I've been reading a lot of past posts on this forum about thyroid and adrenal glandulars and there seems a lot of confusion about whether they contain hormones or not.
I've contacted the following brands direct to find out. I thought I'd pass this information on to clear up the confusion:
Thyroid Glandulars:
Nutri Thyroid: contains NO thyroid hormones - these have been removed.
Swanson Thyroid: contains NO thyroid hormones - these have been removed.
Procepts Metavive I, II, III, IV: contains ALL thyroid hormones - it is a whole gland product, nothing has been removed.
Adrenal Glandulars:
Nutri Adrenal & Nutri Adrenal Extra: contains NO adrenal hormones - these have been removed.
Swanson Adrenal: contains NO adrenal hormones - these have been removed.
Thorne Adrenal Cortex: contains NO adrenal hormones - these have been removed.
Procepts Adrenavive II, III: contains ALL adrenal cortex hormones - nothing has been removed.
Procepts Adrenavive I: contains ALL adrenal gland hormones - it is a whole gland product, nothing has been removed.
So we see that all glandular products are NOT the same.
Please check beforehand that you are using the correct 'type' of glandular for your needs before consuming.
A friend and I were both given incorrect glandulars from different healthcare practitioners who didn't know the difference between the brands. She has no thyroid gland and was advised to come off her Levo and given Nutri Thyroid instead! I was given Adrenavive I and it stimulated my exhausted adrenals too much and made me energy crash.
Hope this info is helpful for you