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Vegetables Much Better Than Drugs at Building Bone DensityMercola J June 2006
"More nutritionally enlightened individuals will realize that there are other micronutrients besides calcium that are useful for improving density, like boron, silicone, manganese, copper, iodine, magnesium, chromium, zinc and selenium."
Now There's Even Rocket Fuel in Breast MilkMarch 2005
"While it's too early to determine whether the perchlorate levels in the breast and cow's milk samples are dangerous, the chemical has been associated with thyroid ailments and is particularly dangerous to children. This is because perchlorate knocks an iodine ion off of a protein that transports the ion to the thyroid. This can lead to iodine deficiency, which impairs thyroid development and is believed to be the main cause of mental retardation in children. And with the potential problem many Americans have with iodine nutrition, perchlorate only makes matters worse."
What is Your Optimal TSH?Mercola J October 2004
"There are a number of strategies you can implement to help improve your thyroid function. One is to take essential minerals for your thyroid. Thyroid hormone is composed of three or four iodine molecules so you will want to make sure you have a good source of iodine. If you are already taking thyroid hormones it is unnecessary to take any iodine supplements. Two other strategies that help increase the conversion of T4 to T3 would be progesterone and selenium."
How to Help Your Thyroid With Virgin Coconut OilCalbom C, Shilhavy B
"In the 1960s when soy was introduced into infant formulas, it was shown that soy was goitrogenic and caused goiters in babies. When iodine was supplemented, the incidence of goiter reduced dramatically."
"When healthy individuals without any previous thyroid disease were fed 30 grams of pickled soybeans per day for one month, Ishizuki, et al. reported goiter and elevated individual thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels (although still within the normal range) in thirty-seven healthy, iodine-sufficient adults. One month after stopping soybean consumption, individual TSH values decreased to the original levels and goiters were reduced in size.
"For decades we have known that low iodine intake leads to low thyroid function and eventually to goiter. Iodized salt was intended to solve this problem, but it has not been the answer. There are a number of foods known as goitrogens that block iodine. Two goitrogens are quite prevalent in the American diet--peanuts and peanut butter and soybeans used most often in prepared foods as textured vegetable protein (a refined soy food) and soybean oil."
"Iodine is most abundant in sea vegetables, fish, seafood, and eggs. You can find a variety of dried sea vegetables at most health food stores, Asian markets, and some grocery stores. Add a strip of kombu to soups or bean dishes; sprinkle black seaweed on salads or add to soup. Season foods with dulse or kelp powder in place of salt. Eat more fish, especially the smaller coldwater fish such as salmon (avoid farm raised), mackerel, halibut, sole, and snapper. Avoid the larger fish such as tuna and swordfish; they tend to be higher in mercury. Choose cage-free, hormone and antibiotic-free eggs; they’re healthier."
Good News for Hairy Women and Bald MenMercola J April 2003
"My first choice of care in thyroid patients involves replacing iodine and selenium and doing extensive emotional rebalancing with techniques like EFT."
Major Revision of Hypothyroid Diagnosis GuidelinesMercola J March 2003
"Starting a person on thyroid hormones could condemn them to taking thyroid hormone for the rest of their life, and this is something I am very reluctant to do. So my initial strategy is to start patients on selenium and iodine to provide the raw materials for their thyroid gland to work better.
Is Your Thyroid Out of Balance?Mercola J Oct 2002
"Iodine is an essential mineral in the formation of thyroid hormone. Over the last 20 years, the percentage of Americans with low intake of iodine has more than quadrupled. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that over one in ten Americans are deficient in iodine."
The Truth About Saturated Fat, Part 2Enig M, Fallon S Aug 2002
Poor thyroid function (hypothyroidism) will often result in high cholesterol levels. When thyroid function is poor, usually due to a diet high in sugar and low in usable iodine, fat-soluble vitamins and other nutrients, the body floods the blood with cholesterol as an adaptive and protective mechanism, providing a superabundance of materials needed to heal tissues and produce protective steroids.
The cause of heart disease is not animal fats and cholesterol but rather a number of factors inherent in modern diets, including excess consumption of vegetables oils and hydrogenated fats; excess consumption of refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar and white flour; mineral deficiencies, particularly low levels of protective magnesium and iodine; deficiencies of vitamins, particularly of vitamin C, needed for the integrity of the blood vessel walls, and of antioxidants like selenium and vitamin E, which protect us from free radicals; and, finally, the disappearance of antimicrobial fats from the food supply, namely, animal fats and tropical oils.
The best way to treat heart disease, then, is not to focus on lowering cholesterol-either by drugs or diet-but to consume a diet that provides animal foods rich in vitamins B6 and B12; to bolster thyroid function by daily use of natural sea salt, a good source of usable iodine; to avoid vitamin and mineral deficiencies that make the artery walls more prone to ruptures and the buildup of plaque; to include the antimicrobial fats in the diet; and to eliminate processed foods containing refined carbohydrates, oxidized cholesterol and free-radical-containing vegetable oils that cause the body to need constant repair.
The Truth About Saturated Fat, Part 3Enig M, Fallon S Aug 2002
Many trace minerals are incorporated into the fat globule membrane of butterfat, including manganese, zinc, chromium and iodine. In mountainous areas far from the sea, iodine in butter protects against goiter. Butter is extremely rich in selenium, a trace mineral with antioxidant properties, containing more per gram than herring or wheat germ.
Iodine May Improve Mental PerformanceMercola J Dec 2000
"Not only is the trace mineral iodine important for our thyroid glands, but it also appears to enhance mental performance. This is almost certainly related to thyroid function, but it is possible iodine has a direct effect on the brain as well. Iodine-rich foods include seafood, sea vegetables (seaweed), and vegetables grown in iodine-rich soil."
Radioactive Iodine for Thyroid Cancer May Increase Risk of Breast CancerMercola J Oct 2000
"It is very rare where one would need to destroy the thyroid with radiation to resolve a hyperactive thyroid. Nearly all autoimmune disease is related to a viral infection, a heavy metal intoxication or a parasite. If one can identify and address these underlying causes, the immune system corrects itself and the hyperactive thyroid resolves."
The Trouble With Tofu: Soy and the BrainMacArthur JD Sept 2000
"Canadian researcher Andreas Schuld has documented more than 100 studies during the last 70 years that demonstrate adverse effects of fluoride on the thyroid gland. [32] Schuld says, "Fluorine, being the strongest in the group of halogens, will seriously interfere with iodine and iodine synthesis, forcing more urinary elimination of ingested iodine as fluoride ingestion or absorption increases."
Patients With Subclinical Hypothyroidism Benefit From Hormone TreatmentMercola J Sept 2000
"Some supplements that might be helpful [to normalize thyroid function]:
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