Re: Direct labs- cholesterol and thyroid testing

May 17, 2011

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> I came across this old post and I was wondering if anyone can help me.

> I'd like to have my cholesterol and thyroid levels tested without going

through the doctor. I don't want to have to discuss the diet with her as she

doesn't agree with it. I used to be on thyroid medication for hypothyroidism

but went off it part way into the diet.

> For the thyroid do I want the T3 and T4 tested?

> I know that most of the cholesterol tests don't indicate the health of the

heart, but I thought I should see how I am doing. What levels are important to

look at?

+++Hi Collette,

You could need to find a laboratory that will do testing without going through

your doctor, and I cannot help you with that.

Usually cholesterol and thyroid tests can only be done by a doctor. Most doctors

will not test your thyroid unless you have low thyroid symptoms. Also most

general practitioners only test TSH levels, since testing T3 and T4 is more

expensive and many doctors do not have the training to interpret them, so they

have to refer you to an endocrinologist.

Since you are on this program testing your cholesterol will not be accurate

since most labs do not test LDL (bad cholesterol) and instead just do a

mathematical calculation, since the testing equipment is very expensive.

On this program most of your LDL, called bad cholesterol, will be healthy, so

the particles will be large and fluffy as opposed to the " trully " bad LDL which

is small dense particles. Since they calculate LDL and do not directly test it,

they assume all of your LDL is bad so the test will be invalid in your case.

You'd have to get a special lab to test how much of your LDL is large fluffy

particles and how much is small dense particles.

In addition to the fact that the medical industry has been lowering normal

cholesterol tests in order to get more people, and even children, on statin

drugs which lower cholesterol.

In my opinion it is better to not get tested and just trust that your body is

smart enough to heal itself the way Nature intended IF you treat it right!

All the best, Bee

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