Guest guest Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 which tests are you looking for? chris > > Hi Sheila & All. > > Have followed the instructions to the letter, all i get is the page for Nutri that gives prices for supplements. nothing else. if i am still missing something, could somebody point out the name of the lab,or indeed the actual website. to contact to get my vitamins and minerals tested. Sorry to keep asking this question but going bananas looking for it. > > Luv Connelly > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi Vit B12 D3 Ferritin Magnesium, folate copper & Zinc the one's Sheila tells everyone to get, just can't find where to order. Have test kits from Genove for Adrenals and Urine. so just need this info to get started. Hope you can help ConnellyFrom: Chris <chrisjtaylor46@...>thyroid treatment Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 19:55Subject: Re: Re TESTS which tests are you looking for? chris > > Hi Sheila & All. > > Have followed the instructions to the letter, all i get is the page for Nutri that gives prices for supplements. nothing else. if i am still missing something, could somebody point out the name of the lab,or indeed the actual website. to contact to get my vitamins and minerals tested. Sorry to keep asking this question but going bananas looking for it. > > Luv Connelly > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hello I think Genova do tests for Folate, B12 and ferritin: http://www.gdx.uk.net/index.php but I'm not sure about the others - normally, GPs would request these, or perhaps a private practitioner could request them from a private hospital. Have you asked Genova to see if they do all of the tests you require? Do you think your GP would do any of the tests for you? Are you seeing any other practitioners? As a last resort there is www.medichecks.com but they are *very* expensive, much more I believe than if performed at a private hospital. Sorry I can't be more help; there may be cheaper labs but i don't know of any you can access without a doctor chris > >                    >  >  > Hi >              Vit B12 D3 Ferritin Magnesium, folate copper & Zinc the one's Sheila tells everyone to get, just can't find where to order. Have test kits from Genove for Adrenals and Urine. so just need this info to get started. Hope you can help > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi We don't have anywhere on the forum web site or in the files as to laboratories you can get these tested apart from Genova Diagnostics where you can other tests done. You might telephone them and ask them if they test any of these and what their prices are though.  There are some laboratories that do test minerals and vitamins but they can be very expensive. I think posted one once, but that was expensive too. You should, in the first instance, write to your doctor asking for these tests to be done because if these specific vitamins and minerals are low in the range, thyroid hormone cannot be fully utilised at the cellular level until whatever is low has been supplemented. If your GP tries to tell you there is no association between these nutrients and low thyroid, then copy out just a few of the references to the scientific research/clinical studies that have been done to show that there is Low iron/ferritin: Iron deficiency is shown to significantly reduce T4 to T3 conversion, increase reverse T3 levels, and block the thermogenic (metabolism boosting) properties of thyroid hormone (1-4). Thus, iron deficiency, as indicated by an iron saturation below 25 or a ferritin below 70, will result in diminished intracellular T3 levels. Additionally, T4 should not be considered adequate thyroid replacement if iron deficiency is present (1-4)). 1. Dillman E, Gale C, Green W, et al. Hypothermia in iron deficiency due to altered triiodithyroidine metabolism. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 1980;239(5):377-R381. 2. SM, PE, Lukaski HC. In vitro hepatic thyroid hormone deiodination in iron-deficient rats: effect of dietary fat. Life Sci 1993;53(8):603-9. 3. Zimmermann MB, Köhrle J. The Impact of Iron and Selenium Deficiencies on Iodine and Thyroid Metabolism: Biochemistry and Relevance to Public Health. Thyroid 2002;12(10): 867-78. 4. Beard J, tobin B, Green W. Evidence for Thyroid Hormone Deficiency in Iron-Deficient Anemic Rats. J. Nutr. 1989;119:772-778. Low vitamin B12: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18655403 Low vitamin D3: http://www.eje-online.org/cgi/content/abstract/113/3/329 and http://www.goodhormonehealth.com/VitaminD.pdf Low magnesium: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC292768/pdf/jcinvest00264-0105.pdf Low folate: http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/47/9/1738 and http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/thy.1999.9.1163 Low copper http://www.ithyroid.com/copper.htm http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/copper_toxicity_syndrome.htm http://www.ithyroid.com/copper.htm http://www.rjpbcs.com/pdf/2011_2(2)/68.pdf http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/content/171/3/652.extract Low zinc:http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/ffdbiyo/current4/07%20Iham%20AM%C4%B0R.pdf and http://articles.webraydian.com/article1648-Role_of_Zinc_and_Copper_in_Effective_Thyroid_Function.html Luv - Sheila Hi Vit B12 D3 Ferritin Magnesium, folate copper & Zinc the one's Sheila tells everyone to get, just can't find where to order. Have test kits from Genove for Adrenals and Urine. so just need this info to get started. Hope you can help Connelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Sorry Sheila, Brain fog B12 should have been 414, could you comment on this. What No should it be. is this a good in the range?. Luv Connelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 , It's not low enough for the doctor to treat you unless you're living in Japan, where they treat at 600. You really need B12 towards the top of the range.... 7 or 800... > > � > � > ����� Sorry Sheila, > �������������������������� Brain fog B12 should have been 414, could you comment on this. What No should it be.�� > ��������������������������ï¿\ ½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ is this a good in the�range?. > ��������������������������ï¿\ ½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï\ ¿½ï¿½ï¿½ > ��������������������������ï¿\ ½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Luv Connelly > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hi Trish, Thank's for the reply, don't know what's going on, this is a short message, as i have grandson Leo at the moment. But hope i can get to the bottom of this or i will end up crazy, then the endoprat will say told you she was mad. Luv Connelly From: trishrrukread <trishrrukread@...> thyroid treatment Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012, 7:31 Subject: Re: Re tests hi sarah i agree with chris that as a process of elimination it would be worth getting a reverse t3 test done however logic wold(i am sorry to say i've got no references to post relating to this de-sensitising). best wishes. trish ps i hope you are supplementing sublingual b12? > > Hi > I have high Cortisol, low b12, Shed any light. > Luv   Connelly  > > maybe it's some kind of thyroid resistance ? > > this site may help: > > http://thyroid-rt3.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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