Many of my readers have reported some of the following symptoms: brittle or white-spotted nails, a tendency to get sick easily, allergies, frequent respiratory infections, an impaired sense of taste and smell, diarrhea, hair loss, impotence, loss of appetite, skin issues, depression, and impaired vision. Are you one of them? Figuring out the root causes …
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Are Your Adrenals Sabotaging Your Health?
Those of us with Hashimoto’s often blame our thyroid for the many signs and symptoms we experience. Hair loss? Thyroid! Weight gain? THYROID! Fatigue? It’s gotta be the thyroid! Treating hypothyroidism without treating the adrenals is one of the biggest reasons people continue to feel exhausted despite receiving treatment with thyroid hormones. Patients …
8 Benefits of the Infrared Sauna That Can Reduce Symptoms of Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism
There are common underlying root causes in Hashimoto’s, including nutrient deficiencies, food sensitivities, an impaired ability to handle stress, intestinal permeability, chronic infections, and an impaired ability to handle toxins. In many cases, a person will have more than just one root cause, and addressing all of these elements can help us feel better. …
Thiamine and Thyroid Fatigue
Sometimes we can get stuck on our healing journey. We may be on a seemingly great diet, taking the right supplements, and doing everything in our power to feel better, but we still feel like we’re making no progress. But, many times, we may be one small change away from seeing a huge difference. In my case, I was well on my way to feeling better with …
Is Blasto Behind Your Hashimoto’s, Hives and IBS?
When I first set out to uncover the root cause of my Hashimoto’s, I took an inventory of all of my symptoms to find an underlying connection. In creating my own personal health timeline, I was able to see how the symptoms I was experiencing developed over the years, and found a common thread that kept leading me back to gut infections. Over the last …
Where Do I Start With Hashimoto’s?
Receiving a Hashimoto’s diagnosis can be overwhelming. Getting on the right medication might be your first step, but where do you go from there? What diet is right for you? Should you do a liver cleanse? Balance your adrenals? It took me three years to figure out the lifestyle interventions for Hashimoto’s that brought me into remission — and to this …
How Betaine with Pepsin Can Help with Hashimoto’s
If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll likely have heard of betaine with pepsin — betaine with pepsin is one of the most helpful supplements I came across during my health journey. I often tell the story about how this supplement changed my life. You may have been told that you have too much stomach acid, and that you need to go on medication to …
Brain Fog and Hashimoto’s
One of the most discouraging symptoms I began experiencing before receiving my Hashimoto’s diagnosis was that I began losing my memory. In school, I always had a strong memory, and prided myself on my ability to recall obscure facts and details from experiences I’d had many years earlier. Once my Hashimoto’s symptoms increased, however, my brain became …
Studies on Magnesium and Thyroid Health
A few years ago, I started working with a new client who was taking twelve different supplements from an alternative medicine doctor. Some were antimicrobial agents used for killing gut pathogens; some were herbs and nutrients meant to support her liver and adrenals. In theory, the protocol she was on was aligned with my teachings… supporting the gut, liver, …
No, Doctor, I Don’t Need Antidepressants!
One night, I had a lucid dream that brought me to the past. For those of you that have never had a lucid dream, in this type of dream, you know that you are dreaming and, thus, you know that you will be safe... no matter what happens, or what you do. These dreams can be very liberating! In this dream, I was taken back to a doctor’s visit back in 2006, …
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