- Magnesium
- Gluten Free Diet
- Peppermint & Lavender Essential Oil
- Chiropractic Care & Posture
- Herbs: Feverfew & Butterbur
- B-Complex Vitamins
- Stay Hydrated
- Detox Bath to Reduce Tension
- Stretching and Moving
- Cayenne Muscle Rub
Jan 272017
Treatments
Treatments
Jan 272017
Leaky Gut and Auto Immune Disease Treatments
- REMOVE foods and factors that damage the gut
- REPLACE with healing foods
- REPAIR with specific supplements
- REBALANCE with probiotics
www.regenerativenutrition.com/content.asp?id=616
Reversing Thyroid and Autoimmune Disease with Dr. Izabella Wentz
6 Essential Steps To Feeling Thyroid Healthy (Part 1 of 2)
6 Essential Steps to Feeling Thyroid Healthy (Part 2 of 2)
Jan 262017
Video – Natural Solutions for Thyroid Disorders
44 minutes
Top things to do to treat Hashimotos
4 min
Thyroid Pharmacist Izabella Wentz
- Reduce Stress
- Supplements for nutrient deficiencies
- Reduce / remove Gluten
- Careful diet – Sugar free, Grain free, Dairy free, Paleo, Low GI index
- Supplements B12, D3, digestive enzymes, ferritin/ iron, omega 3
Selenium 200 mcg, Betaine with pepsin, Curcumin, Zinc 30 mg, l- Glutamine - Lifestyle changes – relaxation, massage, sauna
- TSH levels <1-2
- LDN
- Probiotics or fermented foods
The Elimination Diet
Dr. Izabella Wentz with Tom Malterre on the Elimination Diet
45 min
The most common triggers in Hashimoto’s are nutrient deficiencies, food sensitivities, intestinal permeability (leaky gut), stress, an impaired ability to get rid of toxins and in some cases, infections. Optimizing your health starts with food. Figuring out which foods nourish you, and which ones cause you harm is the single most important thing you can learn in your health journey.
I’ve found that recognizing and eliminating reactive foods can be a life-changer for most people with Hashimoto’s.
Reactive foods trigger an inflammatory response in the GI tract, leading to malabsorption of nutrients (gluten sensitivity in particular has been implicated in causing a Selenium deficiency, a well known risk factor for Hashimoto’s), and can also produce intestinal permeability whenever they are eaten.
Most people will see a dramatic reduction in gut symptoms, brain symptoms, skin breakouts and pain by eliminating the foods they are sensitive to. Some will also see a significant reduction in thyroid antibodies! An additional subset of people, will actually be able to get their Hashimoto’s into complete remission just by getting off the foods they react to, normalizing their thyroid antibodies, and some even normalizing their thyroid function!
What’s Your Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism Root Cause?
2 min
Dr. Izabella Wentz Can Thyroid Issues & Hashimoto’s Disease Be Reversed Naturally?
22 min
Jan 262017
Video – Healing the root causes of thyroid disease
Jan 262017
Video – using Essential oils for gut, thyroid and adrenals
44 min
Gut health
Essential oils for cleaning products in place of chemicals
Thyroid
Frankincense oil for thyroid – rub on thyroid area or rub drop on roof of mouth
Thyme oil for balancing hormones – rub on thyroid area
Uses and Benefits of Frankincense
- Treatment for skin cancer
- Skin treatment- anti aging
- Reduce inflammation – joints / skin
- Supporting immune system – rub on lymph nodes on neck
2-4 drops oil rubbed into skin in the area, or mixed with a carrier oil. can also rub on roof of mouth
Frankincense Essential Oil Therapy
Dr. Budwig recommends frankincense essential oil (especially when it comes to fighting brain tumors). And now research trials highlighting frankincense’s potential canter-fighting abilities are filling medical journals. Specifically, Indian Frankincense (Boswellia serrata) has been shown clinically to being a potentially effective treatment for:†
- Brain cancer
- Breast cancer
- Colon cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Stomach cancer
According to researchers out of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, the potential cancer-killing effects of frankincense are due in part to its ability to influence your genes to promote healing. Baylor cancer scientists emphasize that this potency makes Boswellia serrata a viable candidate for both cancer prevention and treatment!
How Frankincense Essential Oil Therapy Works
Rub frankincense essential oil on your neck three times daily. Also, drink three drops in 8 ounces of water three times daily.
