Throw away total cholesterol!

17. May 2006 William Davis (1)
Richard's total cholesterol without treatment was 186 mg/dl. "That's great!" his doctor declared, referring to the conventional dictum that total cholesterols less than 200 carry low risk. Several fingersticks in a mall kiosk set up by a local hospital to check total cholesterols confirmed Richard's low number.

But after Richard's unexpected hospitalization and two stents for severe coronary blockages, he demanded better answers.

Tragically, the answer was there all along: Despite a "favorable" total cholesterol, his HDL ("good") cholesterol was a miserable 32 mg (ideal >60 mg).

Total cholesterol is actually the sum total of HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, with a contribution from triglycerides. That's why a low total cholesterol can conceal a low HDL.

This situation is quite common. And low HDL is accompanied by a constellation of other undesirable causes of heart disease, most notably small LDL.

Don't accept total cholesterol as your sole measure of risk. It's nearly worthless. If you live in Bangladesh or a third world country, well perhaps that's the best you can get. But if you live in the U.S. or developed world, it's absurd to rely on total cholesterol.

Smart Start not so smart

15. May 2006 William Davis (2)



Kellogg's has crafted a campaign to support the American Heart Association featuring acress Sela Ward. Her attractive face, familiar to many TV and movie viewers, does add a comforting face to their efforts.

What's in this cereal made by the manufacturers of Pop-Tarts, Cheez-It, Rice Krispies, and Chips Deluxe cookies?

There are, indeed, some healthy ingredients: oat bran, potassium; you can even get a version made with soy protein. But there's sugar listed as the second ingredient. High-fructose corn syrup is also listed prominently. (Remember this issue? High-fructose corn syrup causes overwhelming sugar cravings, causes your triglycerides to skyrocket, and is probably among the principal food ingredients that make you obese.)

Upon detailed questioning of my patients struggling to lose weight, this and products like it are often among the "healthy" foods they've gravitated towards. We spend a great deal of time dissuading them of this idea.

A one-cup serving of Smart Start is low in fat (1 gram) but contains 43 grams of carbohydates, of which there are 14 grams of sugar. There are a meager 3 grams of fiber. To me, this sounds like a cupcake.

The Kellogg's people are exceptionally clever marketers. Partner with the American Heart Association and movie stars? Brilliant!

You should trust food manufacturer advertising about as much as you trust drug manufacturer advertising, which is to say not at all.

Kellogg's sold $10 billion dollars of food products last year. They are the world's leading producer of breakfast cereals. They are a leading producer of convenience foods: cookies, crackers, cereal bars, and frozen waffles under the brands Keebler, Pop-Tarts, Eggo, Cheez-It, Nutri-Grain, Rice Krispies, Famous Amos, and Kashi.

Can they cash in on healthy trends? They'll certainly try.

Does anybody have a normal vitamin D level?

15. May 2006 William Davis (0)
We now routinely check everyone's vitamin D blood level at the start of the program. (The measure to obtain is 25-OH-Vitamin D3. This is not to be confused with 1,25-OH2-vitamin D3, which is a kidney function measure.)

Of the 10 people with levels drawn today, none were even close to normal levels (which we define as 50 ng/ml)--not a single one.

The majority were in the range of severe deficiency (<20 ng/ml). Only two had levels in the 30s. None had higher. (Remember: I'm talking about people in Wisconsin, a terribly sunlight-deprived area much of the year. This might not apply quite as vigorously to Florida residents or others in sun-exposed regions.)

Curiously, I've also seen several people this week who had extraordinary quantities of coronary plaque on their heart scans (scores >1000), all of whom had extremely low vitamin D levels. One of these people had fairly unimpressive lipoproteins, with very minimal abnormalities identified. (This is quite unusual, by the way.) It makes you wonder if a profound deficiency of vitamin D is sufficient to act on its own as an instigator of coronary plaque.

The more we examine the issue of vitamin D deficiency, the more fascinating it gets. I suspect we've just scratched the surface and there's a lot more to learn about this tremendously interesting nutrient. Nonetheless, with what we're seeing in our experience, I'm urging everyone to get a blood vitamin D level.

Don't believe your LDL cholesterol!

14. May 2006 William Davis (0)
Harry's case is typical. For years, his doctor told him his LDL cholesterol of 123 mg was okay. But a heart scan score of 490 (90th percentile at age 52) made him question just where his coronary plaque came from.

