A doctor was diagnosed with thyroid disease 4 months after becoming a new mother. She was bed-bound for 6 months, housebound for 2 years.
[Read more…]Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a case of immunological mistaken identity
November 17, 2018 by 3 Comments
The immune system serves as a defense system to eliminate foreign invaders like viruses, bacteria, and cancer. Yes, that makes logical sense, but where things get complicated is when your immune system makes mistakes and attacks your own body parts as if they were the enemy and that includes your thyroid gland. [Read more…]
Low-dose Naltrexone for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. A Game Changer.
June 2, 2018 by 23 Comments
Low-dose Naltrexone. Have you heard of it? [Read more…]
Understanding the True Cause of Autoimmune Disease
May 1, 2018 by 5 Comments
Dr. Amy Myers is a former autoimmune patient who has empowered thousands of people to reverse Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Graves’ disease, and other autoimmune diseases. [Read more…]
Using Autophagy to Heal Your Thyroid
March 5, 2018 by 7 Comments
I had trouble sleeping one night and turned on the TV. Naomi Whittel was on the QVC shopping channel talking about how she used the Nobel Prize winning science of Autophagy to heal her autoimmune disease and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. [Read more…]
How diet and nutrition can help your thyroid
July 26, 2017 by 2 Comments
A doctor will run the lab test TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone). If TSH is above the “normal” range, the person is diagnosed with hypothyroidism. “Normal” is far from normal for many thyroid patients, but that’s another story and you can read more about that here. Out comes the prescription pad to write a prescription for thyroid hormone replacement medication. All too often the patient fails to feel better and sometimes even feels worse than before. There starts a lifelong journey with doctors chasing the patient’s symptoms prescribing one after another of different medications all while the patient continues to struggle. There is zero investigation into the WHY of hypothyroidism in too many cases.
WHY? This is a common sense question in the case of most diseases, yet for some strange reason it is completely overlooked when it comes to thyroid disease.
WHY do YOU have hypothyroidism?
Isn’t that an important question?
What are artificial sweeteners doing to your thyroid?
April 17, 2017 by 7 Comments
I know. I know. Losing weight with hypothyroidism can feel impossible. You’re trying your best to make changes to your diet in the hopes of losing some of the stubborn weight and you figure artificial sweeteners with fewer calories are a good option. But are they? [Read more…]
Why Caring for Your Liver is Key to Healing from Hashimoto’s
April 3, 2017 by 10 Comments
Let me guess. Your doctor has never mentioned your liver. Right?
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