Million and millions of thyroid patients are taking levothyroxine to support their thyroid every single month. Unfortunately, many of them, may not be taking it correctly. Thyroid medication is one of those medications that looks for just about any reason to not get absorbed. And for you as a thyroid patient that is a big …
It may come as a surprise to thyroid patients, but there are plenty of over-the-counter supplements that have the potential to cause problems with your thyroid. Even though some supplements may be beneficial for certain conditions doesn’t mean they will play well with your thyroid condition. The supplement we are going to talk about today …
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. …
When polled, an astonishingly high number of thyroid patients rate the need for new thyroid therapies at 10 out of 10. This number never ceases to amaze me for one big reason: It’s not actually true, we don’t have any need for new thyroid medications or treatments. And in this article, I’m going to explain to you …
When it comes to your weight, nothing is more important than managing your basal metabolic rate (1). This rate controls and regulates how many calories you burn at rest making it the single most important metric for weight control. The higher your basal metabolic rate is, the easier it is to lose weight and the easier it …
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 good. Thyroid gland massage is …
Tiny little almost invisible compounds that you come into contact with on a daily basis have the potential to wreak havoc on your thyroid. If you’re a thyroid patient then it sounds like something out of a nightmare, but in this case, it’s reality. These compounds are known as endocrine disrupters (1) or endocrine disrupting compounds and …
There’s a newish thyroid medication on the block that’s trying to make a name for itself. Meet Adthyza. It’s a porcine-derived prescription thyroid medication that, based on how it’s marketed, is supposed to be a cleaner alternative to the other thyroid medications on the market. But does it live up to the claims? Is it worth trying if …
There are a few things that can throw a wrench into your treatment plans if you have a condition like Hashimoto’s. One of those is anemia. And, believe it or not, anemia is often something that is misdiagnosed or missed completely (1) by both thyroid patients and doctors. Why? For a couple of reasons: The first is …
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, …
