Often times I find doctors try to over complicate the thyroid, maybe in attempts to impress patients with their knowledge. However, most hypothyroidism can be simplified down to 2 general types. They are functional and autoimmune. Autoimmune Hypothyroidism Autoimmune is by far the most common and it is also known as Hashimoto’s or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. I have written an entire … [Read more...]
Understanding the Causes of Thyroid Dysfunction (overview)
Well here it is, the meat of the matter. What causes thyroid problems? There are several factors that can cause thyroid problems and they can occur in different areas of your body. To simplify our discussing, I have broken these down for you with the following diagram. Remember our 3 steps? First, brain (pituitary) tells your thyroid to make thyroid hormone by secreting the hormone TSH … [Read more...]
Why Your Thyroid Medication May Not Be Working
Why are so many people who are on thyroid medication still not feeling well? Well, it is no secret that medications, in many cases, treat symptoms of disease and do not treat the cause of the disease itself. To be fair, there are certainly some medications that do treat the cause of disease, but thyroid hormone replacement medications are not one of them. The reason why so many people on … [Read more...]
What You Must Know – How Hashimoto’s Damages Your Thyroid
“Hashimoto’s is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States 1-4” From Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology regarding hypothyroid patients, “The thyroid glands of most of these patients first have autoimmune “thyroiditis,” which means thyroid inflammation. This causes progressive deterioration and finally fibrosis of the gland, with resultant diminished or absent secretion … [Read more...]
Causes & Treatments of Hashimoto’s
Causes & Treatments of Hashimoto’s We have discussed that autoimmunity of the thyroid gland is the number one cause of hypothyroidism in the US. We have also discussed having one autoimmune disease puts you at higher risk of developing another. Why is it if you have one autoimmune disease you are at a higher risk for developing another? It is likely because most autoimmune disease … [Read more...]
Insulin, Blood Sugar and Thyroid – Hidden Cause of Thyroid Problems #1:
How do insulin and blood sugar levels affect your thyroid? Well let’s quickly review insulin and blood sugar regulation. The reader’s digest version goes like this; eat carbs, then your blood sugar rises which then causes a release of insulin. A reasonable amount of carbs and stimulation of this process is OK and actually good, however most people are consuming far too much carbohydrate which … [Read more...]
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