Subject: dissention in the ranks

Yes, there is one subscriber among us who feels that it is 
physiologically abnormal for any human being, including an infant, not 
to have regular bowel movements (this would mean--for all humans, one 
bm per meal per day--for an infant that is many!). That would, of 
course be me who is adamant on this topic.

I totally agree with Jennifer Tow on this subject of no poops for days being
an abnormal condition in infants.
This is a subject that I have also personally experienced with my now grown
daughter.  She did not poop for days and days on end as an exclusively
breastfed infant.  When her hair was falling out at age 16, she was finally
diagnosed with hypothyroidism.  Though it took many years to even get a
doctor to do a thyroid workup, I believe this was
already the reason for her no poops in infancy: Subclinical hypothyroidism
with several visual indicators that young modern docs have never been
taught:  colic, spoon nails, tongue evaluation, etc.  

The first thing that happened on natural Armour thyroid medication as an
young adult were more and more regular poops.  The Broda Barnes Thyroid
Research Institute concurs that few or no poops are an indicator, even in
infancy.  Moms need to get some diet help and evaluation on their own iodine
status and eat a diet in good fats to support their thyroid so that their
milk supports their breastfeeding childs thyroid.
Judy Ritchie

Here is an article on how scientists are tracking toxins that depress
thyroid function in whales here in our Pacific NW:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/271110_orcadogs22.html

My daughters were diagnosed hypothyroid after sending 24-hr urine to Belgium
to test.  That urine test and the test on feces in humans are not allowed to
be done here in the US in our labs.  They are required to do the test on
blood only.  I asked why and was told they would loose their credentialing.
Blood tests may show circulating thyroid hormone, but poop and pee show end
state and whether that hormone was used.  Ironic that they do the tests
properly on whales.

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At a recent conference of orca researchers, Wasser showed how he had used
dogs to locate the excreta of right whales, an endangered species, off Nova
Scotia. The project is led by Rosalind Rolland of the New England Aquarium,
aided by Barbara Davenport of PackLeader Dog Training in Gig Harbor, and
funded by the National Marine Fisheries Service. 

The technique has wide applicability to many kinds of wildlife because, as
the title of a children's book explains, "Everyone Poops." 

Scat's a map of health

What does poop show? A lot. It reveals the level of the thyroid hormone,
which gives researchers a good idea of how much the animal has been eating.
That's important to orcas, because a major problem for them is a lack of
their favorite food, salmon.

Orcas' exposure to toxins also would be expected to depress thyroid levels.
By comparing the Puget Sound orcas with those in relatively toxin-free
Canada, Wasser hopes to tease out the effects of toxins on the whales.

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