Re: Thyroid and osteoporosis

[Guest guest]

Patty--I intend to read that book as a few quotes he has made

are logical. . .and I've heard the book is good.

What's interesting about your comment re osteoporosis is that

my endo used to tell me the same thing about taking thyroid

hormone to become euthyroid. . .it says to me that although

thryroid hormone may help one achieve euthyroid status by

testing, one may not really be achieving it internally.

I know that natural thyroid hormone contains many more

aspects than synthetics, but I haven't asked what the results

of long-term ingestion are re osteopenia. It does contain calcitonin,

which synthetics do not. There are no long-term

studies re conventional hormone and we may find there aren't any

for natural hormone either. Thyroid hormones are another of those

things that were never approved by the FDA until recently--synthetic

or natural.

I believe one might have to have hypothyroidism for some

time before it alone will cause osteoporosis; I say this

because I was taking synthetic hormone for eleven years

(although somewhat hypothyroid during that time) and

at age 56 still showed only the osteopenia of a woman

slightly over 30 and only in the hips. The hips hurt, but

supposedly osteopenia/osteoporosis doesn't.

My doc told me I had osteoporosis and wanted to

prescribe something. . .I had to go get the test

results myself to find out this was incorrect.

Many cases of osteopenia and osteoporosis are due

to a lack of Vitamin D which we get from sunshine, but do we

get enough and/or is something destroying what we get? What is interesting is that Vitamin D is lipid-soluble, thryoid hormones work in the lipids and silicone moves in the lipids

(it is alledgedly hydrophobic) I feel rather certain

there is a connection, but I cannot state what it is. What I do know, is that triglycerides were below normal, as were

Vitamins A & D--all in the lipid system. Cholesterol went

up somewhat at this time.

Bonnie