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 Book Review By John Hahn, ND, DPM
He integrates well the naturopathic approach to the treatment of endocrine disorders with traditional allopathic diagnosis and treatment programs through the use of comparative charts and diagrams. However, he needs to update the dosage for conventional therapies for hypothyroidism. Current conventional therapy for the treatment of hypothyroidism involves the use of thyroxin from doses of 25 µg to 300 µg. The discussion presented by Dr. Guy Abraham, former professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the UCLA School of Medicine, regarding the use of iodine in the treatment of thyroid conditions is excellent. He dispels a lot of the misinformation that has been disseminated to the medical community and the general public regarding the use of iodine supplementation in the treatment of thyroid dysfunction. Dr. Friedman does an excellent job by including a section on the treatment of thyroid diseases with Chinese herbal medicine, written by Dr. Subhuti Dharmananda, PhD. Dr. Friedman could have tied in to his discussion of diabetes mellitus the use of the three-hour oral glucose tolerance test with corresponding insulin levels to help elucidate patients with undiagnosed hyper insulinemia and prediabetes. The section on the use of naturopathic medical treatment and prevention of diabetes should also have included a more extensive discussion regarding the glycemic index and glycemic load of foods, as preventative tools in the management of diabetes. An area I would like Dr. Friedman to explore if he were going to write a second edition of this text would be a discussion on use of urine neurotransmitter testing for a variety of endocrinology problems. I also would like to see a section in his next text that would develop a correlation between various endocrine problems and fibromyalgia and chronic immune deficiency syndrome. It would be helpful to the clinician utilizing his text to have a section discussing the treatment of adrenal insufficiency with proper dosing of hydrocortisone which would correlate to the reduction in cortisol output in the salivary adrenal stress test, along with the naturopathic therapies presented. This textbook would be a welcome addition to the clinician's and naturopathic student's professional library. Traditional allopathic physicians also would find that this text demonstrates the level of science the naturopathic physician exercises in diagnosing and treating endocrine problems. It would be a phenomenal educational tool for the allopathic profession to see the depth and variety of treatment options a naturopathic physician can offer a patient with various endocrine problems. To order this product, call MPA Provider Services at (800) 359-2289. To submit a product for review, see the submission guidelines below. Editor's note: If you have authored, published or otherwise produced a professional, educational naturopathy-related book, audio, video or DVD package and would like to submit it for consideration, please send two copies to: Review Coordinator Items submitted for review will not be returned. All items being accepted for review will receive a rating on a scale of 1-10, 10 being best. For more information, contact Naturopathy Digest at (800) 359-2289 or ReviewCoordinator@MPAmedia.com.
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Dr. Friedman has done an excellent job in laying out the various endocrine systems with a pathophysiology review of each system. He does a thorough job in discussing the naturopathic philosophies of endocrinology.
