Thyroid hormone effects
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Type 2 Diabetes and Hyper- versus Hypothyroidism
Surprise surprise. Having less thyroid hormone makes you more susceptible to Type 2 Diabetes. How does it work? Quote from Dr. Chaker, lead author: “Thyroid hormone is also directly involved in the control of insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis. Hypothyroidism is associated with decreased insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance and treatment of hypothyroidism has shown…
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A Thyroid Patients Manifesto
Manifesto: “a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer” (Merriam-Webster) I humbly offer the following manifesto for us as thyroid patients. WE, as citizens maintained by thyroid hormone therapy, declare our equal rights to health and well being as other citizens with complex chronic health conditions like diabetes, cancers, and…
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2018 study shows T3 in upper half of reference range relieves hypothyroid symptoms
This Sept. 2018 research article proved that thyroid patients’ continued hypothyroid symptoms are connected to Free T3 levels.(1) Symptom relief for thyroid patients on the standard T4 monotherapy is found “in the upper half of the FT3 reference range.” Symptoms had a limited and paradoxical relationship with TSH, and absolutely no relationship to a patient’s…
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VIDEO: What’s wrong with therapy for hypothyroidism?
On December 17, I decided to purchase “Doodly” video creation software that was being advertised on Facebook, and I made this 10-minute educational video. It is meant to raise an appropriate sense of alarm at the problems with thyroid therapy and to offer some possible solutions. Clicking the title image will take you to YouTube to…
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Cute puppies get thyroid petition signatures
During our 2018 Canadian Thyroid Patients’ petition, we were frustrated by the low rate of e-signatures as the petition entered its final month of December. We looked with envy at the statistics of other House of Commons petitions and discovered that some of the more successful ones were about preventing cruelty to animals. In fact,…