Iodine and heart disease

[gmdodaro]

Does anybody have information about thyroid and heart disease?

My recent thyroid tests show
T3: 2.3
T4: 1.4
TSH: 4.67

Whereas when I was taking 25 mg of iodine (as Iodoral) per day:
T3 was as high as 7.1
A doctor advised me to reduce the dosage of iodine.

Now I've found some information that correlates low T3 with heart disease. My current thyroid values are within range of most people, but T3 of 2.3 could be subclinical hypothyroidism.
What is the relation of hypothyroidism to heart disease? I have heart disease that so far has been unresponsive to Pauling therapy. Coronary calcium has climbed from 225 in 2011 to 655 in 2015.

[gmdodaro]

[exitium]

There is also significant data showing thryoid function as it relates to sex hormones which are also tied to heart disease.

[gmdodaro]

This is the best information I've found about hormone balance: http://www.johnleemd.com/hormone-balance-for-men.html

[gmdodaro]

Here's another article on the correlation of low thyroid function and Coronary Atherosclerosis: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ije/2015/708272/

[ofonorow]

This is where the Pauling/Rath unified theory helps us to understand. In their view, (and Levy's and others) it is the weakness in the artery that is the root problem in atherosclerosis. The lesion appears and the body furiously tries to patch the arterial wall. In their view, our chronically low vitamin C, leads to inadequate collagen, causing the general weakness.

There are studies that correlate short telomeres, low thyroid (and or low iodine) , too many polyunsatured fats, especially in the absence of vitamin E, low levels of DHEA, and various other factors to atherosclerosis. Since people are generally short on vitamin C, these are potential aggravating factors, leading to a weakness in the arterial wall. Under this view, the strength of the arterial wall is the important factor, which is why vitamin C (and lysine) which promotes our own production of collagen, has such a strong effect.