What is the Reverse Diet? Is it possible to eat as much as your body demands and not only maintain your weight but ultimately lose weight and keep it off? It sounds like it might be too good to be true (and it really is) but there is a place for this type of diet …
People are Gaining Weight at an Alarming Rate And alarming is kind of an understatement. I’ve heard all sorts of reports including: 50% of women report gaining weight during quarantine 91% of people are staying home more than before COVID-19 At least 22% of people (1) report gaining 5-10 pounds 59% of people blame their weight …
Have you noticed weight gain after your thyroid was removed? If so, you are not alone. In fact, studies show (1) that, on average, women gain 20 pounds after thyroid removal. This begs the question: Why does this happen and is there anything you can do about it? The answer is absolutely. But in order …
If you were asked to rate your satisfaction with your thyroid treatment on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best and 1 being the worst, where would you fall? Depending on how you answer, you may or may not be surprised at where roughly 12,000 thyroid patients put themselves on that …
You should really think about Hashimoto’s as a disease of inflammation. Because once you start to think of it in these terms, a new way to treating your condition will emerge: One that focuses on your immune system instead of your thyroid. If you can identify thyroid gland inflammation early, and do your best to …
When Traditional Thyroid Testing and Treatment Fails Did you know that some people who have chronic fatigue syndrome have some very interesting thyroid lab tests? These lab tests may shed light on what is happening to cause chronic fatigue syndrome, at least in some individuals. Why is this important? Because the thyroid lab findings in …
Over the years we’ve seen more and more formulations of NDT fall out of favor with patients. Thyroid medications such as Nature Throid and Armour thyroid used to be widely considered as some of the best thyroid medications on the market but now more and more people are having trouble with them. And by trouble, …
Are Thyroid Patients at Higher Risk of Infection? There’s no doubt that by now you’ve been inundated with information regarding the coronavirus or COVID-19. Today we aren’t going to focus on the things you’ve heard 1000x by now but instead, we are going to talk about the virus and its effects on thyroid patients specifically. …
It’s no secret that thyroid patients often struggle with their weight. If you are reading this, and you have low thyroid function or hypothyroidism, then you probably know what I am talking about. Your thyroid is one of the primary regulators of your metabolism. This is why people who have low thyroid function end up …
I’m not saying endocrinologists are all bad. There are some that are great. But I am going to suggest that you will probably get better care by seeing another type of doctor if you have a thyroid problem. I know this may sound controversial, but my experience suggests that most thyroid patients who see one …
