Nutri Thyroid question.

[amac]

Dear All,

Nutri Advanced Ltd sell "Nutri Thyroid" Thyroid Gland Concentrate. I note that the labels states that it is Hormone Free.

Their website states, "The thyroid gland is prepared by removing any fat and cleaning the gland. It is then freeze dried which ensures that all essential active nutrients, including enzymes, are retained. There is no heat or solvents used in the process."

A few years ago I mentioned this to Dr P and he said that they just say that their product is Hormone Free to avoid any "legalities".

Does anyone have any information regarding this product and it's effectiveness? I wouldn't want to be taking a placebo!

Thanks,

Alan

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

This product has been the subject of many previous questions - just like this.

We simply do not know:

a) Whether or not it contains thyroid hormones;

b) Whether the thyroid hormone levels are consistent;

c) How they could remove the thyroid hormone whilst claiming it is whole thyroid!

DICP. 1990 Jan;24(1):26-7.

Therapeutic potential of two over-the-counter thyroid hormone preparations.

Csako GA1, Cetnarowski-Cropp AB, Pucino F.

Author information

1 Department of Clinical Pathology, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Abstract

Various brands of over-the counter (OTC) exogenous thyroid hormones are available in health food stores and retail pharmacies. Two commercially available OTC thyroid products were analyzed for total thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) content. The strength of a liquid thyroid gland extract was unlabeled and that of the solid oral preparation was 45 mg per table. The T4 concentration of the liquid preparation was less than 10 micrograms/dL; that of T3 was below the analytical sensitivity of our assay (less than 15 ng/dL). Tablet content of T4 and of T3 was up to 0.5 micrograms and up to 50 ng, respectively. Preliminary data on these OTC thyroid gland extracts cannot be extrapolated to all OTC thyroid products, but they suggest that such products generally contain concentrations of T4 and T3 below clinical effectiveness. Further analytical study is warranted.

PMID: 2301185

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/230...

[amac in reply to helvella]

Thanks for your reply.

[amac in reply to helvella]

Forgot to ask. You might be someone who knows a reliable source of of NDT. If you can, could you send me this info via PM? Thanks

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to amac]

No - sorry. I do not take or buy any desiccated thyroid product at all.

[amac in reply to helvella]

Ok, thanks anyway