Could this be one ot the most important thyroid videos of all?

[Guineapiggy]

Even if the biochemistry bits are complicated I think this is too important to miss.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6Ml...(Not working as expected?)

[Guineapiggy]

If the link doesn't work, look at How to get off hypothyroidism medication (2023) [from the Energy Blueprint Podcast] on YouTube. It is much more than what the title of the video implies.

[Judithdalston]

I can’ find this, can see other thyroid related stuff re diet/guts etc, but not anything supposed to be about ‘getting off’… sounds rather extreme when we need the hormone replacement if you are hypothyroid.

[Guineapiggy in reply to Judithdalston]

Go to YouTube and type in the search bar "How To Get Off Hypothyroidism Medication (2023)"

[greygoose]

Lots of videos of the same ilk here:

youtube.com/results?search_...

Dangerous rubbish! A lot of blah blah blah, nothing concrete, totally unwatchable. Don't know which one you were trying to link to, but I really really don't think it would be one ot the most important thyroid videos of all. Sorry.

[radd]

Guineapiggy,

Yes, this is a great interview with Dr. Eric Balcavage whom I love for his enthusiasm for life. He is a Hashi sufferer himself and thinks along the lines of Isabella Wentz regarding autoimmune cellular dysfunction and treating the root cause.

His 'science' is correct and well explained in my opinion. My only gripe is the misleading title as many of us already have an atrophied gland, or so much autoimmune dysfunction and other conditions it is misleading to indicate everything can be so easily reversed.

I'm not too keen on The Energy Blueprint as believe he is all about sucking you in to take your money, but because Eric is talking most of the time it is well worth a listen 👍

Well done for posting as I'm sure others can benefit.

[radd in reply to radd]

For those unable top find it ....

youtube.com/watch?v=cV6Ml0u...(Not working as expected?)

[Judithdalston]

it is rather confusing that both men effectively have hypothyroidism but feeling healthy …they admit they have been overdoing it with extreme exercise and probably have raised TSH as their bodies do need more FT4/3. Most of us on the forum, women, are not in this position but gone to Gp after feeling awful for some months/years and have a thyroid gland that is suffering/deteriorated already. It was interesting to hear Dr. still relied on blood tests to show various cells/organ function was out, but I am still not sure which ‘ailment’ comes first eg insulin resistance followed by problems with one’s thyroid, or hypothyroidism followed by insulin resistance etc. His good sense re diet, sleep, mental health etc is an obvious must do. But I don’t think hypothyroid sufferers can just ‘stop’ their ‘meds’( hormones really) as the title suggests.

[mrskiki in reply to Judithdalston]

I had a quick scan through it, but are they really hypothyroid - might have missed it but I just heard him say something about tsh a bit high, no antibodies everything else in range, and feeling healthy, no numbers given? Or Perhaps I’m just cross that they don’t seem tired and overweight ☹️

[Judithdalston in reply to mrskiki]

yes their hypo diagnosis was based on high TSH, but isn’t that what many of us have had to give us a diagnosis at Gps from blood tests when we’ve felt ‘off’? Now it seems it might have had to be two such results a few months apart, but no doubt those two men would also have met that result from continued physical exertion. I do wonder whether women who are of the age where female sex hormones are going haywire, and in my case appear to link to other hormones going out of kilter, are comparable to hypo men who are really just over doing it?

[RockyPath]

Flame retardant chemicals that infuse clothing, upholstery textiles, and carpeting, are known to destroy the thyroid gland. Though it's not spoken of in regard to humans, veterinarians have known for a long time there's an epidemic of hypothyroidism among pet felines because they spend their time very close to carpet and upholstery fabrics. Sixty years ago, people's pet cat's weren't hypothyroid. Straight line drawn between flame retardants and exposure.

We now live in a veritable soup of chemicals that have many undisclosed impacts on our health. The fix for this is to move back to the third quarter of the 20th century, after the invention of antibiotics. As long as you don't develop cardiovascular disease, it's a pretty good time period in which to live. The food is real and the water is fairly pure. Social services haven't been pared back by overzealous conservatives.

[waveylines in reply to RockyPath]

Interesting. Though my little dogs who also spend most of their lives laying on carpets, rugs, my settee and have never developed hypothyroidism. I'm wondering why cats are so vulnerable to this happening? Maybe it's linked to their wandering lives, visiting all those extra homes, gardens sheds garages.... Whereas dogs can't do this....

[Omalleymayo in reply to waveylines]

I had a 16-year-old cat with hyperthyroidism (not hypo) and was prescribed methimazole to control symptoms (I live in the U.S.). The vet said that hyperthyroidism in cats has increased greatly in the last several decades, and flame retardants used in home furnishing textiles is a probable cause. Cats are especially impacted because they clean themselves by licking, so ingest more of the toxic substances. This is a University of Oregon study today.oregonstate.edu/news/....

[waveylines in reply to Omalleymayo]

Wow fascinating. I'm sorry to hear its affected your cat. My dog cleans herself by licking too....shes doing it now. Maybe little dogs aren't affected for some reason..

[JAmanda]

So his four top tips are:

1 eat real food not processed

2 sleep well

3 don’t over breathe

4 get your head sorted out.

I mean yes all good but won’t get most of us off the meds. As to the over breathing, I’m working on that for my asthma - the theory being not as he says about the excess of oxygen being bad but more the lack of carbon dioxide which we actually need in our cells. So not much in here for hypothyroid folk I’m afraid!

[ainslie in reply to JAmanda]

I’m going to Google to see how to “get my head sorted out”, 😀,you tube has its uses but….

[JAmanda in reply to ainslie]

yeah sorry to the OP but these long American videos are usually light on actual help. But hey sometimes getting a nudge to just eat better and look after yourself isn’t too bad.

[ainslie in reply to JAmanda]

yes nothing wrong with that