Hypothyroidism increases deaths from infections, heart attacks, cancer and emphysema, Mark Starr, MD

Thyroid expert, Broda Barnes, MD, PhD found that heart attacks increased in Graz, Austria from one in 125 to one in 14 after antibiotics were introduced which prevented early deaths from tuberculosis, Mark Starr, MD notes in this audio clip.

After analyzing 70,000 autopsies, Barnes also noted that prior to 1945 when antibiotics were introduced, people dying of tuberculosis had advanced atherosclerosis in their coronary arteries. After the introduction of antibiotics which prevented these deaths, deaths from heart attacks increased nearly 9-fold, from one in 125 deaths, to one in 14 deaths.

Barnes also found that those dying of heart attacks, had evidence that they had had tuberculosis in their lungs.

He then realized that hypothyroidism was the cause of both conditions.

He also found that deaths from various cancers and emphysema increased 3-fold or more, suggesting to Barnes that hypothyroidism increases the risk of cancer and emphysema, and that treated people with desiccated thyroid might reduce the risk.

(In a speech Barnes gave, he noted that cancer deaths in his patients treated with desiccated thyroid were about half the national average in the U.S.)

Here is a short audio clip of Dr. Starr talking about this in a speech he gave at a 2007 Orthomolecular Conference.

Broda Barnes, MD, PhD’s background

Broda Barnes MD PhD obtain a Masters [degree] in biochemistry at Case Western [University] in 1928…

[He got] his PhD from the University in Chicago… in physiology of the thyroid gland in 1930.

He taught endocrinology there and… taught medical students before he became an endocrinologist.

Broda Barnes Website — BrodaBarnes.org

There is a research foundation in his name.

BrodaBarnes.org

Broda Barnes’s discover that hypothyroidism is a major cause of cardiovascular disease

He travelled to Graz, Austria.

His patients [ on natural desiccated thyroid ] were not suffering heart attacks.

He knew from his research that accelerated atherosclerosis was one of the main symptoms of low thyroid.

In the mid-1900’s, heart attacks [ increased, but ] his patients were not having them.

In Graz, Austria… a queen in the late 1800’s mandated that everyone [ who died in the hospital in Graz ] have an autopsy.

Since that time, about 75% of deaths have been autopsied…

Broda Barnes was keen on autopsies… because they are pretty hard to refute.

Broda Barnes analyzed 70,000 autopsy reports in Graz, Austria

He studied 70,000 consecutive autopsies [ in Graz, Austria. ]

He travelled over there every summer for [ about ] 18 summers.

Broda Barnes’s paper on his findings from the 70,000 autopsies

After 70,000 autopsy reviews, he and the head pathologist, Dr. Ratzenhofer, published a paper, that I would urge everyone to read…

“The role of natural consequences and the changing death patterns.”
It was in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Association published in 1974.

Barnes BO, Ratzenhofer M, Gisi R. The role of natural consequences in the changing death patterns. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1974 Apr;22(4):176-9.

Most of these changes came after 1945.

In a little more than 25 years, in Graz, [ Austria ],
heart attacks went from 1 in 125 [ deaths ], to 1 in 14 [ deaths ]
after the introduction of antibiotics and [ anti-tuberculosis drugs ].

Emphysema increased 370%

Emphysema climbed 370%
[after antibiotics prevented early deaths from tuberculosis, suggesting to Barnes that hypothyroidism may increase the risk of emphysema, and treating it with natural desiccated thyroid might help to protect against it. ]

Prostate cancer increased 361%

Prostate cancer [ increased ] 361%
[after antibiotics prevented early deaths from tuberculosis, suggesting to Barnes that hypothyroidism may increase the risk of prostate cancer, and treating it with natural desiccated thyroid might help to protect against it. ]

Cancer in Children cancer increased 349%

Cancer in children [ increased ] 349%
[after antibiotics prevented early deaths from tuberculosis, suggesting to Barnes that hypothyroidism may increase the risk of cancer, and treating it with natural desiccated thyroid might help to protect against it. ]

Lung Cancer increased 300%

Lung cancer [ increased ] 300%
[after antibiotics prevented early deaths from tuberculosis, suggesting to Barnes that hypothyroidism may increase the risk of lung cancer, and treating it with natural desiccated thyroid might help to protect against it. ]

The people who used to get [ tuberculosis ] were over 20 times more likely to develop lung cancer than those who were not carriers of [ tuberculosis ].

