{"id":436,"date":"2012-07-05T04:07:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T09:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drterikelley.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2012-10-01T07:00:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T12:00:22","slug":"hypothyroidism-our-nations-hidden-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/hypothyroidism-our-nations-hidden-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"HYPOTHYROIDISM-OUR NATION\u2019S HIDDEN EPIDEMIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-438\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\" title=\"hypothyroidism\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/hypothyroidism.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/hypothyroidism.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/hypothyroidism-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After reviewing results from an annual physical examination, many Americans may conclude that their thyroid function is perfectly normal. What may not be known is that most standard thyroid tests, such as the TSH, are not sensitive enough to detect mild to moderate thyroid dysfunction, which can lead to major symptoms including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anemia<\/li>\n<li>Dry skin<\/li>\n<li>Fatigue<\/li>\n<li>Hormonal imbalance<\/li>\n<li>Memory impairment<\/li>\n<li>Weight gain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Low thyroid function can be the result of genetic inheritance. However, the thyroid greatly depends on a good amount of dietary iodine, which is woefully deficient in the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.). Although iodine was added to table salt in an effort to reduce the incidence of goiter, many Americans are choosing to forego overdependence on table salt due to its contribution to heart disease. Ingredients added to table salt to allow it to flow better can hamper the effectiveness of the iodine. Also, unlike countries like Japan, the American diet is low in dietary iodine supplied in foods like sea vegetables such as dulse and kelp.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To find out how your thyroid is functioning, you may want to consider two inexpensive tests you can perform at home. The first is an iodine tincture test and the second, a more telling test, is the Basal thermometer test. Should you fail the Basal test, it may be wise to consider hypothyroidism and begin researching ways to support the thyroid and its partner, the adrenal glands.<\/p>\n<p>Good to read: Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness by Broda Barnes<\/p>\n<p>For thyroid testing procedures, send\u00a0a <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drterikelley.com\/about\">message<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>THREE CHEERS FOR: Vitacost<\/h3>\n<p>If you are looking for ways to eat more organic prepackaged foods but yet still remain within your food budget, you may want to check out prices at www.vitacost.com. Vitacost carries a full variety of not only organic foods such as snacks, canned goods, and baking supplies, but also health supplements, beauty products, household staples, and pet items. Shipping is free with orders of $49 or more and Vitacost routinely has items for sale at even better prices. Best of all these items are delivered right to your door, saving you time and money.<\/p>\n<h3>GIVE ME FIVE<\/h3>\n<p>Five thyroid disruptors:<br \/>\n\u2022Alcohol<br \/>\n\u2022Fluoride<br \/>\n\u2022Perchlorate<br \/>\n\u2022Soy<br \/>\n\u2022Triclosan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reviewing results from an annual physical examination, many Americans may conclude that their thyroid function is perfectly normal. What may not be known is that most standard thyroid tests, such as the TSH, are not sensitive enough to detect mild to moderate thyroid dysfunction, which can lead to major symptoms including: Anemia Dry skin &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/hypothyroidism-our-nations-hidden-epidemic\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HYPOTHYROIDISM-OUR NATION\u2019S HIDDEN EPIDEMIC<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}