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The book with the newest important knowing concerning Thyroid, and thereby our optimal health.
Throughout the book all of the writings are easy and delightful readings, even though, to me, the first 5 chapters, 72 sides, took some time to getting through, but this caused by thereby receiving so much important news, and by the many more chemistry elements name to remember.To me it among other was interesting in the start of the book to read about the original personal problems concerning Suzy and her husband, and here especially thinking on Sams low body temperature problem, which I never before have heard about being so extreme. As a side remark I many years ago read that some persons believes that by having a lover body temperature than the 37 C (98.6 F) they will live longer, by the thinking that by the more heat the faster everything wears out. But concerning the temperatures stated in the book, I on the sides, had to put them down translate into Celsius degrees, for helping other persons looking into the book quit to understand what these strange Fahrenheit actual are telling.Just when the second (?) book by Suzy, the “Drug Muggers”, was printed, I bought one, and then when reading the book I discovered that the Drug which I had been using until an accident 6 years ago, not was allowed to be taken by persons eating rice or bananas. After this motorcycle accident, in connection with 4 years earlier failure by another Thai doctor, concerning a broken shoulder, my brain no more can’t activate my right hand. But rice and bananas, that’s just what we each day out here in Thailand are eating! So maybe the motorcycle stress accident actually was caused by taking this Drug? I then in the hospital delivered at letter with side copies from the book, but newer heard a word from the doctor.During my 11 years here in Thailand I now have bought around 250 books, parallel to these two books by Suzy, that is, health and doctor books, and including the Mosby’s Dictionary, because of the doctors/hospitals failures which have happened to me, my wife, and persons whom I know. When earlier living in Denmark this never happened to me, even though I there have been hospitalized more than 25 times, most as results of accidents, and besides an enormous number of times visited the emergency rooms, while in Thailand only 7 hospitalized, but many times visiting doctors-hospitals.But in the connection to what we are reading in the book, concerning advises from Suzy, we who lives here in Thailand are having problems which make it impossible for us to follow many of the advises. That is for example it’s not possibly for us to buy the equipment’s witch Suzy writes about, either that for measuring the Thyroid, or buying the needed vitamins, minerals, skin crème, and so on. Because according to the Thailand laws private persons are not allowed in from other country’s to buy such equipment, as this are belonging to the works by the doctors and the pharmacies!During now 4 years I again and again have delivered copies and books to doctors, and especially being explaining the important vitamins and minerals which we in Thailand are missing, and not are allowed personally to buy from other countries. For example the B3 vitamin, which in Thailand, only exist as the Niacinamide and not, as the in other cases important Niacin. And the important K2 vitamin, which doesn’t exists at all, while the K1 only exists in the hospitals, probably to be used by pregnant women. And the Progesterone which by now not have existed during more than 10 years (I once tried to get Progesterone crème from USA), so the doctors always just are giving Estrogen to the women, even though some of them after the surgeries by which they no longer can have children, or after Breast Cancer, probably instead are needing Progesterone!And in the book we for example on the side 137 are reading about the Estrogen dominance (aka Progesterone deficiency). When I met my wife she then during 25 years had been taking Estrogen Drugs, as told by the doctors, after the mentioned kind of surgery. But by this surgery the body no longer is producing Progesterone, and as doctors was saying (still are saying) “The body don’t need Progesterone. When I heard about this, 7 years after our marriage, 5 years ago, I stopped her in taking the Estrogen Drug, and later other doctors found out that what I was telling was right, but before that stopping the Estrogen dominance had resulted in many severe problems, and resulted in other Drugs!In relation to Thailand, furthermore we in the book many times are told to put down the Plastics, and this especially concerning when drinking Water. But actually here in Chiang Mai where I live, we only as drinking Water can use the Water which we buy in Plastic bottles. Of course I also from my engineering news have been reading about the Plastic problems, but out here it’s still too early to start talking about this problem to the people, and it wouldn’t help, as we can’t get the drinking Water in other ways.I especially bought this book, even though I already own a couple of books about Thyroid, because of it being a book with the newest knowledge concerning Thyroid, and especially as beside it is written by Suzy Cohen, the writing by whom I know from the book “Drug Mugger”, and of course also by following Suzy on the www. But besides me and wife are sponsoring a girl who now are starting on the 3th year during her nurse education, but she, by a hospital, 4 years ago, have been stated as having the Thyroid problem; doesn’t need to take Drugs. So therefore among other bought the book for putting on the tables in the hospitals, and then showing and demanding what, and how to measure her Thyroid problems next time she is to be measured, and thereby find what she correctly might be needing, of minerals, vitamins, and so on.But parallel to the writing on the side 37, “…,90% of the doctors will tell you I am crazy, and that you don’t need to check it”, I now during more than 4 years have been fighting doctors and hospitals, for example concerning Cholesterol. They normally only are measuring the total number which not is allowed to be higher than 200. And when I then, 4 years ago, demanded measuring HDL and LDL, my wife then had the HDL on 114, and they believed that when higher than 65 you would die, and wanted her to take Drugs. I stopped it, by even by showing books from Harvard and other doctors they didn’t believe me. And without doubt they neither will believe as written in the book on the side 137, that the rT3 is more predictive of death than the high Cholesterol. And for example, concerning Breast Cancer, they are totally wrong in Chiang Mai concerning their surgeries and treatment, but strangely in Bangkok they are totally correct!Out here some doctors have told my Thailand wife the 3 month a years she shall stop taking any vitamins! I thereby start thinking on Linus Pauling and the firms talking when he came toBut again I will be using this highly recommended book for taking care of our own health, including the girl mentioned, as much as possibly, here in Chiang Mai, and especially use it as the newest “Doctor Bible” when I visit doctors, and maybe with a copy of the recommendations in Amazon put inside the book, so that we hopefully by time will get Thailand up to date concerning knowing and thereby peoples health.
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My endocrinologist was wrong
My Internal Medicine Provider at an HMO said that the T3 and Reverse T3 tests were not offered in the HMO's lab. She finally referred me to an in house endocrinologist, due to my persistence on this topic. The endocrinologist said that based on "studies" outside consumer labs are unreliable and the T3, reverse T3 testing is an irrelevant piece of information.Normally, I would have become discouraged but Suzy's book gave me the strength to take matters into my own hands. I followed the instructions in the book and ordered the whole panel of thyroid tests and my ratio of T3 and reverse T3 showed that I did indeed, have a problem. I started by taking Ashwaghanda, the herb, to strengthen my adrenals first and I am now also taking compounded T3 on an empty stomach away from all supplements. My HMO is not involved.To put it mildly, my life has changed. In the past, my part time work left me depleted. I pushed myself hard to function well at work, but on my days off, I only had energy to click the mouse on my computer and then needed a nap at 3 p.m. to get me through the rest of the day. My outlook was dreary and my memory was declining. I am now a 65 year old happy, productive and energetic person. My heart goes out to all the souls who are still leading a suboptimal life who have never heard of this book. My problems started in my 20's and I could have had a different life. My hope is that this review will help others prevent the hell that I had to go through to get to this point.To be fair, I have had other issues which I am working on. I am currently doing chelation for a lead overload, and need vitamins for a genetic mthfr deficiency, but the thyroid solution has been the most helpful.While there could be hundreds of reasons for chronic fatigue, this avenue is worth pursuing. Our toxic environments are increasing thyroid problems and the money outlay is not too bad, considering the dramatic improvements if this is the cause.Bless you, Suzy.
