Today, the silent epidemic of thyroid disease is not only a universal phenomenon but also a reflection of how people have lost their collective voice. Silence and powerlessness go hand in hand. When we suppress our ability to speak our truth, we manifest it in the physical. Women are ten times more likely than men to be diagnosed with thyroid disease, of which 80 percent is considered autoimmune. What is happening?
Autoimmunity exits when the body decides that healthy cells are foreign invaders and mounts an attack against itself. In this unfortunate case of “friendly fire,” our bodies become reluctant victims of our environment and of our choices—from the foods we eat to the thoughts we think. The attack of Self defines the Age of Victimhood. We are the cause of our disease. Victimhood is not only a state of dependency but also a wake-up call. In autoimmune disease, the moment you stop attacking yourself is the moment antibodies cease to exist.
In Free Your Voice: Heal Your Thyroid, Reverse Thyroid Disease Naturally, I share my story of disease reversal, alongside the published science, showing that thyroid disease is really iodine deficiency disease. Iodine is an essential trace mineral from food and is needed by every cell in the body. The body requires 12.5 g/day of iodine for full sufficiency. Of that, the thyroid takes 6 mg/day, the breasts take 5 mg, and the other glands, including the ovaries, grab about 2 mg.
Few conventional doctors know of the connection between iodine deficiency, low thyroid function, and fibrocystic breast disease, but the link is real. When iodine is replenished in the body, fibrocysts reverse. Since eighty-four percent of women with thyroid disease have fibrocystic breasts, it makes good sense to be informed of all the options if humanity hopes to heal this epidemic.
Iodine is critical to health and vitality because it is the main component of thyroid hormone, which is required by every cell in the body. Iodine regulates the flow of energy and restores the heat of metabolism. Metabolism turns food into energy, regulates heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature.
The thyroid is part of the endocrine system and works in concert with all the glands, including the heart. When the thyroid is out of balance, you may experience up to 300 related symptoms of dis-ease.
The greater the thyroid function, the more energetic, quick thinking, and sensitive the individual. The lower the thyroid function, the less energetic, slow thinking, and less sensitive. Sensitivity is a function of the connection between endocrine and nervous systems. Underlying the flow of energy is the amount of activated iodine in the body.
Free Your Voice: Heal Your Thyroid is heavily referenced so you can follow-up with your own research. The book traces the historical use of iodine in healing many diseases, and goes beyond the physical body, to the emotional body and the spiritual body. From the seen to the unseen, since health and disease is found in all our aspects. For those looking for specific tools, a guide to medicinal foods and herbs is found in the Appendices under “Back to Basics.”
In presenting the science as a backdrop to my story of my reversal, I offer an option to the mindset of “living with disease,” so you can make informed choices and heal yourself. As part of Nature, health is our natural state. If disease is a departure from health, it follows that if we observe Natural Law and honor the body’s self-regenerating power, disease can be reversed and health restored.
Female hands performing muscle testing at Theta healing session.
Healing is a birthright. Yet, under a climate of mandates, censorship, and oppressive policies, it is becoming clear that the only rights we have are those we are willing to defend.
This book also serves as a reminder that the power to heal comes from the freedom to choose, whether it is food as medicine, herbs as medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, aromatherapy, energy medicine, chiropractic, or allopathic medicine. Since your choices ultimately lead toward health or disease, your health becomes your responsibility.
When you focus attention, and intention, to healing vs. disease you begin to replenish your reserves. If you don’t invest in yourself, who will? If you don’t love and respect yourself, why should anyone else? As soon as you decide to love yourself, you claim your inheritance as a healer. If I was able to reverse thyroid disease naturally, so can you.
Rosanne Lindsay is a writer, blogger, and Naturopath and Herbalist. She is the author of two books, The Nature of Healing: Heal the Body, Heal the Planet, and her story of thyroid disease reversal: Free Your Voice, Heal Your Thyroid, Reverse Thyroid Disease Naturally. Find her at Nature of Healing on Facebook. Consult with Rosanne to create a custom healing protocol via Skype or Zoom or phone. Contact her at natureofhealing.org. Subscribe to her blog for updates at https://www.natureofhealing.org/blog/.
