Are you interested in treating your thyroid in a completely natural way? Maybe you feel like you can’t get the right medication that you need or maybe you are experiencing symptoms despite being on thyroid medication. Either way, this is the article for you. In this article, I will explain 17 natural therapies that you …
Whenever I think about things that thyroid patients can do to potentially improve their health, supplementing with vitamin B12 immediately comes to mind. Why? Because there are not very many easy “wins” for thyroid patients. Many of the therapies required to improve your overall thyroid status may require a prescription from your doctor. And, as …
I’ve spent a lot of time discussing the importance of the foods that you eat and their connection with your thyroid in the past. Today, I want to expand on that conversation and discuss how the processing of certain foods can cause not only damage to your thyroid but to your general health as well. …
Whether you realize it or not as a thyroid patient you actually have many options when it comes to thyroid medications. Your doctor might have you believe that the one and only thyroid medication available is Synthroid/levothyroxine but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. There are actually many different types of thyroid medications that …
Question: what do you think all of these symptoms have in common? Answer: they are all caused by a condition known as leptin resistance. And in this article, I’m going to walk you through how to diagnose this condition using a combination of a simple blood test and your symptoms. Let’s jump in: How do …
If you’ve been on my website before, or if you’ve read my blog, then you know that one of my major goals is to try and change how doctors think about treating thyroid-related issues. My personal belief is that patients do not benefit from the archaic treatment paradigm which focuses solely on TSH. Today I …
Total T3 is one of many thyroid lab tests but few are more important. Unfortunately, most thyroid patients aren’t even aware that it exists and even fewer have had it tested! This creates a big problem when trying to understand how well your body is utilizing T3 and how well you are converting T4 into …
Thyroid medication (Synthroid) is one of the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States. But do all of those people who take Synthroid (or any other type of thyroid medication) have to do it forever? Not necessarily, and that’s something I want to explore in this article. Article highlights: Why People Start Taking Thyroid …
Are you suffering from Hashimoto’s or hypothyroidism? Do you completely understand what these conditions mean and how they impact your body? Did you know that these conditions are different and may require different treatments? In this article, I’m going to explain the difference between these two conditions and discuss why it’s important to know what …
What is your life going to be like after radioactive iodine treatment? Will you be able to lead a normal life? Will destroying your thyroid gland have long-term consequences? Will it cause you to gain weight? These are just a few of the questions that I want to answer in this article. You can obviously …
