THE
THYROID GLAND![](BRTPicts/thyroid3.jpg)
Feeling tired
or forgetful? Your jeans are tight, you're feeling down, and you're
having a hard time remembering where you put your keys. Before you
bolt to a psychiatrist or jump on a treadmill, consider this: It
might be your thyroid.
A gland is
an organ that produces hormones, substances that help to make various
actions occur in your organs or tissues, and the thyroid gland makes
thyroid hormones. The thyroid hormones control your energy production
and fat burning, as well as your ability to process foods. When
you have too much estrogen or chemicals that mimic the estrogen
hormone, your body will then decrease its thyroid hormones. There
are many chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis that
have the ability to mimic estrogen.
The thyroid
produces four hormones, Calcitonin, T2 (di-iodothyronine), T3 (called
tri-iodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine). The pituitary gland in the
brain produces the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), which activates
the thyroid to produce more thyroid hormones.
Thyroid hormones:
1. Tell your
organs how fast or slow they can work
2. Tell you
when to use energy (consuming oxygen and producing heat) in your
body.
When
functioning normally, your thyroid gland keeps your body and its
regulators on task. If the thyroid fails to produce enough stimulating
hormones, the result is hypothyroidism -- an under-active thyroid
condition that can cause weight gain, fatigue, forgetfulness, and
mood swings. Though it occurs less frequently, the gland may produce
a surge of hormones leading to an over-active thyroid, or hyperthyroidism,
that can cause weight loss, irritability, muscle weakness, irregular
menstrual periods, and sleep or vision problems. Another problem
that is causing major problems today is endocrine disruptors. Endocrine
disruptors, are certain synthetic chemicals in the environment that
we are exposed to every day which endangers human health by disrupting
the human endocrine system. When these disruptors affect your thyroid
gland many symptoms often arise. More than 10 million Americans
have been diagnosed with thyroid disease, and another 13 million
people are estimated to have undiagnosed thyroid problems in the
U.S. alone. ![](BRTPicts/faces.jpg)
The T in MOTHER
too often stands for Tired. Too many chores and too little sleep
are logical reasons for a mother to be tired. If you routinely are
tired, depressed, have a low body temperature, slow heart rate,
irregular or heavy periods, another “T” may be involved, the thyroid.
The thyroid is one of the body’s most important glands. It affects
every cell in your body except for those in the brain, uterus, and
the thyroid itself. An out of order thyroid could make you feel
either nervous or tired, make muscles weak, cause weight gain or
loss, impair memory, and affect menstrual flow. A
thyroid disorder can even cause infertility and miscarriage.
About 20 million
Americans have some form of thyroid disease. Women are five to 10
times more likely than men to have thyroid dysfunction. They often
fail to recognize it because the symptoms can be credited to other
factors or illnesses. New mothers overlook the possibility of thyroid
dysfunction because it closely resembles common pregnancy-related
conditions.
Hypothyroidism
The
purpose of the thyroid gland is to make, store, and release thyroid
hormones, which help control many of the body's functions.
The
thyroid gland works like an air conditioner. If there are enough
thyroid hormones in the blood, the gland stops making the hormones
(just as an air conditioner cycles off when there is enough cool
air in a house). When the body needs more thyroid hormones, the
gland starts producing again.
The thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped gland just under
the skin on the front of the neck. This gland plays a very important
role in controlling the body's metabolism, that is, how the body
functions. It does this by producing thyroid hormones (T4 and T3),
chemicals that travel through the blood to every part of the body.
Thyroid hormones tell the body how fast to work and use energy.
If
there is too little thyroid hormone in the blood, you have a condition
called hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism
is due to the inadequate production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid
gland. .
Thyroid hormones
play a crucial role in maintaining the correct metabolic rate. If
the thyroid gland doesn't produce and secrete enough thyroid hormone
into the blood stream then the metabolism will become too slow,
causing the body temperature to drop and leading to classic symptoms.