Lipoprotein analysis told a very different story: His LDL particle number was 2400 nmol, meaning his trueLDL was more like 240 mg, nearly double the value of LDL obtained through his doctor. Harry had other sources of risk, too, but the LDL particle number was a clear stand-out.

Why does this happen? How can LDL cholesterol be so terribly inaccurate?

LDL cholesterols obtained in virtually all labs are not measured, they're calculated. The calculation was developed in the 1960s by Dr. Friedewald at the National Institutes of Health and therefore goes by his name (the Friedewald calculation). Dr. Friedewald derived this simple calculation to permit doctors across the U.S. to obtain LDL cholesterols, which were technically difficult to measure in those days by using measured HDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides.

Doctors were told that the only time that the Friedewald calculated LDL was inaccurate was when triglycerides exceeded 400 mg. So most family practitioners and internists still believe that calculated LDL's are, for the most part, quite accurate.

Nothing could be further from the truth. When LDL's are actually meaured, you find that LDL is rarely accurate. In fact, in our experience, inaccuracy of 30-50% is the rule, sometimes 100%. The one telltale hint that calculated LDL is wrong is when HDL is <50 mg--that's nearly everybody.

So what's your LDL? You won't really know unless it's measured. Our preferred method is NMR (LipoScience) LDL particle number, probably the most accurate of all. Second best: apoprotein B, direct measured LDL, and non-HDL. (We'll cover this issue much more extensively in an upcoming report on the www.cureality.com website in an extensive Special Report.)

Are you the exception?

14. May 2006 William Davis (0)

I read about 40 heart scans this morning. In the stack was a 41-year old man with a heart scan score of 841.

That's terribly high for anyone, let alone a 41-year old person. He's lucky to find out about this before catastrophe strikes.

People like this worry me. In general, we advise men to consider a heart scan age 40 and older; women 50 and older. If there's anything exceptional about your family history or your own history, then you might notch these numbers down another 5-10 years. For instance, if your Dad had a heart attack at age 43, you might consider a scan at age 35. Or, if you've had diabetes for several years and you're a 42-year old woman, you might think about a scan. (Men tend to develop measurable plaque by heart scans 10 years before women.)

There are no hard and fast rules. It's unusual for a male to have a score >0 before age 40. Likewise, it's very uncommon for a woman to have a score >0 before age 50. But there are occasional exceptions--but they can be very important exceptions.

Our 41-year old man with the score of 841, for instance, probably had a high score since his mid-30s. I've seen several women without any obvious risk factors with scores in the several hundred range in their early 40s.

My rule: When in doubt, opt for safety. Every day, I still read about people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s dying of heart attacks. It shouldn't happen.

When in doubt, get the heart scan. The most you'll lose is the cost of the scan and a modest exposure to radiation. If your score is zero, you know you're safe for the next 5 or more years. But if you have an exceptional score at a young age, take preventive action.

Self-empowerment in health: The new wave in health care

12. May 2006 William Davis (0)
Track Your Plaque is just one facet of the broad and powerful emerging wave of self-empowerment in health.

Hospitals, drug and device manufacturers, and the medical establishment don't like this idea. People managing their own health? That's ridiculous! Dangerous! But mostly unprofitable.

Self-empowerment means having easy access to simple, safe, and inexpensive diagnostic tests like heart scans, carotid scans, bone densitometry (for osteoporosis), cholesterol tests, abdominal ultrasound, even brain scans (e.g., CT or MRI) for people with a family history of brain aneurysm.

Opponents of this idea worry about the "false-positives" that come about with broad testing, i.e, detection of abnormalities that are artifactual. Our experience is that false-positives are only an occasional problem with any test. Instead, we find that most people have many true-positives. In CT heart scanning, for example, we find many unsuspected enlarged aortas (potential future aneurysms), valve disorders, and aortic calcium. These are all important in a preventive program. Unfortunately, your doctor's definition of false-positive often means that no corrective procedure or operation is required.

Other evidence that self-empowerment in health is growing:

--The nutritional supplement movement. What better example of power in managing your own health is there than the fabulous array of nutritional supplements available?

--Medications moving to over-the-counter status. Gradually, more and more medications are trickling into availability for you to obtain without a doctor's prescription.

