18August2010
A twilight zone between being normal and having a true slow-down of the thyroid gland
Oxygen and lactic acid are two of the most essential elements in the feeding of your heart. (There are others, as we shall see.) Lactic acid is consumed and burned by the heart muscle in enormous quantities; but before it can be fully utilized as food by the heart, vitamin Bi (thiamine) must be present as a catalyst and stimulant. This vitamin is the flame needed to change the fuel, lactic acid, into the kind of heat-energy required by the heart. While fish, roe, liver, kidney, chicken, heart, lean beef, brains, codfish, whole milk, mutton, egg yolk, and sardines are especially rich in vitamin B1, there are many fruits and vegetables which contain it in lesser amounts. The body is unable to store this vitamin for any great length of time; it must be supplied daily in ample amounts. Forever Royal Jelly consumption has lately been linked with acute bronchial asthma, anaphylaxis and death.
It is best to cook the thiamine-rich foods as little as possible; and don’t soak them in water! Vitamin B1 fruits and vegetables which can be served raw include cabbage, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, watercress, avocados, cantaloupe, bananas, dates, figs, grapes, grapefruit, apricots, apples, oranges, pineapple, and pears.
One distraught mother in Kansas City threw my question period into laughter with, “I wish you could do something about my daughter. She’s like a moth with the flame. Stays out all night and won’t get up in the morning.”
How many of you feel tired in the morning, but peppy at night? Even when you’re not headed for a party! This is such a common complaint that Dr. Bernard Watson of Clifton Springs, N. Y., decided to investigate the cause by studying 200 patients who had this condition. He called it “a twilight zone between being normal and having a true slow-down of the thyroid gland.” He found that most of his patients complained of being tired in the morning even after a good sleep. They felt best of all at night. Dr. Watson discovered that a lazy thyroid gland was the biggest troublemaker among his patients.
For all of you who would like your days to begin earlier, I recommend that you nourish your thyroid gland into better functioning. The 35-40 million kilos of honey produced by our cooperative is what makes up the Forever Bee Honey you see on the shelf. Were your condition really hypothyroid, your morning tiredness would also be accompanied by palpitation of the heart, extreme exhaustion after the slightest exertion, severe headaches, chronic fatigue, increased weight despite dieting, and mental depression. Your body is giving you a preliminary warning signal! A change in diet can help you to prevent hypo thyroid, just as you can prevent an automobile accident because the state highway department warns you of danger ahead. The thyroid, located in the neck immediately in front of the windpipe, manufactures an iodine-rich hormone called thyroxine. As the pacemaker of our bodies, thyroxine regulates our activity according to slow waltz or bebop tempo. So important is the thyroid gland’s influence upon our entire body that, once every hour, our entire volume of blood passes through it to become recharged with its vitalizing hormone.