Hypothyroidism
is easy to diagnose. Since the purpose of the thyroid gland is to
put thyroid hormones into the blood stream, thyroid blood tests
can easily measure thyroid gland function. However, there are some
people who have normal thyroid blood tests that still have low body
temperatures and low temperature symptoms (same symptoms of hypothyroidism).
Their thyroid tests are normal but their metabolisms are still slow.
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This is possible
because it's not enough for the thyroid hormone, T4 to be secreted
into the blood stream by the thyroid gland, it must also be converted
into T3 in the tissues. T3 is the active thyroid hormone and it
is 4 times more potent than T4. 80% of it is produced in the tissues
of the body (after T4 leaves the blood stream). A hormone is manufactured
in the body's organs and glands to deliver messages throughout the
body. If all is well, these little messengers (hormones) arrive
at a particular 'receptor site' in an organ and attach to this site
to download it's message. When people have adequate levels of thyroid
hormones in the blood stream, but are still suffering from slow
metabolisms and low thyroid symtpoms, it is most likely due 'endocrine
disruptors' which clog up the hormone receptors sites. This
prevents the hormone from delivering it's message. This can cause
a person to have a sluggish metabolism, cold hands and feet, depression,
allergies, headaches as well as numerous other symptoms.
Just because
people have low body temperatures doesn't mean they have hypothyroidism,
because they may have normal thyroid blood tests. This explains
why people can still have classic low thyroid symptoms, normal thyroid
blood tests, and still respond beautifully to Body Restoration Technique
(BRT) treatments. This also explains how people with hypothyroidism
can have their blood tests corrected with T4 medication and still
feel poorly with classic symptoms. They may be getting plenty of
T4, but they may not be processing it properly. In other words,
they may be suffering from Endocrine Disruption Thyroid Syndrome
even though their hypothyroidism has been corrected on blood tests.
For decades, doctors have assumed that the T4 medicine they give
patients to normalize their blood tests will be adequately converted
to T3 in the tissues. Keep in mind that this is only an assumption at best.
The fact that patients frequently respond so dramatically and unequivocally
to proper BRT treatment suggests that this assumption may be unfounded. ![](BRTPicts/blurrypeople.jpg)
The pituitary
gland works like a thermostat, telling the thyroid when to start
and stop. The pituitary sends thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
to the thyroid to tell the gland what to do.
About 20 million
Americans have some form of thyroid disease. Many are undiagnosed
or misdiagnosed. No age, economic group, race, or sex is immune
to thyroid disease.
The thyroid
gland might produce too much hormone (hyperthyroidism), making the
body use energy faster than it should, or too little hormone (hypothyroidism),
making the body use energy slower than it should. The gland may
also become inflamed (thyroiditis) or enlarged (goiter), or develop
one or more lumps (nodules).
What
is Hypothyroidism?
Hypothyroidism
causes the body to slow down. It occurs when there is too little
thyroid hormone in the blood ("hypo" means "not enough"). Hypothyroidism
affects more than 20 million people, many of whom don't know they
have the disease. Women are more likely than men to have hypothyroidism.
Symptoms
of Hypothyroidism include but are not limited to:
- Chronic fatigue (Morning
Fatigue) (Daytime Fatigue/Somnolence)feeling slow or tired
- Heart disease (heart
attacks,slow heart rate)
- High cholesterol,
hypertension
- Cancers, including
those of the lung and breast
- Obesity weight gain
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- Arthritis, Diabetes
and hypoglycemia
- Emphysema
- Fibromyalgia
- Premature aging
- Headaches and migraines
- Emotional and behavioral
problems
- Depression
- Anxiety and panic
attacks
- Irritability
- Brain fog and lack
of concentration difficulty concentrating
- Low motivation and
ambition
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- ADHD (attention deficit
and hyperactivity disorders)
- Recurring infectious
diseases
- Common colds
- Influenza
- Skin problems (Acne,
Hives, Dry coarse skin)
- Irritable bowel
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- Menstrual Disorders
(heavy menstrual flow)
- PMS
- Endometriosis
- Fertility problems
(infertility)
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- Low sex drive
- Fluid retention
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Insomnia
- Hair loss - Hair Thinning
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- Unhealthy and brittle
fingernails
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- Slow healing
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cold Intolerance
- Muscle cramps
- Husky voice
- Milky discharge from
the breasts
- Goiter
- Constipation
- Musculoskeletal Pain.
