Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 shame on her... just shame on her.... and good for you! Her treatments will help someone that is low thyroid due to poor eating.. but anyone suffering from a disease, nodule, cancer or genetic flaw would be house bound and not returning, or dead. Topper () On Tue, 04 May 2004 16:10:07 -0000 " fluffyowl2000 " writes: > ..just had a disconcerting encounter in a " natural therapy " > centre...went in about my teenage son who is being a typical poor > eating teenager and needs a good supplement..got that fine...but > while I was in I asked if they sold dessicated thyroid...e.g. > nutri-meds, or simimlar. > After a look of shock and horror, the " therapist " told me that ALL > cases of hypothyroidism can be treated by L-Tyrosine and kelp > alone...even hashi's. All her clients are treated with this regime > and this alone, and according to her they all do fine..mmmmmm...or > they get so hypo they can't get out of the house to come > back??????.. > I did try to explain the problems of too much kelp and hashi's...but > she wasn't having it so I smiled sweetly and left! ;-) > I will stay with my sweet dessicated pig...thank you!!!!! > Greetings, > Fluffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 > After a look of shock and horror, the " therapist " told me that ALL > > cases of hypothyroidism can be treated by L-Tyrosine and kelp > > alone...even hashi's. All her clients are treated with this regime > > and this alone...... This is very interesting. According to Dr. Derry, tyrosine and iodine are supposedly crutial (amino/mineral) for proper thyroid function. In fact, Dr. Derry expresses that hypothyroid patients aren't getting enough iodine and that supplementation is important. I just ordered some iodine online. I have Hashi's, as most hypothyroid people do, so is Dr. Derry wrong about treating Hashi's patients with iodine???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 There are some studies that have been done that show restricting iodine intake can halt an attack of Hashi's in it's tracks The effect of iodine restriction on thyroid function in patients with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I have pasted one here. Yoon SJ, Choi SR, Kim DM, Kim JU, Kim KW, Ahn CW, Cha BS, Lim SK, Kim KR, Lee HC, Huh KB. Department of Internal Medicine, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 146-92 Dogok-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul 135-720, Korea. kimkr96@... Lifelong thyroid hormone replacement is indicated in patients with hypothyroidism as a result of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. However, previous reports have shown that excess iodine induces hypothyroidism in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. This study investigated the effects of iodine restriction on the thyroid function and the predictable factors for recovery in patients with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The subject group consisted of 45 patients who had initially been diagnosed with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The subjects were divided randomly into two groups. One group was an iodine intake restriction group (group 1) (iodine intake: less than 100 micro g/day) and the other group was an iodine intake non-restriction group (group 2). The thyroid- related hormones and the urinary excretion of iodine were measured at the baseline state and after 3 months. After 3 months, a recovery to the euthyroid state was found in 78.3 % of group 1 (18 out of 23 patients), which is higher than the 45.5% from group 2 (10 out of 22 patients). In group 1, mean serum fT4 level (0.80 +/- 0.27 ng/dL at the baseline, 0.98 +/- 0.21 ng/dL after 3 months) and the TSH level (37.95 +/- 81.76 micro IU/mL at the baseline, 25.66 +/- 70.79 micro IU/mL after 3 months) changed significantly during this period (p < 0.05). In group 2, the mean serum fT4 level decreased (0.98 +/- 0.17 ng/dL at baseline, 0.92 +/- 0.28 ng/dL after 3 months, p < 0.05). In the iodine restriction group, the urinary iodine excretion values were higher in the recovered patients than in non-recovered patients (3.51 +/- 1.62 mg/L vs. 1.21 +/- 0.39 mg/ L, p=0.006) and the initial serum TSH values were lower in the recovered patients than in the non-recovered patients (14.28 +/- 12.63 micro IU/mL vs. 123.14 +/- 156.51 micro IU/mL, p=0.005). In conclusion, 78.3% of patients with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis regained an euthyroid state iodine restriction alone. Both a low initial serum TSH and a high initial urinary iodine concentration can be predictable factors for a recovery from hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis after restricting their iodine intake. and also read this.. http://www.thyroidmanager.org/Chapter8/8__iodide_metabolism.htm so I would tread cautiously with the iodine..it may make things worse rather than better....I know it upset all my balnces! Fluffy > > > After a look of shock and horror, the " therapist " told me that ALL > > > cases of hypothyroidism can be treated by L-Tyrosine and kelp > > > alone...even hashi's. All her clients are treated with this regime > > > and this alone...... > > This is very interesting. According to Dr. Derry, tyrosine and iodine > are supposedly crutial (amino/mineral) for proper thyroid function. In > fact, Dr. Derry expresses that hypothyroid patients aren't getting > enough iodine and that supplementation is important. > > I just ordered some iodine online. I have Hashi's, as most hypothyroid > people do, so is Dr. Derry wrong about treating Hashi's patients with > iodine???????? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 He is in my opinion. It makes me worse. Re: kelp/L-Tyrosine > After a look of shock and horror, the " therapist " told me that ALL > > cases of hypothyroidism can be treated by L-Tyrosine and kelp > > alone...even hashi's. All her clients are treated with this regime > > and this alone...... This is very interesting. According to Dr. Derry, tyrosine and iodine are supposedly crutial (amino/mineral) for proper thyroid function. In fact, Dr. Derry expresses that hypothyroid patients aren't getting enough iodine and that supplementation is important. I just ordered some iodine online. I have Hashi's, as most hypothyroid people do, so is Dr. Derry wrong about treating Hashi's patients with iodine???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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