Dr. Michael E. Doyle: Conventional and Alternative Medicine

Jacques Hertoghe, MD

Posted in Adrenal Insufficiency, Hypothyroidism, Thyroid, TSH by Dr. Michael E. Doyle on March 7, 2011

Jacques Hertoghe, MD is third-generation physician and thyroid specialist, the grandson of Eugene Hertoghe.

Jacques Hertoghe was a third-generation Belgian physician and thyroid specialist. He was the grandson of Eugene Hertoghe. In the 1970s, this Hertoghe was so disappointed by the ineffectiveness of Europe’s synthetic thyroid treatments that he traveled to Colorado (without a drug company sponsor) to study Dr. Barnes’ use of Armour Thyroid.

He was originally intrigued by the reports in Barnes‘ book and soon Jacques Hertoghe recognized that natural desiccated (natural) thyroid was the most effective medication available for treating hypothyroidism. Hertoghe used the Armour brand of desiccated thyroid as his primary treatment for hypothyroidism for the rest of his career. To this day, Belgium is the only country in Europe where Armour Thyroid is legally imported.

Broda Barnes Foundation (BBF) is the sole copyright holder of the above video.

Hypothyroidism and Adrenal Insufficiency (Video #01)

Posted in Adrenal Insufficiency, Cortisol, Hypothyroidism, Michael E. Doyle, MD, Thyroid by Dr. Michael E. Doyle on February 16, 2011


Hi, I’m Dr. Michael Doyle. I’d like to talk to you for a minute about two of the most important substances in the human body — thyroid hormone and cortisoL These two hormones are the foundation of human metabolism and are as important to your health as gasoline and oil are to your car.

Thyroid hormone actually refers to four hormones made by the thyroid gland. I think of thyroid hormones as hormones as the dimmer switch on human metabolism. They literally go into every single cell in your body, including adrenal glands, to boost metabolism. The most common problem with the thyroid is low thyroid function, also called hypothyroidism. The symptoms of hypothyroidism are widespread and extremely varied. They range from fatigue, low temperature, depression, weight gain, and hair loss to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, early heart disease and much more.

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