Vitamin D receptors (VDR) are present in the cells of the pituitary, the pea-sized gland located at the base of the brain that controls your thyroid. The pituitary produces a hormone called thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) that signals your thyroid gland to make thyroid hormone (T3 and T4)...
In fact, none of the symptoms I complained about during my ER and hospital visit were in my records. The only record they had of any significant symptom was from Dr. Perry herself, noting that I couldn’t walk due to “weakness.” I addressed this with her, and she insisted my difficu...
The benefits of vitamin D3 garner a plethora of glowing press these days but little information has been reported about how this essential nutrient may be associated with thyroid disorders. An alarming number of Americans—over 25 million—suffer from thyroid disease. Women are four times more lik...
When I bring up the notion of eating more protein, fat, or simply eating more nutrient-dense foods in general, I am met with resistance, sometimes philosophical, but oftentimes, based upon long-entrenched food sensitivities that develop over time, eventually winnowing the number of non-triggering...
Could Altered Vitamin A Metabolism Be Responsible for Endometriosis and Fibroid Growth? Talking About Thiamine Again You might be interested in Several months ago, I had the great pleasure of speaking withAnn Louise Gittleman, an icon in women’s health and nutrition. The topic, as you might ...
This is the secret of the autonomic dysfunction in the vitamin B1 deficiency disease, beriberi. It is also the secret behind the initiation of POTS because both conditions are examples of defective oxidation. You can read more details regarding thiamine deficiency, beriberi, POTS and other health...
of them. I always had to be the mom when playing house in kindergarten. My parents struggled to find help for me because no doctor could explain why I hurt and felt the way I did. Finally, after being hospitalized for over a week my parents had answers. I was diagnosed with a ...
At phase 2 of the hypoxic response we see that heart’s ability to contract, maintain active tension, is further suppressed while resting tension, the inability to fully relax, continues to climb. Still though, there is no increase in the influx of Ca2+. In fact, Ca2+ appears either reduc...
vitamin B1 deficiency disease, long known as beriberi. It is unfortunate that we use a Chinese word that, translated to English means: I can’t. I can’t. It is the expression of the profound associated fatigue. There is good reason for denial of its modern existence. It has always ...
the summer months. We now know that ultraviolet light is stressful to the human body. Exposure to sunlight, even though it provides us with vitamin D as part of its beneficence, is for the fit individual. Tanning of the skin is a natural defense mechanism that exhibits the state of health...