The Growing Epidemic of Thyroid Disease and What To Do About It: here it comes, the inevitable.

Thank you for posting this. I was actually reading about thyroid conditions last night. I am positive that I have been suffering from some sort of thyroid condition for the last couple years. Thankfully I finally have health insurance and will be visiting a doctor very soon.

There was information stating that between 13 million to 59 million(different websites) people could be suffering from some sort of thyroid condition and not even know it !

I have several of the symptoms:

My once blonde hair is turning black, super course, and several strands fall out each day. Yesterday a small chunk of about 10 hairs fell out.

Trouble with my eyes...they always feel gritty, bulging senstation which doesn't happen all that often(thank god) in the past I had sensitivity to light...I had to stop driving at night because head lights hurt my eyes.

Bathroom trouble
Depression
Infertility
Sleep problems(wide awake at night but when I fall asleep I can sleep 11 hours and still be tired)
Heart palpitations(Wen't to hospital because I thought I was having a heart attack)

The worse is the memory loss. I'm 28 so it's very scary. I will say something and a second later not remember anything. Go into the store for two items and forget what they are.


If I don't have something wrong with my thyroid i'm screwed !

I also have a sneaky suspicion that dental X-Rays could be causing thyroid problems. My thyroid problems became apparent after having several dental X-Rays. Had the problem now for fifteen years and it will not correct itself, I use Armorthyroid and kelp/iodine.

Hyper, over active thyroid people should not use iodine.

I understand that applying the iodine to the wrist area and soles of feet is effective.

If the iodine fades very quickly, it means the body is deficient and needs it; if it takes awhile to fade or does not fade completely, then there is enough.

Is that correct?

Only thing I would caution about that is where the water well is located . . . for instance, many places around America now have been gas drilled/fracked and well water could be contaminated, so everyone drinking well water should consider those things in term of quality of water.

To my knowledge thyroid epidemy started mid80's and has growed since.

Get some help quickly! You sound like me 20 years ago. I almost died. My potassium levels were so low that my flesh didn't bounce back when pressed. I prayed right before I went to the doctor and said if I am supposed to live then help me get well. I know synthroid isn't supposed to be good on its own, but after taking it, I was so energized I felt like I was reborn! It was a miracle for me.

I take SSKI (soluable solution of potassium iodide) a couple of times a week for chronic bronchitis. Had bronchitis for my entire adult life.

SSKI is the same chemical as in the IOSAT potassium iodide tablets.

Hopefully this has helped in my case.

Can anyone say, "chemtrails"

Just sayin'....They are going to depopulate us down to 500,000,000.

Ok guys, get your pens or printers ready!

You are sick because there IS an imbalance in your life. You must balance everything in life to be healthy and happy. YOU are in control of your health and if you apply what you know to be real and true, you will be better than you ever knew you could.

