Are You Truly Hypothyroid? Caution for Those Seeing a Functional Medicine Provider
If you were diagnosed as hypothyroid by your functional medicine, you may want to get a 2nd opinion. Unneeded thyroid medication can make your...
4 Practical Tips for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis & Hypothyroid Symptoms
Hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity are shrouded in fear and confusion, but it doesn’t have to be this way. There are simple, evidence-based and practical...
Vitamin D Does Not Improve Thyroid Autoimmunity
We’ve discussed two studies that have shown that vitamin D supplementation can lower thyroid antibodies, but a recent study found that vitamin D did...
Vitamin D Improves Thyroid Autoimmunity
Another study has shown supplementation can improve thyroid autoimmunity, this time in women with already normal vitamin D levels. Let’s discuss.
Thyroid Autoimmunity – Healthy Levels for Thyroid Antibodies
Thyroid autoimmunity (also known as Hashimoto’s) is the most common cause of hypothyroidism. It is a process where your immune system makes antibodies against...
Treating Graves’ Disease
Graves’ Disease is an autoimmune thyroid condition that can cause hyperthyroid, requiring someone to have their thyroid gland removed or destroyed. The same underlying...
Thyroid Autoimmunity and H. Pylori – One Patient’s Story
Today we speak with June, a patient who has done quite well in terms of symptomatic improvement. As we have been monitoring June, we...
Will You Become Hypothyroid?
The two main markers that usually lead to hypothyroidism are elevated thyroid antibodies and TSH. Here we discuss simple, effective strategies to help lower your...
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