Thyroid Disease, Thyroid Support, A Naturopathic Answer

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Thyroid disease, malfunctions of the thyroid gland, hyperthyroid (overactive) <br>or hypothyroid (underactive) are showing signs in our population of becoming an<br>epidemic says "The Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence Study". This is a trend<br>across the board in American health, where we are seeing many common diseases<br>moving to an epidemic stage. You name a disease and it is probably an epidemic<br>or moving toward becoming an epidemic like thyroid disease.<br>Why do we have this problem? Well, as a naturopath I say look at the basics, we<br>are violating just about every natural law in how we take care of ourselves and<br>our environment. But for you who have thyroid disease, solving your problem is<br>the most important priority right now. I will be frank with you; the drug<br>industry does not have a realistic answer to your problem. Drugs can be a way to<br>stabilize your situation temporarily but to use those drugs does not address the<br>root of the problem only the symptoms. Through your thyroid disease, your body<br>is saying something is wrong with the way you are living. If you only address<br>this disease signal your body is sending you with drugs, without addressing the<br>real cause, it will breakout again as another disease and so on.<br>To get back to basics, take a look at an article I wrote titled "You Are Sick<br>and You Need Help Now" also read "I am an omnivore, we are all omnivores". These<br>articles will give you some real solid basic health suggestions and common sense<br>knowledge that, when put into practice, begin to address those needs your body<br>has. When you give your body what it needs, the whole body begins to normalize<br>and all your organs begin to run like they were designed to. When they do that,<br>even genetically weak organs begin to move toward normal function.<br>I ask that you give these suggestions a fair shake of at least 3 months of<br>diligent work. Remember it took years of abuse to develop thyroid disease, it is<br>not going to be solved with a few good meals, you have to work with this. You<br>will see changes just as I did. Read my biography. I had cancer, a genetic<br>weakness, and many genetic problems all served up by an American life style. I<br>really thought I led a healthy life until I was taught better by my sicknesses.<br>If I had not changed my life, like I am asking you to do, I would be dead like<br>my father and grandfather. As I have repeated over and over to students, "I have<br>not drawn a sick breath since that time 18 years ago when I cured my cancer."<br>While you are establishing a healthy foundation for your body there are herbs,<br>vitamins and minerals listed below that can assist you with your thyroid issues.<br>Also I would encourage you to take up a hatha yoga routine that includes the<br>inverted postures (simple inverted, shoulder stand, and plow poses). These<br>powerful yoga postures are known to cleanse and stimulate the thyroid gland to<br>balance itself while encourage a balancing of all hormones.<br>The kind of Ingredients you should seek for thyroid disease.</b><br>Below are listed some of many foods that can assist the body when it is<br>suffering from this disease. Some of these foods have a reputation for their<br>thyroid remedial power. Why is it important that the ingredients in the herbal<br>formulas you take be from food? Why couldn't they be from chemicals? Scientists<br>would like to think that we can treat our bodies with chemicals, that chemical<br>medicines will cure us. But that has never happened and it never will; that is<br>why there are always dangerous side effects. This is just plain common sense;<br>our bodies do not recognize chemicals because they are not from nature. Below<br>are simple natural food complexes which have been shown to be better for our<br>internal human environment. Our forefather's and mother's have been using some<br>of these same ingredients for thousands of years with no ill effects.<br>Why so many different ingredients? This is also just plain common sense as are<br>all nature healing remedies and philosophies. Every single ingredient we are<br>suggesting will all encourage a positive result in your body. But our bodies are<br>uniquely individual and what will encourage dramatic healing results for you<br>might not be as beneficial for someone else with thyroid disease. So we suggest<br>many herbal foods combined together to create a healing synergy that will fit<br>with each unique individual. Again this is common sense when you are given the<br>simple answer. Chemicals can react against each other causing side effects while<br>foods tend to work together; we all know that.<br>Food Nutrients for the Thyroid</b><br>Listed below is information on different food complexes that assist the thyroid<br>to regain balance and function. This information was compiled by Doctor Robert<br>Thiel, N.H.D. who also holds a Ph.D. in nutrition science; he heads the research<br>group at Doctors' Research.<br>Adrenalglandulars</b> are a Food which has been used for decades by<br>nutrition-oriented doctors when adrenal concerns are suspected. The adrenal<br>glands help the body deal with stress, but high stress weakens the adrenal<br>glands. Fatigue and metabolic problems are common symptoms of adrenal<br>insufficiency. It should be noted that it is well accepted that hypoadrenalism<br>results in "increasing the frequency of hypoglycemia" as well as<br>"hypothyroidism". Salt craving is a common symptom of hypoadrenalism; it can<br>also be involved in hypothyroidism. The adrenal cortex produces the hormone<br>cortisol which helps control organic metabolism and responses to stress.<br>Alfalfa</b> is believed by some herbalists have a "beneficial effect on the<br>pituitary gland", "helps in chemical imbalance", "neutralizes uric acid for<br>arthritis", and "is useful as a Food to prevent cholesterol accumulation in the<br>veins"; this last point is supported by several animal studies.<br>Brown Kelp</b> is a Food source of trace minerals, and an excellent source of<br>iodine. Kelp has long been used (since 3000 B.C.) to provide nutritional support<br>for the thyroid gland. Gary Null, Ph.D., has written, "Kelp can rebalance<br>thyroid metabolism, resulting in successful weight management and the reversal<br>of many conditions which are caused by a thyroid imbalance, including stomach<br>and respiratory disorders".<br>Burdock</b> is believed by some to be helpful in "fortifying the immune system".<br>It has several historical uses including helping with skin disorders<br>"particularly when they are caused by a system imbalance. It stimulates the<br>digestive juices and bile secretion and therefore is useful in treating anorexia<br>nervosa and digestion and appetite problems". Some believe, in addition to<br>helping with digestive concerns, burdock "aids the pituitary gland to help<br>adjust hormone balance". Burdock has sometimes been recommended for thyroid<br>health.<br>Carrots</b> contain a variety of carotenoids, which is a vitamin A precursor.<br>Low levels of vitamin A are associated with increased risk of thyroid goiters<br>and deficiencies affect thyroid metabolism. "A decade-long Harvard study<br>indicated that by getting 50 milligrams of carotenoids in every other<br>day?significantly reduced the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and<br>cataracts".<br>Copper</b> is a mineral which, in proper dosages, is essential to the human<br>body. Vegetarian Thyro contains copper in a B-vitamin containing Food. Copper<br>works with zinc in the body, and zinc without copper can lead to imbalances.<br>Food copper is not like non-food forms such as copper chloride.<br>Guar gum seed</b> is a water soluble fiber (in the form of a galactomannan),<br>extracted from locust beans. It improves "tolerance to glucose by decreasing<br>absorption", which makes it of value for many.<br>Iodine</b> can be properly called THE THYROID mineral since the body's sole<br>use of the mineral iodine is for the thyroid to make thyroid hormones (T1,T2,T3,<br>

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