Nutrient deficiencies are incredibly common among thyroid patients and they can make your symptoms worse even if your thyroid medication is dialed in. These articles cover the vitamins and minerals that matter most for thyroid function, how to test for deficiencies, and how to get your levels where they need to be.
Tons of people, probably including you listening to this right now, are not getting enough magnesium. And this is a big deal because magnesium is used by the body for over 300 different enzymatic reactions [1]. Not having enough magnesium leads to symptoms like fatigue, nausea, stress and anxiety, insomnia, muscle spasms, thyroid problems, headaches, and many …
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 …
Up to 1 billion people around the world don’t get enough vitamin D and there’s a very good chance that you are one of them. Even though we call vitamin D a vitamin, it’s probably better to think about it as a hormone or a prohormone instead[8]. This is because vitamin D has a structure that’s …
If you’ve been following me for a while then you’ve probably noticed a lot of changes going on with my supplements. If so, maybe you’ve had some questions… We’ve received a lot of interesting questions and assumptions based on these changes including several asking if we are going out of business! Let me put your mind …
Some of the best supplements for hair growth also have the potential to trigger hair loss if they are used incorrectly. There’s this idea that people with hair loss get that if something worked well, then maybe more of that thing will work even better. This leads people, especially thyroid patients, to take higher and …
Get out your pitchforks and get ready to get angry because it’s time to talk about iodine. I’m joking (mostly)… But we actually do need to talk about iodine. I’m not sure what it is, but only a few topics in the thyroid world are more controversial than iodine. Today we should be sidestepping most of the controversy, …
Here’s why you should care about inflammation: Reducing inflammation can help you lose weight, balance your hormones, reduce joint pain, sleep better, balance your immune system, age more gracefully, give you more energy, improve your cholesterol, reduce cardiovascular disease, and much more. This is really just the tip of the iceberg. When you look at …
I don’t think there’s a thyroid-related topic out there with more misinformation than iodine. And this is especially true when discussing the topic of iodine allergy. The truth is that a true iodine allergy doesn’t exist [1]. Before you run off screaming and yelling that you know for sure that you are allergic to iodine, hear …
B12 deficiency is incredibly common among people of all age ranges. And despite the fact that we fortify B12 in just about every type of energy drink or “energy” supplement imaginable, B12 deficiency still rears its head. Why is that? It has to do with how difficult it is for the body to absorb B12 …
Selenium is up there with iodine and zinc in terms of how important it is for your thyroid gland. What happens if you don’t have enough selenium in your body? For starters, it increases your risk of developing autoimmune disease (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis), may increase inflammation in your entire body and in your thyroid gland, and …
