RE: low fat diets/thyroid friendly diets

[Guest guest]

Also think of how your ancestors ate. Fats are very supportive of the

endocrine system.

http://www.westonaprice.org

Gracia

> Hi gang! Here's something I posted in my Hashi group awhile back.

> Something to think about. Since I have Hashi's which is an

> autoimmune disorder, I am all about having a diet which is good for

> my immune

[Guest guest]

all my ancestors were VERY fat my mom (who is 65) my grandma my great

grandparents, my great aunts were like 500 pounds with my fatty arms i

guess.. hypo or whatever i got does not care. I did strait 0 carbs for 6

weeks lost 7 pounds first week and NOTHIGN but pain next few months

Re: low fat diets/ " thyroid friendly diets "

>

> Also think of how your ancestors ate. Fats are very supportive of the

> endocrine system.

> http://www.westonaprice.org

> Gracia

>

> > Hi gang! Here's something I posted in my Hashi group awhile back.

> > Something to think about. Since I have Hashi's which is an

> > autoimmune disorder, I am all about having a diet which is good for

> > my immune

>

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>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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From: " Kemal And Sheila Kalajdzic " <kemalandsheila@...>

Reply-hypothyroidism

hypothyroidism

Subject: low fat diets/ " thyroid friendly diets "

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:44:12 -0000

Sheila, thanks. However, this quote disturbs me:

" This same diet should control the risk

factors that can lead to brain damage and deterioration of

congition. "

Autoimmune disease causes brain damage? don't tell me that

Dr. Ridha Arem says in " The Thyroid Solution, "

" A thyroid-friendly diet should also be a diet friendly to the

immune system, one that is likely to prevent or temper an autoimmune

attack on the thyroid. This same diet should control the risk

factors that can lead to brain damage and deterioration of

congition.

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[Guest guest]

hi karen, most of us with Hashi's are dealing with inflammation on a daily

basis...inflammation of our thyroid gland (goiter). the thyroid hormones have

shrunk mine.

the link to this article is at the end. hugs, sheila

Inflammation Linked to Cognitive Decline

More evidence that it may play a role in Alzheimer's disease

By Kathleen Doheny

HealthDay Reporter

(HealthDay is the new name for HealthScoutNews.)

FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Inflammation in the body, measured by blood

tests, is linked to cognitive decline in older adults, a team of researchers has

found.

The new study, published in the July 8 issue of Neurology , adds weight to the

hypothesis that inflammatory mechanisms in the body play a role in several

age-related diseases, including Alzheimer's.

" There has been a lot of [medical] literature suggesting that inflammation may

contribute to Alzheimer's disease and other disorders or aging, " says study

author Dr. Yaffe, an assistant professor of psychiatry, neurology and

epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco.

What was not known, she says, was which comes first -- the inflammation or the

disease. " My idea was, OK, let's look at blood levels of inflammation. Those who

start off with higher levels of the blood markers should have more cognitive

decline [over time]. And that is indeed what we found, " she says.

Yaffe and her co-researchers followed 3,031 black and white men and women,

average age 74, who were enrolled in the ongoing Health, Aging and Body

Composition Study. The scientists took blood levels of three known markers of

inflammation, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein and tumor

necrosis factor. They repeated the tests two years later.

A battery of mental tests was also given to evaluate concentration, memory,

language and other measures of cognitive functioning, both at the start and two

years later.

After adjusting for age and other factors, they found that those who had the

highest levels of inflammation -- whose blood levels of IL-6 and C-reactive

protein were in the highest one-third -- had more cognitive decline compared to

those whose blood levels of those substances were in the lower third.

If their IL-6 result was high, they were 34 percent more likely to have

cognitive decline than those whose scores on the tests were in the lower third.

If their C-reactive protein levels were in the top third, they were 41 percent

more likely to have cognitive decline than those in the lower third.

Although those who suffered cognitive decline also had higher levels of tumor

necrosis factor, the differences weren't statistically significant, Yaffe says.

While the next logical step -- which is already being studied -- is to determine

if preventing inflammation with medication makes any difference, Yaffe says it's

too soon to recommend taking drugs to ward off age-related cognitive decline.

And the study found no relationship between the use of anti-inflammatories and

inflammation levels.

The study " is a very large, well-done study, " says Bill Thies, vice president of

medical and scientific affairs for the Alzheimer's Association. The finding

" fits with the idea that excess inflammatory activities are somehow related to

Alzheimer's. "

" And it does suggest that some of these inflammatory markers might be useful " to

identify those at high risk for developing cognitive problems, Thies adds.

But to date, Thies says, research looking at anti-inflammatory drugs shows more

promise as a preventive option, rather than as a treatment.

Adds another expert, Dr. ph Quinn, a neurologist at the Portland (Oregon) VA

Medical Center, " There are only two other studies that have suggested that

inflammatory markers predict future cognition. And this one is different because

it includes multiple markers of inflammation and includes large numbers of

African-Americans. "

" It is a very solid study, " Quinn says. But he adds a caveat: " It is also

important to note that these results do not mean that people should start taking

anti-inflammatory medicines for the prevention of Alzheimer's. "

More information

For more information on Alzheimer's disease, see the Alzheimer's Association .

Read about how anti-inflammatories may protect against Alzheimer's disease .

SOURCES: Yaffe, M.D., assistant professor, psychiatry, neurology and

epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, and chief, geriatric

psychiatry, San Francisco VA Medical Center; ph Quinn, M.D., neurologist,

Portland VA Medical Center, and assistant professor, neurology, Oregon Health &

Science University, Portland; Bill Thies, Ph.D., vice president, medical and

scientific affairs, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago; July 8, 2003, Neurology

Copyright © 2003 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved.

http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/514115.html

K a r e n P <karlynn17@...> wrote:

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From: " Kemal And Sheila Kalajdzic " <kemalandsheila@...>

Reply-hypothyroidism

hypothyroidism

Subject: low fat diets/ " thyroid friendly diets "

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:44:12 -0000

Sheila, thanks. However, this quote disturbs me:

" This same diet should control the risk

factors that can lead to brain damage and deterioration of

congition. "

Autoimmune disease causes brain damage? don't tell me that

Dr. Ridha Arem says in " The Thyroid Solution, "

" A thyroid-friendly diet should also be a diet friendly to the

immune system, one that is likely to prevent or temper an autoimmune

attack on the thyroid. This same diet should control the risk

factors that can lead to brain damage and deterioration of

congition.

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