--What I call "retail imaging", i.e. screening ultrasound, heart scans, full body scans, etc. that are available in most states without a doctor's order.

--The Internet. The rapidity and depth of information available on the Internet today is mind-boggling. It will fuel the self-empowerment movement by providing sophisticated information to the health care consumer previously available only through your physician.

--High-deductible health insurance plans. If health care consumers will bear more and more of the costs of health care, they will seize greater responsibility for early identification and prevention to minimize long-term costs.

There are more. But the movement is powerful and broad--and unstoppable. Let the establishment with vested interests in preserving the status quo fuss and complain, just like horse and buggy manufacturers did in the early 1900's when the autmobile came along.

Vitamin D deficiency is rampant

12. May 2006 William Davis (0)
Today alone I've seen several people with severe deficiencies of vitamin D.

We're now checking everyone's blood vitamin D level at the start of the program. The measure that most accurately reflects your vitamin D status is 25-OH-vitamin D3. This is very confusing to many physicians, who traditionally have thought of 1,25-di-Hydroxy vitamin D3 as the standard test to measure. What they're failing to recognize is that this second measure is a kidney product, not a reflection of vitamin D status.

Using 25-OH-vitamin D3, several people today alone had levels of <10 ng/ml, clearly in the category of severe deficiency (generally regarded as <20ng/ml).

The majority of people we see in the office are Wisconsin residents. It's no wonder they're deficient. Although it's mid-May, we've seen the sun only a handful of days this year. And most of the days have been too chilly to wear short sleeves and shorts to permit sufficient surface area for UV exposure.

Living in a sunny climate, however, is no guarantee that you have sufficient blood vitamin D levels. Two recent studies have shown that 30-50% of the residents of sunny southern Florida and Hawaii are also deficient. (Why, I'm not sure.)

Although our experience thus far is anecdotal in several hundred people, my impression is that people who have normal blood levels of vitamin D (we regard normal as 45-50 ng/ml) have a far easier time of halting or regressing coronary plaque.

Vitamin D is among the most exciting nutritional tools we've come across in a long time. The conversation is making the media, which impresses me tremendously, given the fact that nobody stands to profit financially to any significant degree through vitamin D supplementation.

For a wonderful collection of discussions on vitamin D, go to Dr. John Cannell's website, www.vitaminDcouncil.com. You'll find a huge quantity of scientific background and conversation on the whole idea. I believe you will be thoroughly impressed with just how powerful the argument in favor of vitamin D has become.

What if wheat products were illegal?

11. May 2006 William Davis (3)
Imagine if anything made of wheat were illegal: bread, bagels, crackers, pasta, pretzels, donuts, Shredded Wheat cereal, Raisin Bran, pastry, cookies, cakes, cupcakes. . . Your grocery store would then be unable to carry any of these products.

How empty would the grocery store shelves be?

There would be very little. The stores would be filled instead with vegetables and fruits, meats, and dairy products. But aisle after aisle would be empty. There'd be no cereal aisle. There'd be no snack chip aisle. The ordinarily overcrowded bread shelves wouldn't be there.

Bakery? Nope, not there either. Pasta and noodles? Empty. How about cakes and pastries? Also gone.

Getting the picture? American groceries are dominated by wheat products. What would happen to your health and the health of your family if wheat were abruptly removed from your choices? Would you be less healthy?

No. In fact, your health would be hugely improved. You'd lose a significant quantity of weight. Extraordinary numbers of people would lose diabetic or pre-diabetic tendencies. Feelings of sluggishness, sleepiness, and moodiness would dissolve. Blood pressure would be reduced. The incidence of cancer, skin disease, and inflammatory diseases would plumet.

From a plaque control perspective, your HDL cholesterol would rise, triglycerides drop. Small LDL would improve dramatically.

The message: Slash wheat products from your diet. Yes, you'll miss the smell and taste of freshly baked bread. But you'll do it for many more healthy years. And you may do it without a 14 inch scar in your chest.

The sobering tale of small LDL

10. May 2006 William Davis (0)
Every day, I learn to respect small LDL more and more.

Small LDL particles, and its evil partner, low HDL, is among the most common reasons why someone fails to fully gain control of coronary plaque and heart disease risk.

