CONFIDENTIAL THYROID REPORT!
Discover What Many Doctors Don't Know About Your THYROID CONDITION. Find Out The
Truth About Your Problem And How To Get Rid Of It Once And For
All...
Without Drugs!"
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Visit one: talk and test to be sure you fit
Visit two: Exam to find the cause of your condition and design a way to correct it.
Inside This Report You’ll Discover…
Ø The Most Common Reasons People Get Thyroid Problems!
Ø How To Tell If You Might Have A Thyroid Condition!
Ø Why Some Thyroid Conditions Are Reversible!
Ø How To Determine If Your Doctor Is Doing Everything Possible To Fix Your Thyroid Condition (Most Are Not)!
Ø New Advancements In The Treatment Of Thyroid Conditions!
Ø Why You May Not Need Medication At All!
Ø The Different Types Of Thyroid Conditions And Their Symptoms!
Ø New Testing For Thyroid Disorders!
Dear Dear Thyroid Sufferer,
Find Out Why 90% of Women On Thyroid Medications WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER With Symptoms... and What You Can Do To FINALLY End Your Suffering!
Some 20 million Americans are affected by thyroid disorders…that’s 1 in 13 people! And more than half of those people are unaware they have a thyroid problem because it frequently goes undiagnosed…until it gets severe.
According to the National Women’s Health Information Center, 1 in 8 women will experience a thyroid disorder during her lifetime. The reason why may surprise you because I’m sure you’ve never heard it explained to you…that’s because most doctors are only vaguely familiar with thyroid disorders.
My name is Dr. Ford Franklin. Based on my knowledge of neurology, I use a different approach in diagnosing and treating thyroid disorders. But first, let me give you some background…
I have practiced in Red Hook, NY for over 33 years. I have taken continuous post-doctoral work in clinical nutrition, sports injuries, and orthopedics, all of which extend well beyond the stated purpose or program title to help other conditions, as nothing in health care is truly isolated. I belong to a group of over 500 doctors, all of whom communicate over the internet to help one another to obtain the best results for patients with every sort of condition. There is a separate thyroid-condition panel on our message board, and it is loaded with questions and answers from doctors all over the country.
You will find some of them at www.lifechangingcare.com. Visit that site to see doctors and patients explaining how this program has worked for them.
So I’m intimately familiar with the treatment of chronic conditions using what I know about neurology and physiology, and how to get people better without using medication.
After studying more about thyroid disorders, I realized how poorly diagnosed and treated thyroid conditions are. I also noticed a very disturbing trend in the current treatment approach for these conditions…,
…which I’ll reveal in a moment…
First, let’s learn more about how the thyroid works...
In healthy people, the thyroid makes just the right amounts of two hormones, T3 and T4. These hormones have important actions throughout the body. Most importantly, they regulate many aspects of our metabolism, affecting how many calories we burn, how warm we feel, how much we weigh…and our general well-being.
In short, the thyroid "runs" our metabolism—it’s
literally the “gas pedal” of the body.
Thyroid hormones also have direct effects on most organs, including the heart which beats faster and harder under the influence of increased thyroid hormones (this is why heart problems can often accompany chronic thyroid problems in women, and perhaps why heart problems are more common in women under the age of 50).
T3 is the more biologically active hormone (it’s more important for cellular function), and in fact most of T4 (80%) is converted to T3 in the body’s peripheral tissues. So T4 is just a precursor for the more active hormone, T3.
One of the problems in some thyroid disorders is that you may have trouble converting T4 to T3 in your tissues (have you been checked for this?). This can create a deficiency of T3, disrupting the body’s ability to properly regulate metabolism…leading to specific symptoms.
One of the controversial aspects of the most common thyroid medication, Synthroid, is that it is only T4. If you have difficulty converting T4 to T3 (and Synthroid is a synthetic form of T4, mind you) then this medication is not as effective.