Adrenals
Adrenal fatigue – exhaustion
Chamomile oil – reduce GI (gut) inflammation
Chamomile tea to reduce GI (gut) inflammation
Lavender – balance blood sugar level – rub on
Cinnamon oil – rub on
Ylang ylang
Vetiver oil
Natural Remedies for Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Disease
6 min
Refer Leaky gut
Diet
- Remove foods causing inflammation in gut
- go gluten free for 90 days or more
- try to be grain free
- remove sugar & fast food
- have diet high in veges, fruit, organic meat
Supplements
Selenium – or brazil nuts
Ashwaganda – reduce stress & balance T4
Vitamin B12 & other B’s to support cell
Probiotics to support and help repair digestive lining
Detox the body
Remove amalgum dental fillings
Use natural oil based personal care products rather than chemicals (soaps, shampoo, deodorant, perfume)
Jan 262017
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) is used for a wise variety of illnesses by some practitioners.
The general principle is to use LDN to trick the body into thinking there are not enough endorphins in the system while you sleep by blocking the ability of the body to detect them. This should make the body produce more during that sleep, allowing them to repair the damaged cells.
Cancer. As of mid-2004, Dr. Bihari reported having treated over 300 patients who had a cancer that had failed to respond to standard treatments. Of that group, some 50%, after four to six months treatment with LDN, began to demonstrate a halt in cancer growth and, of those, over one-third have shown objective signs of tumor shrinkage.
Autoimmune diseases. Within the group of patients who presented with an autoimmune disease, all have to responded to LDN; all have experienced a halt in progression of their illness. In many patients there was a marked remission in signs and symptoms of the disease. The greatest number of patients within the autoimmune group are people with multiple sclerosis, of whom there were some 400 in Dr. Bihari’s practice. Less than 1% of these patients has ever experienced a fresh attack of MS while they maintained their regular LDN nightly therapy.
How does it work:
Typically, LDN is taken at bedtime, which blocks your opioid receptors, as well as the reception of endorphins, for a few hours in the middle of the night. This is believed to up-regulate vital elements of your immune system by increasing your body’s production of metenkephalin and endorphins (your natural opioids), hence improving your immune function.
In addition to cancer, LDN has shown promise for the treatment of the following diseases:
| Hepatitis C | Diabetic neuropathies |
| Lupus | Dermatomyositis (an inflammatory muscle disease) |
| Ulcerative colitis | Multiple sclerosis |
| Autism | Crohn’s disease |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome | Alzheimer’s disease |
| HIV/AIDS | Hasimoto’s thyroiditis |
| Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) | Parkinson’s disease |
www.markdrugs.com/autoimmune.html How does it work
one-of-the-rare-drugs-that-actually-helps-your-body-to-heal-itself
Bernard Bihari, MD, as well as other physicians and researchers, have described beneficial effects of LDN on a variety of diseases:
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Autoimmune
Neurodegenerative:
Other Autoimmune Diseases:
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LDN.Org Site
- What is low-dose naltrexone and why is it important?
- How does LDN work?
- What diseases has it been useful for and how effective is it?
- What dosage and frequency should my physician prescribe?
- Are there any side effects or cautionary warnings?
What dosage and frequency should my physician prescribe?
The usual adult dosage is 4.5mg taken once daily at night. Because of the rhythms of the body’s production of master hormones, LDN is best taken between 9pm and 3am. Most patients take it at bedtime.
Notable exceptions:
- People who have multiple sclerosis that has led to muscle spasms are advised to use only 3mg daily and to maintain that dosage.
- For initial dosage of LDN in those patients who have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis with hypothyroidism and who are taking thyroid hormone replacement medication, please read Cautionary Warnings.
Rarely, the naltrexone may need to be purchased as a solution — in distilled water — with 1mg per ml dispensed with a 5ml medicine dropper. If LDN is used in a liquid form, it is important to keep it refrigerated.
The therapeutic dosage range for LDN is from 1.5mg to 4.5mg every night. Dosages below this range are likely to have no effect at all, and dosages above this range are likely to block endorphins for too long a period of time and interfere with its effectiveness.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to specify that you do NOT want LDN in a slow-release form
LDN has been taken with ALA in some trials
Plant oils that contain ALA include flaxseed (linseed), soybean, and canola oils.
Chia seeds and black walnuts also contain ALA.
