Thyroid

[Guest guest]

Two disclaimers: I have no personal experience and no special training

regarding thyroid insufficiency. Like Will , " All I know is what

I read in the newspaper " or, in this case, books.

Dr.Broda based on extensive research was convinced that a large

fraction of the population should be treated for thyroid

insufficiency. He advocated averaging one's basal temperature over

several days as the most reliable indication of thyroid functioning.

Google can supply the reference and procedure. When the basal

temperature was low he prescribed Armour's thyroid.

He was skeptical of other tests for thyroid noting that each, such as

the BMR, the ATR, the PBI, the I-131 uptake, the T-4, the T-3, was

enthusiastically adopted for a few years before being rejected as

worthless and supplanted by a newer one. (Currently the TSH).

Dr. Gerson prescribed Armour's thyroid and Lugol to most of his cancer

patients.(Max Gerson, A Cancer Therapy p.205: " Thyroid is administered

in relatively high doses-- one gr. five times daily-- during the first

three to four weeks, then five times one-half gr. daily, and later

three times daily, one-half gr.

Lugol solution (always use half-strength)--given during the first

weeks in larger doses three drops six times daily-- . . . "

Note from me: One grain (gr.) of Armour's thyroid is roughly

equivalent to 0.1mg of synthetic thyroid hormone such as levothroid.

Another note: This amount of thyroid was part of a carefully devised

comprehensive cancer therapy under Dr. Gerson's direct supervision and

should be considered in that context. He was not recommending thyroid

as a cure for cancer.

All the best,

Beggs

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> I consider this a major issue because of the fact that hypothyroidism

> is being identified as a contributing aspect to cancer, and so many

> cancer patients are being told to take thyroid supplements,