Category: Thyroid Health

Conventional vs Functional thyroid treatment

I’ve had too many clients that can’t even get their doctor to test their thyroid, despite obvious symptoms, or retest their thyroid 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. This should be a crime.⁣⁣⁣​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The other piece of this is once they get treatment, their symptoms don’t always improve or only improve for a short period. Why […]
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Thyroid Health Shifts On The Healing Journey

Our thyroid health impacts all systems of the body because it sets our metabolic pace. This means it controls how fast or slow our metabolism is working and how much energy we are burning. You can have a thyroid that slows down and isn’t functionally as optimally as it could be without having a hypothyroid […]
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Making Decisions On The Healing Journey Part 2!

In Part 1 of this topic we covered how to identify your main health concerns, establish a baseline, and assess your lifestyle. In this post I want to focus on choosing the most appropriate lab test based on your main concerns and then how to make a timeline to reassess and reflect. Before we jump […]
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The Gallbladder & Your Hormones

If you’ve never had gallstones or worried about getting your gallbladder removed, you may not understand just how important it is. Not only do we need our gallbladder to properly digest and absorb fats in our diet, but we also need it to get rid of estrogen and toxins. We get rid of those in […]
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Iodine: The Miracle Mineral

If you’ve been here for a while, you know how passionate I am about minerals. I talk a lot about minerals like sodium, potassium, magnesium, and copper, but what about iodine? Iodine is one of those minerals that doesn’t get the same attention as others and is often demonized. We are told to avoid excessive […]
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Supporting Autoimmune Thyroid Conditions

In part 1 and part 2 of what really impacts thyroid health I covered the different areas that impact thyroid function and how to support it. In this blog post we are focusing on autoimmune thyroid conditions. Everything from part 1 and part 2 of what impacts thyroid health still applies. I think it’s important […]
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5 jobs of the thyroid

When I think of women’s health and fertility I think of optimal thyroid health. If you haven’t heard of the OAT axis (or the ovarian-adrenal-thyroid axis), it’s the communication between these three major glands in the body that basically run everything. When one of the glands isn’t functioning properly, the whole system falls apart. This […]
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Optimal thyroid health supports optimal fertility

Thyroid health is essential for fertility, conception, and health during pregnancy and postpartum. Suboptimal thyroid health has been linked with difficulty conceiving or maintaining a pregnancy. PMID: 21772747 There are several ways you can assess your thyroid function. One of the best ways, in our opinion, is by how you feel. Thyroid dysfunction usually goes […]
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Acne Goes Beyond Hormones

The topic of acne is near and dear to my heart since it has been something I’ve struggled with since I was about 13. I took antibiotics, went on the pill, and used every topical I could get my hands on. I was never told the cause of my acne when I was seeing a […]
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The connection between our thyroid & gallbladder

Similar to how our hormones interact with our gallbladder, our thyroid impacts gallbladder function and our gallbladder impacts how we use thyroid hormone in the body. From The Thyroid’s View:Our thyroid health has a big impact on cholesterol metabolism. Hypothyroidism can lead to high cholesterol and poor cholesterol metabolism for many. This disruption in cholesterol […]
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