Research Trials
www.markdrugs.com/LDN-research
Articles about LDN
What others are saying about LDN
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Studies:
Naltrexone at low doses upregulates a unique gene expression not seen with normal doses
Abstract
It has been reported that lower doses of the opioid antagonist naltrexone are able to reduce tumour growth by interfering with cell signalling as well as by modifying the immune system. We have evaluated the gene expression profile of a cancer cell line after treatment with low-dose naltrexone (LDN), and assessed the effect that adapting treatment schedules with LDN may have on enhancing efficacy. LDN had a selective impact on genes involved with cell cycle regulation and immune modulation.
Similarly, the pro-apoptotic genes BAD and BIK1 were increased only after LDN.
Continuous treatment with LDN had little effect on growth in different cell lines; however, altering the treatment schedule to include a phase of culture in the absence of drug following an initial round of LDN treatment, resulted in enhanced cell killing.
Furthermore, cells pre-treated with LDN were more sensitive to the cytotoxic effects of a number of common chemotherapy agents. For example, priming HCT116 with LDN before treatment with oxaliplatin significantly increased cell killing to 49±7.0 vs. 14±2.4% in cultures where priming was not used. Interestingly, priming with NTX before oxaliplatin resulted in just 32±1.8% cell killing.
Our data support further the idea that LDN possesses anticancer activity, which can be improved by modifying the treatment schedule.
Abstract
The authors describe the long-term survival of a patient with pancreatic cancer without any toxic adverse effects.
The treatment regimen includes the intravenous alpha-lipoic acid and low-dose naltrexone (ALA-N) protocol and a healthy lifestyle program.
The patient was told by a reputable university oncology center in October 2002 that there was little hope for his survival.
Today, January 2006, however, he is back at work, free from symptoms, and without appreciable progression of his malignancy.
The integrative protocol described in this article may have the possibility of extending the life of a patient who would be customarily considered to be terminal.
The authors believe that life scientists will one day develop a cure for metastatic pancreatic cancer, perhaps via gene therapy or another biological platform. But until such protocols come to market, the ALA-N protocol should be studied and considered, given its lack of toxicity at levels reported. Several other patients are on this treatment protocol and appear to be doing well at this time.
Abstract
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecological malignancies. Although initial therapeutic modalities are successful, 65% of these women relapse with only palliative treatments available thereafter. Endogenous opioids repress the proliferation of human ovarian cancer cells in vitro, and do so in a receptor-mediated manner.
The present study examined whether modulation of opioid systems by the opioid antagonist naltrexone (NTX), alone or in combination with standard of care therapies (taxol/paclitaxel, cisplatin), alters human ovarian cancer cell proliferation in tissue culture and tumor progression in mice.
Administration of NTX for six hours every two days, but not continuously, reduced DNA synthesis and cell replication from vehicle-treated controls in tissue culture. Moreover, brief exposure to NTX in combination with taxol or cisplatin had an enhanced anticancer action.
Mice with established ovarian tumors and treated with a low dosage of NTX (LDN), which invokes a short period of opioid receptor blockade, repressed tumor progression in a non-toxic fashion by reducing DNA synthesis and angiogenesis but not altering cell survival.
The combination of LDN with cisplatin, but not taxol, resulted in an additive inhibitory effect on tumorigenesis with enhanced depression of DNA synthesis and angiogenesis.
LDN combined with cisplatin alleviated the toxicity (e.g. weight loss) associated with cisplatin.
LDN treatment upregulated the expression of the opioid growth factor (OGF, chemical term ([Met(5)]-enkephalin) and its receptor, OGFr.
Previous tissue culture studies have reported that OGF is the only opioid peptide with antiproliferative activity on ovarian cancer cells, with OGF action mediated by OGFr. Thus, the common denominator of intermittent opioid receptor blockade by short-term NTX or LDN on ovarian cancer proliferation and tumorigenesis recorded herein appears to be related to the OGF-OGFr axis.
These preclinical data may offer a non-toxic and efficacious pathway-related treatment that can benefit patients with ovarian cancer
The first peer-reviewed medical journal article on LDN has been published in Medical Hypotheses.
The full citation is as follows: Agrawal YP. Low dose naltrexone therapy in multiple sclerosis. Med Hypotheses. 2005;64(4):721-4.
Excerpt: The use of low doses of naltrexone for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) enjoys a worldwide following amongst MS patients. There is overwhelming anecdotal evidence, that in low doses naltrexone not only prevents relapses in MS but also reduces the progression of the disease. It is proposed that naltrexone acts by reducing apoptosis of oligodendrocytes. It does this by reducing inducible nitric oxide synthase activity…. It is crucial that the medical community respond to patient needs and investigate this drug in a clinical trial.
