Hey people, I had a question recently from someone asking what foods can hamper thyroid hormone absorption. This is an important question, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to answer it. How Hormones Bind The first thing to understand about thyroid hormone is that it behaves a little differently than many of it’s hormone …
As many of you know, all I do is treat Hashimoto's and over the last 4 years I have worked and spoken with over 2,000 people with Hashimoto's. Most of these conversations have happened during my consultations. In these, people share with me their struggles and I offer advice that helps them right away. By far, the most …
Some of the most common questions I receive via phone, email, Facebook, and yelled across the street concern thyroid replacement hormone. The question usually goes something like, "Hey, what's the best thyroid hormone?" And like most things with Hashimoto's, this is a super difficult, complicated question disguised as a simple one. All I can do …
Today's health tip is about thyroid hormone resistance. This is a common cause of feeling like crap because when this happens in your body, the cells aren't absorbing and utilizing thyroid hormone. So you might be taking thyroid hormone and your lab work might all look great, but you still feel like they just scraped you off the …
The Tyranny of T4 Supplementation and TSH Only Testing for Hashimoto's Hashimoto's is one of the most common autoimmune diseases in the US. It is routinely undiagnosed or under-diagnosed and when it is treated, the gold standard of treatment is to give patients Synthroid or Levothyroxine (Synthetic T4). To monitor whether or not this is …
