Also see: Ray Peat, PhD on Thyroid, Temperature, Pulse, and TSH Thyroid, Temperature, Pulse Metabolism, Brain Size, and Lifespan in Mammals Promoters of Efficient v. Inefficient Metabolism Inflammation from Decrease in Body Temperature Melatonin Lowers Body Temperature Menopausal Estrogen Therapy Lowers Body Temperature Thyroid Function, Pulse Rate, & Temperature “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with [...]
Actually, twelve years before, Dr. L.M. Hurxthal at the Lahey Clinic in Boston had clearly shown that thyroid secretion controls cholesterol level in most patients. In patients with hyperthyroidism, or excessive thyroid activity, he had found, the cholesterol level in the blood was below the average normal level. After surgery on the excessively active thyroid [...]
World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Sep 21;11(35):5530-4. Association between thyroid function and gallstone disease. Völzke H, Robinson DM, John U. AIM: To investigate those associations using data of the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania. METHODS: A study population of 3 749 residents aged 20-79 years without previously diagnosed thyroid disease was available for analyses. Serum [...]
Broda Barnes, more than 60 years ago, summed up the major effects of hypothyroidism on health very neatly when he pointed out that if hypothyroid people don’t die young from infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, they die a little later from cancer or heart disease. -Ray Peat, PhD A low metabolism affects ALL bodily systems. [...]
Is 98.6 Really Normal? A great article provided by Women’s Health Connections that includes discussion of the work of Ray Peat, PhD and Broda Barnes, MD, PhD.
Is 98.6 Really Normal? A great article provided by Women’s Health Connections that includes discussion of the work of Ray Peat, PhD and Broda Barnes, MD, PhD.
Thyroid Hormone Therapy: Cutting the Gordian Knot Supplement to The Art of Getting Well “Medical data is for informational purposes only. You should always consult your family physician or one of our referral physicians prior to treatment – The Arthritis Trust of America Thyroid: Master Gland & Regulator The human body, from one perspective, is [...]
Thyroid Hormone Therapy: Cutting the Gordian Knot Supplement to The Art of Getting Well “Medical data is for informational purposes only. You should always consult your family physician or one of our referral physicians prior to treatment – The Arthritis Trust of America Thyroid: Master Gland & Regulator The human body, from one perspective, is [...]
Thanks to Shirley Grose, a thyroid patient, for sharing with us the following powerful letter she wrote to her doctor, after he insisted on prescribing Synthroid (a brand name synthetic levothyroxine sodium/T4 thyroid hormone replacement drug) instead of the Armour Thyroid (a brand name naturally derived T4/T3 drug) she’d been taking. (See “A Quick Look [...]
-Consult a medical professional regarding all things related to your health. “When I moved from Mexico, first to Montana and then to Oregon in 1966, I became very conscious of how light affects the hormones and the health. (For example, in Montana I experienced an interesting springtime shedding of body hair.) Many people who came [...]