Just yesterday, I saw a slender businessman (6 feet 1 inch in height, 186 lb.) whose small pattern persisted despite niacin, fish oil, oat bran, and raw almonds. We generally think of small LDL as an overweight person's pattern, but in some people the genetics are quite powerful and it can be expressed even in slender people.

The solution: More physical activity and exercise; cut back on processed carbohydrates, particularly wheat products like breads, pasta, crackers, breakfast cereals; think about magnesium (see our two recent reports on magnesium on the www.cureality.com membership website, the latest report to be posted this week); be sure sleep is adequate (gauge this by whether you're energetic during the day and don't fall asleep watching TV or movies). Lack of sufficient physical activity in people with sedentary jobs is probably among the most common reason the small LDL pattern persists.

Ignore small LDL and it can be like a hidden cancer in your body, growing and metastasizing (not literally, of course), fueling coronary plaque growth. Be sure your doctor assesses whether you have small LDL if you hope to gain control of your coronary risk.

Burn off the fat

9. May 2006 William Davis (0)

If you've ever wondered just how many calories you're burning with various activities like yard work, driving, climbing stairs, etc. go to this great website that will calculate it for you: http://www.caloriecontrol.org/exercalc.html.

Here are some examples:


Dancing for 30 minutes(fast, e.g., tango): 193 calories
Yoga for 30 minutes: 204 calories
Washing the car for 30 minutes: 173 calories
Vacuuming for 30 minutes: 88 calories

(All are for a 170 lb person.)

As you see, physical activity does not necessarily have to consist of exercise. It doesn't require fancy equipment or expensive outfits. But it does require you to keep moving. Sedentary work is among the most common reasons I see in my patients for failing to control weight and its associated lipoprotein patterns, like low HDL and small LDL.

If your work is sedentary, then a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity per day is necessary to begin to correct weight-related patterns. If you gauge by calories burned, then a useful goal is 500 calories per day in physical activity--at a minimum.
How to Give Yourself Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: 101

How to Give Yourself Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: 101

25. January 2009 William Davis (18)
I borrowed this from the enormously clever Dr. BG at The Animal Pharm Blog.


How to Give Yourself Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: 101

--lack of sunlight/vitamin D/indoor habitation
--mental stress
--more mental stress
--sleep deprivation... (excessive mochas/lattes at Berkeley cafes)
--excessive 'social' calendar
--inherent family history of autoimmune disorders (who doesn't??)
--wheat, wheat, and more wheat ingestion ('comfort foods' craved in times of high cortisol/stress, right? how did I know the carbs were killing me?)
--lack of nutritious food containing EPA DHA, vitamin A, sat fats, minerals, iodine, etc
--lack of play, exercise, movement (or ?overtraining perhaps for Oprah's case)
--weight gain -- which begins an endless self-perpetuating vicous cycle of all the above (Is it stressful to balloon out for no apparent reason? YES)


If you haven't done so already, take a look at Animal Pharm you will get a real kick out of Dr. BG's quick-witted take on things.


We are systematically looking for low thyroid (hypothyroidism) in everyone and findings oodles of it, far more than I ever expected.

Much of the low thyroid phenomena is due to active or previous Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the inflammatory process that exerts destructive effects on the delicate thyroid gland. It is presently unclear how much is due to iodine deficiency in this area, though iodine supplementation by itself (i.e., without thyroid hormone replacement) has not been yielding improved thyroid measures.

I find this bothersome: Is low thyroid function the consequence of direct thyroid toxins (flame retardants like polybrominated diphenyl ethers, pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits, bisphenol A from polycarbonate plastics) or indirect toxins such as wheat via an autoimmune process (similar to that seen in celiac disease)?

I don't know, but we've got to deal with the thyroid-destructive aftermath: Look for thyroid dysfunction, even in those without symptoms, and correct it. This has become a basic tenet of the Track Your Plaque approach for intensive reduction of coronary risk.
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  • Bad_CRC

    1/25/2009 7:07:00 PM |

    Hmm, really?  So if I eat wheat (or was it 'carbs' generally?) and not enough animal fat, drink coffee, don't sleep enough, etc., Hashimoto's autoantibodies will start showing up in my blood?  And when I reverse the above, the antibodies will disappear and TSH, etc., will revert to normal?

    Any support for this in the literature?

