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 …
Blastocystis Hominis
Could the Epstein-Barr Virus Be a Hashimoto’s Trigger?
When I was taking my pharmacy licensing exam after graduation, I remember thinking that I could never possibly know more than I did at that time—but I have learned so much more since then! Learning is one of my biggest passions, and I’ve found that the more I learn, the more I want to learn. I’m proud to say that I’ve now been a pharmacist for more than ten …
Candida and Hashimoto’s Connection
If I could put all of the triggers of Hashimoto’s into 6 different buckets, I would categorize Hashimoto’s as a combination of food sensitivities, nutrient depletions, intestinal permeability, an impaired ability to handle stress, and impaired ability to handle toxins, and in some cases, chronic (often hidden) infections. Many times, it’s these underlying …
What’s Causing Your Leaky Gut
If you’ve been following my work for a while, you’ll likely know by now that gut health is at the root of autoimmune thyroid dysfunction. I first came across the gut-autoimmune thyroid connection when I was trying to figure out my underlying triggers. I was suffering from constant bloating, irritable bowel syndrome (alternating constipation and diarrhea), …
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