Most people, doctors included, think about Hashimoto’s as a disease that results in hypothyroidism or low thyroid function. And while that is true, it isn’t the whole story. Can patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis also end up with hyperthyroidism? The answer is yes. In fact, there are several ways that it can happen and it’s not …
When it comes to your thyroid, few substances are more important than glutathione. You can make the argument that nutrients like iodine, tyrosine, and iron are important for the thyroid gland, but they do something completely different from glutathione. Glutathione is the master antioxidant that your thyroid gland uses to protect itself from free radical …
Hair loss is one of the most concerning symptoms that patients with Hashimoto’s have to deal with. It’s right up there with weight gain and fatigue and it’s something that I get emails and questions about on a weekly if not daily basis. Here’s why it’s a problem: Because Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a disease of …
Magnesium is one of 3 main nutrients required to prevent thyroid gland damage inside of your body and, unfortunately, thyroid patients often don’t get enough. If you are struggling with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, thyroid gland damage, inflammation, or poor thyroid lab tests, then this information is for you. Supplementing with magnesium has the potential to improve …
There are too many benefits of using protein powder to ignore and it’s something that pretty much every patient with Hashimoto’s (or thyroid disease of any type) should consider. With that in mind, it makes sense that if you are going to use it, you want to use the right type to get all of …
Your skin is the largest organ on your body and you should care a lot about the health of your skin for one very important reason: It is an outward manifestation of inward health (1). Put another way, you use the health of your skin as a proxy to see what is happening on the inside …
As a thyroid patient, you should probably know a little bit about the protein known as thyroid peroxidase. For starters, it’s one of, if not, the most important enzymes in your thyroid. It is responsible for ensuring that your body can actually produce thyroid hormone. If there is ANYTHING wrong with this enzyme then there …
The idea of finding the root cause of your thyroid condition is an appealing thought. After all, if you can find the thing that caused your Hashimoto’s wouldn’t it then be possible to treat that problem and reverse your disease? Well, yes and no. Yes in the sense that there is always something that triggers …
Thyroid antibodies have become somewhat of the hallmark of the autoimmune thyroid condition known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. While you can certainly have Hashimoto’s even without having thyroid antibodies, most people still associate Hashimoto’s with thyroid antibodies. What antibodies am I talking about? I’m talking about thyroglobulin antibodies and thyroid peroxidase antibodies. If you are reading …
Every single patient with Hashimoto’s will go through the same stages over the course of their disease. These stages outline are important because they outline exactly what will happen to you, provided you let your disease smolder and damage your thyroid. It’s not all bad news, though. By understanding these stages, and finding out where …
