Thyroid-Are You One of the 20 Million?

If this source is correct, almost 7% of Americans have some kind of thyroid condition. That is 20 million people, or one in every 15.

That's weird, because when this comes up in conversations, the CW seems to be that it is very rare, or if you are affected, you are just an "exception," and what you have to say doesn't matter. No one else has a thyroid issue, so shut up and exercise, or whatever.

A lot of these 20 million don't know. A lot of them do, but they get horrible medical advice, and horrible medicine. That is one of the reasons Mary Shomon's books are so popular. There are so many fed-up and frustrated patients, they are all over the internet and bookstores looking for better answers than they get at the doctor. Mary is a patient too, so she has been through it, and made a career out of helping people figure things out, and confront those terrible doctors.

My own doctor's office has a handout in the front office that says that most endocrinology, as it is practiced in the US, is 20 years behind the times. I believe it! The healthy skeptic says:

One of the biggest challenges facing those with hypothyroidism is that the standard of care for thyroid disorders in both conventional and alternative medicine is hopelessly inadequate.

Can it really be THAT bad? Yes, it really is that bad.

What to do? Read!

I just ran across a good reading list on Thehealthyskeptic.com...

Here's Mary Shomon's excellent About.com thyroid page, full of news, great info, and advice...

The best thyroid doc I know of is the one I see in Torrance, Ca, and here is their handout list...

Another great source is Dr John C Lowe, a thyroid rebel... (you have to be a rebel in a field like this one)

I haven't included any professional associations in this list, because I don't know of any that I think do a good job.

Here is Mary Shomon's list of sites, and she tells it like it is...

Beware: Info about thyroid problems that steers you away from natural medicine is most likely to be paid for in one way or another by people selling synthetic hormones, like Synthroid, the 4th highest selling drug in the US, and a disaster. It makes a lot of money, bad doctors love it, and many patients hate it and can't do anything about it.

Source: DietforHumans.com