Levothyroxine

[Matheous-2]

Any ABrs approached their GP on substituting coconut oil for prescribed meds?
-What was the response?
I just read this & similar.....

http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/get-off-your-thyroid-medication-and-start-consuming-coconut-oil/

[Sqad]

Oh! dear.........no I haven't suggested this to my GP nor will I.

Yes.....we all know that the most commonest form of an under-active thyroid is auto -immune disease and this process has caused the thyroid gland to sop producing thyroxine. The horse has already bolted and to attack the auto-immune aspect by coconut oil or anything else is just too late.

Up to you folks.....one little tablet a day or coconut oil......I will stick to the tablets.

[DTCwordfan]

and I will keep my mater on her dosage, the last thing I need is her hypo (or even hyper).

[Tilly2]

So will, I but I'm not sure my dosage is correct. I think I need more. I'm very, very grumpy!

[Buenchico]

The domain name from Matheous's link is owned by Sophia Media. Their own website states "Sophia Media specializes in alternative health publication and advertising".

The Health Impact News website says:
"Coconut Health: This is our area of specialty (sic), being the leading publisher on Coconut Health since 2001". Call me an old cynic but it occurs to me that a genuinely independent and unbiased website wouldn't have spent one and a half decades promoting a particular product without ever publishing any evidence to counter the claims made for that product!

This is the original site which Health Impact News grew out of:
http://coconutoil.com/
Apparently coconut oil is good for treating Alzheimer's disease (even, possibly, reversing it!), diabetes, a vast range of skin problems, dandruff, both bacterial and viral infections and hypothyroidism (even though they can't be bothered to spell it correctly), while increasing energy levels and promoting weight loss. Reading through that lot, we might as well abandon most medical research and simply start consuming vast quantities of coconut oil!

I also note that the same website has a "How I found God" section, which even the most fervently-religious scientists might regard as somewhat out of place on a website which claims to be reviewing scientific evidence.

The only valid statements, from genuine researchers, about coconut oil appear to be those stating that it should NOT be taken as a dietary supplement, such as this one from Heart UK:
https://heartuk.org.uk/latest-news/article/heart-uks-statement-on-coconut-oil

[roopower]

I'll keep taking the tablets too. I'm stable, checked annually, and want to stay so

[Matheous-2]

I do appreciate all advice and opinions.....and I'm probably too old to turn to healthy alternatives, however, I do tend to think overall the 'medical establishment' worldwide doesn't have a great track record vs 'health alternatives' -Perhaps that's another AB questions!

Thanks anyway, -if I was younger I would be checking out all natural remedies as I do have some mistrust with our NHS - Looks like I will just have to go with the tablets....