 
"HYPOTHYROID"
Has Your Thyroid
Left You Cold? Are You
Often Depressed?
Fatigue, coldness,
depression, constipation, weight gain,
irregular menstrual periods, tingling in hands
or feet, and dry, thinning hair are some of the
most common symptoms of low thyroid (or
hypothyroid).
It is important for us to
realize that these symptoms are often missed or
overlooked and the thyroid problem goes
undiagnosed. Many have suffered so long with
these conditions that they view them as
normal. One endocrinologist believes
hypothyroidism is one of the most often overlooked
conditions .
Are You Tired Of Being Tired?
Your Thyroid gland
controls your metabolism. The thyroid is
a butterfly shaped gland in the neck that
produces hormones to regulate your
metabolism. Metabolism is the sum of all
the physical and chemical changes that
occur within your body. It concerns all
the energy and processes that occur
within every living
cell.
The thyroid gland is
part of a chain of glands. It is
stimulated by a hormone called TSH from
the pituary gland in your brain and, in
turn, affects the functioning of all your
other glands. When the gland
is underactive you have an hypothyroid
condition.
Hypo-
Or Hyper-Thyroidism?
In
hypothyroidism, the usual cause is that
the thyroid gland produces too few
hormones. In hyperthyroidism, it produces
too many. As our population becomes more
aware of the connection between high
blood pressure and salt, people are
reducing the amount of salt in their
diets. This helps to lower blood
pressure, but now many are not getting
the iodine that has been added to salt to
prevent low thyroid
conditions.
How Can I
Have Low Thyroid Symptoms, When
My
Blood Tests Are "Normal"?
No
laboratory test has been found to be
accurate in determining the proper
functioning of the thyroid gland. The
most common method of determining
hypothyroidism is a blood test to check
TSH levels (the thyroid stimulating
hormone produced by the pituitary gland)
and T4 levels (the main thyroid hormone).
The main problem with this method
is that
some people may have enough of the T4
thyroid hormone in their blood,
but fail to have a sufficient amount of
an enzyme needed to convert the T4 into
T3. (T3 is the active form of the hormone
that is the only form that can enter the
cells and perform its intended
work).
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Dr. Broda Barnes, one of the
leading authorities on the
subject of the Thyroid Gland,
and author of,
Solved: The
Riddle of Heart
Attacks
and
Hypothyroidism:
The Unsuspected
Illness
,
recommends the following
remarkably simple test
that could save your
life:
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Barnes Basal
Temperature Test for Low
Thyroid
Shake down a thermometer before
retiring and place it by your
clock on a bedside table. First
thing in the morning (before
getting out of bed) place the
therometer snugly in the armpit
- forexactly 10 minutes.
The normal
Basal Temperature is 97.8-98.2.
A temperature below 97.8
indicates a possible low
thryoid. When the temperature
is taken under the arm, add one
degree to the thermometer
reading. (96.2 on the
thermometer would be recorded
as 97.2)
Because a
woman's temperature may vary
during the menstrual cycle, the
temperature should be taken on
the 2nd and 3rd days of
menstruation. It is best to
take the temperature readings
for at least a week and then
find the average.
Young children
may be tested with a rectal
thermometer for 2 minutes. Oral
temperatures do not give
accurate basal
temperatures.
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Dr. Stephen Langer
is one of the foremost authorities
concerning the thyroid in our
country today. Although Dr. Barnes
was one of the first to link Heart
Attacks to Hypothyroidism, Dr.
Langer has gone beyond that and
connected many illnesses to that
low thyroid in the book that he
produced with James Sheer - Solved:
The Riddle of Illness. Many
conditions, including allergies,
cancer, infections, psoriasis, and
hyper-activity have responded
amazingly well to treatment of
hypothyroidism.
When the temperature test and
the symptoms agree, Dr. Barnes
and Dr. Langer encourage the
use of natural thyroid hormone
replacemet in the form of
Armour Dessicated Thyroid,
because it contains all the
active principles found in the
natural thyroid. Many
physicians prescribe synthetic
preparations that include only
the T4 thyroid which is unable
to get into the cells where it
is needed for the; body to
function properly.
If you have a low thyroid
condition, ask your doctor to
prescribe
Armour Thyroid-the proven
remedy that these experts
recommend.
I am personally grateful to Dr.
Barnes and a doctor in Southern
California who was committed to
Dr. Barnes method of diagnosing
and treating Hypothyroididm. I
have taken Armour Thyroid for
over 20 years, and can testify
that it has banished my
fatigue. For that reason, I
have refused the synthetic
substitutes every time I move
and must change doctors.
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