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"Hay imágenes que nos parten el corazón, y esta es una de ellas”.
El señor Juan Santana Santana, un hombre de 84 años que vive solo en una humilde casita en Linda Vista, Municipio de Tecolotlán. Con su esfuerzo y dedicación, sembraba frijol y maíz en las orillas de la carretera para mantenerse, y vendía hojas de tamal para salir adelante .
Con mucho sacrificio, compró una camionetita para llevar sus productos al Crucero de Santa Maria... pero todo se perdió en un instante.
La imagen del señor recogiendo los restos de su camioneta, con un costalito en la mano, es algo que nos rompe el corazón. Se quedó sin nada, pero no se rinde.
Actualmente ya se le está brindando apoyo gracias a varias personas que se han sumado en reunir recursos en esta situación tan difícil que le tocó vivir.



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Muere Carlos Gurrola, un hombre de limpieza, de Torreon, que fue engañado por sus compañeros de trabajo para beber desengrasante; sufría acoso laboral. La empresa HEB Torreon se está deslindando de los hechos.
Carlos era también sustento de su hogar, un gran hijo que no faltaba a su trabajo que siempre fue respetuoso. Y le hicieron eso.

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Me trauma que estaba dispuesta a arruinarle la vida por un capricho
💚La de RH 💜@la_de_rh
Qué perrísimo coraje. No hay manera de justificar a esta mujer, el llegar tarde al trabajo por razones ajenas, puede ser muy frustrante, pero no hay justificación para lo que está haciendo.
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“But my doctor said my thyroid is fine.”
Modern thyroid panels are almost useless. This thread will explain why.
You are likely hypothyroid if you experience multiple of the following symptoms:
• Waking body temperature below 97.8°F
• Midday body temperature below 98.6°F
• Difficulty losing—or gaining—weight
• TSH above 1
• Elevated cholesterol
• Elevated blood pressure
• Cold extremities
• Brittle nails
• Dry skin
• Edema
• Poor memory
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Muscle pain
• Joint pain
• Loss of appetite
• Cold sensitivity
• Irritability
• Sluggishness
• Frequent infections
What is the thyroid?
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck. It is responsible for:
• Metabolism
• Growth and development
• Body temperature
• Heart rate
• Blood pressure
• Breathing
• Tissue oxygenation
• Nervous system function
• Organ function
• Muscle strength
• Hormone production
The thyroid gland is metabolism, and metabolism underpins every bodily function. If metabolism isn’t working, nothing else can be working to its full potential. Studies show that about 90% of Americans are metabolically sick. How, then, can only 5% be hypothyroid?
Why thyroid panels are flawed
Hypothyroidism used to be diagnosed by symptoms and thus had an estimated prevalence of 40% in the '40s and '50s—when we were objectively healthier—but it is now estimated that only 5% of the population is hypothyroid. How can this be true when we are sicker by just about every meaningful metric today?
The claim that hypothyroidism is now rare comes from a faulty test called the protein-bound iodine (PBI) test. It was amplified by pharmaceutical companies when levothyroxine (T4 monotherapy) became the preferred thyroid supplement for those "rare" hypothyroid patients. Before this, doctors were using T3:T4 mixtures (like Armour thyroid) with much better results.
The PBI test found that about 95% of people had plenty of protein-bound iodine, and, since iodine deficiency was known to cause hypothyroidism, it was taken to mean that 95% of people had no problems with their thyroid. In the ‘60s, it was found that the PBI test had little to do with thyroid health, yet this pernicious idea that "only 5% of people are hypothyroid" persisted. In fact, we took this new 5% figure and retroactively widened the “normal” ranges in our thyroid bloodwork.
As Dr. Raymond Peat points out, if we took any other biomarker and gave it as wide a range as we give TSH (an indicator of thyroid status), we would have "normal" blood sugar levels ranging from the level at which we see convulsion and death into the low-diabetic range... and we'd call that "normal". We'd have the low cholesterol range associated with cancer and strokes or levels as high as 400 mg... and we'd call that "normal" too.
