This seminar is free and open to the public but seating is limited. Please call Hi Health to ensure your space is reserved (602-957-0412)

Sincerely, Mark Starr MD (H)

As many of you have asked us to come to the Phoenix area, I wanted to let you know that Dr. Tennant will be in Phoenix, AZ in October to conduct a course on the Biomodulator. . If you have family or friends that might be interested in either the Biomodulator and the training, or just attending the free Thursday night lecture, please feel free to pass this information on to them.

The Biomodulator is an FDA accepted TENS device for pain and requires a prescription. Although classified as a TENS, it uses a very different technology to address pain. While a standard TENS device masks the pain signal from the nerves to the brain and can actually inhibit the healing process, the Biomodulator uses microcurrent technology in a unique way that engages the body’s natural resources to assist the processes of pain management and rehabilitation, breaking the “pain cycle.” The Biomodulator therapy stimulates the body at the cellular level, restoring cellular metabolic activity in the area of treatment. We are currently offering a $500 discount off the full retail price of $2750 for a selling price of $2250. For those who wish to attend the October course, this price will be good until October 20. Purchase of the Biomodulator includes a Quick Start Guide, Quick Start DVD, a Healing is Voltage DVD and the two-and-a-half-day training taught by Dr. Tennant. There are additional electrode attachments, wires and patches which are extra. We recommend a case which is $15.

The training in Phoenix is October 27, 28, and 29 and is included in the purchase price of the Biomodulator. Additional family members / professional office staff can also attend for $450 each. That price includes a $100 manual and a copy of Dr. Tennant’s Healing is Voltage Handbook. Anyone who has already attended the course can audit it again for $250. As Dr. Tennant is always researching and adding new information, not only will you get a chance to review, but to learn something new. If this training date does not work with your schedule, you can access our website (www.senergy.us ) for upcoming dates and locations. There is a training scheduled every month.

If you decide to stay in Phoenix, we have an arrangement with the Marriott Phoenix Airport (1-602-273-7373) for a discounted room rate. Be sure to tell them you’re with Senergy or Dr. Tennant for the training to receive the discounted room rate. The number of rooms are limited. The hotel’s contact information is listed below:

Marriott Phoenix Airport

1101 North 44th Street

Phoenix, AZ 85008

1-602-273-7373

The shortage of natural desiccated thyroid began a year ago when the sole American supplier changed the manufacturing process that turns the thyroid glands of pigs into powder. This caused both major suppliers of desiccated thyroid, Forest (Armour thyroid) and RLC Labs (Nature-Throid and Westhroid) to have shortages. Forest recalled a large portion of Armour thyroid due to stability concerns and back-ordered everything. RLC Labs was also having quality control problems. Then Armour was refor­mu­la­ted, reportedly dec­rea­sing the amount of dex­trose and inc­rea­sing cellu­lose. Nume­rous patients reported the taste of the new tablets was repugnant and that that their hypothyroid symptoms returned.

Meanwhile, Time-Cap Labs, producer of a generic version of the brand name drug Armour, was ordered by the FDA last June to stop production. The FDA decided to classify the company’s product, available for over a century, as an unapproved new drug which requires a new drug application. Time-Cap Labs stopped production; much speculation and confusion followed. Patients at the “Save Natural Thyroid Coalition” called the FDA’s consumer information line (888-463-6332) and got all kinds of different answers. No one knows if the FDA will require all natural desiccated thyroid drugs still on the market to go through the new drug application process.

RLC Labs said they are “fully committed to supplying patients with a quality product. We will see this through.”  It is unclear when or if Forest will begin producing Armour thyroid.

Desiccated thyroid from pigs is a bio-identical, complete hormone preparation, containing the entire spectrum of thyroid hormones including T4, T3, T2, and T1 that are in the human thyroid gland. Current FDA approved thyroid medications include Synthroid, Unithroid, Levoxyl, and Levothyroxine (all only contain T4), and Cytomel (only T3).  These hormones are synthetic and contain only a portion of the thyroid’s hormones.

Dr. Mark Starr of Phoenix said patients have called him, frantic that desiccated thyroid is unavailable. “It is so key to my practice, I have enough for my patients. So far, it appears that when supply catches up with demand in a few months, the shortage will be over.”

Starr is the author of Hypothyroidism-Type 2. He said synthetic thyroid acts energetically differently in the body. “All living things have a right spin, and synthetic medications have a left spin. The desiccated thyroid is better tolerated. Dr. Broda Barnes did a study that revealed a relative intolerance to a synthetic thyroid product containing T3 and T4 (Thyrolar). One-fifth of the patients who had done well on desiccated thyroid developed rapid heart beats and palpitations when switched to Thyrolar. Dr. Barnes also did a major research study on desiccated thyroid that involved thousands of patients over 30 years; it showed a 94 percent reduction in the number of expected heart attacks. This study is the subject of the 1976 book Solved: The Riddle of Heart Attacks.

Lipitor is the best selling drug in the world. But for the first half of the 20^th century, desiccated thyroid was the standard treatment for high cholesterol. Elevated cholesterol and triglycerides are one of the myriad symptoms of hypothyroidism. Dr. Barnes’ book included a chapter entitled “The Demise of the Cholesterol Theory.” Desiccated thyroid normalized cholesterol and triglycerides in 95% of the patients Dr. Barnes treated. The 5% who had persistently elevated levels had no increased incidence of heart attacks. Desiccated thyroid therapy also resolved a long list of other hypothyroid symptoms such as fatigue, cold intolerance, joint and muscle pain, dry skin, inability to lose weight, headaches, and menstrual problems.

One of the most important benefits that Dr. Barnes demonstrated in studies on both animals and his patients was that desiccated thyroid increases immunity and allows the body to fight off infections. As we come into swine flu season, this is particularly important.

Mary Budinger is an Emmy award-winning journalist who writes for Complementary and Alterative Medicine.