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Rapidly Increase Your Vitamin D For Better thyroid health

Rapidly Increase Your Vitamin D For Better Thyroid Health

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Vitamin D is probably one of the most important vitamins that you aren’t giving enough attention to.  A deficiency in vitamin D not only increases your risk of some unwanted symptoms like depression, muscle weakness, and fatigue… It also is associated with much more serious conditions like diabetes (1), obesity (2), and cancer (3).  These are just the general health problems …

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will taking thyroid medication cause a heart attack

Will Taking Thyroid Medication Cause A Heart Attack?

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I can’t think of a more scary headline for a thyroid patient than to hear that the very thyroid medication they are taking may be associated with a heart attack.  This is especially important when you consider that heart attacks tend to impact older generations and that up to 25% of people over the age of …

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add back therapy for graves' disease and hyperthyroidism

Add Back Therapy for Graves’ & Hyperthyroidism: When to use Levothyroxine

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Is there ever a situation in which it makes sense to use levothyroxine to treat hyperthyroidism It may sound crazy, but the truth is that there might be.  And, yes, just to clear things up, I’m talking about the use of levothyroxine in a patient who is hyperthyroid.  I know that intuitively this doesn’t make any sense.  …

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thyroid supplement side effects: what to expect with thyroid support

Thyroid Supplement Side Effects: What to Expect

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Why Thousands of Thyroid Patients Use Thyroid Support Supplements Look, I’m definitely a little bit biased here because I sell thyroid supplements (over 80,000+ thyroid patients have used them to date) but I always get a chuckle when I hear how conventional doctors talk about them.  On one hand, they will tell you that they don’t work, …

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does levothyroxine cause cancer?

Does Levothyroxine Cause Cancer?

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Is it time to start freaking out because you are taking levothyroxine? Not quite! As you probably know, levothyroxine is the most commonly prescribed medication used to treat hypothyroidism, and millions of thyroid patients use it every single month.  Even though it’s probably not the best thyroid medication (and may not even be one that you are taking), the fact that …

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