Customer Reviews

Natural Sources - Raw Thyroid, 90 capsules

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I have been on synthetic thyroid replacement for 22 years and this pill was an experiment after having read the literature on natural glandular supplementation versus synthetic T4 replacement alone. I've been feeling tired and run down this past year to the point of sitting and doing nothing, but hey I'm a post-menopausal older gal so there are lots of possibilities of why I felt tired. I took this pill with meal yesterday morning. I had had my usual dose of thyroid medication earlier that a.m.

To my great and happy surprise within an hour I began to feel "normal." Normal is something that I term feeling alert and ready to do stuff. In fact, I found myself doing stuff spontaneously without thought -- usually I think about doing things and then do nothing. Sometime later in the day I began to feel jittery so I was thinking that I had overdone the combination of the pill with my usual thyroid medication, but hey, this is wonderful news.

Today is the second day. I was still going good from the first day so I waited until that tired and rundown feeling came over me again and took the pill around noon-time. Once again I am back to "normal."

Now I have no clue as to how this is affecting my body, specifically the thyroid arena, and I hate to mess about with this without a doctor, but having been so tired this year and then finding that this product does something rare and special for me, I give it five stars. However, I think the smart thing for me is to check in with my doctor and make sure she gives her okay before taking this on a steady basis.

Five stars.

Update 12/21/07: It has been over a month and I still feel great on this product!

However, I have had to strictly reduce my intake of synthetic T4 -- with a doctor's help hopefully we will get the dosage right. I have been on T4 supplementation only for 22 years and it took a lose-months-in-tiredness funk for a year to snap me into researching T3. For the week I tried Cytomel with my T4 medication I funked-out again, so that wasn't the answer. This is -- if anyone out there has compared this product to Armour, please let me know.

Update, 1/8/08 - Still a great product, but I have cut back to 1/3 of the capsule and building up T4 synthetic hormone slowly using a two-week trial period. My multitasking ability has increased by 150% from the summer's funk and I can keep working at a high-level of competence until noon, then in afternoon even though energy quality has dropped I can still start and finish simple household errands -- what a luxury to be able to finish things!

So the T4:T3 ratio probably still needs tweaking, and I am going to try out the 98:2 percent suggestion made by Dr. Ken Blanchard in his thyroid book.

It is my opinion that anyone on long-term T4 therapy would have to work hard to get the right balance with this product and T4 supplement. I am still totally thrilled that it is on the market.

Still 5 stars.

Update, 6/13/08: Still 5 stars! However, I did switch off of it, but only because I wanted to get onto a prescription item -- Armour thyroid --that would provide me a small enough grain size to create the 98:2 ratio described in Ken Blanchard's book (see p.51).

At the first signs of spring/allergies I became listless again (after six months of success!) and went back to this Raw Thyroid product -- again perked right up! This product is more than raw thyroid tissue: It is thyroid tissue, adrenal tissue, spleen tissue, kelp and rice bran.

My new regimen is Armour thyroid, synthetic thyroid and Natural Resources Raw Adrenal, probably just for the summer allergy months. I am not 100% every single day, but I can probably get four really good days and then the rest of the week at 80%. This is VERY very good for me for the summer months. I am not on any allergy medication.

Probably the most telling thing I can say is that I have been without a couch funk since November 2007.

Five stars.

I was bedridden with chronic fatigue and severe pain in my joints and muscles. My weight was rising even though my eating regimen hadn't changed to justify the weight gain.

I felt I was in a constant fog, couldn't think, and felt depressed even though I had nothing to be depressed about.

I remembered when I had surgery a decade ago, my thyroid levels had decreased and the Dr. recommended thyroid supplement. As I was doing some research about the thyroid supplements available I happened upon raw thyroid. After using raw thyroid for 3 days, I felt a noticeable difference in my body, mind, attitude and physical capability. Additionally my mental clarity is improving.

The only recommendation I have is that you take the dosage consistently otherwise you feel the symptoms returning.

I recommend this product to anyone suffering from symptoms of hypothyroidism.

These capsules for low thyroid come from sheep raised organically in New Zealand. They seem to be helping me much more than the synthetic and Armour (from pork) tablets that doctors prescribed for me a number of years ago. They are also quite reasonable. I am almost 60 and can work for long hours because of these and other natural supplements I take.
Thanks!

