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Thyroid Health

Osteoporosis and Hashimoto’s: Part I of A 2 Part Series

Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which the bones break down and loose tissue. This can make them brittle and fragile and can make the people who suffer from it more susceptible to fractures, breaks and chronic pain. The National Osteoporosis Foundation reported that by 2020, about 14 million people over the age of 50 …

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Dairy and Hashimoto’s

With Hashimoto's, sometimes the things that cause the most problems are the things we are most attached to. Dairy certainly falls into this category. In this post we'll look at the potential problems caused by dairy and Hashimoto's. And, yes, that may include cheese and ice cream. Dairy Can Compromise Your Health in 2 Ways …

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Understanding Hashimoto’s Antibodies

Some of the most common questions that I get from people who reach out to me are about antibodies. There seems to be a good deal of confusion about them and also a good deal of emotion and expectation attached to these numbers going up or down. In this post, we examine thyroid antibodies …

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Hashimoto’s: Blood Sugar Blues

The human body is a wonderfully complex playground where hormones, immune cells, neurotransmitters, red and white blood cells, bacteria, and more all frolic. With Hashimoto's that playground gets invaded by a hurricane of inflammation and this disrupts many of the systems that produce these things. In today's post, we focus on how blood sugar problems …

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The Thyroid and Your Body, Part 2

In my last post I looked at 6 different systems and how they were affected by the thyroid and, how that affected Hashimoto's patients. This is part 2 of that post. And, as I stated in that post, some of this material comes from Dr. Datis Kharrazian, one of the world's leading experts in the …

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Hashimoto’s and Iodine: Good Idea or Bad?

Having the right amount of iodine is important for thyroid hormone production. And too little is the most common cause of hypothyroid problems worldwide. Some people think that this means, logically, iodine supplementation would be a good idea for Hashimoto's patients. It turns out, these people are very wrong. According to Dr. Datis Kharrazian, DC, …

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