Dr. Westin Childs 
Eating the right foods can reduce inflammation and support your thyroid. Eating the wrong foods can send your immune system into overdrive and make your Hashimoto’s worse. Your goal as someone who has this condition is to eat more of the foods that help you and less of the foods that don’t. These Hashimoto’s superfoods …
This post will walk you through all of the causes of thyroid problems including Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Goiter, Thyroid Cancer, and Nodules which all potentially may impact thyroid function in the body. Thyroid disorders are incredibly common among individuals and any changes to thyroid function may result in serious symptoms that reduce the quality of your …
If you look at the trend of hypothyroidism over time, you will find that it’s a disease that is increasing. And women, especially, are more prone to developing it compared to men. But how do you know if you have thyroid disease? Do you have to get you have to go see a doctor? Not …
It depends on who you ask. If you look online at some major league health websites like the Cleveland Clinic, they will tell you that you should. If you ask me, I would say that there are much better options available and that you’ll have much more control over your iodine intake if you avoid …
Thyroid patients sometimes forget that one of the best tools they have to improve their thyroid is literally at their fingertips. What is it? The food that they put into their bodies. Will it take the place of thyroid medication? Not necessarily. But can it help your thyroid work more effectively and help you feel …
Have you been told that you’ll have to take thyroid medication forever? If so, that’s not entirely true. What is true is that about 70% of people who start thyroid medication will never be able to stop. But if you’re doing the math, that leaves 30% who can. This means you have a roughly 1 …
Do you have Hashimoto’s and feel like it’s impossible to lose weight? You’re not alone: Many patients with Hashimoto’s struggle with the same problem! In fact, it’s one of the biggest complaints among thyroid patients with this autoimmune disease. The truth is that even though losing weight with Hashimoto’s can be incredibly difficult, it’s far …
Thyroid patients think I’m being facetious when I say if you aren’t careful, your thyroid will steal your beauty. I’m not. And the thyroid’s effect on collagen is a perfect example of why that is. Thyroid hormones are known stimulators of collagen (1) which means, if you don’t have enough thyroid hormone, your collagen will …
Losing weight can feel like an impossible task if you have a thyroid problem but there are a few tricks you can use to make it easy. One of those is supporting your thyroid. By taking thyroid supplements you can boost thyroid function leading to a higher metabolism and more calories burned at rest. The …
Hashimoto’s is the #1 cause of hypothyroidism in developed countries and it’s more common than you think. And so many women suffer from low-grade chronic symptoms of this autoimmune disease for years before they get a proper diagnosis. Fortunately, there are some simple ways to determine if you have this common condition and you don’t …