Iodine is the primary element of T3 and T4 (T3 contains three iodine molecules and T4 contains four iodine molecules, respectively). This makes iodine essential to the production of these two important thyroid hormones.
F Here’s a little known public fact related to iodine: in addition to the thyroid gland, iodine is also involved in ovarian function, and a deficiency has been linked to ovarian cysts and even ovarian cancer.
In addition, iodine is important for normal breast tissue and deficiencies have been linked to breast cancer.
Why is this relevant? Some people postulate that the primary reason for an increased incidence of thyroid disorders in women is due to the fact that their breast tissue and ovaries compete with the thyroid gland for any available iodine. Hmmm…
Many studies suggest we do not get an adequate amount of iodine—especially in the Midwest. This area is notorious for low iodine levels and used to be known as the “Goiter Belt” as a result (a goiter is when the thyroid gland enlarges due to lack of iodine)!
Before we go any further, let’s cover the three primary types of thyroid conditions:
#1: Hypothyroidism
#2: Hyperthyroidism or Grave’s
#3: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Symptoms of Hypothyroidism (slow thyroid)
ü Do you feel fatigued, tired or sluggish?
ü Do you have cold feet and/or hands?
ü Do you require excessive amounts of sleep to function?
ü Do you gain weight easily or have difficulty losing weight?
ü Do you have difficult or infrequent bowel movements (constipation)?
ü Are you depressed?
ü Do you lack motivation?
ü Do you suffer from morning headaches that wear off as the day progresses?
ü Do you suffer from thinning hair or excessive hair falling out?
ü Do you suffer from dryness of the skin and/or scalp?
ü Do you suffer from mental sluggishness?
Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the body lacks sufficient thyroid hormones. Since the main purpose of thyroid hormones is to "run the body's metabolism," it is logical that people with this condition will have symptoms associated with a slow metabolism.
Millions of Americans have this more common medical condition…and it often goes undetected in the early stages. Were you told that your results were “normal” and yet you continue to have symptoms?
Symptoms of Hyperthyroidism or Grave’s Disease (overfunctioning thyroid)
ü Do you experience heart palpitations?
ü Do you suffer from inward trembling?
ü Do you have an increased pulse even at rest?
ü Are you nervous and/or emotional?
ü Do you suffer from insomnia?
ü Do you experience night sweats?
ü Do you have difficulty gaining weight?
Hyperthyroidism is the medical term to describe an over production of thyroid hormones. Although this condition is less common, it can precede a slowing down of the thyroid. It’s usually easier to treat though.
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks the thyroid gland (this is an auto-immune disorder).
It is diagnosed by checking for thyroid antibodies (TPO & TGB) and gluten antibodies.
Patients suffering from Hashimoto’s thyroiditis will experience symptoms of hypothyroidism AND hyperthyroidism…MEANING they will experience some or ALL of the above symptoms.
Since the thyroid gland controls the body’s metabolism, it can affect all of the systems of the body such as the gut, liver, gall bladder, hormones, cholesterol, brain (via neurotransmitters), adrenal glands, breasts, ovaries, and heart.
I have included two supplemental reports entitled Understanding Thyroid Markers and Panels and The Influence of Thyroid Hormones on Physiological and Metabolic Function to further help you understand more about thyroid conditions.
These two reports explain in detail how the thyroid gland affects all of the body’s systems. Read these reports and you will be amazed how the thyroid gland AFFECTS EVERY OTHER SYSTEM IN THE BODY!
This is why your thyroid NEEDS to function at its optimal level.
Now, back to that disturbing trend I observed concerning the treatment of thyroid conditions:
Most thyroid sufferers are treated exactly the same!
But no two people respond exactly the same, especially with endocrine problems.
There are many different blood tests that can be analyzed i to determine how your thyroid is affected. Most doctors just use the same basic screen and never bother checking beyond those.
It’s possible to treat your thyroid condition without medication.
DON’T get me wrong, I am NOT telling you to stop taking your current medications.
