Posted by raybakes on October 2, 2004, at 5:15:30
In reply to Re: Supplements for brain fog? » raybakes, posted by karaS on October 1, 2004, at 23:47:10
>Also, I wonder why Hashimoto's strikes women so disproportionately. I know that autoimmune conditions in general strke women in greater percentage. I wonder though how this issue fits in with you recent posts on this topic.
I think that women are far more sensitive to a negative enviroment than men - after all, the menstrual cycle is sensitive to moon cycles - you can't get more sensitive than that!I think modern life is a disaster for women, and may need to live more in tune with nature to maintain their sanity and health.
Some of the things that might affect the thyroid...
the pill, and other estrogen mimics such as pesticides and plastics.
Perfume, make-up, hair care products, carpets and cleaning products (don't want to sound too sexist!). My head fogs up if my gf wears perfume, can't bear to think what it's doing to her! Think it's time for women to reclaim 'beauty' - why would anyone want to douse themselves with carcinogens just to be 'beautiful!'
Sick buildings - too many positive ions and pollution.
Smoking, alcohol, stimulants and sugar.
Poor food choices and diets -glutathione is rich in fresh fruit and vegetables...
"Several foods contain naturally occurring glutathione, including avocado, watermelon, asparagus, acorn squash, strawberries, orange, tomato, cantaloupe, okra, peach, zucchini, and spinach."Stress, lack of spiritual connection with ourselves, not having a voice (i'm sure having a voice in our own destiny is good for the thyroid!)
amalgams, throat and ear infections, chronic tonsil and adenoid infections and inflammation due to poor surgery as a child.
So I think you're right, the poor little thyroid doesn't stand a chance!
The transdermal glutathione is made by kirkman, the labs who specialise in autisic supplements - as autistic kids suffer from autoimmune problems in the extreme, found it useful to pay attention to the latest research in that area - I do find it needs selenium and a few B vits to work though.
Talking to Iris about prolactin (think I confused her though!) found elevated prolactin to be involved in autoimmune disease, and a search shows that, it is high in hashimoto's - as dopamine inhibits prolactin, could be why tyrosine is good for pain relief?
'Elevated prolactin to cortisol ratio and polyclonal autoimmune activation in Hashimoto's thyroiditis.'
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