January is Thyroid Awareness Month. Perfect timing to refocus on your thyroid health. And to start us off this year, I want to get back to basics. The first of the basics is to KNOW YOUR NUMBERS. When last did you have your thyroid labs done? If it was a few months ago, I recommend that […]
When to take your thyroid medication
Many thyroid patients take their thyroid pills every day as prescribed, yet they don’t feel better. Today I want to look at the factors that impact how your thyroid medication is absorbed, or not. When I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2003, my doctor never told me that I would be taking my thyroid medication […]
What is Reverse T3? And does it matter?
When you are struggling with an underactive thyroid and your symptoms are not getting better, you may have high levels of Reverse T3. Reverse T3 (also written as rT3) is one of those thyroid tests that most doctors will not request. I believe that many conventional doctors do not understand the value of the test, […]
What are thyroid antibodies?
What are thyroid antibodies? And what does it mean if you have thyroid antibodies?
The link between vitamin D and hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s
Research has shown that there is a strong link between vitamin D and hypothyroidism. Let’s have a look at what it means if you have an underactive thyroid or Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Today I want to look at vitamin D and what vitamin D deficiency means for hypothyroid and Hashimoto’s patients. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s […]
Help with Hashimoto’s Thyroidiitis: where to start
Being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease is scary and overwhelming. Here is my recommendation on where to start your healing.
Newly Diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis – The Ultimate Guide to What You Need To Know
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks the thyroid gland. Over time, this leads to an underactive thyroid. While this is an autoimmune condition and there is no cure (yet), there is a lot you can do to calm your immune system and even put this autoimmune condition into remission. This […]
The difference between hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Being diagnosed with an underactive thyroid is not a strange thing anymore. So many women I know and hear of, have been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. But for most people, the autoimmune condition, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, is the reason why their thyroids are underactive.