Would you mind briefly sharing how you adjusted your thyroid numbers?
My wife is an RN and was identified as diabetic a year ago with bad thyroid numbers. The doctors were more than ready to give her a bag full of scripts, meters, injections, etc. She refused (they were offended) and decided to change the diet of EVERYONE in our house. Collectively we've lost 100 lbs in the past year and no longer buy processed foods. Everyone is much healthier now and doing really good.
Maybe not briefly, but I'll share. When covid hit, I lost all trust in the medical establishment. I followed the Zelenko protocol because I was a courtesy driver and I kept working even though I refused to wear a mask, and distancing in a vehicle with 3 others isn't possible. I refused to go to the doctor because I wouldn't mask up and I would not get vaxxed either. I soon ran out of my hypothyroid med and my Dr wouldn't refill w/o an appt. In researching, I found that many of the supplements I was already taking helped with t3 production- Quercetin, turmeric with curcumin and pepperine, zinc, C, D, E, and B12. In addition to these, I started eating seaweed snacks which are full of iodine. I never had my thyroid checked again until I finally went back to my doctor in 2023. I had no idea how my numbers would look, but my Dr was surprised to see that my blood work came back normal for thyroid levels. She was a little perplexed.
I started taking a seaweed supplement simply for the high levels of iodine (and because it was cheaper than the drops).
No thyroid issues but I've read bromide will take the place of iodine if one has a deficiency and can cause many issues so figured I'd make sure that didn't happen.
One pill a day and the bottle was $12, if I remember correctly.
Thanks for the excellent explanation. My wife only tried the thyroid meds for a couple months and then bailed because it was screwing up her menses. We are both getting our blood work done next week and she's looking for ways to adjust her numbers if they are still out of whack.
If she eats a lot of bread (or anything made with regular American wheat) her thyroid problems could easily have been exacerbated by the bromine that's used to treat flour. Bromine is similar to iodine in that it's a halide, and the thyroid readily absorbs it in the absence of iodine. The problem is that bromine cannot be used to make some of the hormones produced by the thyroid, and it has a much higher toxicity than iodine which tends to cascade into liver problems.
Would you mind briefly sharing how you adjusted your thyroid numbers?
My wife is an RN and was identified as diabetic a year ago with bad thyroid numbers. The doctors were more than ready to give her a bag full of scripts, meters, injections, etc. She refused (they were offended) and decided to change the diet of EVERYONE in our house. Collectively we've lost 100 lbs in the past year and no longer buy processed foods. Everyone is much healthier now and doing really good.
Maybe not briefly, but I'll share. When covid hit, I lost all trust in the medical establishment. I followed the Zelenko protocol because I was a courtesy driver and I kept working even though I refused to wear a mask, and distancing in a vehicle with 3 others isn't possible. I refused to go to the doctor because I wouldn't mask up and I would not get vaxxed either. I soon ran out of my hypothyroid med and my Dr wouldn't refill w/o an appt. In researching, I found that many of the supplements I was already taking helped with t3 production- Quercetin, turmeric with curcumin and pepperine, zinc, C, D, E, and B12. In addition to these, I started eating seaweed snacks which are full of iodine. I never had my thyroid checked again until I finally went back to my doctor in 2023. I had no idea how my numbers would look, but my Dr was surprised to see that my blood work came back normal for thyroid levels. She was a little perplexed.
Baffled!!
Interesting.
I started taking a seaweed supplement simply for the high levels of iodine (and because it was cheaper than the drops).
No thyroid issues but I've read bromide will take the place of iodine if one has a deficiency and can cause many issues so figured I'd make sure that didn't happen.
One pill a day and the bottle was $12, if I remember correctly.
She was baffled!
As all doctors are, because they have been taught lies.
Thanks for the excellent explanation. My wife only tried the thyroid meds for a couple months and then bailed because it was screwing up her menses. We are both getting our blood work done next week and she's looking for ways to adjust her numbers if they are still out of whack.
Iodine supplements are critical for supporting thyroid function.
If she eats a lot of bread (or anything made with regular American wheat) her thyroid problems could easily have been exacerbated by the bromine that's used to treat flour. Bromine is similar to iodine in that it's a halide, and the thyroid readily absorbs it in the absence of iodine. The problem is that bromine cannot be used to make some of the hormones produced by the thyroid, and it has a much higher toxicity than iodine which tends to cascade into liver problems.
Very interesting. She eats nearly no bread, so the results of her blood test next week should be very interesting.
Thyroid issues can be caused by different things for different people.
Going gluten free fixed my antibodies, and helped my levels somewhat.
I know people who have used Young Living’s endoflex essential oil and completely gotten off medication but YMMV.
If the pancreas/diabetes is part of things, it’s a more complex case. she might benefit from seeing a holistic medicine/functional doctor.