There are so many disorders (diseases) of the thyroid gland "” hypothyroid (low, underactive or inactive thyroid), hyperthyroid (high or overactive thyroid), thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, enlarged thyroid,thyroiditis, goiter, etc. One can medically treat each of the above symptoms but will that cure the cause of the thyroid imbalance? Allopathic (Western) medicine prescribes one drug to boost an underactive thyroid, another drug to lower an overactive thyroid and another drug to cure the thyroid nodules. But expensive lab tests are needed, a different drug is used for each condition and the patient generally has to stay on that drug for life, with ever increasing doses (sometimes with side effects) just to maintain normal thyroid blood levels. Is this holistically healing the body or just creating a dependency?
Dr. Alfred Plechner says standard blood tests do not measure true thyroid function. The standard blood test only measures the amount of thyroid hormone level in the blood, not how much of the hormone is being utilized by the body. In other words, a body could have normal thyroid blood levels and still exhibit hypothyroid (low thyroid) symptoms. This is because the thyroid hormones in the blood are inactive or bound up. Dr. Plechner developed a special blood test to detect this"”his Basic Endocrine-Immune One tests for cortisol, total estrogen, thyroid hormones T-3 & T-4, and IgA, IgM and IgG antibodies. By looking at ALL these factors and not just one blood thyroid level, he can holistically determine if the thyroid and adrenals are properly functioning in synergy with the brain.
Since the thyroid is a secondary gland, holistically we would first look at the primary glands that control the thyroid. These are the pineal, pituitary (master gland) and hypothalamus in the brain. There is an intricate balance and interdependency between the adrenals and thyroid gland and the glands in the brain. From our holistic perspectives, we feel to get to the source of any thyroid or adrenal problems, it only makes holistic sense to first make sure the glands in the brain are fully functioning. Unfortunately, there are no known drugs that can cross the blood/brain barrier to do this. But the brain receives nutritional ingredients across the blood/brain barrier every day to survive. These nutritional ingredients that can cross the blood/brain barrier can be found in whole food products.
Here is a case study on how bio-algae concentrates (Spirulina pacifica, Spirulina platensis, Dunaliellasalina and astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis) helped our cat's body balance and normalize its hypothyroid AND hyperthyroid conditions. Bio-algae concentrates will also help people's body balance and normalize any thyroid condition, in the same way that bio-algae concentrates helps pets.