How To Test and Treat THYROID problems Naturally | Barbara O'Neill
Summary
TLDRThis video script delves into thyroid health, highlighting Dr. David Brownstein's expertise on iodine's crucial role in thyroid function. It emphasizes the importance of iodine and selenium for proper thyroid hormone conversion, the negative impact of mercury on selenium levels, and the opposing effect of high estrogen on thyroid function. The script suggests practical solutions like Lugol's solution for iodine testing, dietary adjustments, and lifestyle changes to address thyroid issues, advocating for a balanced approach to metabolism regulation.
Takeaways
- 📚 Dr. David Brownstein is an expert on iodine and author of a book emphasizing its importance for life.
- 🧪 Iodine deficiency can cause both overactive and underactive thyroid conditions, as iodine is essential for thyroid function.
- 🌊 Iodized salt is not a reliable source of iodine as it loses its iodine content quickly after opening.
- 🌿 Natural sources of iodine include Celtic salt and Himalayan salt, but they may not be reliable due to environmental factors.
- 💧 Lugol's solution is a test for iodine deficiency, combining iodine and iodide for different bodily functions.
- ⏱ The iodine patch test involves applying Lugol's solution to the skin and observing how long it remains visible to assess iodine levels.
- 🌰 Selenium is necessary for the conversion of iodine into thyroxin, and Brazil nuts are a good dietary source of selenium.
- ⚠️ Mercury exposure can deplete selenium levels, affecting the thyroid's function; sources of mercury include fish, dental fillings, and vaccines.
- 🚫 High estrogen levels can oppose thyroid function, and sources of estrogen include contraceptive pills, plastics, and certain foods.
- 🧘♀️ Hormone balancing programs and lifestyle changes are suggested to address thyroid issues related to high estrogen.
- 🏋️♂️ High-intensity interval training can help stimulate the thyroid gland, especially in cases of underactive thyroid.
Q & A
Who is Dr. David Brownstein and what is his expertise?
-Dr. David Brownstein is an expert on iodine. He has written a book titled 'Iodine: Why You Need It and Why You Can't Live Without It,' in which he discusses the importance of iodine for thyroid function.
What does Dr. Brownstein's book suggest about thyroid issues?
-Dr. Brownstein's book suggests that both overactive and underactive thyroid conditions are usually due to a lack of iodine.
Why is iodine important for the thyroid gland?
-Iodine is crucial for the thyroid gland as it is the primary element needed for the production of thyroid hormones, which regulate metabolism.
How can one determine if they are iodine deficient?
-One can determine iodine deficiency by using Lugol's solution, a combination of iodine and iodide. Applying a drop to the skin and observing how long it remains brown can indicate iodine levels.
What happens to the iodine in iodized salt after it is opened?
-The iodine in iodized salt is volatile and can be gone within an hour of opening the container.
Why is there no iodine in Celtic or Himalayan salt?
-There is no iodine in Celtic or Himalayan salt because iodine is lost through evaporation during the salt's production process.
What is the role of selenium in thyroid function?
-Selenium is necessary for the conversion of iodine into thyroxin, which is essential for proper thyroid function.
How can mercury exposure affect selenium levels in the body?
-Mercury has an affinity for selenium, meaning that exposure to mercury can lead to selenium deficiency, which in turn affects the conversion of iodine into thyroxin.
What are some sources of mercury exposure mentioned in the script?
-The script mentions three sources of mercury exposure: fish (especially larger fish due to bioaccumulation), dental fillings, and vaccines.
Why are high levels of estrogen opposed to thyroid function?
-High levels of estrogen can oppose thyroid function, potentially leading to thyroid issues. This can be caused by factors such as the contraceptive pill, certain plastics, and growth stimulants in dairy and eggs.
What are some natural ways to balance estrogen levels and support thyroid function?
-To balance estrogen levels and support thyroid function, one can consider eliminating exposure to xenoestrogens found in certain plastics, avoiding the contraceptive pill, and possibly using natural hormone-balancing herbs or creams like wild yam.
