Sun, Aug-13-06, 16:42
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Plan: No gluten, CAD
Stats: 196.0/158.5/149.0
BF:36/29.0/27.3
Progress: 80%
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I kept thinking about you and felt you got a little short changed in advice.
There is a famous thyroid dr Broda Barnes that spent his lifetime investigating temperature and thyroid, he set the standard for diagnosis. You can find his book at the library and there is a website and Broda Barnes Foundation. Until Abbott Laboratories made synthetic thyroid and developed the TSH test, Dr. Barnes methods were used for nearly 100 years. Holistic doctors insist that many people never feel a difference on synthetic thyroid and tsh test doesn't catch all thyroid disorders. Like Dr. Atkins they go back to the old Dr. Barnes methodology. On the thyroid.about.com list you will see people say "this dr prescribes natural thyroid."
By his method:
You use a mercury or BBT thermometer under the arm for 10 minutes, start the first moment you awaken and you don't get out of bed or move to do it. Dr. Atkins uses a digital temp and outlines in his book how to do it.
The temperature for menstruating women is taken the first 4 days of the cycle.
Dr. Atkins says dieting is one of the ways that your thyroid is depressed, but some estimates are that 10-25% of the population has a thyroid disorder, not just depressed metabolism. Like the others yours maybe diet related. My thyroid was slightly low all winter, I never turned on the heater and wore shorts most of the time. Being cold is not the only symptoms of a thyroid disorder.
You live in Cali and have the best chance of getting good thyroid testing and treatment. I moved to colorado and testing they use is called outdated and no longer used. LOL! After 9 drs, I gave up and went back to Cali to get decent treatment.
Last edited by nawchem : Sun, Aug-13-06 at 17:03.
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