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The problem with iodine is if you walk into a health food store and you tell the manager (who usually has no medical background and they have no idea of what tests need to be run)… "I have a thyroid condition. How can I help myself?" They'll probably give you iodine, which is one of the WORST things that you can do!
According to one of the foremost leading thyroid experts and author of the book, Why Do I Still Have My Thyroid Symptoms Even When My Lab Tests Are Normal?, Dr. Datis Kharrazian, taking iodine is like throwing gasoline on a fire. Iodine is a red hot supplement these days and as I’ve mentioned, if you walk into any health food store and tell the manager that you have a thyroid condition, the first thing they’re going to reach for is an iodine supplement. This is the worst thing that you can do so DON’T DO IT! Check your multi-vitamin, does it contain iodine? If so, do not take it! It could make you worse!
Granted iodine is vital to thyroid function. It’s a major co-factor and stimulator for that enzyme, TPO, but for a person with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, for a person with an auto-immune thyroid, for a person where their immune system is attacking their thyroid…supplementing with iodine is literally throwing gasoline on a fire.
Iodine stimulates production of TPO. This, in turn, increases levels of TPO anti-bodies dramatically which is indicating an auto-immune flare-up. Some people develop symptoms of an overactive thyroid while others have no symptoms despite the tests and elevated levels of TPO anti-bodies, this is why you need to run the tests. I always advise anyone with an auto-immune thyroid or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis to avoid supplements containing iodine and this contains – this also includes multi-vitamins.
You would be amazed at how many people walk into my door with severe thyroid conditions and they’re taking a multi-vitamin and they are taking all these other supplements thinking they’re helping themselves and they’re actually hurting themselves because they’re making their condition worse.
They’re over-stimulating or exceeding metabolic capacity of their immune system and it’s causing a “massive fire” that attacks their thyroid. Now I know this seems confusing but the reality is most health food store managers have no idea of the testing that needs to be done to get a thorough work-up completed on a Hashimoto’s thyroid patient.
I’m going to be addressing those tests in future secrets but, trust me, you need a thorough work-up and most patients who are suffering with chronic thyroid problems, who are taking medications and they still have symptoms, even though their lab tests are quote-unquote “normal,” they need a thorough work-up. They need the tests done.
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One of the most common questions I get is…”How did I develop this autoimmune condition?” Well…it's pretty much genetics and the environment. It's a matter of what came first, the chicken or the egg? We all know that genetically, you may be at risk for developing certain problems and/or conditions. If your mom had a thyroid condition, if your grandmother had a thyroid condition, you probably have a thyroid condition too, so it's genetic.
Then there are environmental factors, one of them being chemicals such as cigarette smoke. There are over 519 chemicals in cigarettes. Here are just a few of them…
TSNAs: Tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNAs) are known to be some of the most potent carcinogens present in smokeless tobacco, snuff and tobacco smoke.
Benzene: Benzene can be found in pesticides and gasoline. It is present in high levels in cigarette smoke and accounts for half of all human exposure to this hazardous chemical.
Pesticides: Pesticides are used on our lawns and gardens, and inhaled into our lungs via cigarette smoke.
Formaldehyde: Formaldehyde is a chemical used to preserve dead bodies, and is responsible for some of the nose, throat and eye irritation smokers experience when breathing in cigarette smoke.
So chemicals in general can trigger an autoimmune response, like the latest chemical that's hit the news…BPA. This is a very nasty chemical called bisphenol A. It's used in a lot of plastics, and BPA is extremely bad for thyroid health, and it can trigger Hashimoto's Thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroid.
Rocket fuel is another! You heard that correctly, I said rocket fuel! You may ask…”How am I exposed to rocket fuel?” Studies have shown that 30 to 40 percent of women in America have remnants of rocket fuel in their body. It gets into the ground water. It stays there for a very long time.
One of the biggest triggers with an autoimmune thyroid is iodine. When it comes to Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroid, iodine is probably THE BIGGEST trigger!
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How do you know if you're autoimmune? How do you know if your immune system is attacking your body? Well…we just talked about the fact that we run tests to see if you have an autoimmune thyroid or Hashimoto's thyroiditis, specifically TPO and TGB antibodies, along with the immune panels, but the reality is…most people know that they're autoimmune just from the fact that they may already suffer from a current autoimmune disorder such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, Sjorgen's syndrome, scleroderma, and/or lupus.
Another way that people will know if they're autoimmune is that their symptoms may wax and wane. Symptoms that wax and wane are a sure sign the you are most likely suffering from an autoimmune condition.
The third way that they will know if a patient's autoimmune is they will come in with a basket of supplements, I mean a truck-load. I've had people bring in so many bottles of supplements it wasn't funny. In many cases, the supplements that they are taking were actually making them worse!
Number four…their life fell apart after they got sick. That's how they know they're autoimmune. They've been to 12 or 15 or 20 different doctors and they have a stack of medical records sky high all because it's an undiagnosed autoimmune condition.
They may develop an autoimmune condition following a pregnancy. Usually, woman are TH2 dominant in the third trimester and TH1 dominant postpartum.
And finally, as I've mentioned, there's positive testing via the immune panels and TPO and TGB antibodies. You see, your immune system is designed to protect you. When your immune system runs amuck, it starts attacking different parts of your body, and it's important to know that once you realize you have an autoimmune condition, you need to get checked, and you need to manage that autoimmune condition.
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Auto Immune Thyroid or Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is the #1 Cause of Hypothyroid in the U.S.!
The #1 cause of low thyroid or hypothyroid in the United States is something called Hashimoto's thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroid. It's an autoimmune condition and it means that your immune system is attacking your thyroid.
An autoimmune condition is where your immune system is attacking a part of your body, and in your case, it is most likely, attacking your thyroid gland. Remember, your thyroid controls your body’s metabolism. ALL OF IT! Hashimoto's thyroiditis (aka. Autoimmune thyroid) is the #1 cause of low thyroid in the U.S. Your immune system is attacking your thyroid, and it is killing it. You just don’t have a “thyroid” problem, you have an “immune” problem! Unfortunately, thyroid hormones do nothing for this autoimmune attack. You will continue to lose more and more of your thyroid taking the medications. It is a slow, progressive, downward slide.
So the problem isn't just your thyroid: it is your immune system. You have an immune system problem, and you need to heal your immune system. Thyroid hormones are not going to help you heal your immune system.
There's two parts to your immune system, TH1 and TH2 and they should be in balance, kind of like a teeter-totter effect. One should not be higher than the other. If your immune system goes out of balance because of stress (physical, chemical or emotional), one system (TH1 or TH2) will become dominant and this will cause your immune system to attack your body. There are specific blood tests that can be run to determine if you are autoimmune and if one part of your immune system is dominant.
Now the problem with autoimmune conditions is it just doesn't attack one area of your body…your thyroid. It can attack other areas of your body. It can attack your pancreas, causing diabetes or it can attack your gut, your stomach lining, causing IBS or it can attack your joints, rheumatoid arthritis. It can attack your entire body. You need to be tested to see if you are having an autoimmune condition, and that's what's causing your thyroid condition. That's what's causing your thyroid condition!
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