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HEALTHThursday 15 October 2015

Throat’s Door fats (olive oil, pumpkin- the job anymore, may-
seed oil, real, unsalted be it’s time for a change
By: Dr. Carlos Viana butter, cod liver oil, and of guard. Take control
egg yolks) and mineral- of your health by open-
The word thyroid comes send you to check your What you eat each day rich foods (dark green ing the door to diet and
from the Greek “thura” thyroid function through a has a tremendous and im- leafy vegetables, sea lifestyle changes. Don’t
which means “door,” blood test. Unfortunately, mediate impact on it, and salt and ocean veggies). settle for “averages.” We
which is what the thy- the test results may not be how much hormone it se- Supplements that help in are all different; we offer
roid looks like. Your thy- accurate. This is because cretes. building a strong thyroid specialized hormone and
roid gland is the largest test “averages” do not A third reason for their in- are kelp and selenium. other testing. Let us pre-
endocrine gland and is show how all accuracy is that the tests Most thyroid patients are pare a personal plan to
situated in the front of the Thyroid tests will not give do not indicate if your thy- women and many with fortify your health.
neck. Your thyroid gland you an accurate indica- roid hormone is actually low progesterone are CARLOS VIANA, Ph. D. is
secretes iodine- rich hor- tion of your ideal thyroid entering your cells. Your often misdiagnosed as an Oriental Medical Doc-
mones thyroxin and triio- hormone level, because thyroid may be manu- thyroid deficiency. Thy- tor (O.M.D.) having stud-
dothyronine which regu- they are missing a criti- facturing plenty of hor- roid and sex hormones ied in China; a US Board
late your metabolism rate; cal piece of informa- mone but your cells can each affect the other. Cert. Clinical Nutrition-
but its effects are felt all tion which is your peak become resistant to the We often attend women ist (C.C.N.), an Addic-
over the body. thyroid level when you hormone and not able to with bulging eyes, racing tion Professional (C.Ad.),
Thyroid glands that are not were young and healthy. utilize it. This condition is heartbeat, and a swollen Chairperson of the Latin
functioning optimally pro- Should your thyroid test re- called Wilson’s Syndrome. neck by naturally stimu- American Committee of
duce a myriad of symp- sults indicate that you are If you have low body tem- lating their progesterone the International Acad-
toms. Many people expe- in the “normal” range... perature and some of the production. Adding zinc emy of Oral Medicine and
rience unexplained cold say 5.5...but when you symptoms listed above to your daily supplement Toxicology (IAOMT), a Re-
hands and feet, low body were younger you would you could have this con- routine is important for juvenating Cell Therapist
temperature, sensitivity to have tested at a 9, then dition. sexual health. specializing in Age Man-
cold, a feeling of always indeed, your thyroid is In our clinic we see a lot Irregular periods, often agement, has a weekly
being chilled, headaches, quite under active for of hypo or low functioning leading to needless hys- radio program, writes and
insomnia, dry skin and you. At 5.5 you may feel thyroids. The first solution terectomies, are unfortu- lectures extensively. For
hair, puffy eyes, hair loss, very tired yet your doctor is to put our patients on nate common aspects information: VIANA HEAL-
brittle nails, joint aches, will tell you that your test their metabolic or blood of hypothyroidism; and ING CENTER, Kibaima 7,
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sion, fluid retention, anxi- tested when we were in couraged to change their Prolactin is the hormone tive Health - ta optenible
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