1) stop eating wheat. Most wheat products contain bromide which blocks iodine uptake. It causes pain and inflammation. This is a must if you are type1 or 2 diabetic, have IBS or Crohn's, or weight problems.
2) stop eating commercial dairy it is the most common cause of ear infections, and type 1 diabetes. This will dramatically improve your health. If you must have dairy, find a local raw source. You can get calcium from leafy greens, bone broths, spirulina, and egg shells baked at 325 for 30 minutes then put into a coffee grinder to make a powder.
3) stop eating sugar and artificial sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners cause cancer. Sugar feeds cancer.
4) eat locally produced food as much as possible. Know your farmer. The health of an animal that you are going to consume should be of high concern. Start your own garden.
5) eat a allergen free ketogenic diet or a paleo diet. If you're a devout vegan or vegetarian, good luck with that. I've been there and done that. I require meat. High fat, moderate protein, low carbs. This diet will also starve many cancers out. Olive oil, coconut oil and lots of it.
6) get a shower filter
7) throw out your microwave and get a toaster oven
8) drink either spring or distilled water. This is nonnegotiable if you want good health.
9) do not drink sodas. You are simply paying to ruin your teeth and your health. Learn to make your own fizzy beverages such as homemade soda or lactofermented beverages, this way the sugar is natural and converted into CO2. This is also a way to get live cultures in your diet which construct a large portion of your immune system in your digestive tract.
10) stop watching tv. It's rotting your brain. Go for a walk. Do some yoga. Dance. Sing. Go fishing. Learn to identify wild edibles and mushrooms. There are several better ways one can spend their time.
11) paint your skin with iodine
12) take hormone balancers such as maca, bee pollen and coconut oil. These stressful times are zapping our endocrine systems.
13) get adequate sleep. 8-10 hours a day. More if you are exhausted.
14) deal with your emotional and spiritual issues. Disease surfaces in these two realms before the physical. Talk to someone you trust, fully feel your emotions, accept responsibility for yourself. Forgive yourself, forgive others.
15) only drink high quality alcohol. Beers made cheaply have GMOs and high fructose corn syrup.
15) bathe in Epsom salt regularly. It is magnesium which we are very deficient in and it is readily absorbed by the skin. Bathe in 2 cups for 20 minutes. Drink water before and after bath.
16) clays such as zeolite are exceptional for drawing out toxins, even radioactive ones. Can be taken internally and externally.
17) quit using toxic hygiene products. These are loaded with hormone disrupters. You can use olive oil in you hair overnight, followed in the morning with half water and half apple cider vinegar. Leave this in for 25 minutes then rinse with water and then rinse with baking soda and water to pull vinegar smell out. This is the cheapest most fantastic hair care regimen ever. Seriously, you will finally love your hair. This will treat and prevent lice much better than dangerous chemicals from the store. Use coconut oil with a very small amount if baking soda as deodorant. Get an all natural toothpaste or look around online until you find a recipe for a homemade one you like. Use Shea butter, coconut oil, olive oil etc on your skin. Do not use lotions. Protect your skin from the sun by graduating exposure, avoiding overexposure and clothing hats etc.
18) look into ayurvedic dental care. This includes oil pulling and bitter chewing sticks. Your teeth and gums can regenerate on this.
19) learn how to make bone broths. It is simple and inexpensive and exceptionally good for your health.
20) be kind to yourself and others. Actively work to think good thoughts because your thoughts create your reality. No lie.
21) google castor oil packs for liver and pancreas. This is cheap and easy and it can fire your pancreas back up even if you have type 1 diabetes. In fact, I think anyone that has either type 1 or 2 diabetes would be nothing short of amazed if you went on a allergen free ketogenic diet and did castor oil packs over your liver and pancreas. The liver and pancreas have a symbiotic relationship. The whole body is a a collection of symbiotic systems. We must care for all organs responsible for hormonal regulation. We can't just tend to one and expect the whole to be, well, whole.
22) take a high quality bioavailable magnesium supplement. Eat lots of greens.

Take care friends

Great list! Super post!

Instead of all this focus on prevention and survival, why the fuck hasn't anybody just gone ahead and retired ALL the nuclear reactors *(and the offshore rigs)*.

If we're headed for worldwide disaster, why not just protect the earth and everybody in it?

CHANGE YOUR PARADIGM

VEGETABLES THE RESULT OF FUKASHIMA RADIATION
Look at the pictures in this article and tell me how stupid humans are to keep reactors going.

We dug the grave. Now lay in it.
We are destroying the earth.

Who is controlling these decisions?
When will this change?

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Great to hear!

My wife and I are paleo, and we feel great.

How do we know that iodine products today aren't contaminated with the radioactive version/s of it? Is this a half life issue perhaps?

The half life of I-131 is thankfully short. I believe seven to eight days?...

Many Thanks!

Awesome! Appreciate you!

I have a gross thyroid story and it just happened today. I went in for a blood test for thyroid because the doctor increased my medication due to her first set of tests showing it vibing too hard.

So, this really has nothing to do with thyroid.

A new person is going to take my blood and I am thinking ...are you new, new or haven't I seen you before?

I say my veins are hard to hit and you can only use my right arm. My veins aren't for amateurs to hit. She sticks me and misses and I notice it is a big honking needle and then she pulls it back and pushes it in digging for a vein.

I said "did you miss it?" yes

I was grossed out by the needle being pulled out and put in.

She must have been really new because immediately she had back up.

I say to the next lady, my left arm has better veins but doctors have told me not to let it be used due to having no lymph nodes on that side.

She doesn't give a shit.

She sticks the left arm with a tiny needle and gets the blood and it didn't hurt.

It is a timely thyroid story. I have always taken the same medication and was surprised to see it need to be increased.

I may have thyroid problems due to past radiation therapy (in the past). :)

I feel like a thread killer.

