Dr. Westin Childs 
Does having hypothyroidism mean that you have to accept being overweight forever? Not at all. The reality is that you can have a thyroid problem AND have a normal weight. But getting to that point means that you’ll have to go against the grain and against standard advice. This is because the standard recommendations of …
Yes, you heard me right. Today we are going to be talking about how to safely gain weight if you have a thyroid problem. This may sound confusing to some of you because low thyroid states typically cause weight gain, but there are definitely plenty of thyroid patients out there who need to gain more …
Do you want to know the secret ingredient that all of the most powerful hair supplements have in common? What’s crazy is that this ingredient is right under your nose and you probably never realized it. The ingredient I’m talking about is silicon and it’s probably the most underappreciated hair regrowth ingredient out there. But give …
Some of the best supplements for hair growth also have the potential to trigger hair loss if they are used incorrectly. There’s this idea that people with hair loss get that if something worked well, then maybe more of that thing will work even better. This leads people, especially thyroid patients, to take higher and …
If you were to ask your doctor how long you need to take thyroid medication the answer you would probably get is forever. That’s a pretty scary thought for many thyroid patients and it causes them a lot of hesitancy in even starting the medication in the first place. After all, wouldn’t you think twice …
Thyroid patients: what’s the single best thing you can do to improve your gut health right now? It’s not taking probiotics… it’s not taking supplements… and it’s not going on an all-meat diet… Although all of these things have the potential to help, there’s one thing that trumps them all: It’s naturally increasing your production …
Believe it or not, there’s a fair amount of information we can learn from bodybuilders, especially when it comes to hormone management. I’m not suggesting or even recommending that you follow their advice, but there’s no question that this community serves as a reservoir of knowledge because they are essentially using themselves as human guinea pigs (1). …
Thyroid hormone resistance gets a lot of attention from thyroid patients for one very important reason: Because it has the potential to explain why so many thyroid patients continue to feel poorly despite taking thyroid medication and despite having thyroid lab tests in the normal range. While this is true, the assertion that thyroid hormone resistance …
Yes, well, sort of, but not exactly… After that very confusing answer, allow me to elaborate: In a perfect world, you would eat real whole foods every single day, you’d eat a variety of plants and animal-based food, you would eat enough variety to confidently conclude that you “eat the rainbow”, and these foods would …
Up to 1 billion people around the world don’t get enough vitamin D and there’s a very good chance that you are one of them. Even though we call vitamin D a vitamin, it’s probably better to think about it as a hormone or a prohormone instead. This is because vitamin D has a structure that’s …
