A few weeks ago I posted a video about low body temperature, multiple enzyme dysfunction (MED); and migraine. That was just a little preview to some of the research notes below, so please watch the video for context if you’d like to know why I think this is a compelling angle to take as a way to “reset” the thyroid and with it, how well the enzymes in our body work.
In a nutshell, the basic premise of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome, a concept put forth by Dr. Denis Wilson out of Vermont, is that it is not just nutritional status that determines how well enzymes work, but rather body temperature. The body temperature fluctuates throughout the day and months.
As Dr. Wilson points out:
“It is well known that the body temperature tends to run lowest in the morning, gradually increasing during the day, usually being the highest in the afternoon, and tending to decrease in the evening. So the body temperature can follow both a monthly cycle and a daily cycle. This can explain why the symptoms of Multiple Enzyme Dysfunction (MED) sometimes follow monthly and daily patterns.” (Source)
When the body temperature is thrown off by a stressful event (like childbirth, surgery, divorce etc), the molecular structure and functioning of all enzyme systems is also impacted, and enzyme systems will be compromised. Since it is the thyroid that regulates body temperature, clearly, to heal migraine and enzyme inefficiencies, we need to heal the thyroid.
And yet, Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is NOT the same as classical hypothyroidism.
Dr. Wilson describes a list of symptoms (that will be familiar to anyone with migraine), referring to these symptoms as Multiple Enzyme Dysfunction (MED), the root cause of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome.
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