Our office would NEVER do that!
We actually work WITH your M.D. to get you feeling better as quickly as possible.
So, how do we help to get you off medication and back to normal function naturally?
We use very specific blood tests, which may include any or all of the following, depending on individual determination:
· Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH): the message sent from a gland in the brain (pituitary) to the thyroid
· Free T3: an important hormone produced by the thyroid gland, considered to be the more biologically active hormone of the thyroid
· Free T4: another important hormone produced by the thyroid gland
· Thyroid Antibodies (TGB & TPO): checked in suspected cases of autoimmune thyroid disorders (see below)
· Reverse T3: this is a wayward (or “reverse”) version of T3 and causes problems
· Total T4: this is a reflection of how much total T4 hormone there is in the blood
· Free Thyroxine Index (FTI): this is an estimate of how much thyroxine is in the blood
· Resin T3 Uptake: this test measures the unsaturated binding sites on the thyroid proteins
· Complete Metabolic Profile (CMP): checks electrolytes, blood sugar, and other markers that can indicate any disturbances in physiology
· Lipid Panel: cholesterol, LDL, HDL, etc. because these can be related to endocrine dysfunction
· Complete Blood Count (CBC) w/differential: this checks your cells counts—white blood cells, red blood cells, and so forth as well as a specific breakdown of certain white cells that can indicate an often overlooked pattern of endocrine change
· Urinalysis: sometimes we discover substances your body is eliminating in the urine that shouldn’t be there
We ALSO test to see if you have an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is where your immune system attacks a particular area of the body (like the thyroid, for instance), so we test for specific thyroid antibodies to determine if YOU suffer from an autoimmune thyroid disease.
We can also check for
ü gluten antibodies,
ü myelin (fatty sheath around the nerves) antibodies,
ü cerebellar antibodies (back part of the brain controlling balance, and coordinated movement, and spinal muscles)
Additionally we can test your adrenal glands (small glands on top of the kidneys) via an Adrenal Stress Index (ASI), as many thyroid sufferers also suffer from adrenal problems.
Remember: NO TWO THYROID PATIENTS ARE ALIKE SO NOT ALL THYROID PATIENTS SHOULD EVER BE TREATED ALIKE!
YOUR SPECIFIC CONDITION MUST BE ANALYZED VIA YOUR BLOOD CHEMISTRY RESULTS IN ORDER TO MAKE EFFECTIVE NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS!
This can involve foods to eat or avoid, and may include specific nutritional supplements.
Based on your PERSONAL blood chemistry, we can determine which products will benefit you the most and get you on the road to recovery.
WHEN NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT BASED ON YOUR CURRENT BLOOD WORK, THEY ARE MOST OFTEN INACCURATE!
So let’s get down to what makes my office completely DIFFERENT from any doctor that you have seen up to now…
First of all, FORGET everything you have heard or experienced about chiropractic. This is absolutely not a “crack-in-the-back” office. If you can’t get past that image, I can’t help you, and if you insist on having it, call someone else.
Here’s what to expect:
#1: COMPLETE NEUROLOGIC TESTING
We run dozens of neurological tests to determine the function of your brain as it relates to your thyroid gland. Poorly firing brain = poor organ function.
Slow brain neuron firing is common in our modern, stressed-out society. It is absolutely NOT brain damage or mental illness. Continual stress, like many of us live with today, causes the neurons to fire slower, or require more energy to fire properly. It is caused by the constant energy drain on the system from non-stop everything.
Once we localize the crux of the condition, we can prescribe specific brain-stimulating activities to re-set the errant neurons. By spending time with activities that target a certain brain area and function (daily life just being all over the place) we have had great results helping thyroid condition sufferers.
Now note the back-and-forth loop in the lowing paragraph:
In Dr. Datis Kharrazian’s best selling thyroid book, Why Do I Still Have My Thyroid Symptoms When My Lab Tests Are Normal?, he
states on p. 172…”The brain is saturated with thyroid receptors. Healthy thyroid function is integral to healthy brain function. Brain health and sufficiency of the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine are important for thyroid function.” This is why it is very important to treat you metabolically and neurologically.
