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Broda Barnes book [1] says, iirc, that high cholesterol levels are basically diagnostic of hypothyroidism. Usually people's superficial thyroid lab #'s look fin
by teslabox 11y ago
Broda Barnes book [1] says, iirc, that high cholesterol levels are basically diagnostic of hypothyroidism. Usually people's superficial thyroid lab #'s look fine (TSH), but their body is not properly activating T4 -> T3.
[1] https://books.google.com/books?id=TJXf2ZqoxUIC https://books.google.com/books?id=TJXf2ZqoxUIC
- boothead 11y agoYes, when I demured on the statin it occurred to my doc to check thyroid function (seems the wrong way round to me). My levels were fine.
- mendelsd 11y agoDefine "fine"... reference levels of TSH for example are controversial [0]. The HUNT study in Norway (which followed 25,000 healthy Norwegians for 8 years) found death rates 69% higher amongst women with TSH 2.5-3.5 mIU/L than amongst those with TSH 0.5-1.4 mIU/L [1] (via [2]). [0] http://tpauk.com/main/the-tsh-reference-range-wars/ http://tpauk.com/main/the-tsh-reference-range-wars/ [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18443261?dopt=AbstractPlus http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18443261?dopt=AbstractPlu... [2] http://perfecthealthdiet.com/2010/07/thyroid-more-evidence-that-%E2%80%9Cnormal%E2%80%9D-is-unhealthy/ http://perfecthealthdiet.com/2010/07/thyroid-more-evidence-t...
- pkaye 11y agoAre there some tests we can do to identify this issue?