vitamin E & thyroid... from Adelle Davis' book

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" Vitamin E is particularly helpful to persons with thyroid problems.

The thyroid glands of animals deficient in this vitamin become a mass of

scars incapable of producing thyroxin or absorbing iodine; their eyes

become as prominent as do those of persons with exophthalmic goiter.

When 500 units of vitamin E were given daily to 70 adults with abnormal

thyroid function, the uptake of iodine doubled and protein-bound iodine

in the blood increased; underactive glands markedly improved; and the

cases of overactive thyroid became normal. Nodules on the thyroid

glands also often disappear after vitamin E is taken.

 

This vitamin is essential to glandular function. If adequately

supplied, the pituitary, or master gland, contains 200 times more

vitamin E than any other part of the body. A vitamin-E deficiency

decreases the production of all pituitary hormones; of STH, the

pituitary growth hormone; of ACTH, essential to stimulate the adrenals;

and the hormones whichstimulate the thyroid and sex glands. As soon as

vitamin E is given, hormone production rapidly increases. Even when

produced normally, the pituitary, adrenal, and sex hormoens are

destroyed if Vitamin E is undersupplied. "

 

Mindy

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In a message dated 24/12/01 22:00:51 GMT Standard Time, mindy

writes:

 

Thank you for this I will ensure that I try this for a while and see what

happens.

Marianne

 

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Do you need to take selenium with it?

donna

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Selenium is the catalyst!

 

Gettingwell, dfnewman@a... wrote:

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