Re: Thyroid support: what herbals work best?

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I consume more organic coconut oil when I need thyroid support. The brand I

happen have on hand is Spectrum, which I get because it is conveniently

available at my local grocery store and the quality has worked just fine for us.

Michele

http://www.healthgazelle.com

http://www.kidslikemine.com

http://www.solanorail.com

[Guest guest]

what does the coconut oil do?

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Michele <talithamichele@...> wrote:

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> I consume more organic coconut oil when I need thyroid support. The brand I

> happen have on hand is Spectrum, which I get because it is conveniently

> available at my local grocery store and the quality has worked just fine for

> us.

>

> Michele

> http://www.healthgazelle.com

> http://www.kidslikemine.com

> http://www.solanorail.com

>

>

[Guest guest]

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> what does the coconut oil do?

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I've read it's good nutritional support for the thyroid. And it seems to work

for me.

What I have found, though, is that when I am sick, I generally need to provide

both adrenal support and thyroid support. Someone told me once that when the

adrenals are stressed for a long time, it eventually puts stress on the thyroid.

I have found this to be true -- for me, at least.

Michele

http://www.healthgazelle.com

http://www.kidslikemine.com

http://www.solanorail.com

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> I see in the archives that Andy suggests using herbs to help improve thyroid

function, but I can't seem to find the brand names that parents have used that

work well.

These are not herbals, but what I used to correct thyroid issues here was

selenium, iodine, and tyrosine.

Dana

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I am using Nutricology's Adrenal Cortex Extract and Jarrow's Tyrosine (with B6)

- very helpful; I never feel cold anymore.

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> > I see in the archives that Andy suggests using herbs to help improve thyroid

function, but I can't seem to find the brand names that parents have used that

work well.

[Guest guest]

Kind of an interesting tidbit, I ran out of coconut oil a couple weeks ago and

the boys and I all had candida really bad. Don't know if it was a coincidence

or not, we hadn't done anything else different. I usually use it like butter,

we put it on veggies, oatmeal, salmon, you name it...everybody likes it a lot.

I found a local brand that's not too expensive.

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> > I consume more organic coconut oil when I need thyroid support. The brand I

> > happen have on hand is Spectrum, which I get because it is conveniently

> > available at my local grocery store and the quality has worked just fine for

> > us.

> >

> > Michele

> > http://www.healthgazelle.com

> > http://www.kidslikemine.com

> > http://www.solanorail.com

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Coconut Oil contains capyrlic acid and it a great antifungal.

As well as supply essential fatty acids.

for thyroids: tyrosine, iodine,

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> > > I consume more organic coconut oil when I need thyroid support. The brand

I

> > > happen have on hand is Spectrum, which I get because it is conveniently

> > > available at my local grocery store and the quality has worked just fine

for

> > > us.

> > >

> > > Michele

> > > http://www.healthgazelle.com

> > > http://www.kidslikemine.com

> > > http://www.solanorail.com

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How do you determine the dose. mg/lb to start at then work up till

you experience relief?

Tressie

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Jan <mercurybabies2@...> wrote:

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> Coconut Oil contains capyrlic acid and it a great antifungal.

> As well as supply essential fatty acids.

> for thyroids: tyrosine, iodine,

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>> > > I consume more organic coconut oil when I need thyroid support. The

>> > > brand I

>> > > happen have on hand is Spectrum, which I get because it is

>> > > conveniently

>> > > available at my local grocery store and the quality has worked just

>> > > fine for

>> > > us.

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>> > > Michele

>> > > http://www.healthgazelle.com

>> > > http://www.kidslikemine.com

>> > > http://www.solanorail.com

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[Guest guest]

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> Kind of an interesting tidbit, I ran out of coconut oil a couple weeks ago and

the boys and I all had candida really bad. Don't know if it was a coincidence

or not, we hadn't done anything else different. I usually use it like butter,

we put it on veggies, oatmeal, salmon, you name it...everybody likes it a lot.

I found a local brand that's not too expensive.

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I use it topically on my private parts when I have a yeast infection and take it

orally when sick/exposed to a sick person. I don't currently have OLE or OOO in

the house and haven't had the money recently to buy more. Coconut oil has

antibiotic properties and Andy once told me that it does good things for the gut

flora. It's also a medium chain triglyceride, which is highly recommended for

people with my genetic disorder. According to Andy, who was kind enough to take

a look at my website a few years ago and discuss some things with me, all the

oils I list as tolerating well are medium chain triglycerides. I don't know

much chemistry, so I don't know why that would be so important. I've been

gradually learning some things about food chemistry, very piecemeal, and

reworking our diets -- recreating favorite recipes with " safe " foods and

altering others to bring down the acidity and things like that. I finally

really enjoy food. For many years, I often forced myself to eat when my blood

sugar dropped so low that I was getting the shakes and feeling faint. At my

sickest, it was common for me to have something like carnation instant breakfast

or oatmeal for either lunch or dinner. I really was having trouble tolerating

solid food.

Anyway, enough of my sleep-deprived ramblings. :-) Coconut oil has many good

qualities. That and organic butter are our current staples for fats/oils in the

house.

Later.

Michele

http://www.healthgazelle.com

http://www.kidslikemine.com

http://www.solanorail.com