Yes, You Can Test Your Thyroid At Home All over the world thyroid patients are standing up and taking control of their health and their thyroid management. This is such a great thing because it helps thyroid patients get the treatment and symptom management that they deserve. Part of this move to patient advocacy should include …
It’s Hard but Not Impossible to Lose Weight If You Have Thyroid Problems Why is it that so many thyroid patients struggle to lose weight? One of the biggest reasons is that just about all of the standard weight loss advice doesn’t work if you have a thyroid problem. If you spend your time restricting your calories …
The Gut-Thyroid Connection Have thyroid disease? Congratulations, in addition to having to deal with one of the most difficult hormone problems to master you also have to deal with an increased risk of developing certain gut problems. The good news is that knowing is more than half of the battle. The reason for this increased risk has …
What Are Hashimoto’s Flare-Ups? You might think of Hashimoto’s as a static disease. A disease that causes a set of symptoms that you have to live with for the rest of your life. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. On one hand, Hashimoto’s is actually a dynamic disease, one that changes and fluctuates over time. …
Can Neck Exercises Really Improve Your Thyroid? Want to improve the function of your head, neck, and thyroid in just 3 minutes each day? If so, you are in the right place! Today we are going to talk about exercises that you can do that support the anatomy and physiology of your head and neck. …
Is Thyroid Gland Massage Safe? There’s a growing number of people who are doing anything that they can to try and improve their thyroid function. On some level, I don’t blame them one bit. But whenever you do any new treatment or therapy you have to make sure that you aren’t causing more harm than …
Yes, Hashimoto’s Can Cause Both Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism 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 …
Both men and women have a thyroid gland so does that mean that thyroid lab tests should be the same for both genders? Not exactly… While it is true that both men and women have a thyroid gland, the way that thyroid disease impacts both genders is not the same. Much of this has to …
Why Glutathione is So Important if You Have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis 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 …
Do We Need New Thyroid Medication Treatments? When are we going to get new treatments and new thyroid medications to treat thyroid disease? I have seen this question several times over the last few years in some form or another. There are plenty of thyroid patients out there suffering right now despite taking their thyroid …
