HYPOTHYROIDISM is a common condition in which your thyroid gland struggles (and may eventually fail) to produce sufficient thyroid hormones. When your thyroid gland is sluggish or underactive, these insufficient hormones (important for regulating the body’s many...
HYPOTHYROIDISM is a medical condition that occurs when your THYROID gland fails to produce enough thyroid hormone. In this article we will discuss HYPOTHYROIDISM LOW BLOOD PRESSURE – RISKS AND SOLUTIONS because one of the potential health risks of hypothyroidism is...
Most people are familiar with the incredible benefits of Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C and Vitamin D. But Vitamin K2? Not so much. That’s unfortunate, because research suggests Vitamin K2 may be essential to optimizing vitality. In this article we explore the...
What comes to mind when you hear the words ‘essential micronutrients?’ Most people think of examples like calcium, vitamin D, B vitamins, iron, and vitamin A. But what about iodine? It’s a trace mineral and essential micronutrient that your body...
The THYROID gland plays a major role in METABOLISM, HORMONAL ACTIVITY, and BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION. HASHIMOTO’S disease, also known as HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS (INFLAMMATION of the thyroid) or just simply HASHIMOTO’S, is the leading CAUSE of hypothyroidism, an...
Beets, also known as beetroot, are a popular root vegetable grown all over the world and considered one of the world’s healthiest foods. BEETROOT POWDER, available online and in health food stores, is made by slowly heating and drying the beetroot before being ground...
Most CONVENTIONALLY trained doctors assume you have TOO MUCH stomach acid and prescribe ACID BLOCKERS to SUPPRESS or LOWER your stomach acid. They rarely, if ever, acknowledge the REAL problem, which is POOR DIGESTION, or TOO LOW STOMACH ACID, which results in similar...
Most people have been told by CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE (diet doctors, nutritionists, fitness gurus and pharmaceutical companies) that you have to lose weight in order to get healthy. However, in FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, we teach that you have to get healthy in order to lose...
Most CONVENTIONALLY trained doctors address THYROID DISEASE as an isolated problem of the thyroid gland and try to manipulate thyroid hormone levels by prescribing SYNTHETIC (fake) thyroid hormone. They rarely, if ever, acknowledge how to fix high thyroid antibodies....
FERRITIN is an often-ignored blood marker which measures the amount of IRON STORED in your body. Think of it as iron in reserve. Since iron, in all forms, is important to maintain proper red blood cell production, thyroid function, energy levels, hair growth and so...