  • dubyaemgee

    1/25/2009 8:12:00 PM |

    I suspect there needs to be some reeducation as to what is considered "normal" within the medical community as a whole. My TSH was last measured at 4.32, and is considered well within the range of normal, even though I've been complaining of hypothyroidism for a while now. Seems like we have to go into the doctor's office with steely determination to have these problems addressed.

  • mike V

    1/26/2009 2:03:00 AM |

    Drs Davis and BG:
    I think you are both on target with the attention you pay to hypothyroidism in relation to heart disease, and other related diseases such as obesity, diabetes, kidney and other hormone related problems.

    Question please:
    In your opinions:
    1 Is the high incidence of hypothyroidism in the population throwing 'off' the lab  norms for TSH, FT3, FT4 or can we assume the numbers used by most labs are based on world wide or historical values?

    2 Is 'Subclinical Hypothyroidism' real, or could it simply be a function of #1, or inadequate vitamin D3/iodine etc. I understand that 60% of the US population may be in that category.

    Thank you
    Mike V

  • Anne

    1/26/2009 2:26:00 PM |

    You mention the connection between wheat and thyroid. If you want to read more about that, go to The Gluten File. www.theglutenfile.com There you will find a section on thyroid disease.

    It is known that about 4-6% of those with Hashimoto's have celiac disease. I am sure that percentage would go even higher if one included those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity. There has been at least one study showing that thyroid antibodies disappear with the use of a gluten free diet.

  • Nameless

    1/26/2009 8:46:00 PM |

    Are there any studies showing wheat, vitamin D, etc. causing Hashimoto's? I suspect there isn't, but if population studies are looked into, perhaps you could find a correlation? Look at populations that generally don't consume much wheat, and see what their rates of Hashimoto's are. Or populations at upper latitudes vs those near the equator, and their rates of Hashimoto's.

    However, if wheat, lack of sleep, poor diet, etc. does cause Hashimoto's, wouldn't it alter the male/female ratio of who gets the disease? Why would women still be more likely to contract Hashimoto's, if the cause is diet?

    And in my case, several years ago I went to a low carb diet, restricted wheat, desserts consist of fruits/berries only, corrected my vitamin D levels, took fish oil, etc. I also tested negative for Celiac. Before these changes my thyroid tested normal (TSH in the low 1s). I was never overweight and exercised regularly too.

    And this past month I was  diagnosed with Hashimoto's (high antibodies, TSH in the 3s, thyroid scan all lumpy). So... if there is a correlation, shouldn't my thyroid have improved, not gotten worse?

  • G

    1/26/2009 10:00:00 PM |

    Bad_CRC,

    I think you need to have the genetic susceptibility. On the animal pharm blog, I've listed a few that scientists have already correlated to Hashimoto's
    --VDR polymorphs
    --HLA polymorphs

    I'm certain there will only be dozens others b/c these things (autoimmunity) don't happen alone.

    Add'l, perhaps these things are also just signals for 'hibernation'...??  Perhaps we are only inducing ancient signals that are meant to protect and increase survival (low melatonin, high carbs, wheat/stress, fructose (from the Italian sodas I forgot to mention!), gaining weight, slowing down to Eat-Eat-Eat/stress, etc).

    Any thoughts?

    There are a few links in the literature regarding higher TSH, lower T3/T4 during winter months and lower vitamin D in the serum. Of course!

    -G

  • mike V

    1/27/2009 2:32:00 AM |

    G
    I have no personal doubt that how well you choose your parents is of primary importance.
    My late mother, and two brothers and sisters have all been  hypothyroid.
    As in most diseases, I think other immune factors can be involved, some in the womb, some exposures in early childhood, while the immune system is still being 'programmed', others from bacterial or viral exposures.
    It is said that vitamin D is quite important in a balanced immune system, but it starts very low in typical breast milk, and in very young children, and can remain low throughout life in much of the population.
    Iodine deficiency was a critical factor in people not living near the coasts, until iodized salt was introduced in the early 20th century.
    Lack of timely exposure to bright light is well known to "mess" with our biological clock, moods, and immunity.
    I did not become aware that I was hypothyroid until my forties, and since have not found nutrition a major factor, until perhaps vitamin D.
    With the exception of vitamin D, I have not personally been aware that other nutrition has affected my treatment.
    Is there any co-relation between Hasimoto's, and other auto-immune conditions?

