We have recently shown that it is not possible to restore euthyroidism completely in all tissues of thyroidectomized rats infused with T4 alone.

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Combined replacement therapy with T4 and T3 (in proportions similar to those secreted by the normal rat thyroid) completely restored euthyroidism in thyroidectomized rats at much lower doses of T4 than those needed to normalize T3 in most tissues when T4 alone was used. If pertinent to man, these results might well justify a change in the current therapy for hypothyroidism.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8641203

Det om att T4 inte räcker kankse inte är så tramsigt som många påstår…

Thanks! I hope this will open up people’s eyes on the illness nobody expects. (Or was that the Spanish Inquisition? Anyway, give the people iodine, err–, a comfy chair!)

Dave,

In Sweden, industrially processed food is salted with de-iodinated salt, so you really need iodine-enriched table salt (or kelp) for your supply. Does the salt used in fast food indeed contain iodine?

And well, these days, it’s not really a iodine deficiency that’s causing goiters. I wonder if you should eat a lot of kelp (how do you prepare a kelp dinner, anyway?), iodine-rich fish or other natural sources of iodine, or just stick with the table salt — you probably don’t want to overdose your iodine intake, either!

It’s get even worse as hypothyroidism is considered a very trivial condition, treated with readily available Levothyroxine-based medication (Synthroid, Levaxin, …). Yeah, right. I wonder if they’d feel the same should they become hypothyroid…

Kelp, is still the most cost-effective and efficient means of keeping your body and thyroid stocked with the most misunderstood element….iodine.

/Gabriela