:Basal-Temperature-Test:

:The Basal Temperature test developed by Dr. Broda Barnes is a measure of systemic metabolic activity when the body is at rest. It is regulated by hormones of the pituitary-thyroid-adrenal axis.

Test your core body temperature in the morning before you get up and start moving.  Muscle movements warm you up, so it is important to do this before getting up. Even openning your eyes starts increasing brain temperature as 1/3 of the input to the brain comes from each eye, so see if you can wait and open your eyes only when you are ready to read the thermometer. Have a bulb-type mercury-free (for safety) thermometer at your bedside shaken down the night before (the electronic type doesn't work for this test). Wake up 10 minutes earlier than usual and place the bulb of the thermometer in your armpit for a full 10 minutes. Record the reading each morning to see the trend. Note that false readings are common with mis-position of the bulb. The normal range is 97.8 to 98.2 degrees F. Below 97.8 indicates a metabolic deficiency.

Causes of low axial temperature:

• Hypothyroid function
• Hypoadrenal function (adrenal exhaustion)
• EFA deficiency
• Protein malnutrition
• Thiamine deficiency
• Blood deficiency