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Dr O,

I have read your studies on " Selenium " and do believe selenium can help in

reducing TPO antibodies and even perhaps also thyroglobulin antibodies. What I

find interesting is that you and your colleagues make a point in mentioning and

referencing studies showing that people in Turkey and all of Europe have mild to

moderate deficiencies in both selenium and iodine. As you know both iodine and

selenium work in synergy by working together to produce thyroid hormone that is

not obtainable by either of these substances independently. I would really like

to see the iodine status of the people studied. I see this part ommitted in

various studies on both selenium and iodine studied independently of each other.

I wonder why that is?

What I find to be true is that both these substances must be in balance for my

health with Hashis to be the best. My TPO antibodies were over 20,000, yes

twenty-thousand, now they are under 100 almost near normal. I attribute this

change to supplemental thyroid hormone, selenium and iodine supplementation and

balancing, removing gluten and other food sensitiveness from my diet, fixing

hypoglycemia and low cortisol, replenishing low vitamins and minerals and so on.

Best,

~Bj

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> " Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Can Affect Quality of Life Even When Thyroid Gland

Function is Normal " (the last issue of Thyroid).

> I think hashimoto's thyroiditis patients need to read more about selenyum

treatment:

> " Selenium treatment in autoimmune thyroiditis: 9-month follow-up with variable

doses " (Journal of Endocrinology). free full text by Google..

> Selenyum is also prescribed for pregnant woman to decrease the rate of

" postpartum thyroiditis " .

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Hi ,

Most reference ranges for antiTPOabs (thyroperoxidase – an enzyme in thyroid

cells that helps make thyroid hormone) is less than 35 and less than 40 for

antiTGab (thyroid globulin -a protein in thyroid cells used to make thyroid

hormone). The theory is the higher the number of antibodies the higher the

amount of damage and destruction; but, the flaw is that damage can occur even if

there are no antibodies in the blood. Blood tests can only measure the amount

found in the blood stream, not in the thyroid. Also, contrary to popular

belief, the TPO and TG antibodies do not cause the actual destruction to our

thyroids; these abs are formed to clean-up the leakage from damaged thyroid

cells. When they are present inflammation and destruction is occurring (and

remember it can also happen when antibodies are not present on blood tests).

Our immune system mistakenly directs killer T cells to destroy our thyroids,

then the TPO/TG abs are formed to clear-out the damaged cells.

The first thing to do to improve Hashis is to eliminate gluten in the diet as

gluten and thyroid molecules are very similar in structure. The immune system

will often mistakenly attack the thyroid instead of the gluten protein.

Hope this helps,

~Bj

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> > " Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Can Affect Quality of Life Even When Thyroid Gland

Function is Normal " (the last issue of Thyroid).

> > I think hashimoto's thyroiditis patients need to read more about selenyum

treatment:

> > " Selenium treatment in autoimmune thyroiditis: 9-month follow-up with

variable doses " (Journal of Endocrinology). free full text by Google..

> > Selenyum is also prescribed for pregnant woman to decrease the rate of

" postpartum thyroiditis " .

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