Blood biomarkers are merely a glimpse into what's going on in the body—they fail to indicate what's happening at the cellular or tissue level. Making simple bloodwork the end-all-be-all is myopic and naive; it must be interpreted in context. If someone is exhibiting a long list of symptoms indicating hypothyroidism, yet their blood work comes back “normal”, one should question their diagnosis.
“Energy and structure are interdependent at every level”; hypothyroidism slows complexity to a crawl.
Most people see a declining metabolic rate as inevitable, bound only to age. That’s the impression you would be left with if you internalized mainstream medicine’s view of pathophysiology. When we extract old cells and put them in optimal conditions—supplying them with hormonal precursors and enzyme cofactors—they behave like young cells. We are not doomed to entropy; aging accelerates when a body fails to meet the energetic demands placed on it.
In aging, sickness, and stress—physiological states that hardly differ from each other—youth-associated hormone production drops off as stress hormones pick up the slack. So many processes in the body fail early because we don’t provide enough raw material. Too many people assume it is their genetic destiny to have nagging issues that balloon into glaring ones.
Give your body the tools to do what it needs to, and much will stabilize.
Taking your underarm temperature
Dr. Broda Barnes believed that body temperature was a more reliable predictor of thyroid health than blood tests. For best results, it is recommended to keep a thermometer by the nightstand. Upon waking, hold the thermometer under your arm for 10 minutes before taking the temperature. Men can take their temperatures on any given day, but menstruating women will get the most accurate results on the 2nd and 3rd days of their periods. Before menarche, or after menopause, temperature can be taken on any given day.
Regardless, it’s good to take your temperature multiple times a week and get a feel for your averages. Note how you’re feeling when your temperature is low and when it is high. See if you can identify patterns.
Increasing metabolism
• PUFA intake <4 grams a day
• Saturated fats (especially coconut oil)
• Increase carbohydrate intake
• Decrease fat and/or protein intake if necessary
• Support the thyroid (this does not mean recklessly taking non-standardized thyroid products)
• Strength train with adequate rest
• Sprints
• Calisthenics
• Postprandial walks
• Fix circadian rhythm
• B1
• B2
• B3
• B5
• B6
• B7
• B9
• B12
• Baking soda
• Caffeine
• Sodium
• Magnesium
• Calcium (and a Ca:P ratio >1)
• Potassium
• Zinc
• Copper
• Selenium
• Vitamin A (do not supplement above 10,000 IU if you have a sluggish liver)
• Vitamin D3
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K2
• Glucose
• Fructose
• Sucrose
• Gelatin
• Restriction of BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, and valine)
• Restriction of inflammatory amino acids (methionine, cysteine, and tryptophan)
• Red light
• CO2
• Pregnenolone
• Progesterone
• DHEA (no more than 5 mg at a time, DHEA easily aromatizes)
At-home tests
• Achilles reflex test
• Blood pressure (~120/80 mmHg, pulse pressure of 40 mmHg)
• Pulse (70 - 90 bpm)
• Underarm temperature (97.8°F - 99°F, 36.6°C - 37.2°C)
• Blood sugar (70 - 99 mg/dL waking, rising to about 140 mg/dL postprandial and returning to baseline within a couple hours)
• Lactate (0.5 - 1.0 mmol/L resting)
Identifying unique metabolic bottlenecks
• Whole genome sequencing
• Mitoswab Plus test
• Mosaic Diagnostics organic acids test
• Plasma amino acids
Ratios indicative of metabolic rate
• Pyruvate/lactate (P/L)
• Acetoacetate/beta-hydroxybutyrate (AcAc/β-HB)
• Reduced/oxidized glutathione (GSH/GSSG)
• Oxidized/reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+/NADH)
• Cortisol/cortisone (F/E)
• Estrone/estradiol (E1/E2)
Additional useful biomarkers
• TSH
• PTH
• rT3
• Prolactin
• Vitamin D
• Total cholesterol
• Serum phosphorus
Read Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness by Broda Barnes for more information.

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