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The Mail Tribune of Southern Oregon: Naltrexone Halts a Patient’s Advanced Parkinson’s Disease. This story, reported in March 2008,
titled “Naltrexone in tiny doses shows promise in treating autoimmune diseases”, tells the story of Bentley Lyon, whose Parkinson’s disease of many years had been worsening. His wife and daughter persuaded him to try LDN back in 2004 and positive results appeared promptly. “It was like a miracle,” his daughter recalled. The article also quotes Dr. Ian Zagon, a professor of neural and behavioral sciences at Pennsylvania State University, “Naltrexone apparently works by stimulating the body’s own immune system….It’s very simple,” he said, “but it took a while to figure out.”
titled “Naltrexone in tiny doses shows promise in treating autoimmune diseases”, tells the story of Bentley Lyon, whose Parkinson’s disease of many years had been worsening. His wife and daughter persuaded him to try LDN back in 2004 and positive results appeared promptly. “It was like a miracle,” his daughter recalled. The article also quotes Dr. Ian Zagon, a professor of neural and behavioral sciences at Pennsylvania State University, “Naltrexone apparently works by stimulating the body’s own immune system….It’s very simple,” he said, “but it took a while to figure out.”
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CBS News: “Wonder drug” LDN Could Help Treat Cancer, MS. This story, broadcast in February, 2008, appeared on CBS 47 (WTEV‑TV) of Jacksonville, Florida, and features an interview with Lori Miles, an MS sufferer who can now walk again, thanks to LDN. Also quoted in the piece is Dr. Daniel Kantor, neurologist and director of the Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Program at the Shands Jacksonville Neuroscience Institute: “I would like all of us to write to our congressmen, ask the FDA and NIH—National Institutes of Health—to fund more research about LDN.” Video and viewer commentary. (4 min video)
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Autoimmune Disease
Niles Bauer, PhD candidate, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, supplied a copy of a presentation to his department in March 2007. He observed “profound” improvements within a month after the start of LDN treatment in people with a wide variety of autoimmune disorders.
Who deals with LDN in Australia
LDN on line http://compoundinglab.com.au/naltrexone-1.5mg-caps-100.html
http://custommedicine.com.au/information/low-dose-naltrexone/
Melbourne http://www.whatclinic.ie/holistic-health/australia/victoria/melbourne/fitzroy/wellness-medicine (according to one review, they prescribe LDN) https://www.brunswickintegrativecare.com.au/contact/ (not clear whether they use LDN, Dr. Joe Nastasi – General Practitioner) http://www.melbournewellness.com.au/practitioners/lina_capovilla.html (this practitioner seems to be thyroid specialist)
http://jabebrown.com/jabe/ (plenty of positive reviews, thyroid, adrenal, auto-immune specialist. Knows about LDN but cant prescribe- need GP)
MP3 link http://jabebrown.com/vh53-the-metabolism-master/
Doctors who prescribe LDN in Australia
New South Wales Dr Adrian Hekel – Coffs Harbour Dr. Soney Jacob – Engadine Doctor at Stenlake Compounding Chemist – Bondi Junction/Sydney Dr Jennifer Bromberger – Sydney
Roper & Parry’s Chemworld Chemist Michael Smith B.
Pharm & Graham Parry B. Pharm 89 Keen St Lismore NSW 2480 Ph: 02 6621 4000 Fax: 02 6621 4020
Email: fordpill@ozemail.com.au (Contact person is listed as Michael Smith, B. Pharm, M. Sc)
Cost: 4.5mg capsules – $90(AUD) for 100 capsules
1.5mg and 3.0mg – $80 (AUD) for 100 capsules Plus postage (express post) $8.50(AUD)
Also, specific note is made that these capsules are made from pure naltrexone (not crushed 50mg tablets).
Duration of therapy should be a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 6 months to assess clinical changes.
Side effects: leg twitching at night and trouble sleeping (should subside after 7 days).
Queensland Dr Greg Emerson – Logan Central Dr Colin Holloway – Morayfield
https://drcolinholloway.com/low-dose-naltrexone/ (this doctor uses LDN but is located in QLD)
LDN in NEW Zealand
Doctor Tye in Blockhouse Bay
www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/forum
they talk about Dr Frances Pitsilis (located in Milford)
Jan 262017
If you have your entire thyroid removed you then need to take replacement thyroxin for the rest of your life, which can have its own set of side effects.
