thyroid PART 1

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When the other thyroid results come back “normal”…THIS test can tell you why you’re still sick
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All the classic symptoms are there…You’re tired, weak, achy, cold, depressed, and have put on weight that you just can’t seem to lose no matter what you do. And the constipation and lagging libido certainly aren’t helping matters. But when your doctor sent you for lab tests for the most likely culprit—a weak thyroid—your tests came back normal.

Normal or not, you still don’t feel well…And despite what all too many mainstream M.D.s tell their patients, cases like these aren’t “all in your head.”

Sometimes the key to finding that you really do have a thyroid problem despite “normal lab tests” is another simple thyroid test that most doctors aren’t even using…and the solution is a time-honored technique that they’ll likely tell you is “quack medicine.” For the record, it most certainly is not—but more on that in just a bit. First, let’s go over the test that could finally explain all those “unexplained” symptoms.

The mirror image blocking your path to health

It’s called “reverse T3” (or “rT3”) and it may be the explanation for weak thyroid symptoms

despite supposedly “normal” thyroid tests.  rT3 is always part of a complete initial evaluation of thyroid hormones. And we find abnormal rT3 levels in a small but significant number of people—even when all other thyroid tests look OK.

What is reverse T3? It’s actually exactly what it sounds like: The “reversed” mirror image of free T3, the most active form of thyroid hormone. Since it’s “flipped around,” it doesn’t fit into the thyroid receptors meant for free T3. And since it can’t get into those receptors, it ends up “milling around” outside of them, blocking the actual T3 from getting where it needs to go in the process. So thyroid blood tests may show that your body has plenty of free T3. The problem is, it can’t do its job because the rT3 is standing in its way.

It’s the worst of both worlds: All the symptoms of hypothyroidism, but tests that say there’s nothing wrong.

The life-saving ability most of us just don’t need

I know it seems strange that our bodies would even make a mirror image of free T3 that actually prevents it from doing its job. But one of rT3’s main functions is to help the human body survive starvation.

The purpose of free T3 is to keep the body’s cells burning energy at a steady rate. Most of the time, that energy comes from food. When there’s enough food, our bodies usually make a balanced amount of free T3 and rT3. But when there’s no food, your source of energy is your own body fat. In order to keep free T3 from burning it too quickly, levels of rT3 rise dramatically and free T3 levels drop off. The longer starvation lasts, the more rT3 there is to block ever-smaller quantities of free T3. This helps make your only source of energy—body fat—last longer, so that you can survive until food is available again.

Basically, in times of starvation, rT3 can save your life.

But, while that sort of starvation unfortunately does still exist in the world, the chances of you facing it yourself are slim.

Yet we continue to see cases of elevated rT3 levels. And the cause isn’t a shortage of food—or anything else, for that matter. Since we first started testing for rT3 nearly two decades ago, my colleagues  have discovered that elevated rT3 is almost always caused by toxic metal accumulation.

That’s right, not only starvation, but also lead, mercury, cadmium, and other toxic metals somehow distort the normal flow of thyroid hormones, causing excess rT3 to be produced.

We’ve found that when we eliminate those toxic metals, not only do the patients’ rT3 levels go back to normal, but those nagging hypothyroid symptoms go away in the process—without ever even needing supplemental thyroid hormone.

Before you start treatment though, it’s important to be sure that toxic metal accumulation is the source of the problem.

The “quack medicine” solution for hidden hypothyroidism

Unfortunately blood tests for toxic metals are useless, unless they’re done immediately (or very, very soon) after an acute and large toxic metal exposure. Even hair mineral analysis isn’t the best option. The best test for total body burden of toxic metal is the chelation test. The chelation test involves an intravenous infusion of a small amount of semi-synthetic amino acids which grab onto (“chelate”) toxic metals so tightly your body can’t hang onto them anymore, so they’re excreted into the bowels and urine. The infusion is followed by a collection of urine over the next six hours. The urine specimen is then sent to a laboratory to be tested for toxic metals.

If the results show that you do have significant amounts of toxic metals, the very best way to remove them is with chelation therapy—which brings us back to the “quack medicine” claim I mentioned earlier. Mainstream physicians and los Federales have criticized—even reviled—this invaluable therapy for years.

Their arguments against it though are all based on its ability to fight various diseases, especially atherosclerosis and related problems. The fact is, there are dozens of studies supporting these uses—but that’s a topic for another time. Today, we’re only focusing on chelation therapy’s original purpose—one that is accepted (but mostly forgotten) by the mainstream: To remove toxic metals.

Chelation therapy uses the same amino acid solution used in the chelation test, repeated enough times to eliminate the large majority of toxic metals. As in the chelation test, amino acids repeatedly scour your body for toxic metals, and eliminate them from your body.

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Thank You!!
From Jack :-)

[PlateletGal]

Well done !!! This is what I've posted in the fibro/CFS forum (health pages):





T3 REVERSE -- "The mix of treatments needed varies from patient to patient. There are some abnormalities that are common. For instance, close to 100% of individuals with these syndromes have low thyroid. This is, however, usually not picked up on the standard blood tests because the TSH is not elevated in these individuals due to pituitary dysfunction. Many of these individuals will also have high levels of the anti-thyroid reverse T3, which is usually not measured on standard blood tests. In addition, the majority of individuals can also have a thyroid receptor resistance that is not detected on the blood tests. Consequently, thyroid treatment, especially with timed release T3, is effective for many patients. T4 preparations (inactive thyroid) such as Synthroid and Levoxyl do not work well for these conditions."


Kent Holtorf, M.D.  --- link to article: http://www.immunesupport.com/fibromyalgia-treatment.htm