What you are about to read is a new theory about the cause and prevention of thyroid disease. We believe that a simple lifestyle that characterizes modern life leads to thyroid dysfunction. This is something you can check for yourself. And the concept itself will change the way science thinks about the function of the thyroid gland.
If this is correct, this theory can significantly reduce the need for drugs to treat the thyroid gland and can help prevent thyroid disease, which can lead to a significant loss of income for the multibillion-dollar industry of thyroid treatment. This information exists before it is communicated directly to the public without peer review, since reviewers are part of this manufacturing industry.
The problem is related to the well-known feature of the thyroid gland, something that everyone knows about the thyroid gland, but is not recognized as an important function. This is due to the location of the organ.
The thyroid gland is located directly below and partially around the cartilage of the thyroid gland or Adam's apple in the throat. Throw back your head and feel that the most prominent cartilage sticks out. This is the apple of Adam. Beneath it is your butterfly gland.
While the thyroid gland is outside the apple of Adam, inside is the larynx or the voice box. You can say this by putting your hand on the thyroid and singing. Try it. Hum said: "MMMMMMMMM." Then say it louder and louder until you scream. You will feel the vibration of the thyroid gland. The louder you buzz, the more it vibrates.
What happens to the thyroid when it vibrates? The thyroid gland is filled with a gel-like material, which is a form of thyroid hormone. The gel releases a hormone during a massage of the thyroid gland, so massage therapists avoid a throat session for patients with hyperthyroidism. There are also medical studies that show that some types of occupational vibration cause damage to the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is clearly subject to vibration.
Therefore, it is logical to conclude that vibration of the thyroid gland using your voice also stimulates the release of thyroid hormone. This is the natural mechanism that the body has on stimulating the thyroid gland. It also explains why Nature designed the thyroid gland to surround the voice chamber. In her wisdom, Nature has developed the way in which our level of activity can influence our function of the thyroid gland.
It makes sense if you consider the function of the thyroid hormone. This hormone is responsible for the overall level of metabolism. Too many thyroid hormones, and you essentially burn. Too low and you can not start your fire. Therefore, when your life is full of excitement and stimulation, and you talk a lot, sing or shout, your thyroid gland is stimulated by releasing more hormones, kindling your fires and maintaining your energy. When you have a time of calm and tranquility, your voice calms down and your fire is turned off.
The throat essentially functions as an indicator of activity, since activity is usually associated with the use of one voice. We are social animals, and our activities usually include other people with whom we communicate using our voice. And this is true for other social animals. Groups of social animals maintain constant vocal contact with each other, be it goose beeps, chickens, dog biting or socializing with people. In all mammals and most vertibrats, the thyroid gland is associated with vocal structures.
What is the question about dumb people? If the thyroid is stimulated by vocalization, and if the person is mute, then you expect the person to have a mined thyroid. Indeed, this is the case. One of the common problems faced by dumb children when they grow up is that their thyroid gland is not functioning properly, and they are soon injected for lifelong treatment of the thyroid gland.
But what if these dumb children had their throats vibrated, sometimes with the help of some kind of voice simulator? Or what if they had a massage thyroid? Of course, something could be done to replace the lost stimulation caused by mutism. Unfortunately, the link between vocalization and thyroid function is not considered, so these therapeutic alternatives to drugs have not been tried.
Of course, mutism is an extreme case of under-using the voice. What about the millions of talking people, mostly women, who are told that they have a low thyroid level and require lifelong treatment and a visit to the doctor? Can some of these people underestimate their voices? People these days do not speak as much as they used to?
When you think about the reality of modern life, this can certainly be the case. For example, people talked with each other in person or by phone. Now, instead of e-mail they are sent by e-mail. We can communicate with people all over the world, but this communication is electronic, not vocal. Then there were evenings when people sat together and read books aloud, told stories and sang songs. People themselves were entertained, and this is usually associated with their voice. Now people silently listen to the iPod, watch videos or surf the Internet. Now we consume entertainment, rather than making our own.
We also have less impact on other people in our daily life. Today, many jobs are associated with little contact with other people, with the exception of the computer. And more people work at home, which further reduces interpersonal contacts. More people live alone due to record numbers of divorce and a general trend towards solitary life. For many people, there is simply no one to talk to.
These people may suffer from their silence, having an undervalued thyroid gland. They can benefit from singing, buzzing, massaging their throats, or even let the purring cat take care of its throat. They need throat stimulation to burn their fire.
On the other hand, there are those who abuse their voices and over-amplify their thyroids. Hyperthyroidism is associated with stress, and many people who stress in their lives scream. A cry actually vibrates the thyroid gland and can cause vibratory trauma. This can lead to the release of large amounts of hormones, which will lead to temporary hyperthyroidism until the vibration injury can be cured. In fact, most cases of an enlarged thyroid gland improve on their own, suggesting that the doctor has not yet destroyed the thyroid gland with radioactive iodine or surgery. We have already recorded several case histories of people who developed hyperthyroidism after they experienced months of stress, which included intestinal screams.
So this is a great discovery. The thyroid gland vibrates when you use your voice, and this stimulates the thyroid gland to a secret hormone. This is another axis for the control of thyroid hormones, as well as a well-known feedback mechanism from the hypothalamus of the brain and pituitary gland. This is what is obvious, and yet has not turned to medicine. It is possible to tell the patient to speak or sing no longer what fits well with the medical pharmacopoeia.
Of course, this theory still needs more research. Despite its sensitivity and supporting evidence mentioned above, it is necessary to conduct biochemical studies. But this research needs to be funded, and pharmaceutical companies and government agencies are probably not interested in funding them (and if they are, beware of the results!) drug and professional fees). You can start singing right now, without, of course, you have a high thyroid gland, in which case you can whisper while.
And tell your friends, especially those who are depressed, quietly, and say that they have a low thyroid gland. This is what they can scream.
