As I continue on my journey, I am finding that the weight is finally starting to budge. That in itself is wonderful; I have tried so many diets; WW 3 times, Atkins, Blood Type, Low Carb, and some I can't remember! None worked for very long because of my under-diagnosed and severely under-treated hypothyroidism, which is now also Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. When will doctors get it? What is needed is a radical change in how hypothryoidism is looked at, diagnosed, and treated. I, and so many others, didn't and don't need to suffer with this. Children in particular don't need to suffer with this. There are so many things that can affect the thyroid and adrenals also. Soda is terrible for anyone, never mind the weight gain; it is nutritionally devoid and has other things in it. Coffee can hold you up for a while, but if you are not treated you WILL crash eventually. We need to radically change what we eat and eat to live, rather than live to eat. Fluorides, Chlorine, bromides and others in this family of poisons replace iodine in your body, which it needs to live. Fluorides are poison; they are NOT good for teeth. These substances will replace the iodine your body needs, especially for thyroid function, leaving you deficient in iodine.

We also need a change at the governmental level. The FDA is basically a facist organization powered by the Pharmaceutical Companies, who push their drugs on the citizens of this country without regards and not caring for the harm they are doing; profit is the important thing, not people. I am so tired of the grip the Pharmaceutical Companies have in this country. And the politicians from BOTH parties should be ashamed of themselves for the blood money they take from these companies, who put profit above health and whose greed is well on its way to ruining the health of many. Both Democrats and Republicans take money from these companies. Check the websites that track this sort of thing and you will be in for a shocker. Americans need to wake up. Drugs and more drugs are not the answer. They mask symptoms while leaving the root cause untreated in so many cases. Hypothyroidism being a case in point. If you are untreated hypothyroid, you may have depression, you may also have elevated blood pressure, in addition to digestive and bowel problems such as consitpation; very dry skin, hair loss, menstrual problems for women, even an inability to conceive and carry a baby. Getting the proper treatment for this one big problem can alleviate all the above by treating the root cause: hypothyroidism. You need to have blood tests for not just the TSH, but also for FreeT3 and FreeT4 as they are much more indicative of thyroid function than TSH, which is a pituitary hormone that tells the thyroid to make more thyroid hormones. What is also needed is both tests for Hashi's to eliminate it, plus a 24 hour saliva test from a reputable lab to check for adreanl function. No one deserves to spend their entire life sick. It is not in our heads; it is in our thyroids and needs attention before things get out of hand. There ARE good doctors out there; they are hard to find, but they are well worth the search.