So one time during radiation therapy, they were aiming somewhere around the bottom of the neck, the person and another person that were watching when they sent the radiation both got looks on their faces like something went really wrong. They recovered pretty quickly and I thought fuck it what is done is done but I always thought they hit my thyroid. I did think that.

You can just call me killer

.:nukeplants:

lolz.... got yer killer gear on girl?

Killer, as in thread killer, but a teacher nicknamed me that once. I didn't know there was a dress code, I think my skirt was too short. :)

that's what i meant ;).. what did you think i was thinking... hmmmmm? GRIN

sry, we're throwing the ball away again....

focus ;)

I never do and never will......but I will stop now.

little bit of squirrel fun here and there never hurt anyone.. sry, had to throw that in... hilarious...

Well I'm wishing you the same. I know how hard it is to doubt a doctor, they're so f'ing over-confident. And then figuring what to do once you lose confidence in your doctor. Looking for another, making appointments, waiting. And who knows, the second one might be just as dumb.

I'm glad you finally got the help you needed. Don't blame yourself for not taking action sooner, I mean, its just very hard!

Best wishes ...

Memory loss is a classic symptom.

Also! There's a condition called post-surgical cognitive deficit that is a known syndrome. It's considered a mystery but I'll bet you dimes to dollars it's due to isoflurane (or similar) which is a fluorine-based inhaled anesthetic.

Hi there -- Sorry for the delay (I was at work all day) and hope you will return to read this!

The most commonly-prescribed antibiotic for urinary tract infections is ciprofloxacin ("cipro"). It is based on a fluoride molecule. It destroys thyroid & joint health. It is implicated in fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and Gulf War Syndrome.

Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue are more common in women in men, and it so happens that women get Cipro a lot more due to higher incidence of urinary infections, and also the fact that fluoride clears from the female body more slowly than from the male body.

Gulf War syndrome could have arisen from the fact that soldiers are given Cipro as a prophylactic against bacterial infections.

As for anesthesia, the most commonly-used inhaled anesthetics these days are also fluoride based. Isoflurane is one.

You could very well be suffering from fluoride poisoning! Some of us are more exposed than others, and some of us are more sensitive than others.

Google "fluoride action network" for more info. There are some great books that have been written about fluoride.

My doc. won't prescribe anything else. It's going to be hell when he retires. In my case I have Gilbert's syndrome which causes a liver enzyme deficiency. One of the roles of that enzyme is to convert T4 to T3.

As of right now there are still 2 sources of natural thyroid you can get without a prescription. One of them is from a Thailand based pharmaceutical company and the other one is natural sources raw thyroid.

There is actually a big crackdown on sources of natural thyroid. They stopped manufacturing armour thyroid for a while and it was very hard to get. I have to believe they want Americans tired, sick and easily controllable.

It's a definite conspiracy in my mind.

Nice:

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Hypothyroidism / Underactive Thyroid can be treated very well using Herbal Medicine
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Before you begin a LIFE LONG course of drugs (thyroxine) please use this method first !!

It will save you much grief and suffering.

Hypothyroid (underactive thyroid) can be healed back to its normal function without Thyroxine. If you have been recently diagnosed and wonder if there is a superior method than lifelong drug replacement, then this is the correct method for you. Even if you have been on Thyroxine for many years, it is often possible to begin this protocol/treatment and gradually reduce your Thyroxine over a 4 month period. You can then get the levels checked and you will be very surprised at your thyroids ability to restore to its natural normal functioning again.

For more than 17 years Darren Grech has been treating hundreds of cases successfully.

Darren Grech has much experience and has conducted over 35,000 consultations covering many medical conditions from patients all over Australia. With over 17 years experience in full time practice Darren Grech has the expertise to know the best treatment for your condition.

Many patients from all over Western Australia have decided to use Darren Grech’s treatment instead of drugs. Hypothyroidism can often be actually eradicated and many patients want a much better and more logical approach and have found this natural method very effective.

Darren Grech specialises in using internal Herbal Medicine taken orally which usually treats hypothyroidism extremely well. Some of the most severe cases have also been treated very well. In fact the protocols offered have about 90% success rate.

Usually the symptoms of tiredness and weight gain begins to improve after a few weeks on the treatment. It is best to continue this natural treatment for about 6 to 12 months. The goal with this method is to restore the thyroids natural ability to produce the normal amount of hormone.

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it's perth ok, but the information is good....

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