Guest guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 OK - I have to say this. I'm not 100% convinced that high doses of iodine are the right thing for everyone - I honestly don't know. I know taking one iodorol a day doesn't hurt me yet I know before I was on armour when I took iodine my antibodies went up and I eventually got more symtpoms - however, on armour with one iodorol I'm doing fine. It's quite possible that after 20 years (probably longer) with Hashi's I would have ended up more hypo anyway! BUT I really take exception to the statement that no responsible practitioner uses the loading test! Maybe it is useless - I don't know - but everyone has different opinions including wonderful practitioners - sometimes after experience they may change their recommendations but none of this is written in stone. MY practitioner is an MD who went into alternative/integrative after years of traditional medical practice. He has loyal patients that come from distances to see him including a lot of nurses and practitioners and doctors also. I've talked to a lot of his patients and never heard anything negative. He tries his best to HELP people become WELL! He listens and wades through things and goes to conferences and continues to learn. And he uses the loading test. He doesn't pretend to know it all and there is so much info out there that he CAN'T know it all. He even told me he has learned from me. So I do resent that statement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Perhaps part of the statement was not as diplomatically stated as you would like, but the fact remains that the iodine loading test is bogus. A good doctor should educate him/herself about the diagnostics used; and a good doctor IMHO will not diagnose using easily determined bogus tests. For a good doctor there's not much reason to use a test which consistently gives inconsistent or unreliable results. > > Iodine nonsense > <hypothyroidism/message/39129;_ylc=X3oDMTJxNWFidnR\ qBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzE0NTY2NARncnBzcElkAzE3MDkyNTEwODIEbXNnSWQDMzkxMjkEc2V\ jA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIxMzI2Njc2Mg--> > > > > Posted by: " is Baranek " alexis@... > <mailto:alexis@...?Subject=%20Re%3AIodine%20nonsense> > alexisandtim_fl <alexisandtim_fl> > > > Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:03 am (PDT) > > OK - I have to say this. I'm not 100% convinced that high doses of > iodine are the right thing for everyone - I honestly don't know. I > know taking one iodorol a day doesn't hurt me yet I know before I was > on armour when I took iodine my antibodies went up and I eventually > got more symtpoms - however, on armour with one iodorol I'm doing > fine. It's quite possible that after 20 years (probably longer) with > Hashi's I would have ended up more hypo anyway! > > BUT I really take exception to the statement that no responsible > practitioner uses the loading test! Maybe it is useless - I don't know > - but everyone has different opinions including wonderful > practitioners - sometimes after experience they may change their > recommendations but none of this is written in stone. MY practitioner > is an MD who went into alternative/ > integrative after years of traditional medical practice. He has loyal > patients that come from distances to see him including a lot of nurses > and practitioners and doctors also. I've talked to a lot of his > patients and never heard anything negative. He tries his best to HELP > people become WELL! He listens and wades through things and goes to > conferences and continues to learn. And he uses the loading test. He > doesn't pretend to know it all and there is so much info out there > that he CAN'T know it all. He even told me he has learned from me. So > I do resent that statement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 If you read the info by a number of doctors like Brownstein and such then you get the idea perhaps iodine can help some people. Others say something different - but those are generally the ones thaqt would rather drug people. A GOOD doctor tries things that are natural and can cause much less harm then the dangerous and often useless drugs the others use. MY doctor goes to ACAM and other conferences and is always learning things NOT taught by the drug companies. The average allopath gets most all their continuing education from drug company sponsored nonsense. I consider my doctor WAY more informed and also more interested in making people healthy then any I've ever been to. You are entitled to your opinion about what a " good " doctor is. I'll go with the one that has helped me and my husband and that has patients lined up hoping to get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 On another note: I can remember back in the 1980's receiving alternative magazine's where they were saying that Altzheimers (sp?) could be seen or was caused, not sure which anymore by the plaque in the brain. At the time mainstream health poohoo'd it. Now what do you here mainstream docs saying.......plaque in the brain..... Ya' I do question mainstream docs and healthcare. I think it is wise to do so. Venizia > > If you read the info by a number of doctors like Brownstein and such then you get the idea perhaps iodine can help some people. Others say something different - but those are generally the ones thaqt would rather drug people. A GOOD doctor tries things that are natural and can cause much less harm then the dangerous and often useless drugs the others use. MY doctor goes to ACAM and other conferences and is always learning things NOT taught by the drug companies. The average allopath gets most all their continuing education from drug company sponsored nonsense. I consider my doctor WAY more informed and also more interested in making people healthy then any I've ever been to. You are entitled to your opinion about what a " good " doctor is. I'll go with the one that has helped me and my husband and that has patients lined up hoping to get in. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 you are lucky to have this doc. I wonder how most docs can stand doing what they do, day after day. Gracia OK - I have to say this. I'm not 100% convinced that high doses of iodine are the right thing for everyone - I honestly don't know. I know taking one iodorol a day doesn't hurt me yet I know before I was on armour when I took iodine my antibodies went up and I eventually got more symtpoms - however, on armour with one iodorol I'm doing fine. It's quite possible that after 20 years (probably longer) with Hashi's I would have ended up more hypo anyway! BUT I really take exception to the statement that no responsible practitioner uses the loading test! Maybe it is useless - I don't know - but everyone has different opinions including wonderful practitioners - sometimes after experience they may change their recommendations but none of this is written in stone. MY practitioner is an MD who went into alternative/integrative after years of traditional medical practice. He has loyal patients that come from distances to see him including a lot of nurses and practitioners and doctors also. I've talked to a lot of his patients and never heard anything negative. He tries his best to HELP people become WELL! He listens and wades through things and goes to conferences and continues to learn. And he uses the loading test. He doesn't pretend to know it all and there is so much info out there that he CAN'T know it all. He even told me he has learned from me. So I do resent that statement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Armour, Cortef, Iodoral, etc. ARE drugs. Dusty _____ From: hypothyroidism [mailto:hypothyroidism ] On Behalf Of is Baranek Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:15 PM hypothyroidism Subject: Re:Iodine nonsense If you read the info by a number of doctors like Brownstein and such then you get the idea perhaps iodine can help some people. Others say something different - but those are generally the ones thaqt would rather drug people. A GOOD doctor tries things that are natural and can cause much less harm then the dangerous and often useless drugs the others use. MY doctor goes to ACAM and other conferences and is always learning things NOT taught by the drug companies. The average allopath gets most all their continuing education from drug company sponsored nonsense. I consider my doctor WAY more informed and also more interested in making people healthy then any I've ever been to. You are entitled to your opinion about what a " good " doctor is. I'll go with the one that has helped me and my husband and that has patients lined up hoping to get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 I absolutely agree with this. I was untreated for 30 years after a partial thyroidectomy b/c of the TSH test. I should have a huge huge lawsuit about it. My mother was never treated properly--she was murdered with LOTS of drugs. I work with ppl who have never been treated for congenital hypothyroidism, even though they have every symptom of it including damaged brains. Let the lawsuits begin. Gracia Perhaps part of the statement was not as diplomatically stated as you would like, but the fact remains that the iodine loading test is bogus. A good doctor should educate him/herself about the diagnostics used; and a good doctor IMHO will not diagnose using easily determined bogus tests. For a good doctor there's not much reason to use a test which consistently gives inconsistent or unreliable results. > Recent Activity a.. 14New Members Visit Your Group Meditation and Lovingkindness A Group to share and learn. Health Early Detection Know the symptoms of breast cancer. Biz Resources Y! Small Business Articles, tools, forms, and more. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Righto! Venizia > > > Right you are, Venezia. We'd be crazy not to! After all, your health will > never be as important to a doc as it is to you. To be an uninformed > unquestioning patient is to put your health at risk. > BarbF > > In a message dated 6/12/2008 4:55:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > nelsonck@... writes: > > Ya' I do question mainstream docs and healthcare. I think it is wise > to do so > > > > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 great post! did I write this? OH is did. XO Gracia If you read the info by a number of doctors like Brownstein and such then you get the idea perhaps iodine can help some people. Others say something different - but those are generally the ones thaqt would rather drug people. A GOOD doctor tries things that are natural and can cause much less harm then the dangerous and often useless drugs the others use. MY doctor goes to ACAM and other conferences and is always learning things NOT taught by the drug companies. The average allopath gets most all their continuing education from drug company sponsored nonsense. I consider my doctor WAY more informed and also more interested in making people healthy then any I've ever been to. You are entitled to your opinion about what a " good " doctor is. I'll go with the one that has helped me and my husband and that has patients lined up hoping to get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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