    MikeV

  • Dr. William Davis

    1/27/2009 11:53:00 AM |

    Mike V--

    The newest data, e.g., the HUNT Study, are analyses of events based on TSH. It therefore factors out the effect of population distributions.

    You are correct, however, in pointing out that previous analyses were flawed precisely for this reason.

  • mike V

    1/27/2009 5:13:00 PM |

    As usual thanks to all for the education, and for all you do to penetrate the blood brain barrier between the specialties, Big Medica, and us (the great 'unwashed'. Smile)

    MikeV

  • Pat Elliott ND

    1/27/2009 5:44:00 PM |

    Hi Doc,
    We are seeing a very high % of our patients with zinc deficiency - similar to the whole vitamin D thing. Just wanted to share this with you since zinc is also correlated to blood sugar and cholesterol problems. Would love to see what you find in your patients with regard to this nutrient as well.
    Regards,
    Pat Elliott ND
    www.elliotthealthcare.com

  • Anonymous

    1/28/2009 3:51:00 AM |

    Pat Elliott  --

    How do you define a zinc deficiency? I've read that serum zinc is pretty inaccurate (as is copper or magnesium serum testing).

    Looking at other biomarkers, or a zinc taste test?

  • Lou

    4/1/2009 11:54:00 PM |

    I'm guessing that when "Nameless" took up the low-carb eating plan, they may have also increased eating soy.  Soy can really mess up the hormones.  I think we can blame soy for all this thyroid trouble and fibromyalgia and fatigue related troubles.  Add to that inadequate fish oils, butter, after years of telling us to avoid fats and sunlight (vitamin D) and you get a nice picture of what has happened to far too many of us.

  • scall0way

    11/10/2009 8:35:12 PM |

    I know this is an old post but I'm just going through all the thyroid-related posts. My TSH got flagged at a 9 when I went for a physical a couple weeks ago, and further tests came back with a Hashimoto's diagnosis.

    I just don't know. I follow a gluten-free diet, in fact I avoid all grains. I avoid all sugars, I don't consume any high-PUFA vegetables oils. I have not eaten any sort of soy (except for rare splashes of fermented soy sauce here or there) in a dozen years. I always cook any veggies I might eat  that call into the goitrogenic category. I supplement with 5000 IU of D3 in gelcap format daily. I consume most of my fats as sat fats/animal fats. I take fish oil, cod liver oil. I love to eat sardines.

    Yet my thyroid apparently has slowly been getting worse over the last couple years. My TSH is definitely higher than it was in 2007, and that was higher than it was in 2006 - slowly been climbing over the last few years until finally the doctor red-flagged it.

  • Anonymous

    7/29/2010 10:42:48 AM |

    I have Hashimotos. Was diagnosed at 15. Had it long before then. I am convinced it is genetic when I look at other family members (although no-one else has been diagnosed). I am on 'correct' dosage of thyroid hormones but many of the symptoms still exist and I would LOVE to blame my GP but the fact is that they are overworked and are doing the best with what they have - like the rest of the population. Recently diagnosed with anxiety by a psychologist. Does this cover the hashimotos symptoms completely or partially? Who knows? All I know is that I am drunk now as I am bone tired from trying and failing from everything from relationships to work - alcohol seems to be the only way out...although my psychologist has told me it isn't - just being tired and weak I guess. I'm sure you will delete this post as soon as you see it blog owner, but before you do, I hope a few Hashimotos/anxiety sufferers see one person struggling to be better despite the messy interference of life. Having a temporary failure right now but will be back on the horse again tomorrow like every other day.

    Love you all.

    XXX.

  • buy jeans

    11/3/2010 6:58:15 PM |

    JMC at the blog animal pharm has linked some fantastic resources from Loren Cordain and how the Paleo diet reverses autoimmune diseases (incl JMC's own rheumatoid arthritis). Wheat is not the ONLY culprit. Legumes, Dairy/casein, nutr'l deficiencies, excessive fruit/HFCS, lack of exercise, lectins, etc are part of the equation for autoimmunity disorders as well.

  • PureAlan

    1/24/2011 10:46:15 AM |

    What a brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing this information. I have hypothyroidism for almost 4 years and it was terrible. I am currently taking porcine thyroid .  Now I'm gaining back my normal life.

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