Over the last few weeks, my blood and urine tests have come up with various hormonal problems. I've been suffering from these problems for at least 10 years, but it took me a long time to realize that they were abnormal. Sometimes we get used to our own suffering.
Symptoms include flushing, excessive sweating, bad headaches (with pounding pulse), palpitations, constipation, cold feet, occasional numbness in extremities, and anxiety. After hearing the symptoms, my doctor suspected pheochromocytoma, but wanted to check the bloodtests.
The bloodtests came back with very high metanephrines, low creatinine, high TSH, and low testosterone. CT scans found nothing on my adrenal glands, but a sonogram found a slightly enlarged thyroid with a few nodules.
I guess I'm trying to figure out if there is some overarching condition causing all of this. I guess it's possible I could have several separate endocrine problems, but I'm worried that there may be a problem with the pituitary. The endocrine glands are all tied together. The high TSH is indicative of a low thyroid condition. All glands will enlarge to compensate for a lack of minerals that feed that particular gland. The thyroid is no exception. If it is enlarged, it is most likely due to low iodine. Iodine and the amino acid, tyrosine are required to make the thyroid hormones. Additionally, if you have a bad balance of fats in your diet, your liver is not going to be able to produce the steroid hormones that need to be generated to produce the thyroid and sex hormones.
This is very typical of American diet that is low in fat. These LOW FAT, HIGH CARB diets, combined with bad oil choices are causing huge problems in America like the ones you are having. Especially if you add SOY products to your diet. SOY is terrible for you and will cause many of the problems you are having.
If you are stressed and eat a high carb diet, this will put a huge burden on your blood sugar balance and you will have to fix that problem before even trying to attempt to fix your endocrine problem. Your diet needs to be balanced so that you get 40% carbs, 30% fats, and 30% protein. The fats should be in the following balance: 60% monounsaturated fats (like olive oil), 30% saturated fats (like you get in grass fed beef, real butter made from RAW cream, coconut oil), and 10% polyunsaturated fats (omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids in a 1:1 balance).
l would concentrate on accomplishing the above before getting more tests because if you are not eating a balanced diet, all the tests are going to focus on a specific problem and they are all related, so it is a "system" problem.
Do a quick iodine test by buying a small bottle of "tincture of iodine" from the drug store. Paint a 2" x 3" patch on your forearm. Note the time of day. If it disappears in less than 24 hours, you are deficient. If it takes only a couple hours, you are very deficient. It's very easy to become deficient of iodine in America today. Fluoride is the culprit. If you brush with fluoride toothpaste, get fluoride treatments at your dentist, drink fluoridated water, drink soda pop, this will cause severe iodine deficiencies. The lunatics that put fluoride in the water cause huge problems for people, especially babies!
Headaches, especially migraines are generally due to food allergies and food preservatives.
Low testosterone is indicative of a "pregnenalone steal" or high stress due to excess carbs (especially sugar), drinking coffee that causes excess adrenal hormone production and exhausted adrenal glands.
If your body is perceiving you are in a stressed state, your liver will prioritize you away from producing those steroid hormones for sex and thyroid, leaving your limited amount of pregnenalone precursor to be used for making cortisol instead. Low fat diet will add to this problem greatly, especially if you are eating high carbs.
I would seek out a Certified Nutritional Therapist that can test you to see where your deficiencies are and to recommend a diet that will get you on the right track. Then if you still feel bad, see the doctor.
good luck |
