Guest guest Posted November 28, 2002 Report Share Posted November 28, 2002 ---H. Jack Baskin, M.D., vice president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, reports eight million Americans have some sort of thyroid problems while actually only half of these have been diagnosed. While extreme hypothyroidism is easily identifiable, mild cases are often not detected in routine blood tests, so subclinical hypothyroidism mostly falls through the cracks. Your doctor might try to convince you that your symptoms are " a normal part of aging' or " nothing to worry about " . " Don't buy it, Dr. Baskin says. And he goes on to list " inability to lose weight despite constant dieting " as one of the inevitable symptoms of low thyroid function. Makes sense to me as the thyroid is said to be the " conductor of the metabolic symphony " . It doesn't take an expert to know that metabolism can make a huge difference regarding weight gain. This book states that L-tyrosine is a precursor to the thyroid hormones thyroxin and triodothyronine. Tyrosine supplementation may increase thyroid hormone levels. It also lists B-12 and B-6 and B-3 as quite helpful, along with the lipotropic factors choline, methionine and inositol. A person with low thyroid cannot convert beta-carotene into vitamin A and when the body is low in vitamin A, it cannot produce the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), so it becomes a vicious cycle. The good doctor also advises avoiding caffeine, ma-huang, gurarana and ginseng, all of which cause extreme stress to our adrenals and thyroid, over time. Best Regards, JoAnn Guest mrsjoguest Friendsforhealthnaturally DietaryTipsForHBP http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/AIM.html In Gettingwell, " eve " <Richgirl@p...> wrote: > Hello JoAnn I was reading an article that argued that > Hypothyroidism had a direct relationship to weight gain and > difficulty loosing weight... any comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 How successful can acupunture be in restoring low (hypo) blood levels, and has anyone seen success solely with without natural thyroid hormone replacement? And what is the philosphy behind it? thanks! elle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 hypothyroidism may need to check if diagnosis as Hashimoto. The blood test you need down: 1. A hormone test. Blood tests can determine the amount of hormones produced by your thyroid and pituitary glands. If your thyroid is underactive, the level of thyroid hormone is low. At the same time, the level of TSH is elevated because your pituitary gland tries to stimulate your thyroid gland to produce more thyroid hormone. 2.An antibody test. Because Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disorder, the cause involves production of abnormal antibodies. A blood test may confirm the presence of such antibodies. Chinese medicine exactly can treat it! Are you an acupuncturist? If yes, ask your patient to check the blood and make a correct diagnosis, then you need to see the patient has qi or yang deficiency, then you need mail to me the result, I'll tell you the treatment. We have patients with hypothyroidism treat by Chinese medicine the blood T3, T4 and TSH get to normal level. You need to know Western medical diagnosis is very important to direct clinical treatment! Best! Judy anmedicine.com In a message dated 1/29/2006 4:15:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, hikenswim writes: How successful can acupunture be in restoring low (hypo) blood levels, and has anyone seen success solely with without natural thyroid hormone replacement? And what is the philosphy behind it? thanks! elle Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 THere are two special points in the back of neck mentioned in Gorge su de morant book. Acupunture Chinoise. I have had good result from this. Also Dr Tong's points are useful. I combined both as well as building liver qi as well as kidney yang the mother of the liver. Hypothyroid could be seen as a yang deficiency in terms if symptoms. SO it can be controlled or lessened by building the yang qi. Kevin Scrimgeour Doctor and Concierge " a personal approach to life. " 24/7 cell 778 227 1796 > " hikenswim " <hikenswim >acupuncture >acupuncture >acupuncture Hypothyroidism >Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:04:32 -0000 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Originating-IP: 66.94.237.39 >X-Sender: hikenswim >Received: from n4a.bullet.dcn. ([216.155.203.224]) by >bay0-mc5-f5.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 30 >Jan 2006 18:30:20 -0800 >Received: from [216.155.201.65] by n4.bullet.dcn. with NNFMP; 29 >Jan 2006 20:53:32 -0000 >Received: from [66.218.69.1] by t2.bullet.dcn. with NNFMP; 29 Jan >2006 20:53:32 -0000 >Received: from [66.218.67.199] by t1.bullet.scd. with NNFMP; 29 >Jan 2006 20:53:31 -0000 >Received: (qmail 1746 invoked by uid 7800); 29 Jan 2006 20:53:30 -0000 >Received: (qmail 13122 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2006 03:04:36 -0000 >Received: from unknown (66.218.67.33) by m21.grp.scd. with QMQP; >29 Jan 2006 03:04:36 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO n5a.bullet.scd.) (66.94.237.39) by >mta7.grp.scd. with SMTP; 29 Jan 2006 03:04:36 -0000 >Received: from [66.218.69.6] by n5.bullet.scd. with NNFMP; 29 Jan >2006 03:04:34 -0000 >Received: from [66.218.66.90] by t6.bullet.scd. with NNFMP; 29 Jan >2006 03:04:34 -0000 >X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jEWOV60EeMLBs12C3Jv+MerX3reyJaP4bk= >Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam./domainkeys >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lima; >d=;b=SyhGmJb1EKI78JjVazFBy+CzDAY7yc17/82pWBD+XN0HJXAJK3zdHJceRQ+\ a+kK8hBqiqG+1XYPPN2vJbjZc9E3w0qzR74j1BtS8Q1K9Tuc6EJ9vVZq0723zcQ3r8r21; >X--Newman-Property: groups-email >X-Apparently-acupuncture >Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam./domainkeys >User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 >X-Mailer: Message Poster >X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0 >X--Post-IP: 71.106.175.212 >X--Profile: hikenswim >X-eGroups-Approved-By: dautobrody <llbeandip via email; 29 Jan >2006 20:53:30 -0000 >Mailing-List: list acupuncture ; contact >acupuncture-owner >Delivered-mailing list acupuncture >List-Id: <acupuncture.> >Precedence: bulk >List-Un: <acupuncture- > >Return-Path: >sentto-27810-2994-1138568011-kscrimgeour=hotmail.com >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Jan 2006 02:30:20.0359 (UTC) >FILETIME=[47DB4D70:01C6260E] > >How successful can acupunture be in restoring low (hypo) blood levels, and >has anyone >seen success solely with without natural thyroid hormone replacement? > >And what is the philosphy behind it? > >thanks! >elle > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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