And much more...
Many of the
symptoms of hypothyroidism can occur normally with aging, so if
you have one or two of them, there is probably no reason to worry.
However, if you are concerned about any of these symptoms, you should
see your doctor.
There are two
types of thyroid problems that can cause low thyroid symptoms.
The first
type,
- Almost all
doctors know about
- Involves
glandular problems that result in low thyroid gland function
- Is detected
with abnormal thyroid blood tests
- Usually requires
the patient to take thyroid medicine for life.
The second
type is
-
Endocrine
Disruption Thyroid Syndrome,
-
a
Reversible Thyroid
Problem that
-
-
- Many
doctors don't know about
- May
or may not involve glandular problems so blood
tests can show abnormal results or show up normal
and
- Medicine
doesn't need to be taken for life.
In other words,
if you have thyroid symptoms and your body temperature is low and
you are suffering from low thyroid symptoms your
Normal
Thyroid Blood Tests
Could
Mean That
Your Low
Thyroid Symptoms are
Treatable!
EDTS is not
a glandular problem so thyroid blood tests are often normal
and it doesnt have to be treated for life. It is not a problem
with glandular production of thyroid hormones, but rather
with endocrine disruptors interfering with thyroid hormones.
This persistent impairment can be corrected by clearing out these
endocrine disruptors and resetting the thyroid system in the tissues
so that it can function well on its own again. Endocrine Disruption
Thyroid Syndrome: tends to come on with stress, is characterized
by low thyroid symptoms, is very common and is undiagnosable with
thyroid blood tests. Endocrine Disruption Thyroid Syndrome gets
better when thyroid disruptors are determined to be disrupting the
thyroid system, and eliminated from the body via Body
Restoration Technique (BRT). The symptoms often remain
improved even after the treatment's been discontinued. The treatment
is the test. That's known as a therapeutic trial.
My
blood test for my thyroid showed up normal, but I have many thyroid
symptoms- does this mean I don't have a problem with my thyroid?
Endocrine
Disruptors (ED's) can easily prevent the
thyroid hormones from attaching to it's desired site (meaning it
cannot deliver it's message). This then makes the thyroid hormones
unavailable to a person. (They can't perform their function of delivering
messages to the rest of the body - i.e. -- messages that control
body temperature, increase metabolism, and raise a person's energy
level cannot be delivered) This explains the reason why
a person can have normal thyroid hormones on blood testing, but
have thyroid deficiency symptoms. The hormones have been produced
and are actually present in the body, but endocrine disruptors are
obstructing their ability to complete their jobs. These people don't
really have a primary thyroid problem. They have a secondary problem
to ED's blocking the gland.
A sluggish thyroid
gland causes exhaustion to occur inside the body. This prevents
the body from removing wastes from the body properly. When waste
material starts to accumulate in the body, nutrition doesn't seem
to be absorbed properly. Remember, just because you take mega doses
of vitamins, it doesn't mean that the body is absorbing it properly.
People with slow thyroids often take mammoth doses of vitamins and
feel no difference. A sluggish thyroid gland requires more nutrition
than normal since it is unable to absorb it. The consumption of
mega vitamin doses should not be considered the solution for this
absorption problem, since excessive ingestion of synthetic vitamins
is capable of becoming very toxic to your body. The solution is
to get the thyroid hormones to work again.
BRT
has demonstrated success in allowing the thyroid gland to function
at a higher level and work more efficiently. Improvement has been
shown even in people who have had 50% of their thyroid removed.
Increase in energy levels are often the first noticeable change
after treatment. Keep in mind - the thyroid is not an isolated gland.
It has to work along side many other glands in order to carry out
it's tasks. BRT improves the reception
of hormone signals in the thyroid gland and other glands
in the body which has to communicate with the thyroid gland. This
allows the glands to communicate better and increases the chance
of messages actually being received.
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