Being a Vegetarian and the use of desiccated natural thyroid

When someone choo­ses to be a Vege­ta­rian, it means to forgo the die­tary con­sump­tion of meat, fish, and poultry. The term Vegan refer to vege­ta­rians who not only abs­tain from the meat of ani­mals, but also any ani­mal pro­ducts, such as milk, cheese, eggs and rela­ted dairy pro­ducts. Vege­ta­rians and Vegans might also choose to avoid the use wool, silk, & leather in their clothes, shoes, or other pro­ducts, as well as honey & down feathers.

Why does someone choose to be a vege­ta­rian? A variety of rea­sons can pro­pel one to choose to be either a vege­ta­rian or a vegan: health, reli­gious con­cerns, com­pas­sion for ani­mals or anti-cruelty, a belief in non-violence, or even the dis­like of meat. A sma­ller group might choose the Vege­ta­rian route for eco­no­mic reasons.

What about desic­ca­ted thy­roid like Naturethroid,Westhroid, Erfa’s Thy­roid, Thyroid-S, Armour etc being made from pig thy­roid? Since presc­rip­tion desic­ca­ted natu­ral thy­roid pro­ducts are made from the thy­roid of pigs, the choice to use them may be dif­fi­cult. So there is one alter­na­tive to explore: com­bi­ning synthe­tic T4 (Synth­roid, Levoxyl, Levothy­ro­xine, etc) along with synthe­tic T3 (Cytomel).

But there is a caveat you’ll have to accept:  patients who have tried taking synthe­tic T4/T3 report they simply didn’t get the exce­llent results they got when they tried desic­ca­ted natu­ral thy­roid,  which con­tains exactly what your own thy­roid would be pro­du­cing: T4, T3, T2, T1 and cal­ci­to­nin. But it’s still a way around the vege­ta­rian pro­blem, with some bene­fit, even if sadly less effective.

Can I as a vege­ta­rian look dif­fe­rently at this? Another alter­na­tive is to con­si­der the stance taken by Serene Shick. Serene is a vegan and Mes­sia­nic. She found her­self with many symp­toms of hypothy­roid, and did a great deal of research. She conc­lu­ded that desic­ca­ted thy­roid like Natu­reth­roid, Armour etc. was her treat­ment of choice, in spite of her vegan choice:

All the evi­dence points to this being the supe­rior medi­ca­tion for this ill­ness, although most docs want to give the synthe­tics. Armour is all natu­ral, which appeals to me in spite of the fact that it is deri­ved from pigs. As you know, being vegan and Mes­sia­nic, this doesn’t sit well, but I have come to believe that what makes my body/brain/temple per­form opti­mally takes pre­ce­dence over the desire to exc­lude all ani­mal pro­ducts from my diet as well as the mitz­vah against pork. It is a very tiny amount and I am already fee­ling inc­re­dibly bet­ter: my thin­king is clea­rer, I feel more in con­trol of my emo­tions, and I am actually having fre­quent moments of real joy! So I am cer­tain that YHVH has led me to this dis­co­very. The above is quo­ted from here: www.supernaturalself.com/Hypothyroid.htm

BOTTOM LINE: yes, you can use the synthe­tic T3 and synthe­tic T4, get some bene­fit, even if less effec­tive. Addi­tio­nally, there can be good rea­son to use des­si­ca­ted thy­roid all along, in spite of being a Vege­ta­rian.

STORIES OF OTHER VEGETARIANS:

• Read A.M.‘s thy­roid treat­ment story, where even though being an ovo-lacto vege­ta­rian since a child, she deci­ded that desic­ca­ted thy­roid was her best choice, and espe­cially for pregnancy.

• And here’s the thr­yoid page about L of UK’s story of having been a vege­ta­rian for many years, and not taking the use of desic­ca­ted thy­roid lightly.

• Here is the story of a UK vege­ta­rian with both hypothy­roi­dism and adre­nal fati­gue who found out that she nee­ded to rein­tro­duce meats in her life.

Have a story to share about being a Vegan and still choo­sing natu­ral desic­ca­ted thy­roid? Use the Con­tact Me form below.

To read about Jewish res­tric­tions con­cer­ning the use of pork, and the use of desic­ca­ted thy­roid, go to this thy­roid page.

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