.

Iodine is important in the production of thyroid hormones and critical to normal brain development in newborn infants and children. Iodine deficiency is the leading preventable cause of cretinism in the developing world. And at least one study suggests that children in developed countries born to iodine-deficient moms may have an increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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[nwo2012]

I feel great taking a few drops of lugol's daily. I feel the need as I live in Oz, no. Everywhere is fluoridated. Im very careful, only distilled water for consumption. Very quick, cooler showers. But then one can not fully avoid that it as ALL food will contain it to some degree (and I don't eat ANY processed foods).

Thyroid hormones and antibodies will not show all deficiencies. Best to check temperature also or even before.

Generally, the average temperature of an adult with a healthy thyroid and a healthy metabolism is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.0 degrees Celsius, and that occurs around mid-afternoon or 3 pm. So if you take your mid-afternoon temp and find it in low 98′s or even in the 97′s, you have been given a strong clue that you may be hypothyroid. And a few report their mid-afternoon temp being in the 96′s. BRRRR.

Another temperature clue occurs first thing in the morning before you raise from your bed. Dr. Broda Barnes, a doctor who paid attention to clinical presentation and prescribed the pre-reformulated Armour, found that a healthy before-rising morning basal temp should be between 97.8 – 98.2. If it’s higher, you may be hyperthyroid, and if it’s lower, you are most likely hypothyroid. He also recommended under-the-arm temperature testing, but patients have found oral to be just as effective.

[pro42o]

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this affects you too...

[pheony]

This is important if you have Hypothyroidism and live in the UK.......

The HMRA have suspended the licence of Teva, makers of generic levothyroxine. Teva 100mg and Numark 100mg are affected over concerns of dissolution, manufacturing problems and interchangeabilty with other thyroxine 100mg.

This could mean a problem with the fillers as well as the medication being unpotent or superpotent.

In the same week Eltroxin made by Goldshields.....The only brand name thyroxine......Have held back their latest batch of Eltroxin due to instability in the medication.

[blue2]

Would not recommend using those synthetics they are dangerous...see Thyroid UK for the Information on these Products of Big Pharma containing Benzenes etc. Armourthyroid is better although one brand has been stopped coming into Europe..they are making it ever more difficult to access correct treatment.
There is a Petition on Thyroid UK for Armourthyroid..it was around long before Big Pharma corrupted the scene in the 70's. Magnascent Iodine is far better than Lugols which is not so pure.

[piskavac]

Tyroid gland wether hyper or hypoactive affect at least one in two person.

[hobo]

A bit long and a bit tedious, but well worth listening to. He clears up a lot of
doubts concerning iodine supplements:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Kd34EJ5E3bI

[valkyrieangel]

I have iodine tablets anyway, although I do not take them very often (UK soil is a poor source of Iodine and I do not eat dairy, which is pumped with it.)

[quwave]

Harmonizer

Thank you so much for providing these valuable information. I’m looking forward to the next time that I get to come to your blog.

[omegatau]

Originally Posted by sheepy

Currently, I am only taking the Thyroxine. I have just been put on L-Thyroxine 25mg for two weeks after which it will go up to 50mg. I am then to go back to my endocrynologist at the end of 3 months for further tests to see whether or not a higher dose will be required thereafter. But like you would eventually like to replace the thyroxine with a natural remedy as I am not entirely sure what the long term effects of this drug are. I even read somewhere that it may cause breast cancer when used over a long period of time

You are right about not taking both at the same time though as I did ask my consultant about this.

Its very hard for doctors do their work nowaday seeing as everyone is 'well-informed' and prefers to ditch the doctors' advice and instructions once a research is done on their own. I suggest you stick to your doctor's advice since that is the usual therapy.

Out of all thyroid deseases, Hashimoto's is the slowest but also the sneakiest one. I've been diagnosed with it aswell a couple of weeks ago.

The thyroid is VERY specific because it can turn your organism's metabolism upside down. I've been working out and had a lot of muscle mass untill I sudently started to lose weight and then again gain it. My lymphonoduli were swelling in the troat area and I still have one thats 2 cm large but its structure is fibroid and therefor its inactive.

The most important thing with Hashimoto's thyroiditis is that you MUST keep your gland euthyroid. Ultrasound checks should be done regularly to check the volume which shouldn't exceed 19.5 ml as a maximum for men.

These first three months that you've been given are a 'probe' period to see how your gland will react to it.

What was the number of antibodies in the blood sample you've taken out? Thats pretty important too because hashimotos thyroiditis can be going both for hypo and hyper thyroiditis, depending on how you treat your gland.

Stress is one of the main triggers that causes tryroid deseases and hypothyroiditis. Through a chain of metabolic and defensive stress-based mechanisms, the organism slowly progresses towards that state.

[kyrani99]

Hi folk,
I found that there are two basic methods that people use to enter a comfort zone when stressed or having to face anything unpleasant in their lives.

One method is to take deeper breaths or alternatively become more active all the time (the keep busy, keep it out of mind variety). Both ways speed up the heart and thus the energy production in the body is increased and of course that means more thyroxine and hence more activity in the thyroid glands.

The other method is to take shallower breaths or become more inactive. Again both methods slows the heart and causes the person to enter a lethagic state akin to the very earliest stages of sleep.

Both methods, as I describe here http://kyrani99.wordpress.com/2012/0...coping-habits/ in more detail affect the attention and hence reduce a person's awareness levels.

The first one causes more activity in the brain and as the brain rationalizes its fuel for the areas most needed, it gives less to perception and hence awareness is reduced by causing distraction.

The other method reduces brain activity and particularly perception, in the conscious arena. As the person is using less energy, the body will produce less energy and store more, so thyroid activity is reduced.

Both are particularly bad for your health, not only because they affect thyroid activity but because in times of stress they can serious impact on vital organs, especially the heart.
Kyrani Eade

[very_452001]

ok how many drops of lugols iodine do i need daily if i get the 12% solution?

[hobo]

Maybe it would be a good idea to read this before attempting to dabble in iodine self-medication:
http://www.healthwyze.org/index.php/...ng-iodine.html

[hobo]

Some say that losol iodine is better than lugol´s:

http://www.wellnessresources.com/pro...sol_iodine.php

[very_452001]

Originally Posted by hobo

Maybe it would be a good idea to read this before attempting to dabble in iodine self-medication:
http://www.healthwyze.org/index.php/...ng-iodine.html

so iodine is bad for you?

[hobo]

Originally Posted by very_452001

so iodine is bad for you?

Apparently not if you absorb it through the skin. But I´m not the expert. Just sharing info. Make up your own mind.

[very_452001]

so which is better losol or lugols iodine?

[soylentgreen]

Thank you so much for bringing this up! My wife has had hypothyroid since she was 15 years old (we are now over 50) and currently takes "synthroid". She is lucky cause her dose is low and has stayed the same all these years. Funny thing, I read that too much mustard is bad... she loves mustard and ate tons of it when she was young. Still having trouble getting her to cut back. We have cut back on salt, so other sources of (better) iodine would be great. Thanks again.

[shleemonster]

anybody know where the best supplier of dulse would be? i know its almost impossible to get away from, but id rather not order any that would be heavily infected by the oil spill. thankyouu