What factors can effect thyroid function?

[porter5]

Apart from testing values what else can affect the thyroid?

Does your doctor for example take into account, diet?

Does your doctor advise about other chemicals that

can influence thyroid or upset hormone balance?

For example bottle water in plastic bottles widely used

but leach BPA into the water? Or canned items also

contain BPA. or S, BPA is an endocrine disruptor

that I bet your endocrinologist never asked about?

BPA is also on till receipts by touching the receipts the

chemical can enter the blood stream via the skin.

Worth considering.?

[diogenes Remembering]

It's wellknown that BPA can affect thyroid function. For example the paper

Thyroid Hormone Action Is Disrupted by Bisphenol A as an Antagonist

Kenji Moriyama, Tetsuya Tagami, Takashi Akamizu, Takeshi Usui, Misa Saijo, Naotetsu Kanamoto, Yuji Hataya, Akira Shimatsu, Hideshi Kuzuya, Kazuwa Nakao

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 87, Issue 11, 1 November

2002, Pages 5185–5190, doi.org/10.1210/jc.2002-020209

[porter5 in reply to diogenes]

While it may be well known in the scientific community, few members of the public are aware of BPA or its action as an endocrine disruptor.Staff at the tills in say Tesco, or Waitrose should be advised that till receipts are a health

threat and so should customers.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Some time ago I contacted Tesco regarding their plans for till receipts. They replied that they were aware and are trying to move away from BPA. But they believe that the issue primarily affects their staff rather than the public.

I suspect many people are unaware that BPA is commonly a main constituent of epoxy resins - such as Araldite glue.

I think you'll find most plastic bottle now are BPA-free - but that is no reason to keep using them. The sheer plastic waste (on top of the other issues regarding drinks in plastic bottle such as transport, and that many contain massive quantities of sugar or artifical sweeteners, and acids which affect our teeth.

[Hidden in reply to helvella]

Can I just say, I'm so glad we've got people like you in the world. It wouldn't even cross my mind to contact supermarkets about receipts but it should!! They need to be held accountable.

Thank you!

[StitchFairy]

I think most doctors and endos have no understanding of any of these potential causes of thyroid problems. And even if they did, by the time most people see a doctor, it's too late, the damage is already done.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to StitchFairy]

Over the past fifty years, we have seen lots of legislation concerning health and safety, and hazardous chemicals in the environment.

Sometimes we see the resulting rules and regulations mocked. But all too often there are subtle issues such as endocrine disruption which don't burn, or make us vomit, or all the other immediate and obvious effects of noxious compounds.

And as you say, too late to avoid consequences.

[porter5]

Also not adequately accounted for is how prescribed drugs can deplete the body of essential nutrients as well as food and drink.Tap water contains chlorine and in some cases fluoride both of which can interfere with the

uptake of iodine which is essential for health. Also bromine in foods.

the remedy for thyroid problems is often thyroxine a mix of the amino acid tyrosine and

iodine. But how much is enough? Tyrosine is an amino acid ,a component of protein and

iodine is a mineral that helps the thyroid make hormone along with selenium, iron, vitamin A and zinc. the Japanese apparently use over 80 times the amount we intake in their diet?

So how were our values set and are they too low? The Japanese have the lowest cancer

rate in he world? Two books which look into iodine its history and its use are : Healing with Iodine by Dr Mark Sircus, and Iodine why you need it, Why you can't Live without it Dr David Brownstein.

[humanbean]

Apart from testing values what else can affect the thyroid?

Does your doctor for example take into account, diet?

I wouldn't take dietary advice from a doctor. They get no training in diet or nutrition of any kind whatsoever.

[porter5]

Quite, that was rhetorical.

[serenfach]

Or Vitamins or trace elements. Farmers have a better idea of what is needed for their stock, have it checked and give a lick if it is needed!

I really must stop looking at the vit/trace/salt block in the sheep field....