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THYROID REPAIR
Studies show there is hope to naturally repair and restore proper thyroid function.
Important Keys to Natural Repair:
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Detox the thyroid
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Clean up your diet
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Regulate hormone function
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Boost immune system function with high quality phytonutrients
Why Detoxing is So Important
A prime objective for anyone with a thyroid problem is to eliminate intake of all toxins, while removing toxic buildup within the body. Thyroid malfunction, both overactive and underactive, is generally due to autoimmune response by the body. This is where the body's immune system produces antibodies which attack the gland because the tissues seem foreign to the body. Normal hormone production is upset. Generally, the cause is due to buildup of dangerous toxins, chlorinated substances, viruses, pathogens, infections, pesticides, altered enzymes or hormones, etc., in the tissues of the thyroid gland. Such conditions can also cause lumps, tumors, and cancer.
DETOXING
Diet: No additives, preservatives, colorings, hydrogenated oil, (trans fat), MSG, artificial flavorings, processed salt, artificial sweeteners. Reduce or avoid refined sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and carbonated beverages, and of course smoking.
Use products designed to remove toxins from the thyroid, such as Fulvic
Most people have no idea how toxic their diet really is...they think they are eating a healthy diet by selecting only good quality wheat bread, natural cereals, leaner lunch meats such as turkey, natural sports drinks and more. Not one of these foods is actually "healthy", and all cause toxins to saturate the body...affecting immune system and thyroid function. Here's why:
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Whole wheat is not "whole grain" and can adversely affect insulin hormone levels
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"Natural" cereals that have been formed into shapes and clusters, not found in nature, are subjected to high heat pressure extrusion processing, causing free glutimates in the process, which are essentially a hidden MSG derivative.
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Lunch meats contain cancer causing nitrates
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"Healthy" sports drinks contain an array of detrimental sweeteners, including high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, and saccharin, as well as artificial colorings, preservatives, and more
Jody Ahrens, Co-Owner of Vital Earth Minerals, reversed an advanced case of Graves Disease using all natural methods.
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Healthy food is food that is as close to the way nature presents it as possible.
If the food you're buying in the grocery store comes in a package or box and contains more than 1 or 2 simple natural ingredients, then it has probably undergone some type of unnatural process that has altered it for shelf life, color, flavor, smell, consistency, convenience, or advertising reasons. These processes essentially change the structure of the food and therefore the way the body will respond to it. And this includes genetically modified (GM) foods also. Take GM sugar beets for example. GM sugar beets have been engineered to be pesticide resistant; they are able to withstand being sprayed with Round Up 5 times per growing season without the plant being affected. Do you really want to eat something that has been saturated with Round Up? This is just one example of why Genetically Modified foods have hidden dangers that the general public is completely unaware of. (GM foods are banned in Europe).
A deficiency of healthy phytonutrients in our modern day diet is thought to be responsible for undernourished hormonal functions of the endocrine glands.
When the body has been cleansed and has accumulated proper levels of nutrients, the thyroid has a chance to begin working again. In many cases, nutritional therapists have seen that thyroid function resumes after only a few months, evident as body temperature begins to rise. A careful and cautious nutritional approach, with low levels of natural thyroid glandular supplements, and the nutrients and procedures outlined in this article will provide the best and safest treatment possible.
Natural therapies can prevent and treat thyroid disease, including hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid), Graves Disease and Wilson's Syndrome, which are the underlying causes of many serious illnesses.
Avoid chlorine (chloramines) and fluoride like the plague, including fluoride found in toothpaste, softdrinks, and added to drinking water.
Dioxin, a dangerous chlorine related compound found throughout the food chain, is one cause of low thyroid. Another is likely related to toxic substances which are produced when drinking water is chlorinated, and later when chlorinated drinking water mixes with healthy plant phytonutrients found in food.
The many, healthy, hormone-like plant micronutrients found in food, that serve to feed the body's endocrine glands as nature intended, are altered by chlorine, and turned into mutagens that do permanent damage to the glands.
The phosphoric acid used in soft drinks can also contain fluorine, which is equally implicated. Chlorine, fluorine, and fluoride are chemically related to iodine, and compete with it, blocking iodine receptors in the thyroid gland.
It is a well known fact that an excess of one mineral can cause a deficiency in another.
A high amount of copper in the body is common to reduced thyroid function. Too much copper can inhibit the function of zinc, which is essential to the thyroid conversion process along with manganese, iodine, iron, and selenium. Fulvic in the diet assists with maintaining proper balance. Fulvic chelates and removes excess copper ( or other minerals or heavy metals), and helps to nourish by supplying safe natural organic plant forms of minerals, in the proper balance as nature intended.
Guggulsterone: Commiphora Mukul
Studies have shown that guggulsterone extracts from the Indian herb Commiphora Mukul can increase the concentration of thyroid hormones in the blood. The herb is especially effective in increasing the ratio of the active T3 form of thyroid (triiodothyronine) to T4 (thyroxine). A corresponding and significant decrease in normal liver damage by free radicals was noticed, which is most interesting considering the fact that the liver is the principal site where T4 thyroid is stored and T3 thyroid is generated. Due to the natural increase in thyroid hormone function, and possibly other factors, guggulsterones have been used to treat overweight patients. During those double-blind clinical studies, a significant fall in serum cholesterol was noticed. Thyroid hormone studies with forskolin extract of the Indian herb Commiphora Mukul, have shown increased thyroid production.
