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Iodine paint test...anyone done this
Where you swab iodine tincture on your belly and if it wears off in 24 hours you need more iodine?
I been feeling funny again. so I decided with all this lovely thyroid info lately that I would do the paint test. the iodine was absorbed in 5 hours.
I have Kelp and stopped taking recently simply because I forgot and didn't worry aobut it.
But the iodine discussions made me realize that I rarely have salt, I dont eat fish or sea vegetables. I could be in trouble and maybe that explains why I gain weight and my body hurts (those creaks I was sharing about earlier)
What I have read is that you can neglect your thyroid for a year and still turn thngs around so I have hope. I dont have money for a doctor checkup right now. Poor dh has had some serious needs on the physician list for a couple years now. We are barely making ends meet. Dh is working 2 jobs at the present.
Also with all the excitement/drama with my kids and the neighbors little boy and all, I think I am literally drained adn need to love and nourish myself.
So today that is my goal. Hope you all will do the same. We need it. We work so hard carrying the burdens of our families and the world.....
Edited to add Guido Mase' site info that actually aligns with other things I am reading.
Treatment Goal(s):
· Normalize thyroid function, warm digestion and normalize reproductive / adrenal hormone function.
Primary Treatment:
· Seaweed supplementation helps normalize thyroid function. Administer up to 3 grams daily of kelp.
· Warming digestives such as Angelica archangelica, Zingiber officinale (Ginger), and Capsicum frutescens (Cayenne).
· Consider Vitex and/or Panax ginseng (Korean ginseng) if necessary for reproductive and adrenal function.
Supportive Treatment:
· At first especially, encourage a diet that is extremely easy to digest and highly nourishing, focused on meat and vegetable stocks, well-cooked brown rice, and nourishing root vegetables such as carrots and sweet potatoes.
· Slowly increase level of physical activity.
Differential diagnoses, cautions, and other considerations
· Severe hypothyroidism can be degenerative and also have a genetic component. If the patient does not improve considerably with the administration of the above protocol, consider a thyroid function test. A medical doctor may recommend Synthroid, a synthetic thyroxine analog, but this drug has the unfortunate side effect of completely atrophying the thyroid. A substitute could be a glandular supplement such as bovine thyroid extract.
· Depression may be profound and dangerous in some cases of hypothyroid. Be aware that, at least for a short period, professional help may be required to treat it.
Today I am making a butternut soup with plenty of ginger and garlic. Miso and tahini added soon to it.
I am drinking the broth now. Feel like I cannot tolerate much food in the gut. Like burning again.
the only thing I can say is the same as last time I had this is my friends pizzeria pizza. Maybe I cannot tolerate some sauce? Not sure. Mabye completely unrelated...lol Which I hope becuase they are my friends and I supprt their busienss. Chicago style pizza rocks!
Last edited by dreamseeds : 11-20-2007 at 11:16 AM.
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