Re: Optimal Thyroid levels

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I personally would be a bit leery of following Dr. Holtorf's advice,

although FAIK much of it may be accurate. But a perusal of his web page

produces this as the very first sentence: " Kent *Holtorf*, M.D. is an

expert in natural bioidentical hormone replacement... " . The reason this

raises an alarm with me is simply this: I know that a lot of quacks

promote their services by lauding their BIOIDENTICAL hormones for

hypothyroidism treatment. Here's a simple fact: ALL of the T4 and T3

regardless of the source is bioidentical. That is, all of the molecules

of the active ingredient are exactly alike. What your body makes; what

a pig or cow makes; and what is manufactured are ALL bioidentical. So a

suggestion by any provider that his services are somehow superior

because he prescribes bioidentical T4 or T3 is simply blatantly false;

he cannot prescribe any other kind. If a provider deliberately chooses

to fly under false colors how can you trust him with your health and life?

Here's another promo that raises a few concerns:

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" There are lots of remedies and cures that are available on the website

as well, all of which have been engineered personally by *Dr*. Kent

*Holtorf* . The *Holtorf* Medical Group, Inc. is a very successful

project that is run by *Dr*. Kent as well, and the services provided by

this Medical Group are revolutionary. Making use of the bio-identically

hormone replacement method... "

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So he sells remedies. Maybe even bioidentical T4 and T3? Why am I not

surprised? AND he personally engineered them all himself. No real

surprise there... Unless you have some vague clue as to what is actually

involved in creating and testing an effective medicine.

You might also be interested in the Fox News incident where he was

presented as " an infectious disease expert " in discussing an aspect of

swine flu or the vaccine. The fact is that his resume contains no

reference whatsoever to any training as an infectious disease specialist.

When I see so many warning flags I take note. YMMV.

Luck,

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> Posted by: " CelesteK " celeste_knapp@...

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> celeste_knapp <celeste_knapp>

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> Sat Mar 5, 2011 11:36 am (PST)

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> This was a great and very informative article about what optimal

> levels for a hypo patient should be, just wanted to pass it on! =)

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http://thyroid.about.com/od/hypothyroidismhashimotos/a/The-Optimal-Treatment-For\

-Hypothyroidism.htm

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<http://thyroid.about.com/od/hypothyroidismhashimotos/a/The-Optimal-Treatment-Fo\

r-Hypothyroidism.htm>

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> EXCERPT/HIGHLIGHT OF ARTICLE: Tests to Aid in Assessment of Optimal

> Thyroid Replacement

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> Dr. Holtorf has a number of tests that he feels are useful in helping

> to assess optimal thyroid replacement.