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Hypothyroidism Hardcover – January 1, 1976
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Of all the problems that can affect physical or mental health, none is more common than thyroid gland disturbance. None is more readily and inexpensively corrected. And none is more often untreated, and even unsuspected.
Hypothyroidism -- low thyroid function -- is one of the gland disturbances that many people suffer from without even realizing it. It can be the cause of low energy or constant fatigue that is one of the most common complaints brought to doctors. It may be responsible for chronic headaches, repeated infections, unyielding skin problems, or circulatory difficulties. Even more frightening, it can be a major factor in heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema. And it is responsible for many emotional and mental disturbances. Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness explains low thyroid function in easy, understandable language. It tells how it may be affecting your health and your life.
Dr. Broda Barnes and Lawrence Galton tell what the thyroid gland is, how it works, the problems its dysfunction can induce. They detail case histories of patients, often thought hopeless, whose problems were discovered to be related to hypothyroidism and were cured by Dr. Barnes's simple effective techniques. And they discuss whether you too may be hypothyroid, affected by a condition even a physician may not recognize.
Included is a simple test you can make at home to discover if hypothyroidism may be the real, previously unsuspected cause of your ill health.
If you know you are hypothyroid, Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness will answer your questions about your condition. If you suspect you maybe, if you are unsure what may be causing those chronic headaches, infections, fatigue and low energy, it may help you find the answer.
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarper
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1976
- Dimensions5.38 x 1.05 x 8 inches
- ISBN-109780690010299
- ISBN-13978-0690010299
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- ASIN : 069001029X
- Publisher : Harper; 1st edition (January 1, 1976)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780690010299
- ISBN-13 : 978-0690010299
- Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.38 x 1.05 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #71,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #19 in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia
- #28 in Endocrine System Diseases
- #45 in Thyroid Conditions
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According to all three blood tests, my thyroid was perfect, right in the middle of the normal range, so he would not give me a prescription. I went to several other doctors. One endocrinologist had a tantrum and threw me out of his office, but I finally found an old GP who was willing to try it. Sure enough, three dozen symptoms went away as my temperature came up to normal. Without that book, I probably would not have lived past 40. I'm now 79 and get by just fine on 6 or 7 hours of sleep a night. I can climb at least six flights of stairs two steps at a time without difficulty. I can squat so low I can touch my butt to the floor and pop back up again. As a senior electronics engineer, I can still do analog circuit design and printed circuit board layout. Earlier this year, I bought a microprocessor board and learned how to program it. I am still coming up with new inventions and writing the patent applications myself. I have deliberately eaten a high-fat high cholesterol diet since 1976 to prove the medical establishment wrong. My weight, my blood pressure, and my blood chemistry are all excellent. I am living proof that Broda Barnes was right and the rest of the medical has been wrong all this time. But enough about me.
The blood tests measure what they measure very accurately, but they are measuring the wrong thing. We don't care how much thyroid hormone is in our blood because that is not where it works. The T4 has to get out of the blood and into the tissues, be converted by an enzyme to T3, and the T3 has to get into every cell of our body where it binds with receptors on the mitochondria. There it controls the metabolism — that rate at which we combine food and oxygen to produce heat and energy. The only way to measure that is by body temperature. Our temperature is normally regulated to ±0.07%, the most tightly regulated variable in the body. TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) from the pituitary gland controls the output of the thyroid gland. The TSH blood test has a normal range of ±82%, which is almost 1200 times wider than the temperature it is supposed to regulate. Trusting such a test is ludicrous.
Dr. Barnes discovered that when she treated those patients for low thyroid function, almost all of them recovered from the symptoms that plagued them. As time went on she became more and more convinced that low thyroid function was the problem in almost all cases. She does say that thyroid dysfunction isn't always the answer, but in her long practice she found that thyroid dysfunction was the culprit in many cases.
Although written 36 years ago, this book remains vital today. It is a well known fact that thyroid tests are notoriously inaccurate. Dr. Barnes clearly explains why and provides an alternative method for finding out if thyroid function is low. She claims that treatment with thyroid hormone gradually and in very small amounts will usually fix the problem.
I have had a thyroid problem for years, but until 2001 not one doctor (and there were many) discovered that this was an explanation for various symptoms I had. In almost every case, the doctor assumed I was being a hysterical female (I could see it in their eyes when they weren't able to help me), and some even said to me that I had psychosomatic illness (in other words, it was all in my head!). And how silly this attitude was; my symptoms were obvious and easily identified. Why should they think I was manufacturing them, just because THEY couldn't understand what was happening to me. It was a fluke that I found this book recently on Amazon.com, while searching for help. When I read the book, I was (to use a modern expression) "blown away"!!! Everything Dr. Barnes said made perfect sense to me.
My family doctor (who also has a thyroid problem) is working with me to gradually increase my dose of thyroid hormone, following the system that Dr. Barnes recommended (I got him a copy of the book too). It is working, and I finally know that low thyroid function has caused ALL my various symptoms, and I know how to fix the problem. I am no longer on Synthroid - it didn't help me at all, and am taking dessicated thyroid medication that works admirably. I feel good that I am now much more informed and knowledgeable about thyroid function. I am able to watch for signs of low thyroid function and I will take steps to remedy the situation if it happens agin in future (with the help of my doctor, of course.)
I recommend that everyone who has illness as described above should buy the book from Amazon and read it to see if they might be helped by Dr. Barnes' recommendations. I feel that reading this book has literally saved my life.
Getting off my soap box now, I feel this is so worth reading if not for yourself then perhaps for someone you know or a family member who is having the symptoms but just can't put a finger on what their ailment could be - great book, worth every cent & then some!!!
But still am learning some things
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Reviewed in Canada on November 22, 2023
Dr Broda Barnes has written an extraordinary book. He wrote it a long time ago, and is dead. Therefore he cannot write and publish new editions to suit modern needs. His book is laden with crucial information about a disease that is largely misunderstood. If you want genuine information that will truly help you understand this abhorrent disease, this is a fantastic book. I have bought copies for family and friends. I own 2 copies myself because it is such a phenomenal book.
If you're expecting dead people to edit, write or publish books, to adhere to your own personal set of requirements, to write exactly what you have decided is needed, to know decades ago that life would be exceedingly politically correct, to diagnose and treat you in place of a doctor, to be everything you ever wanted, then this is NOT the book for you.
This is a book for logical, serious people wanting accurate and in depth information about hypothyroidism.