including root cause medicine, diet, or supplements, to ensure your thyroid medication dosage is optimized — or sooner, if you are showing any of the above symptoms. Thyroid medications are goldilocks hormones — they need to be used in just the right dose — and there are risk...
Another article on thyroid health is linked here. One researcher who has studied this issue in depth is David Brownstein, MD, author of the book“Iodine: Why You Need It. Why You Can’t Live Without It.” I highly recommend it. Dr. Brownstein tested over 4,000 people, checking their i...
Thus, having low levels of thiamine is common in those with Hashimoto’s… and can be one of the root causes of thyroid symptoms, including fatigue! Research on Thiamine and Thyroid Fatigue I often scour PubMed, the largest database of scientific publications, for the latest research on Hashi...
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You can also get omega-3s from supplements, and you can read more about the supplements that I recommend in my article onfish oil for Hashimoto’s. Limiting Foods High in Iodine While iodine is essential for thyroid function, excessive amounts can exacerbate Hashimoto’s. ...
The Gut and Thyroid Connection In the world of functional medicine, we often refer to the concept that all disease (and thereby all healing) begins in the gut. The gut performs the all-important role of digesting and absorbing the nutrients we take in. I like to say, “You are what you...
It took me three years to figure out the lifestyle interventions for Hashimoto’s that brought me into remission — and to this day, I am constantly learning about new treatment options so that I can help others put their thyroid condition into remission. ...
After being diagnosed with hypothyroidism, many people are told that their “thyroid is sluggish” and that these things happen with age and often hear: “Just take this pill, you’ll be fine…” But they’re not told that they have an autoimmune condition. Thus, they never think to ask...
Over the last several years since I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, I have discovered many strategies to eliminate my symptoms and eventually put my thyroid disease into remission. Of all of those strategies, the most impactful have been those that dealt with food. ...
This is why I don’t generally recommend iodine supplements to people with Hashimoto’s. I don’t believe that the short-term artificial boost in energy is worth destroying your thyroid gland! In one study, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota tracked the rate of Hashimoto’s thyroid...