Sick to Death: My Life with Thyroid Disease
From the moment I met award-winning filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West this summer in New York City, I knew instinctively that I was meeting a woman who was going to make change. There was a fire…
A Different View on a Common Autoimmune Disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
I read this paper published in Naturopathic Currents an evidence-based publication for the Naturopathic profession in April 2014. The author Dr. Fiona McCulloch wrote a review of the most current…
How Food Changed The Life Of This Hashimoto’s Warrior
Hashimoto’s warrior Micah Grzywnowicz discovered that thyroid medication was not enough to heal her condition. She also needed to change her lifestyle, including her eating habits.
Are you having a hard time recovering your Vitamin D levels?
It is estimated that over half the population is deficient in Vitamin D, most of them undiagnosed. A 2013 study in the International Journal of Health Sciences indicated that Vitamin D deficiency…
12 Things You Should Never Say To or About a Thyroid Patient
It is a pleasure to include my friend and fellow thyroid advocate Sarah Downing at Hypothyroid Mom.
Chronic Hives and Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis
Whenever I hear from a Hypothyroid Mom reader struggling with itchy red welts known as hives, I ask them if they’ve had full thyroid testing including thyroid antibodies for Hashimoto’s and…