How can physical methods like ice and heat help with overactive and underactive thyroid conditions?
-For overactive thyroid conditions, applying ice can help slow down the metabolism, while for underactive thyroid conditions, heat can stimulate the thyroid gland and increase its activity.
Outlines
🧪 Iodine Deficiency and Thyroid Health
This paragraph discusses the importance of iodine for thyroid function, referencing Dr. David Brownstein's expertise and his book on iodine. It explains that both overactive and underactive thyroid conditions are often due to iodine deficiency. The paragraph suggests using Lugol's solution as a test for iodine levels, where the disappearance rate of the iodine mark can indicate iodine sufficiency. It also mentions that iodized salt is not a reliable source of iodine, and that natural sources like Celtic salt and plants near the sea are better. Selenium is highlighted as necessary for the conversion of iodine to thyroxin, and mercury fillings are identified as a risk factor due to their affinity for selenium, which can lead to selenium deficiency.
🚫 Eliminating Mercury Exposure
The second paragraph focuses on the dangers of mercury exposure, which can be detrimental to thyroid function due to its impact on selenium levels. It outlines three main sources of mercury exposure: large fish, silver-colored dental fillings, and vaccines, with a specific mention of the flu vaccine. The paragraph also recounts the historical Minamata Bay incident in Japan, where mercury poisoning led to neurological issues, including the 'dancing cat disease.' Additionally, it touches on the term 'Mad Hatter's disease,' which was a result of hat makers' exposure to mercury. The summary emphasizes the importance of eliminating mercury exposure to maintain thyroid health.
♻️ Reducing Estrogen and Plastic Exposure
This paragraph addresses the impact of high estrogen levels on thyroid function, which can be caused by factors such as contraceptive pills, certain plastics, and dairy products. It suggests that xenoestrogens from soft plastics and synthetic fabrics can contribute to elevated estrogen levels. The paragraph recommends eliminating exposure to plastics and contraceptive pills, as well as considering hormone balancing programs and natural remedies like wild yam cream to counteract the effects of high estrogen. It also mentions the importance of addressing these factors to achieve a balance in thyroid function.
🏋️♂️ Managing Overactive and Underactive Thyroid Conditions
The final paragraph provides insights into managing overactive and underactive thyroid conditions. For overactive thyroid, it suggests the use of ice to slow down the metabolism and recommends a diet with three meals a day and vegetable juices. For underactive thyroid, it proposes the use of cane compress in the morning and high-intensity interval training to stimulate the thyroid gland. The paragraph also discusses the metabolic effects of thyroid conditions, noting that overactive thyroid leads to fast metabolism and weight loss, while underactive thyroid results in slow metabolism, weight gain, and lethargy.
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Keywords
💡Thyroid
💡Iodine
💡Lugol's Solution
💡Selenium
💡Mercury
💡Estrogen
💡Xenoestrogens
💡Thyrotoxicosis
💡Hypothyroidism
💡High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
💡Hormone Balancing
Highlights
Dr. David Brownstein is an expert on iodine and its crucial role in thyroid function.
His book 'Iodine: Why You Need It and Why You Can't Live Without It' discusses the importance of iodine for thyroid health.
Both overactive and underactive thyroid conditions are often due to iodine deficiency.
Iodized salt loses its iodine content within an hour of being opened.
Celtic and Himalayan salts do not contain iodine due to the evaporation process.
Plants grown near the sea have higher iodine content due to iodine in the soil from ocean waves.
Lugal solution is a test for iodine deficiency, combining iodine and iodide.
The Lugal solution test involves applying a drop to the skin and observing the color duration to assess iodine levels.
Selenium is necessary for the conversion of iodine to thyroxin, and mercury fillings can deplete selenium levels.
Consuming five Brazil nuts a day can provide the selenium needed for iodine conversion.
Mercury exposure can come from fish, dental fillings, and vaccines, affecting selenium levels.
High estrogen levels can oppose thyroid function, potentially causing thyroid issues.
Contraceptive pills, plastics, and dairy products can contribute to high estrogen levels.