Deaths from infections decreased by 56%

Deaths from infections decreased by 56%...
[ This was due to the introduction of antibiotics and anti-tuberculosis drugs. ]

Deaths from malignancies increased 27%

Deaths from malignancies increased 27%.
[ suggesting to Barnes that hypothyroidism may increase the risk of cancer, and treating it with natural desiccated thyroid might help to protect against it. ]

Deaths from degenerative diseases increased 44%

Deaths from degenerative diseases increased 44%.
[ suggesting to Barnes that hypothyroidism may increase the risk of degenerative diseases, and treating it with natural desiccated thyroid might help to protect against it. ]

Deaths from accidents also went up.

Not due to diet, but rather due to untreated hypothyroidism

I would propose that the Austrians weren’t eating [ McDonald’s ] Big Macs and drinking tons of Coca Cola back then.

This is NOT a phenomenon of diet [ but rather a problem of hypothyroidism. ]

During World War II, the rate of tuberculosis went way up… in Graz, [ Austria ].

The number of heart attacks went down. The rate of [ tuberculosis ] did not go up in the United States. The rate of heart attacks did not go down. The rate of [ tuberculosis ] went up slightly in London. The rate of heart attacks went up slightly.

The autopsies showed that people who were dying of tuberculosis during that time had grade 4 atherosclerosis of their coronary arteries.

After they introduced the anti-tuberculosis drugs and antibiotics… 4 years later [ after these drugs were introduced ], people who were dying of heart attacks, had [ tuberculosis ] in their lungs.

This monumental work has been buried

This is monumental work that has been buried.

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I encourage you to read both books

I encourage people to read both Mark Starr’s wonderful book Hypothyroidism Type 2: The Epidemic, and Broda Barnes’s wonderful book Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness.

Both books are enlightening. Dr. Starr learned about hypothyroidism from Broda Barnes, however, Dr. Starr also went back and read all the old medical literature going back more than 100 years, and his book also contains a lot of pictures from old medical journals which are fascinating. Dr. Starr also talks about hypothyroidism in relationship to Alzheimer’s disease, which Barnes does not.

Thyroid blood tests will NOT detect Type 2 Hypothyroidism and miss many other cases of hypothyroidism

My impression is that modern medicine has been mislead into believing that thyroid tests (TSH levels) are the perfect way to detect hypothyroidism, when Broda Barnes, Mark Starr and others have found that blood tests are NOT accurate and that many people with normal TSH levels have hypothyroidism and can benefit greatly from being treated with adequate doses of desiccated thyroid.

Modern medicine has forgotten about the tremendous benefits of desiccated thyroid

I also believe that medicine has forgotten about the tremendous benefits of using adequate doses of desiccated thyroid for many conditions such as:

Lowering cholesterol and protecting against heart attacks and cardiovascular disease (94% protection in Barnes’s patients)

1.) Lowering cholesterol and providing tremendous protection against heart disease—94% lower risk of heart attacks among Broda Barnes patients treated with desiccated thyroid than subjects in the Framingham Study;

Congestive Heart Failure cured with desiccated thyroid; Enlarged hearts shrink back to normal size

2.) Treating congestive heart failure, shrinking enlarged hearts back to normal size in a matter of weeks. (Yes, really. See the X-rays from old medical journals of enlarged hearts that shrank back to normal size in Mark Starr’s book.);

Depression And Fatigue: Why not try desiccated thyroid first?

3.) Treating depression and fatigue. (Shouldn’t desiccated thyroid be tried first BEFORE ever trying an SSRI or another antidepressant? Yes, of course it should, but, unfortunately, the drug companies don’t want doctors or the public to know this, so instead, they have convinced the world that their drugs are the answer when, in fact, the data shows that people given these drugs do WORSE in the long run than depressed people who are given NO drugs. Imagine that.)

High Blood Pressure: Why not try desiccated thyroid (along with potassium bicarbonate) first?

4.) Treating high blood pressure. (The explanation that Broda Barnes gave in a speech as to why low thyroid can cause elevated blood pressure is that low thyroid reduces circulation to the kidneys which causes the blood pressure to rise, and that giving desiccated thyroid improves circulation to the kidneys which lowers blood pressure. However, I have a simpler explanation which is that low thyroid decreases cardiac output. Mark Starr notes that hypothyroidism can lower cardiac output by 50%. When this occurs, the body, in its infinite wisdom, says, “No problem. I will simply constrict blood vessels throughout the body and raise blood pressure to compensate for this lowered cardiac output.” So when a person is given desiccated thyroid, cardiac output increases, and the body can then relax the blood vessels throughout the body, and blood pressure drops.