Synthetic thyroxin is also often used for those that have a poorly functioning thyroid. This can be effective for some, but others report side effects after long term use.
It is inactive T4 and requires the thyroid to convert it to T3.
a common brand is Synthoid
Natural forms of thyroxin are also available, often desiccated (dried) and may prove more effective as they contain both T4 and T3.
common brands are:
Armour
PTU
Jan 262017
Diagnostic
Radioactive iodine uptake.
A capsule or ‘cocktail’ containing a measured amount of radioactive iodine is swallowed; iodine is a critical component of thyroid hormones. The iodine accumulates in the thyroid; more accumulates when the gland is overactive, as occurs in Graves’ disease. After a specified amount of time, a probe similar to a Geiger counter is placed over the thyroid and the amount of radioactivity is compared to the amount that was given.
Treatment
The basic idea behind radioactive iodine is that it is attracted to damaged (cancerous) cells and the radiation kills the cells.
The problem is that if you still have a thyroid, that is the first place the iodine will go, and hence destroy the thyroid. For this reason the medical profession will prefer to remove the thyroid completely so damaged cells in the rest of the body are they only ones killed. The major problem with this is that you then need to take artificial thyroxin for the rest of your life, which can have its own set of side effects.
Jan 262017
As usual there is lots of conflicting info about but these are what I can make sense of:
In general it is best not to completely eliminate anything if you are already used to eating / drinking it. Complete elimination will most likely create cravings and often result in a replacement which may or may not be better than the original.
eg fat replaced with sugar, dairy replaced with soy, red meat replaced with soy based processed foods.
Eat foods with as little processing as possible, ie whole grains, unprocessed meats rather than processed meats like sausages, cured bacon, crab meat, chicken nuggets etc.
Eliminate as much Sugar as possible- it is hidden in so many things we eat & drink, definitely don’t add sugar eg in coffee / tea, on cereals
Cut back on Coffee,it often has lots of pesticides used in production & these remain in the beans, and the caffeine itself is a problem, it dehydrates, prevents the absorption of Iron and raises cholesterol.
Drink Ginger Tea
Minimise alcohol intake– in general it is toxic to the body, so with every drink you are adding toxins to your body and hoping that the liver can remove them all.
Cut back on dairy foods if you have dairy intolerance, but don’t cut out completely as they are valuable source of calcium. watch for sugar in yogurts etc
Eat oily fish for omega 3 – salmon, sardines, mackerel etc preferably smaller fish rather than large ones like tuna- they eat the small ones & have accumulated mercury and other heavy metals from the small ones
Red meat in moderation- unprocessed – ie not cured bacon or salt dried. good for iron and other minerals. it is a good source of iron and zinc.
Processed White Iodised Salt contains anticaking agents along with iodine which will be extracted by thyroid. For many this will be fine, but for those with a poorly functioning thyroid, adding more iodine to the body can actually damage it – use unprocessed sea salt or pink rock salt.
Vitamin D – get from regular sunlight exposure 10 min at a time
Vitamin C from real foods – Ascorbic acid is not vitamin C
Don’t have foods that are fortified with vitamins – fillers (rock) and artificial vitamins
Selenium – many soils are known to be deficient in selenium – seek out foods that contain selenium or consider supplements.
Potatoes – can be good for selenium when baked or lightly fried from raw- not deep fried. Boiling changes the structure & loses some of goodness
Lightly brown only- all foods chips, toast etc, the browner / blacker the surface the more carcinogens may be produced from the browning process.
Bread – whole grain – lots of salt and sugar in a lot of breads.
if you have any gluten sensitivity then cut back on bread and wheat based products, replace with rice base.
Can be good to have some carbs such as slice of bread 5 hours before sleep.
When taking pills / supplements try to take capsules rather than tablets as the tablets use fillers to hold them together and the fillers can contain toxins and block up liver / kidneys.
Jan 262017
Dont get hung up on treating the thyroid directly, a problem thyroid or high values in any of the indicators is an indication of inbalance in other body systems that is resulting in a poorly functioning thyroid.
the presence of thyroid antibodies indicates an auto-immune response, ie the body is attacking the thyroid as if it was a foreign body.
The adrenal glands and thyroid regulate a lot of body systems and produce hormones in order to do so, but they cannot instantly produce large quantities of hormones so they collect chemicals from the body & store for when needed.
Hypothyroidism – A 7-step Plan to Boost Your Low Thyroid
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