Selenium – The missing link for treating hypothyroidism?

 

'A healthy thyroid is a critical component of one’s overall health, and many people are struggling with thyroid disorders such as hypothyroidism, specifically Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroiditis. In this autoimmune condition, the immune system attacks the thyroid gland, with the resulting inflammation leading to an underactive thyroid gland or hypothyroidism. 

Hashimoto’s disease is the most common form of hypothyroidism and was the first condition ever to be classified as an autoimmune disease. 

I’ve written extensively about thyroid health, focusing on a multitude of environmental factors that may effect thyroid function, including gluten, gut health, stress, excess iodine, and vitamin D deficiency. I’ve also discussed why dietary changes are always the first step in treating Hashimoto’s, and why replacement thyroid hormone is often necessary for a successful outcome.'

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Low Thyroid Epidemic

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Assess Your Thyroid: Home Thyroid Screening

 'A new report from the International Journal of Clinical Practice reveals that the Mayo Clinic's 40-year-old "gold standard thyroid screening test" is flawed, and compromising the adequacy of conventional thyroid treatment (1). 

As a result, many thyroid problems and thyroid-related symptoms go undiagnosed or untreated. Many patients go on thyroid medication, but often, their symptoms don’t change! Others are told their thyroid is normal even though they are experiencing symptoms. 

This may lead to the prescribing of many more unnecessary drugs to address the original symptoms, simply because the flawed test led doctors away from the true cause of the symptoms, and left them looking for answers in other therapies. 

 Read on and find out: If you may be suffering from a chronic thyroid condition and don't know it. Why you may not be feeling good even if you are on thyroid medication, and what to do next. Please take my Home Thyroid Self-Assessment Screening, located within this article, and make sure that what is ailing you is not related to a misdiagnosed or undiagnosed thyroid condition.' 

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Thyroid cancer, fracking and nuclear power

'Thyroid cancer cases have more than doubled since 1997 in the U.S., while deadly industrial practices that contaminate groundwater with radiation and other carcinogens are also rising.
New information released by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that 56,460 people will develop thyroid cancer in 2012 and 1,780 will die from it.

That’s up from 16,000 thyroid cancer cases in 1997 – a whopping 253% increase in fifteen years, while the US population went up only 18%.'

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Even Dental X-rays Raise Your Cancer Risk

'Dental X-rays given to millions every year may dramatically increase the risk of thyroid cancer, scientists warned last night.

Researchers found that patients who had been X-rayed by their dentist at least ten times were more likely to develop the disease.

They have now warned that X-rays should not be given at check-ups or when registering new patients - despite these practices being common in many dental surgeries.

With rates of thyroid cancer more than doubling in 30 years, the scientists said that the potential dangers of dental X-rays were often overlooked.'

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