Thyroid part 2 of 5

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

In the last article, we looked at what functions the thyroid plays in our health and general information on it. In this week’s edition we will take an in depth look at factors that disrupt thyroid function.

There are 7 factors we will discuss in this article. These are heavy metals, medications, gluten, soy, fluoride, bromines and adrenal function/stress.

Heavy metals collecting in our bodies interfere with production of thyroid hormones. Lead, cadmium, mercury and other heavy metals come from many sources. Lead comes from some old paint and industrial wastes. Mercury is found in many vaccinations and contaminated water.

Medications such as steroids, barbiturates, cholesterol-lowering drugs and beta blockers can disrupt thyroid function.

Thyroid Part 1 of 5

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

I’m going to start a series of articles relating to the thyroid. I’ve always found endocrinology to be a difficult subject for me to comprehend even at a basic level. It takes a special doctor to be able to learn and remember all the functions of the body’s endocrine system. I am not that guy, but we can still take a closer look at the thyroid and learn some basic facts and how to apply them.

The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body and has some impact on every cell in your body. The greatest job of the thyroid is regulating your metabolism and weight by controlling the fat burning process. The thyroid hormones are also necessary for growth and development in children and nearly every physiological process of the body. Too much or too little of these hormones can mean trouble for your overall health and well-being.

Frozen should and the Flu Vaccine

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

Since we are bombarded everyday with false information from the medical monopoly regarding the flu vaccines, I feel it is my duty to expose you to the data no one else will print.

What is the one side effect that every doctor will admit can occur when any vaccine is administered? My first thought was that they will never admit to anything adverse with vaccines, but then this one did come to mind. It’s actually an easy one, soreness at the sight of the injection, right?

For most people it’s as simple as being sore where a needle jabbed you, and it’s gone in a matter of days. But there can be another effect, lasting much longer and possibly leading to a frozen shoulder.

The condition is called (wait for it…) shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, or SIRVA. It has been known to occur for a long time, but the first cases were published in 2007, following influenza and pneumococcal injections.

Tamiflu

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

For those of you who have been reading these articles for a while, I apologize for yet another one on this subject. I just can’t help myself when the newest research, yet again, bears out what health observers have long noted. You guessed it, the ever evil flu season is upon us. The flu can be deadly, but if you’re generally healthy, it will be of no consequence other than a few miserable achy days.

Of course flu shots are the mainstay of prevention for traditional medicine. I’ve shown you in many articles how worthless they are.

The next line of defense put forward by medicine is the antiviral medications such as Tamiflu. Governments, including the USA to the tune of $1.3 billion dollars’ worth, stockpile these drugs just in case a severe outbreak occurs. If these drugs actually worked the theory would be sound. Unfortunately, as with many allopathic cures, you have been lied to. Not only are those antivirals not effective, they also have serious side effects.

E-Cigarettes

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

We’ve all been exposed to the e-cigarette wave sweeping the country over the last half decade. E-cigs now have a larger population using them than smokeless tobacco.

Smokeless tobacco has been around for hundreds of years, yet only about 3.5% of Americans use it. E-cigs have been around about 10 years and already about 10% of US adults and 13% of high school students use it. A National Institute of Drug Abuse survey found that 9% of 8^th graders, 16% of 10^th graders and 17% of seniors had used e-cigs in the last month.

Trans Fats

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

Over the last several years of writing these articles, I’ve hit the topic of saturated fats, cholesterol and your heart health quite a few times. The school of thought that saturated fats are good for you continues to be proven correct. Even more recent research has come in on the side of the healthiness of saturated fats. The recent research also points to the real villain that fries (no pun intended) your heart, that being trans fats.

Back in February, the US government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee surprisingly eliminated warnings about dietary cholesterol and reversed their long standing nutrition policy by concluding that dietary fats have no ill effects on the heart.

For a long time healthy fats and cholesterol have been taking the blame for heart disease, but over 70 studies no show it to be a false flag.

Ice or Heat?

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

Do I use heat or ice, Doc? This seems to be the most commonly asked question in my office. People find it difficult to remember when to use which one.

Applying ice or heat can provide relief from injuries, aches and pains, but they cannot be used interchangeably. In a general sense, ice works best for sudden injury, while heat is best to soothe longer term aches and pains.