DHEA
Other studies on patients with low thyroid have shown that body DHEA levels are below normal. DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone), is a naturally occurring steroid secreted from the adrenal gland. Some researchers believe that supplementation with DHEA might assist in stimulating thyroid production and alleviating symptoms.
Thyrosine
Thyroid hormone is made from tyrosine, an amino acid that the body readily converts from phenylalanine, an essential amino acid. The body breaks down proteins, turning them into these and many other amino acids. Poor quality protein intake or conversion problems during digestion and metabolism can limit tyrosine intake. This is especially true with people that have PKU (phenylketoneuria), a condition where their body cannot properly convert phenylalanine to tyrosine. Low blood plasma levels of tyrosine have been associated with low thyroid.
Supplemental Thyrosine is best taken on an empty stomach, with purified water or all natural fruit juice. Adult daily dosage for thyroid supplementation is about 1,000 mg, taken independent of milk or other protein foods, preferably an hour before meals.
Natural Thyroid Glandulars
Another highly successful approach for underactive thyroid conditions, or hypothyroidism, is to supplement with a natural desiccated thyroid glandular. This is best obtained from a source other than pharmaceutical, because most thyroid replacement drug therapies are synthetic. The best natural glandulars come from livestock raised organically in New Zealand, where extremely careful control against animal diseases in maintained. Studies show that when used properly, these natural glandulars can help revive the body's thyroid function. With the use of natural glandulars, reduction, or even possible eventual elimination of the need for supplemental thyroid may be achieved.
Pharmaceutical companies produce synthetic levothyroxine versions of "inactive" thyroid that very often don't work. These products have T4 thyroid which depends on the liver to do the conversion to T3, which is the most active form of the hormone. In many cases the synthetic versions don't convert properly, even though blood tests look normal.
Synthroid's Adverse Effects
Patients treated with synthetics often experience adverse symptoms and feel much better when given the natural desiccated thyroid, containing T4, T3, T2, and T1 hormones. Recently, the drug company manufacturing the synthetic thyroid known as Synthroid has been undergoing lawsuits for inconsistency and quality problems, but sadly even those legal actions don't address the real issues, and let them off the hook for more serious legal issues. Studies show that Synthroid and related synthetics can deplete the body's bone mass by as much as 13%.
Conventional Medicine
Conventional medicine has failed miserably with treatment of thyroid problems. Their procedure uses THS blood screening to lab test for low thyroid levels, which is often very inaccurate because it only identifies part of the picture. It does not show if the thyroid hormones are actually working correctly in the body. Many people that exhibit the common symptoms don't receive proper treatment because their blood levels appear normal.
There are important factors involved in getting proper treatment. You must find a doctor that understands the proper tests and treatments, and is willing to use natural desiccated thyroid. If your doctor does not understand these methods, and insists on blood work alone and prescribing synthetic thyroid drugs, then find a doctor who does.
Thyroid Self Test
There is a self test based on body temperature, developed by Dr. Broda Barnes, M.D., using an ordinary thermometer. Immediately upon awakening in the morning, while still in bed, place the thermometer under your armpit for 10 minutes. A normal temperature range would be between 97.8 to 98.2 degrees. Anything less than 97.8 indicates low thyroid, or hypothyroidism. Anything above 98.2 could indicate hyperthyroidism, or over-active thyroid. (Of course, we are not recommending that this test replace a doctor's advice.)
Your first line of defense is to start supplementation with an appropriate high quality Fulvic preparation.
Fulvic is a natural water soluble substance of plant origin. It contains many healing phytochemicals and enzymes which readily disperse throughout the body, even to the interior of cells. Clinical medical school and hospital studies show that specially prepared Fulvic extracts regulate abnormal thyroid hormone secretion as a result of their ability to regulate RNA and DNA (cyclic nucleotides) at the cellular level. Similar studies also show that fulvic acts as an immunomodulator, regulating immune system function.
Fulvic provides natural chelation
Humic extracts, especially Fulvics, provide a natural chelatin therapy. They detoxify the body, the liver, and the digestive tract, by attaching to toxic buildup, including heavy metals, chlorination byproducts, etc., where they disarm, neutralize, and remove them as waste products. Fulvic also works as nature's most powerful antioxidants, neutralizing dangerous free radicals, as well as supplying hormone stimulating micronutrients. Outpatient medical hospital studies on thyroid tumors, using Fulvic, show a 90% success rate, with 80% having complete cures.
The underactive thyroid gland requires sufficient organic iodine to function properly. Organic means that it must come from a plant source, as part of a carbon molecule. High quality, safe, and readily available iodine is found in Fulvic. Another safe and effective supplemental source of iodine comes from kelp. A dose even as high as 2,000 to 3,000 mg of kelp daily is safe and effective.
 FULVIC OFFERS HOPE
Stimulate, nourish, and repair thyroid function with nature's remedies while relieving deadly symptoms.
Fulvic is one of the most crucial factors in the reversal and prevention of disease, as well as the maintenance of good health. This miracle molecule passes through cell membranes with ease, unlike colloidals which are too large to be used easily by cells. Vital Earth's liquid minerals are organic, ionic, and plant derived, and they're more absorbable than colloidals. By adding this important component to our products, we have increased absorption and bio-availability, giving Vital Earth some of the most effective products on the market today.
Additional reports:
Info on Fulvic
Thyroid Epidemic; symptoms and therapies
Jody's Story of Graves Disease - (A great success story)
A helpful website with information on:
thyroid advice, thyroid related content, insurance, medication, fitness and diet: http://www.thyroidtalk.com
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