Dr. Broda Barnes vs. Mainstream Medicine
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I just finished Hypothyroidism by Dr. Broda Barnes and I've found it convincing, but almost too good to be true.
A major claim like "94% of those who...should have been candidates for heart attacks during the study were protected from them by thyroid therapy," across a 1500 person sample, seems shockingly high and worthy of much more research. My question is then, with such a massive success rate, why haven't these therapies been explored further by mainstream medicine? As stated in the book, they are much cheaper than the standard treatments, but that can't be the only reason, can it?
Forgive me if this has been answered elsewhere or is a dumb question. Still new to this.
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Holy shit. PilotRedSun
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@splithead_ said in Dr. Broda Barnes vs. Mainstream Medicine:
My question is then, with such a massive success rate, why haven't these therapies been explored further by mainstream medicine?
This is quite a grand question splithead. Maybe you don't really want to know so quickly.
The heart in particular seems quite pivotal in health and nonsense detection.
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@ThinPicking Gotta represent the goat PilotRedSun.
I'm pretty open minded. I got to Peat and all of this through twitter, so I've heard of the suppression. I was hoping there was a simpler explanation though. Suppose I must read some more.
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"Hey kid. The house always wins."
@splithead_ said in Dr. Broda Barnes vs. Mainstream Medicine:
I was hoping there was a simpler explanation though.
From someone else there is. My context window is a little too big rn.
@splithead_ said in Dr. Broda Barnes vs. Mainstream Medicine:
Suppose I must read some more.
Easy does it.
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@splithead_ the role of hypothyroidism as a factor in heart disease is pretty well known in cardiology. All new acute cardiomyopathy pts typically have TSH labs ordered on them.
Unfortunately, it’s not so much thought of to prevent heart disease as it’s blamed once heart disease has been discovered. At which point they’re usually referred to an endocrinologist or pcp to manage thyroid meds
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@splithead_ You should read Peat's book Generative Energy. The chapter The tradition of truth explains why "mainstream" didn't catch on.
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@functionalgirl Interesting, glad to hear that. Better than just ignoring it.
@jgs130 I will start that one soon, thanks.
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A major claim like "94% of those who...should have been candidates for heart attacks during the study were protected from them by thyroid therapy," across a 1500 person sample, seems shockingly high and worthy of much more research. My question is then, with such a massive success rate, why haven't these therapies been explored further by mainstream medicine?
Healthcare is for profit; not about health.
Deemed the Medical Industrial Complex:
“The MIC refers to a network between pharmaceutical corporations, health care personnel, and medical conglomerates to supply health care-related products and services for a profit.”
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One, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line between these 2 points. Think of the medical system as one nasty taxi driver that gives you an unwanted tour and not even reaching your destination but in the south side of Chicago or in Harlem.
Being hypothyroid means low energy and the lack of balance. This affects the heart greatly, where it has to work very hard and yet be unable to pump enough blood all over, depriving the body of its own capacity to produce enough energy for it's maintenance, and to clear metabolic waste properly. When the body is out of this balance, one will notice, even without a doctor nor a lab to test it. With a rudimentary ability to follow instructions that one should have learned by first grade in primary school, he can use a low cost strip of pH paper to test his acid base balance. When one is very acidic (ecf-wise), he likely will have a high heart rate, as the heart becomes a very inefficient pump. As the heart is a muscle, and its rate of contraction and of expansion is dependent on this acid base balance. But instead, one is led to believe by doctors that his blood is high in potassium, and patients are told to stop eating anything high in potassium. The reality is not so, but it involves potassium in the cells coming to the rescue by exchanging the more acidic hydronium ion in the blood with the more alkaline potassium ion in the cell inner boundaries that serve as a barrier between the cell and the ecf.
In this adaptation by the body, the tradeoff is that the cell becomes unable to control the entry of calcium into it (as potassium no longer regulates calcium entry into the cell), and because the calcium gradient between the cell and ecf is not optimal anymore, muscles cannot contract and expand as easily.
The heart being a muscle, becomes inefficient and has to pump more, and the heart rate becomes greatly increased. This is tachycardia.
But it is caused in reality by poor acid base balance, on the acidic side, and not because of excess potassium in the body.
I hope I am able to provide an instance of why hypothyroidism begets heart problems. And you can imagine how much business our pharma companies and hospitals lose when we can avoid heart problems. And having a normothyroid condition goes a long way in keeping your heart healthy. And you can take this to your bank, and not the crooked medical and insurance system's bank.
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@splithead_ said in Dr. Broda Barnes vs. Mainstream Medicine:
I just finished Hypothyroidism by Dr. Broda Barnes and I've found it convincing, but almost too good to be true.
A major claim like "94% of those who...should have been candidates for heart attacks during the study were protected from them by thyroid therapy," across a 1500 person sample, seems shockingly high and worthy of much more research. My question is then, with such a massive success rate, why haven't these therapies been explored further by mainstream medicine? As stated in the book, they are much cheaper than the standard treatments, but that can't be the only reason, can it?
Forgive me if this has been answered elsewhere or is a dumb question. Still new to this.
Spend a little time over on the American Thyroid Association's website for clarification of the situation. Since you've already read Broda Barnes' book, compare and contrast the rational logic in it with the outright criminality of the ATA's dogmatic position (delineated here). The ATA has a stranglehold on treatment for hypothyroidism. The ATA's position is taken as the incontestable TRUTH by the American Medical Association and any doctor not kowtowing to this holy grail will be subject to license revocation.
My new GP has informed me that I am not hypothyroid because my TSH is below .01 and he intends to revoke my prescription desiccated thyroid medication just as soon as my 83 year old endocrinologist retires. The prior 5-6 doctors over the past 50 years were also mistaken, you see. This GP thinks the ATA is the brilliant distributor of sanctified TRUTH; I think they are a criminal enterprise and should be RICOed.
Ray Peat explained it here: https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/thyroid.shtml
Since the American Heart Association is still promoting polyunsaturated fats as "heart healthy", I'm pretty sure they are active participants in this ongoing organized crime.
Making people healthy has never been the goal.