Hormone balancing programs and natural remedies can help regulate estrogen and support thyroid health.
The thyroid gland controls metabolism, affecting weight and energy levels.
For overactive thyroids, ice application can help slow down the metabolism.
Underactive thyroids may benefit from cane compresses and high-intensity interval training to stimulate the gland.
Hot and cold therapy in the shower can also be applied to the thyroid area for both overactive and underactive conditions.
Transcripts
is anyone thinking of another disease
that we can
solve thid problems
thyroid okay let's look at
thyroid uh Dr David
Brownstein now Dr David
Brownstein is considered the expert on
iodine
and he's written a book called iodine
why you need it and why you can't live
without
it and in his book he shows
that overactive and underactive thyroid
are usually both due to lack of
iodine
so and the name of his book I won't
write it because a long name iodine why
you need it and why you can't live
without it that's the name of his book
so number one
iodine well how can you tell if someone
needs iodine because iodine is the
thyroids number one
food and what about iodized
salt did you know that within 1 hour of
opening the iodized salt all the
iodine's
gone did you know that there's no iodine
in Celtic salt and there's no iodine in
Himalayan
salt because it evaporates so when the
waves crash the iodine goes into sub
suspension goes across and lands on on
the soil that's why the uh plants grown
around the edge of a country near the
sea are higher in iodine and when it's
added to the yes that that can help but
what we suggest is to buy Lugal solution
Lugal solution
is a combination of iodine and iodide
and
iodine
iodide is used mostly by the the uh
reproductive organs of the body and the
iodine is used by the other organs of
the body so Lugal solution is a
combination of those two it's a dark
brown fluid and what you do is you put
it on the inside of the arm put one drop
there and it'll make a brown
smudge or Mark and then the person
observes how long it stays
Brown if the iodine's gone in an hour
that person's very
low if there's still some semblance of
color after 5 hours that person's got
good amounts of iodine so what do you do
if it's all gone in an hour you just
just put it on every day till it stays
for 5 hours that's simple isn't it so
that's a good iodine test now if the
person's washing their hands a lot they
might put it on their their stomach or
they might put it further
up because if the body is low in iodine
it'll grab it and it'll grab it quick
it's as simple as that yeah where are
most people getting it from them where
are most people getting it from probably
from from the food that they're eating
that's why it's commonly known people
that live in the in the central part of
uh countries are often uh low in iodine
but that's not the only that's not the
only
problem with the
thyroid
so iodine is
converted in the body to
thyroxin and thyrox and that conversion
needs
selenium and Mercury fillings have an
affinity for
selenium so when people have mercury
fillings in their mouth or they're
eating a lot of fish with high Mercury
they are often low in selenium so a
person can have adequate iodine but if
they don't have the selenium the iodine
can't be converted into
thyroxin and to get all your selenium
you just need five Brazil nuts a
day will give you the selenium that you
need
so number
two um eliminate Mercury
eliminate all exposure to
Mercury and there's three places we can
be exposed to Mercury where's
that yeah fish and the bigger the fish
the higher the concentration of mercury
because Mercury is bioaccumulative that
means the bigger the fish the more it
accumulates so fish where else we can we
be
exposed fillings in the teeth the silver
colored fillings and the third place we
can be
exposed is the vaccines
y I can't confirm if it's in the covid
vaccine or not but it is in the flu
vaccine so it's most likely in the co
but I
cannot say for
sure what's about some uh colors
painting the walls or something is there
a lot of mercury in it not
long not not usually okay good not
usually in about I think it was about
the 1970s in Min minamata Bay in Japan
they notice cats doing back
flips all these cats were doing
backflips
and uh they traced it to the Mercury
going into the water and the remember
Mercury is a heavy metal it's not in the
sea water so it's not in Celtic salt it
sinks to the bottom and the fish I mean
the plants take it up the little fish
eat the plants the bigger fish eat the
little
fish and they called it dancing cat
disease they didn't call it Mercury
disease now remember I said on my long
flight from Australia to
where did I fly into Dubai I was
