healthbriefs
Low Thyroid Becoming
Accelerated hardening of arteries,
heart disease, osteoporosis, infertility,
epidemic
headaches, joint and muscle pain, dry
puffy skin, constipation, and depres-
N
ame some of the most com- sion may result from this problem.
mon complaints of people High cholesterol was considered a
you know – their energy and hallmark of hypothyroidism for de-
sex drive are down, their weight is cades.
up, their brain is foggy, their face is This year, the World Health
puffy, their joints are sore, their hair Organization reported that chronic
is falling out, and they don’t seem to illnesses have surpassed infectious dis-
be able to shake infections easily. eases as the leading causes of deaths
These are all the hallmarks of worldwide. Diet and environmental
low thyroid – hypothyroidism – and pollution most often shoulder the bur-
some prominent physicians believe the problem has become epidemic. den, but some suggest hypothyroidism
Doctors have been taught that patients with normal thyroid blood tests do increasingly shares the blame.
not suffer from hypothyroidism. However, research studies show that the thyroid Mainstream doctors have yet to
blood tests are missing a large percentage of people who suffer from hypothy- recognize the fact that the thyroid
roidism. How can this be? blood tests fail to diagnose large
These patients’ problem is not that their thyroid gland is failing but that numbers of people who would benefit
the body’s cells are unable to properly utilize the “normal” amounts of thyroid from taking thyroid hormones. The
hormones present in the blood. The problem is quite similar to type 2 diabetes good news is there are a growing
where there are normal or even elevated levels of insulin in the blood but the number of doctors who recognize and
cells are not able to metabolize it normally. treat those affected with the illness
Scores of ubiquitous environmental toxins are present in our bodies. Many despite having “normal” thyroid blood
toxins are passed from mother to child during pregnancy; Environmental Work- tests.
ing Group counted some 287 chemicals in newborn umbilical cord blood. A
National Institutes of Health study revealed many of these pollutants interfere Mark Starr, MD(H), is a lecturer and
with all aspects of thyroid metabolism. author of Type 2 Hypothyroidism: The
Many genetic defects in our cells’ thyroid receptors and the tiny energy fac- Epidemic. He is Board certified by the
tories inside all of our cells (mitochondria) also impair proper thyroid metabo- American Board of Pain Medicine. He
lism. If those defective energy factories are unable to produce adequate fuel, recently moved to Arizona and has his
we don’t have enough gas in the tank to fuel the thousands of things the body practice at 10565 N. Tatum Blvd. in
needs to do to keep us young, energetic, alert, and ready to charge up the hill Paradise Valley. He can be reached at
each day. 480-607-6503.
10 Phoenix
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