Re: Re: Thyroid and adrenal issues

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: Re: Thyroid and adrenal issues

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> We have been reading Chris's series on thyroid issues, but I didn't know

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> these other links. Thanks.

Most or all of Chris' writings on thyroid come from Dr. Kharrazian's work.

Suze

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> What's your opinion of Dr. Kharrazian's work?

I think he's on the cutting edge of what causes hypothyroidism and how to

treat it. Probably most practitioners still don't know that it's most often

an autoimmune disease, not a thyroid disease per se and that thyroid

replacement hormone can do more harm than good in a lot of these folks.

He spends a good amount of time travelling around the country giving

seminars, so I think more and more practitioners are beginning to learn

about this.

The woman who runs his websites (thyroidbook.com, drknews.com and

drkforum.com) is a WAPF chapterleader and probably knows his work better

than anybody. She's also probably his biggest fan. She brought me in to

design his website (thyroidbook.com) and sent me a copy of his book, which I

read. I usually read his newsletters as well, from drknews.com. He's now

working on a brain book, which I would expect will help us to see brain

disorders in a new light.

Also, his thyroid book got a thumbs up in the last Wise Traditions, FWIW.

Suze

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> What's your opinion of Dr. Kharrazian's work?

By the way, I'm working on a website now for a chiropractier/certified

nutritionist who is trained by Dr. K and specializes in hypothyroidism and

Hashimoto's. She does phone consults nationwide. I'll post a link to her

site when it goes live. I think she's only one of a handful of Dr. K-trained

practitoners who do phone consults, so they will be a great resource for

folks who don't have local Dr.K-trained practitioners.

Suze

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On Oct 6, 2010, at 10:30 AM, paulsonntagericson wrote:

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> Poor adrenal function can also cause hypothyroidism. Yet another topic which

many practitioners appear to be ignorant of.

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My ND mentor says that it is important to distinguish between primary

hypothyroidism (thyroid poops out first, followed by adrenals) and secondary

hypothyroidism (adrenals poop out first, followed by thyroid). Again, something

else that most practitioners do not do. He hasn't told me yet how to make that

distinction, but I've heard several times very recently from independent sources

that primary thyroid dysfunction is usually triggered by an illness/event and

one " hasn't felt the same way since " .

One of the books on my very long reading list is " Eating Alive " by Matsen.

He suggests that poor liver functioning goes hand-in-hand with dysfunctional

endocrines. Bernard Jensen makes a comment that the weakest glands will fail

first, and the strong ones will (over)work to compensate. And because the

endocrines are interdependent, it is important to address all of them in some

fashion.

There are herbal preparations that can support glandular function; moving to

glandular supplements might be indicated in extreme endocrine dysfunction. Some

people also respond well to homeopathy, particularly those who over-react to

herbal approaches. My mentor has had some success with some clients using

thyroidinum for both hyperthryoidism and hypothyroidism (thyroidinum is a

homeopathic nosode made from thyroid tissue; hard to get sometimes; used in high

dilutions so as not to contain any actual thyroid tissue). But as an ND, he

doesn't rely on homeopathy alone; he will address digestion through several

ways: enzymes, an appropriate diet - a gluten-free diet increasingly often,

probiotics, liver support. Sometimes body work can help as well - acupuncture,

naturopathic/osteopathic manipulation, etc - to re-integrate all the body's

systems. SLEEP really helps with adrenal issues.

Given the interdependencies, it is no wonder that these are complicated and

difficult issues to resolve.

-jennifer

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> Autoimmune disease is just one and could be linked to gluten.

Dr. K found in his research that in the US, 90% of hypo is Hashi's (in the

third world it's usually iodine deficiency). Not sure where all his figures

come from, but if the testimonials from practitioners using his approach is

any gauge, then it's probably somewhere in that range. These folks are

having amazing success like they never had before with other approaches.

Most people don't

> realize that the amount of gluten in wheat has increased 50x in the last

50 years

> from plant breeding/hybridization. So one solution may be a gluten free

diet.

Right, Dr. K goes into the thyroid-gluten connection fairly in-depth. Check

out this post on his newsletter site:

Changing your diet is the first step in addressing Hashimoto's

http://drknews.com/page/2

He's also got a post on the iodine-hypothyroidism connection. I think he

focuses on how iodine can increase symptoms by increasing the autoimmune

attack with Hashi's.

Suze