Finally! After 10 years of exhaustion, aches and pains, weight gain, dry skin and hair loss, I started taking raw thyroid (after a lot of research). It works very well, although I am taking 2 capsules per day, instead of 1. I sleep better and longer, awake feeling rested for a change. My hair has stopped falling out. My skin - it is much more smooth and less wrinkled. My hands used to look like I was 100 yrs old no matter how much lotion I used. Now they look very nice again, with only normal lotion use (my neck, too!). I don't feel like I need a nap during the day anymore. I feel less stiff in the morning and aches are much less noticable. I used to walk 1-2 hrs a day with little weight loss (I was watching my calories, too). Now, I am seeing a slow but steady weight loss, doing the same thing, but taking the thyroid. I am not a pill person, and I don't believe in miracle hype, but this has changed my life.
I am also taking one vitamin D, one adult vitamin, and one B-complex daily. (I was taking those prior to trying the thyroid, I guess that was the missing key) I would recommend this product. I am 54, post-menopausal, am not taking any HRT. I have no insurance (laid off), so I decided to try this on my own. I'm glad I did.

As another reviewer stated it is often difficult to find a doctor willing to prescribe medication to treat thyroid disease. My lovely HMO considers a normal TSH level to be between .3 and 5.5. I had many signs of hypothyroidism (weight gain, inability to lose weight despite a strict diet and training for a tri-athlon, irregular long cycles, dry skin, tired all day, etc) plus my mother, two of her sisters, my dad's sister and my grandmother all were diagnosed with hypothyroidism after experiencing my symptoms for years. My ob/gyn also said that my level while within my HMO's "normal" range, was not within the range she believed I needed to regulate my cycles and start a family. She can't prescribe the medicine because of her employers guidelines, I want to be pregnant and so I found this.
After two weeks I've never felt better. My appetite is regulated, I no longer feel hungry all the time, and my body is showing signs of regulating my cycle. Also I've lost a little bit of weight :-) And I don't feel tired even after sleeping 8+ hours.

over the last few years I have developed a problem taking synthroid and its generics. With no help from the docs I stumbled upon this and have been using it for about a year now. What a difference! I went from total fatigue and exhaustion, to being able to function and get things done.

However, my TSH still is off the charts and my neck seems to be swelling. T3 and T4 are nearly normal. I would like to increase the dose but I don't do well with iodine and hate to increase this for that reason. So I am off to look for a glandular that is just 100% thyroid to add to this and see if the TSH improves.

UPDATE 6/30/11: I have since learned that I have Hashimoto's NO WONDER I don't do well with Iodine!!! Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disorder where ANY iodine triggers the immune system to attack the thyroid! I did eventually start to get a goiter while using this product, but have switched to a product with no iodine and I am recovering. It is odd to note that I did feel better while using this product...despite the fact that my thyroid was actually getting physically worse while using it.

If you have Hashimoto's AVOID ALL FORMS OF IODINE.

I had been getting daily headaches on the left side of my head for months. I finally went to the doctor who tested my blood and told me that my thyroid was Hypo, but not a huge amount so he didn't want me to go on any medications. What about my headaches!? Surely taking Alleve everyday for the rest of my life can't be good for me!
After doing research for alternative Thyroid help, I got a couple of different supplements, including this Raw Thyroid. For some reason I started with the other ones and this one sat on my shelf. When I ran out of the other ones I started this one. One week later I all of a sudden realized I hadn't had a headache in days!! Then I couldn't believe how much more energy I had.
I have been taking Raw Thyroid for 6 months now, I think it is amazing!!

A month ago I didn't have the energy to shower or brush my teeth, much less earn a living. My joints ached, my feet were painfully cold no matter how many socks I wore, my skin was so dry it bled, and my throat regularly felt like someone was trying to strangle me- and every doctor I went to told me to get more rest. Three of these a day and I can not only work, I have energy left over to see friends and shower(!). My joints don't hurt, my feet aren't ice cubes, I haven't used lotion in weeks and I don't want to rip my throat out. I simply can't recommend this product enough.

Edit: I have switched to a different supplement that releases more slowly so I don't wake up exhausted. But these are still great, I personally just needed something stronger and that wasn't used up quiet so quickly.

I had been on synthroid for about a year. I still was cold all the time, dry skin, and could not lose any weight even with a strict diet and exercise.

I have been taking Raw Thyroid for about 2 months now. My skin is still dry, but not nearly as bad. It used to get so dry the skin on my hands would crack and bleed. That has not happened since I started raw thyroid.

I have also lost about 10% of my body weight without a change to my existing diet.

I am not nearly as tired as I used to be.

Overall this product has worked great for me. I am going to ask my doctor about taking me off the synthroid and just trying the Raw Thyroid. Hopefully my TSH levels will remain normal on just the Raw Thyroid.

I realize that something like thyroid deficiency should always be diagnosed by a doctor; having said that, it is not easy to find an M.D. who understands even sub-optimal levels of thyroid in the body can have a deleterious impact over a LONG period of time. I decided to give this a shot, and as the title indicates, it's only been 3 days, and I have had more energy (without the jitteriness) than I have had in years. That is to say, I don't feel tired all the time. I am cautiously optimistic about the longer term usage of this product, and will be definitely letting my doctor know that I am taking it, BUT- I am incredibly pleased thus far!