What you eat matters, especially when you have a thyroid problem. The right nutrients can support thyroid function, reduce inflammation, and help your body convert thyroid hormones more efficiently. The wrong ones can make things worse. These articles cover vitamins, minerals, gut health, recipes, and diet strategies designed specifically for thyroid patients.
Are you tired of hearing conflicting information about nutrition every time you open up Facebook or read a news article? You aren’t alone! The confusion that exists in the nutrition world only serves those people who stand to make money from the confusion. Influencers and marketers are incentivized to make things seem more complicated than …
[Your guide to implementing the right diet to change your biochemistry and bust belly fat] This post is a follow-up post to the blog post “How to lose weight: the interplay of hormones and obesity”, if you need to read that post you can here… Diet is THE most critical component of a healthy lifestyle. …
The thyroid gland is a highly active tissue that requires a lot of nutrients to function at 100%. One of those is a mineral called magnesium and it just so happens that most thyroid patients are not getting enough of it. Why is it important? Because your thyroid uses it to: So if you are …
Berberine is a powerful plant-based alkaloid compound that is gaining a lot of attention lately due to its beneficial effects on weight, blood sugar, insulin, longevity, and gut health. And for good reason; it works. It’s even been referred to as nature’s Ozempic, an homage to the fact that it has a powerful impact on …
Looking for some dinner ideas that are healthy and gluten-free that will also support your thyroid? You’ve come to the right place. All 10 of the listed recipes below are GREAT for patients with hypothyroidism, low thyroid function, or a sluggish thyroid. We’ve created these recipes and have ensured that they are hypothyroid-friendly and thyroid-approved. …
Vitamin B12 is an incredibly important vitamin and it just so happens that many people aren’t getting enough of it. Why is it important? Because its active forms (which we will soon discuss) are needed to create DNA and to produce energy as ATP in your mitochondria. When you don’t have enough B12 in your …
Creatine is one of the safest and most well-studied supplements on the market but it has one HUGE potential problem: Some people believe that it causes hair loss. And, look, I get it: Your hair is important. But before you sacrifice the amazing benefits that creatine supplementation can provide to your brain, bones, muscle tissues, …
As long as you are getting dihydroberberine in whatever supplement you’re taking, you should get the benefits you’re looking for: Faster weight loss (1), better blood sugar control (2), lower insulin, appetite suppression (3), and GLP-1 activation (4). That said, there are definitely some differences between dihydroberberine products, and those differences do matter. Which is …
This 7-day meal plan is expertly designed to provide you with thyroid-nourishing ingredients (zinc, selenium, iodine, tyrosine, and plenty of bioactive compounds) that will help reduce inflammation, support thyroid gland function, and help you get your thyroid antibodies under control if you have Hashimoto’s. Every meal is dairy-free, gluten-free, and soy-free and includes roughly 1,800 …
There were a ton of thyroid patients who were hit in the proverbial face when Nature-throid and WP Thyroid were taken off the market. And it looks like the hits keep coming with the recent targeting of NDT by the FDA. For many patients, NDT has been one of the most effective thyroid medications available (not …