OXYGEN … your brain and nervous system need TWO things to survive: FUEL and ACTIVATION. Activation comes from the treatments that are listed below. Fuel comes in the form of OXYGEN and glucose. You get the glucose from the food that you eat, which is why it is important to eat a healthy diet. AS YOU AGE, YOUR ABILITY TO UTILIZE OXYGEN DECREASES. One of our treatments is to give patients deep breathing exercises and specially-formulated nutritional supplements to enhance your ability to uptake and use oxygen. Better oxygen use increases your body’s fuel delivery system.
When you exercise (our specific neurological exercises, not the muscle busters from the gym) it’s like gas in the car… if you don’t have any gas in the car, you are not going anywhere. If you don’t have oxygen available for your brain and nervous system, most likely, no treatment will work!
UNILATERAL ADJUSTING… the right brain controls the left side of the body and the left brain controls the right side. If there is a decrease of firing or impulses in one side of the brain, I ONLY WANT TO ADJUST YOU ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
Also, I WILL ONLY USE VERY LIGHT ADJUSTING SO YOU WILL NOT GET WORSE! Have you ever had an adjustment and felt worse afterward? It is because the adjustment was TOO MUCH for your nervous system. It over-stimulated, or (get ready for another $3 term that neurologists use) it “exceeded metabolic capacity.” …….. By the way, you can exceed metabolic capacity from any number of things: PT sessions, time in an MRI tube, cheering for your kids’ sports teams, etc.
AUDITORY STIMULATION… listening to sound in one ear will stimulate the opposite side of the brain and increase impulses.
OLFACTORY STIMULATION…smelling different scents will stimulate the brain. Your sight, sound, taste, and touch all travel through a sensory area of your brain called the thalamus. SMELL GOES DIRECTLY TO THE BRAIN.
CALORICS… warm water in the ear will stimulate the semi-circular canals in your ear and fire the vestibular nerve back to your cerebellum. The cerebellum fires to the brain, the brain fires to the lower brainstem (ponto-medullary region), and your lower brainstem slows down the upper brainstem (mesencephalon).
Whoa, that last paragraph is a mouthful! Basically, it means that the different parts of your brain have to balance each other. The upper brainstem fires fast; that’s its job. The lower brainstem slows it down, creating balance, and regulates the right amount of firing for the moment. Lose the lower function, and the upper goes wild like a teenager home alone. Thyroid dysfunction is just one of the health issues that creates.
#2: COMPLETE AND THOROUGH METABOLIC TESTING:
1. Has your doctor specifically checked for an autoimmune disorder or Hashimoto’s disease? There are two parts to your immune system, TH1 and TH2. IF one of these parts is dominant, you could have an autoimmune disorder. An autoimmune disorder is where your immune system is attacking your body causing your thyroid condition.
The first part, called our "T"-Helper 1 System (TH-1 System), is our immediate immune response system. It is responsible for an immediate attack against foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, mold, fungi, or parasites. The cells involved in the TH-1 system are called macrophages, natural killer cells, and cytotoxic T- Cells. It is our front-line defense.
The other part of our immune system is our T-Helper 2 (TH-2) system. It involves the production of antibodies to "tag" onto invaders so our TH-1 system can more easily destroy the invaders. It is our B cells that are responsible for producing the antibodies.
The balance between these two sides of our immune system is very important to look at with many thyroid patients.
IF one of these parts is dominant, you could have an autoimmune disorder.
An autoimmune disorder is where your immune system is attacking your body and it could be causing your thyroid problems. You are just about guaranteed to fail using medications alone. WHY? 90% of the time the primary mechanism is your immune system attacking your thyroid which is also known as an autoimmune attack. Medications alone do nothing to slow or stop the auto immune attack. Since the autoimmune mechanism is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States, you would think that it is commonly screened for by ALL doctors. Unfortunately, it is rarely, if ever, checked. The reason? Doctors are too hung up on treating thyroid problems with medications. Why run extra tests if you are not going to alter the treatment based on the test results?