watching some documentaries and I saw
one on minamata Bay was very interesting
because it had the whole story there and
it had and this guy came in as a
journalist to report on it and all these
deformed children and deformed old
people and the company that owned the I
think it was an aluminium Factory and
the the waste that was going to minamata
Bay was the was the Mercury
waste just incredible took a long time
before finally they acknowledged it and
did something about it but the the
fisherman's children the fisherman
themselves they were but they called it
dancing hat dancing cat disease not
Mercury disease and you've heard of Mad
Hatter's disease you know the Alice in
wonder there's the Mad Hatter in Alice
in wonder I have watch that or seen it
but you see I remember from a child
Alice in Wonderland there was a Mad
Hatter well Hatters went mad the Hatters
that made the top hats because they
would glue the felt together with
Mercury and like and So Mad Hatters
disease was Hatters would go mad because
of their exposure to Mercury so they
didn't call that mercury disease either
they called it mad Hat's disease because
Mercury is a
neurotoxin so eliminate all exposure to
Mercury because Mercury takes up the
selenium and selenium is needed to
convert iodine into
thyroxin number
three high estrogen opposes thyroid
function
so you can have someone with uh thyroid
problems because of because they've got
high estrogen what would cause high
estrogen any
ideas what causes high
estrogen contraceptive
pill
Plastics especially those soft Plastics
that have got the nonenal remember the
xenoestrogens coming from chemicals
coming
from uh
Plastics and you've got your plastic
Fabrics remember your uh acrylics nylons
polyesters so eliminate exposure to m
and
eliminate
Plastics and eliminate the contraceptive
pill and
dairy
Y and one of the reasons for dairy and
also uh
eggs is because are the growth
stimulants that are given to cows and
chickens and the growth stimulant is an
estrogenic
effect and
so what also needs to happen here is the
um
hormone balancing
program and we looked at that we looked
at the herbs that you can
use we also looked at um getting
together and ordering a whole box to get
it cost the Anna's wild yam cream from
Australia so that's an important part
because your high estrogen opposes your
thyroid
function these are areas that are not
often assessed but as I've just shown
you if you don't
get these back into balance you
won't you won't find a um a turnaround
of the of the problem and don't forget
the true remedies eight
laws
thyroid controls metabolism so if it's
overactive everything's fast
everything's fast they can't eat enough
food to
to because air metabolism is going so
fast and it's really they lose weight
because everything is going so
fast so with overactive thyroid it might
need to be supplemented with juices
definitely need three meals a day maybe
an hour before the meal they'll need a
vegetable juice just to keep
up and how do we slow down when it's
overactive how do we slow it down ice
ice ice and how do we ice 10 seconds on
10 seconds off 10 seconds on 10 seconds
off might do that for half an hour to
really chill
it and if the person's underweight which
they you often are with a overactive
thyroid gland you want to make sure the
rest of their body's
warm you might put their feet on a hot
water bottle or in in a bucket of hot
water to warm them up but you want that
slow it down
so so number six over we'll just say the
overactive thyroid gland
ice what about the
underactive what what will wake it
up cane
compress will we do that in the morning
or in the
afternoon morning morning morning if we
do it in the afternoon it'll wake them
up and they won't sleep much
do that it compressed you said or
internally
I
um 3 four
hours they might do it every second day
sometimes if they do it every day it
gets un too uncomfortably
hot and this is also where especially
with the
underactive exercise the high intensity
interval
training we're going to look at that in
detail
tomorrow because that high intensity
interval training wakes up the thyroid
gland because you're going so
fast could you do hot and colds to the
thyroid in the shower that's another
thing that could be
done so hot and
CS see with the overactive thyroid gland
they're usually a bit underweight they
can't sit still everything's fast fast
fast fast but with the
overactive they with the underactive
thyroid gland they're often carrying
excess less weight they're sluggish
they're slow they have no energy because
the thyroid grain controls
metabolism so overactive metabolism is
too fast underactive is too
slow so we've got a program then
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