As far as calcium deposits - I've read that is caused by not "just" TOO much calcium in the body but more likely not enough absorbable or useable calcium.
On Mar 20, 2007, at 10:50 PM, zeb caffe wrote: [snipped]
> Speaking of plaque desposits, does anyone know whatOne of the 9 hormones that the thyroid puts out, called 'Calcitonin', is responsible for detecting calcium and then depositing it where it belongs. If you have an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), then you will have a deficiency in calcitonin too. This will eventually cause your bones to suffer (osteoporosis), your muscles to suffer (leg cramps, muscle weakness, even heart problems, since your heart is a muscle too), and you won't be able to absorb calcium (or Vitamin D and phosphorus) properly.
> it means if you have calcium deposits scattered throughout the body? I
> have them in lungs, renal pelvis,tonsils and lymph glands.
Hypothyroidism leads to other serious health issues too. It's a known cause of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, weight gain, slow metabolism, osteoporosis, edema, inflammation, weakness, fatigue, depression, muscle and organ atrophy, memory loss, anxiety, a feeling of being 'spaced' out, dementia, psychiatric symptoms, irritability - -- lots of diseases and symptoms the pharmaceutical companies make drugs for. It's the most underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed condition in the country.
It doesn't make sense that the medical community prescribes calcitonin for osteoporosis right off the bat, instead of going to the source of the problem by prescribing the full spectrum of natural thyroid hormones (Armour). Everyone's thyroid slows down with age, and older folks are the ones who get osteoporosis. If the thyroid was working well, there'd be no need to supplement calcitonin, and if there's a deficiency of that, then there must also be a deficiency of the other 8 thyroid hormones as well. But, I guess making us 100% well isn't really the goal. [sigh]
Anyway, to determine if you have an underactive thyroid, all you have to do is take your temperature. Taking one's temperature and going by 'symptoms' is how underactive thyroids were diagnosed before there was such a thing as lab tests. Just take your temperature first thing in the A.M. before rising out of bed. Or, take it then, and then again once or twice throughout the day for 3 days straight and average them all out. If they are, or average out to be under 98.2, then you'll know you're hypothyroid.
Hope this helps.
Jodi
