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In the majority of type II diabetics, the underlying cause is an underactive thyroid. Maybe you've already had your thyroid tested and been told that it’s "normal."

The thyroid test that’s most commonly used today is wildly inaccurate.

In today's high stress lifestyle which places large demands, we are under more stress than ever. We're bombarded by stimuli, including electrical via computers and cellular devices, which can produce negative endocrine changes.

High stimuli places large demands on both our thyroid and adrenal glands, causing them to work overtime and sometimes cannot keep pace, not allowing enough active hormones to meet the body's needs.

Moreover, today's depleted soils do not permit sufficient iodine intake to fullfill the body's requirements for optimal functioning.

The thyroid requires sufficient iodine in order to make the active form of thyroid hormone. Beyond sea vegetables and fish, there isn't enough iodine in their diet.

Certainly, iodine has been fortified to salt, known as iodized salt yet with all the anti-salt advice from public health officials, some people have cut back on iodized salt, while others have opted to replace iodized salt with other forms which have little or no iodine in them.

Iodine was once fortified into baked goods, containing as much as 1 milligram of iodine per slice of bread. Due to erroneous information on rat studies, the halide mineral, bromine was put in its place.

Bromine and iodine are known as halogen minerals. Other minerals in the halogen group are fluorine (think fluoride) and chlorine. Being halides or halogen elements means that they can attach to the same receptors in your cells.

Consider for a moment that we are highly subjected to vast quantity of halogen molecules in our food supply and environment. Chlorinated and fluoridated water supplies, bathing in and drinking the water will can can displace iodine in thyroid and tissue cells.

When we eat breads, we often are taking in bromide, which serves to prevent the split top when bread is baked. Bromide is contained in some drinks in the form of brominated vegetable oils.

So while many brush their teeth with fluroide containing toothpastes, cook with fluoride and chlorinated water, eating baked 'goods' with bromide, we are interferring with our thyroids function by displacing iodine with other halogen elements.

These other halogens are taking the iodine seat and as a result, the thyroid gland does not produce adequate thyroid hormone.

Standard blood testing reveals nothing, because the test cannot differentiate between a thyroid hormone with iodine versus a non active thyroid hormone with another halogen in its place. Tests will typically reveal a "normal" thyroid hormone output, but it isn't true!

Beyond halide elements, another blocker of healthy thyroid function is from mercury contamination.

Mercury goes immediately where iodine is supposed to go, directly into the thyroid first. Autopsies have revealed that mercury concentrates in large quantities in thyroid tissue, perturbing enzymes in the thyroid gland.

It's little wonder where all this mercury comes from, the main source comes from the dentist! Studies on rats show that it takes only 4 minutes for mercury to reach the thyroid tissue upon mercury contamination.

Given this information, it isn't hard to imagine why so many are prone to low thyroid function.

In the early part of the last century, physicians would test thyroid function by observing cholesterol levels, if they were high, chances were that thyroid was underperforming.  They would also resort to using various metabolic tests, however it proved to be too time consuming.

Later in the 20th century, a physician named Broda Barnes uncovered a very simple way to test metabolism using auxillary basal temperature. Today, it's known as the Broda Barnes test.

In the next Daily Topic, will explore ways to kick start the thyroid and bring it back to health. The end result can take between six to nine months, but the effort will pay off.

Note: I decided to continue this artcile in the vein of Healthyfixx, it is in its complete form here: http://healthyfixx.com/plan/8/reversing-type-2-diabetes-naturally