Fertility Problems: Why not try desiccated thyroid first?

5.) Fertility problems and menstrual problems. (With fertility problems, shouldn’t desiccated thyroid be tried first? Yes, of course it should! This seems like a no-brainer to me. There is almost no risk to trying this. The worst thing that can happen is that the man or woman is giving too much thyroid, and they get some tremor or palpitations or can’t sleep for one night. But then all you’d have to do is lower the dose the next day, and the problem is gone. This is the very first thing that I would try if I was an infertile couple. It seems to me that you have nothing to lose. I’d call Dr. Mark Starr and ask for his guidance on dosage on this and what to look out for.

Alzheimer’s Disease: Why not try desiccated thyroid first?

6.) Treating Alzheimer’s Disease. I would try desiccated thyroid in anyone with Alzheimer’s also. Again, this is a very low-risk idea. Dr. Starr presents evidence that the symptoms of Alzheimer’s is very similar to hypothyroidism. He believes is a cellular energy problem that can be corrected with desiccated thyroid. However, at this moment in time, it appears that NO ONE ELSE HAS RECOGNIZED THIS. Desiccated thyroid increases circulation. Maybe 10 years on TV, they showed a patient with Alzheimer’s who had dramatic improvement immediately circulation to the brain was improved by doing a radical surgery to attach a long strip of fat from the belly to the brain. The results were dramatic and immediate, suggesting that much of Alzheimer’s might be due to a lack of circulation to the brain.

Frequent Infections: Why not try desiccated thyroid first?

7.) Frequent infections. Broda Barnes notes that low thyroid increases susceptibility to infections, and that giving desiccated thyroid improves resistance to infections. He said it takes about 2 months for the resistance to increase. He also said that he had never given a flu shot to any of his patients since he got out of the military. He also noted that he had not had a patient in the hospital with pneumonia for 15 years or more.

Any Medical Condition Where No Cause Can Be Found: Why not try desiccated thyroid first?

8.) Any condition where a doctor can’t find the cause. Broda Barnes mentions this in a speech he gave in the 1970’s. He said if you have a patient with complaints, and you can’t find anything else wrong, try giving desiccated thyroid. Dr. Starr and Dr. Barnes talk about numerous conditions that respond to desiccated thyroid in his book such as chronic fatigue, hypoglycemia, nail problems, skin problems, acne, hearing problems, dizziness and vertigo, bladder problems, bleeding problems and bruising, headaches and migraines, cholesterol, cancer, obesity, diabetes, behavioral problems, and Attention Deficit Disorder. Why not try desiccated thyroid first? I would contact Dr. Starr to figure out the appropriate dose necessary. My impression is that most doctors have been mislead into believing that they should only give Synthroid (synthetic T4) instead of desiccated thyroid, which is absolutely NOT true, and that larger doses of desiccated thyroid which are necessary in most patients with hypothyroidism—an average dose of 3.5 grains (210 mg) of desiccated thyroid shown in a table in Dr. Starr’s book, and he notes that he started out taking 4 grains (240 mg), and now takes 3 grains (180 mg) of desiccated thyroid—are unsafe, which is also NOT true. My guess is that the reason for this is that the supposed “equivalent dose” of Synthroid that large would cause many problems and is rarely used, so doctors have reverse engineered it to believe that larger doses of desiccated thyroid should not be used, but this is NOT true. You can ask Dr. Starr about this.

Quotes about Dr. Starrs book

“I believe everyone needs to review Mark Starrs book.

“He has a vital message to share about the many people who do not realize they have low thyroid, because standard thyroid tests do not show it.

“Mark Starrs dedication to research, and his devoted study with the old masters, have made him an international expert on thyroid and iodine.”

—Dr. Garry Gordon, Co-Founder of the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM)

“This is an astonishing book revealing the cause and successful treatment for obesity, heart attacks, depression, diabetes, strokes, headaches, chronic fatigue and many more. His in-depth research and discussion of how environmental toxins can interfere with thyroid hormones is groundbreaking and enlightening for us all.”

—Robban Sica, MD

“This is the most significant compilation of medical research ever published in the area of hypothyroidism.

“Over a century of irrefutable scientific evidence is presented in a concise and readable format for laypeople and doctors alike.”
—Mark Starr, MD writing about his own book

Dr. Starr’s Contact Information

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21st Century Pain & Sports Medicine
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Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
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http://21centurymed.com
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