(PLEASE NOTE: AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS TRUMP EVERYTHING LISTED BELOW…IT MUST BE HANDLED FIRST AND FOREMOST OR YOU WILL NEVER GET COMPLETELY BETTER!)
2. Has your doctor specifically checked you for any food sensitivities? Each time that you eat a food that you are sensitive to such as gluten (wheat, barley, rye, and oats), dairy, eggs, soy or yeast, it can cause your immune system to attack your thyroid. THESE FIVE FOODS COULD BE SLOWLY KILLING YOU AND YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED!
3. Has your doctor run a COMPLETE thyroid panel? Your thyroid CONTROLS your body metabolism so if you suffer from thyroid conditions…IT MUST BE THOROUGHLY
CHECKED! I not talking about an simple test for TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone), I am talking about the COMPLETE BATTERY OF THYROID TESTS which includes Total T4 (TT4), Free T4 (FT4), Free T3, Free Thyroxine Index (FTI), Resin T3 Uptake, Reverse T3, Thyroid Binding Globulin and the thyroid antibodies…TPO and TGB! Your THYROID is EXTREMELY important and needs to be checked! Did you know that many doctors consider TSH levels from .35 to 5.0 to be “normal.” Optimal or “functional” TSH levels should be 1.8 to 3.0. What is YOUR TSH level? If it is not 1.8 to 3.0, have you had the FULL battery of thyroid tests? Has it ever been checked? If not…WHY?
4.Has your doctor checked your adrenal glands? Your adrenal glands are your “stress” glands and they are JUST AS IMPORTANT in successfully treating your thyroid!!! An ASI (Adrenal Stress Index) needs to be run on you which will check your cortisol levels at 8 am, noon, 4 pm and 10 pm.
5.Has your doctor checked you for blood disorders such as anemias? Anemia simply means you ARE NOT going to get oxygen to your tissues. There are different kinds of anemias such as iron, B12, Folic acid etc. And we can test for each one. Anemia is very important to find and correct. Without oxygen available for your brain and nervous system, most likely, no treatment will work! No supplement will work. No nutritional program will work.
If you are male have you ever been evaluated for Andropause?
If you are female has your doctor ever ordered an expanded female hormone panel?
If you are female and post-menopausal has your doctor ever assessed your risk factors for developing uterine or breast cancer?
HORMONE LEVELS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN CONTROLLING THYROID CONDITIONS!!!!!
If you answered “NO” to any or all of these questions then there is a good chance that your thyroid condition is not being managed properly!!!
THESE TESTS NEED TO BE RUN ON YOU TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR THYROID PROBLEM!
Can you see that by treating you neurologically and metabolically, we can HELP YOU?!?!?
At this point ask yourself
the following questions:
#1: How have my thyroid symptoms affected my job, relationships, finances, family, or other activities?
#2: What has it cost me in time, money, happiness, sleep?
#3: Where do you picture yourself in the next one to three years if your thyroid problem is not taken care of?
#4: What is it worth to you if we could improve your condition?
NOW, IMAGINE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT THYROID SYMPTOMS! THINK OF FEELING LIKE YOURSELF AGAIN, AND DOING ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT YOU USED TO DO.
Here’s What To Do Next...
Call my office at 845-758-3600 and tell my staff that you are interested in setting up a FREE CONSULTATION to discuss alternative treatments for your thyroid condition with me, Dr. Franklin.
Our office is located at 102 West Market Street in Red Hook, NY, across the street from the Red Hook High School entry, and between the dentists’ office and the RH Little League field. My colorful oval sign is out front, and we share a driveway with the dentists. Just take the right fork after you pull in.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ford F. Franklin