Here is an audio clip of thyroid expert, Broda Barnes, MD, PhD (1906-1988), author of the book Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness noting that 80% of his hypothyroid patients who had elevated blood pressure, had their blood pressure come down to normal when given desiccated thyroid.

Broda Barnes, MD, PhD believed that about 40% of Americans have hypothyroidism.

Broda Barnes, MD, PhD gave doses of up to 4 grains of desiccated thyroid per day.

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People given natural desiccated thyroid had 94% fewer heart attacks, an 18-fold decrease, in Broda Barnes MD PhD's patients compared to the risk of heart attack in the famous Framingham study, Mark Starr, MD notes in this audio clip from a speech he gave at a 2007 Orthomolecular Conference. Read the entire article | Email this article

Low thyroid can cause infertility and menstrual problems.

This was discovered back in the 1800's, but seems to have been forgotten about by modern medicine.

Below is information on this from Mark Starr, MD's wonderful book, "Hypothyroidism Type 2" and Broda Barnes, MD, PhD's wonderful book, "Hypothyroidism the Unsuspected Illness".

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Hypothyroidism is the major cause of cardiovascular disease according thyroid expert, Broda Barnes, MD, PhD, author of Hypothyroidism, The Unsuspected Illness.

He also notes that in his patients on desiccated thyroid, there were 94 percent fewer heart attacks than were predicted by the famous Framingham Study.

This two-minute audio clip is from from a speech he gave called “The Importance of Thyroid Therapy in Preventive Medicine”. The text of the audio clip is below. Read the entire article | Email this article

Hypothyroidism increases the risk of cancer according to Broda Barnes, MD, PhD, someone who studied thyroid for more than 50 years.

He also notes that in his patients on desiccated thyroid, the incidence of cancer was about half that of the national average.

This one-minute audio clip is from from a speech he gave called “The Importance of Thyroid Therapy in Preventive Medicine”. The text of the audio clip is below. Read the entire article | Email this article

“One of the cardinal symptoms [of low thyroid]... is a susceptibility to infections,” Broda Barnes, MD, PhD said in a speech he gave called “The Importance of Thyroid Therapy in Preventive Medicine”.

This 3-minute audio clip is from his speech. The text of the audio clip is below. Read the entire article | Email this article

An 18-year-old girl lost 158 lbs in two years, dropping from 295 lbs to 137 lbs, on a 1300 calorie per day high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet as detailed in the book Hypothyroidism, The Unsuspected Illness (1976) by Broda Barnes, MD, PhD (Chapter 15, pages 256-275). Read the entire article | Email this article