“People who promote an anti-grain or anti-gluten agenda sometimes cite our work in celiac disease, drawing far-ranging conclusions that extend well beyond evidence-based medicine.”  One popular claim, is that wheat-based foods trigger inflammation throughout the body, which could contribute to “brain fog”  like Alzheimer’s. But while diets heavy in carbohydrates and sugars may, over time, lead to neural damage, whole wheat is still better than other energy sources, such as potatoes, since it releases its sugars more slowly.”

Peter Green at Columbia University

“I want every person who leaves this to be as healthy as possible when they leave. We all give up stiffness in knees, backs, joint pain stuff. You don’t want to give up your brain.”

Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday.

“Folic acid is a B vitamin. It helps the body make healthy new cells. Everyone needs folic acid. For women who may get pregnant, it is really important.”

MedlinePlus

Drugs can slow down the overproduction of thyroid hormone in hyperthyroidism. Two common antithyroid medicines are methimazole and propylthiouracil.   A common med for under production of it is synthroid.”

Wed MD

“A normal adult thyroid gland weighs 10 to 20 g and the thyroid secretes two hormones. Thyroxine (T₄) makes about 90% of hormone production, and triiodothyronine (T₃) produces the other 10%. Peripheral tissues convert T₄ to T₃, and most of T₃ is derived from T₄.”

Cleveland Clinic (center for continuing education)

“The thyroid cells take up iodine with particular avidity and are able to store it up in great quantities.”

Emil Theodur Kocher (25 August 1841 – 27 July 1917) was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid.

“HPV causes the production of 2 proteins known as E6 and E7 which turn off some tumor suppressor genes. This may allow the cervical lining cells to grow too much and to develop changes in additional genes, which in some cases will lead to cancer.”

“Cervical cancer begins in the cervix, the narrow organ at the bottom of the uterus that connects to the vagina. The cervix dilates during childbirth to allow for passage of a baby.”

Cancer Treatments of America