For many people with Hashimoto’s, the root cause of their hypothyroidism can be linked to dietary triggers. Often times, eliminating problematic foods is key to finding healing and eventual remission. However, there are other toxins that can contribute to the autoimmune response, some of them less obvious than others. One such trigger that we hear about less …
Environmental Toxins
Could Nickel Be the Root Cause of Your Thyroid Symptoms?
Hashimoto’s can be exacerbated by or caused by a variety of triggers (or root causes, as I like to call them). The root causes for each person will vary, but in general, they can be grouped into food sensitivities, nutrient depletions, chronic infections, an impaired ability to handle stress, gut issues, and toxins. While I’ve found that nutritional …
Dave’s Hashimoto’s Root Cause: Mold!
Dave Asprey Shares His Hashimoto's Success Story I know that many of you have likely changed your diets, and have seen positive results, but there may be other toxins in your life that can trigger the autoimmune response. Mold is a powerful autoimmune trigger that hardly anyone talks about. I'm excited to tell you about my friend Dave's new project... …
Reversing Autoimmunity and the Perfect Storm
Three Factors Need to be Present for Autoimmunity to Develop There is not just one event that causes autoimmunity, but instead, a series of events has to line up just right to create the perfect storm, or perfect circumstances, for developing autoimmunity. Recent advances in autoimmunity have been made by an American …
Hashimoto’s and Getting Your Hair Back…
Our Hair Represents our Femininity Hair loss is a distressing symptom experienced by women with Hashimoto’s. For women, our hair represents our femininity, and losing our hair is a constant reminder that something is off and that we are not well. Here are some tips that may put hair loss at bay… Be sure to check your TSH, Free T3, Free T4 Sometimes, when …
Gut, Brain, and Autoimmune Disorders
The Role of Food I had the experience of a lifetime attending “Gut, Brain and Autoimmune Disorders: The Role of Food,“ a conference sponsored by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine in Los Angeles. I felt very lucky to be among the group of 150 or so attendees that consisted of health care professionals from a wide variety of disciplines, …
The Many Triggers of Hashimoto’s
When I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s in 2009, there was very little information about the many triggers and root causes of Hashimoto’s. There were very few practitioners who were willing to look past Synthroid, and most of them were extremely expensive. I personally was not able to afford 5-10 thousand dollars to see one of them, so I spent hours …
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