Elevated TSH Associated with Cardiac Health Risks, Poor Pregnancy Outcomes

If the only certainty is change then, like the scouts, it is best to be prepared. 

The one thing you may be certain is that your thyroid hormone values change as you age, when you are under stress and may have been programmed to change by your genes.

Your personal thyroid hormone level may be a risk factor for disease, just as blood pressure or cholesterol levels are used in deterring heart disease, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone fluctuates enough to be considered a harbinger of health change.  This is an idea worth considering according to Welsh researcher, Peter N. Taylor.

He has suggested that the horse named Thyroid Stimulating Hormone should be in font of the cart.  He reckons that individual variations in TSH levels are more useful than marching people along an arbitrary reference line of values.  

He and his team cross referenced 40 studies to find that elevated TSH or lower thyroid hormone levels were associated with more cardiovascular risk factors, poor response to stress and poor pregnancy outcomes. Lower TSH or elevated thyroid hormone levels were linked to decreased bone mineral density with an increased fracture risk.

They concluded, that though more study is indicated, even modest variations in TSH levels are significant when it comes to personal health. 

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