Just like Graves' disease, Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disease. With Hashimoto's disease, the immune system makes antibodies that attack and damage the thyroid gland, making it unable to produce enough thyroid hormones. The thyroid then becomes underactive and stops working as well as i...
Statistics show one in eight women between the ages of 35 and 65 have some form of a thyroid disease (1). The most common form of thyroid disorders are autoimmune related and include conditions like Graves’ and Hashimotos, which occurs in the majority of patients. Thyroid Hormones The main...
Consider that with pre-eclampsia (gestational hypertension), women are told not to eat salt. You can see what happens when we reduce sodium: glucose increases and we also induce an ionic imbalance. This ionic level imbalance is visible (like the swollen toes) and may lead to further complicat...