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Weight-reducing herbal medicines may be toxic to the thyroid |
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CONDITIONS AND DISEASES PREVENTED AND HELPED BY A LOW-CARB DIET
ACNE ADHD AGGRESSION ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AMENORRHOEA ANAEMIA ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS ANOREXIA ARTHRITIS ATHEROSCLEROSIS AUTISM CANCER (GENERAL) CANCER (BREAST) CANCER (COLON) CANCER (SKIN) CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CATARACT CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER CELIAC DISEASE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE CORONARY HEART DISEASE CONSTIPATION CRIMINALITY CROHN'S DISEASE DEATH DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS DEPRESSION DENTAL CARIES DETOX DIABETES DIVERTICULAR DISEASE DRY-EYE SYNDROME EPILEPSY GALLSTONES GASTRIC REFLUX GLAUCOMA HEARING LOSS HYPERTENSION IMMUNITY TO INFECTIONS INSULIN RESISTANCE INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME KIDNEY STONES KIDNEY FAILURE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MACULAR DEGENERATION MEMORY (POOR) MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MYOPIA NEPHROPATHY NEUROPATHY OBESITY OSTEOARTHRITIS OSTEOMALACIA OSTEOPOROSIS PARKINSON'S DISEASE PCOS PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE RETINOPATHY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RESISTANCE TO AUTHORITY RICKETS SCHIZOPHRENIA SICKLE CELL ANEMIA SLOW GROWTH STOMACH ULCERS STROKES SUICIDE ULCERATIVE COLITIS ULCERS (STOMACH) |
COMMENT: The thyroid gland controls the rate at which your body uses energy and increasing thyroid hormones increases the rate at which energy is used. But the thyroid also controls a wide range of other body hormones and functions. Playing about with the body's hormone system is not without risk. Drugs may be effective in controlling infectious diseases, but they are rarely the best option in non-infectious conditions such as overweight. The safest way to lose weight and maintain a normal weight is with a low-carb, high-fat diet based on natural foods. Last updated 30 April 2005 |
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