Low Thyroid Hormone Increases Risk of Death from Heart Attack by Seventy Percent

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Low Thyroid Hormone Increases Risk of Death from Heart Attack by Seventy

Percent

http://www.naturalnews.com/025030.html

Here are some quoted paragraphs - note that the study group had normal

TSH levels in a range that is narrower than LabCorp or Quests reference

range in the USA. The group with the lowest TSH had the lowest total

cholesterol and the lowest heart attack risk. The heart attack risk is

quoted in absolute values, not relative:

" This examination of Hunt Study findings, reported in the Archives of

Internal Medicine, involved the prospective study of the associations

between thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and fatal coronary heart

disease (CHD) in 17,311 women and 8002 men without known thyroid or

cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus. All participants had

" normal TSH " levels, meaning the TSH values were in the lab reference

range of 0.5 to 3.5. The women were stratified into three groups

reflecting lower TSH, intermediate TSH and upper TSH levels. Mortality

from heart disease was recorded over an 8 year observation period.

Researchers found that the group with the highest TSH had a 70%

increased mortality from heart disease compared to the lowest TSH group,

even though all these TSH values were in the range considered to be normal.

Another report from the Hunt Study showed LDL cholesterol to be linearly

associated with TSH level. As LDL cholesterol goes up, so does TSH. "

" Findings clearly support the need for TSH values in the low end of the

normal range

Heart attack is the most common cause of death in the U.S., so to be

able to reduce the risk of heart attack by 70% has broad reaching

implications. To put this in perspective, cholesterol lowering drugs

only decrease heart attacks by 1.4 % in those without underlying heart

disease. Based on the study findings, the most effective way to reduce

death from heart disease and normalize lipoprotein levels is to reduce

TSH to the lower end of the normal range. TSH in the upper end of the

normal range is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and

elevated LDL measures.

Optimal thyroid levels offer many more benefits

Thyroid is the most important hormone in the body. Since it simulates

cellular energy production, all other hormones will be impacted when

thyroid hormone levels are not optimal. This results in every aspect of

health being affected, including weight, mental outlook, body

temperature, energy levels, and the quality of hair and skin. Symptoms

of low thyroid hormone are unexplained weight gain, fatigue, dry skin,

irregular or faint heartbeat, sleep apnea, high or low blood pressure,

chronic pain, constipation, frequent infections, brittle nails, weak

muscles, head congestion and sinus problems, joint pain, hoarseness, and

more. "

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