Will taking iodine help you lose weight? Probably not. But will not having enough prevent you from getting to your ideal weight? Now that’s a better question. And the answer is probably. Due to its impact on thyroid function (the regulator of your metabolism) and the fact that many people may not be getting enough …
When treating any medical condition it is absolutely essential to understand the basic physiology or reasons why it occurs. That means you have to be asking the right questions in order to get the right answers. When it comes to obesity conventional medicine hasn’t been asking any questions in over 40 years. If you are …
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could take some supplements to help you lose weight? While losing weight is not as easy as just popping a few pills, there are many supplements that have the potential to help you more easily burn fat and build muscle mass. Doing both of these things simultaneously, often referred …
Let’s start with what many doctors won’t tell you: T3 is the most active and powerful thyroid hormone in your body and is far more potent than the T4 found in levothyroxine. For this reason, it’s probably the best (or second-best) thyroid hormone you can take for weight loss. For purposes of this article, I’m …
Losing weight can feel like an impossible task if you have a thyroid problem but there are a few tricks you can use to make it easy. One of those is supporting your thyroid. By taking thyroid supplements you can boost thyroid function leading to a higher metabolism and more calories burned at rest. The …
There are two things that about 80% of thyroid patients want: To lose weight and to lose it quickly. I totally understand the visceral need that many people have to get back to a normal weight, but I would strongly caution against the rapid part. Rapid weight loss is almost always unhealthy, almost always leads to more thyroid problems (not less), …
Using a scale is one of the worst ways to measure weight loss if you have a thyroid problem for 3 main reasons: Reason #1. Thyroid patients frequently suffer from rapid changes to their weight due to shifts in fluid. These shifts do not represent changes in fat mass, but they can confused as such when …
I’ll be the first to say that thyroid medication management can be quite confusing and not at all straightforward, at least not all of the time. Which is why it comes as no surprise that some thyroid patients experience what seem to be paradoxical or almost too-good-to-be-true effects when making adjustments to their thyroid medication. …
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 …
Most thyroid patients believe that they will never be able to lose weight. Yet I’ve helped thousands of thyroid patients lose weight over the last 9 years through some simple lifestyle and diet tweaks. Here’s what works for thyroid weight loss (and why): #1. Use fasting to reduce calories (not daily caloric restriction). Yes, you …
