Category: Thyroid Health

Using Iodine On The Healing Journey

Iodine is an incredibly important mineral for thyroid health and women’s health in general. We use it with many of our clients and have a lot of our Master Your Minerals course students include it as well. The most important thing to do before using iodine is to make sure it’s a good fit for […]
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Iodine Wins!

Success With Iodine Ive used iodine myself and with clients for the last 4 years. It’s one of my favorite minerals because it is therapeutic on so many levels. I have great conversations with course students about their experience with iodine and I wanted to share a couple in this post. I want to preface […]
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Thyroid Health on an HTMA vs Blood Work

Concerned about your thyroid health, but confused by your labs? When it comes to thyroid health, it’s important to look at it from a few different angles. I like using your symptoms and metabolic markers (basal body temp or BBT), hair mineral testing, and blood work. Blood work is the traditional way to look at […]
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Optimal Thyroid Health Supports Optimal Fertility

Thyroid health is essential for optimal fertility an is one of the root issues of infertility. There are a few ways that a poorly functioning thyroid can contribute to difficulties with fertility and conception.: 1. Delays ovulation: lack of adequate thyroid hormone can prevent ovulation or delay it. We have to ovulate in order to […]
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Thyroid, Estrogen, & Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign uterine tumor. Approximately 60-65% of women develop fibroids by age 50. That’s a HUGE part of the population. Unfortunately, there is a lack of great information out there on how to naturally support your body when dealing with fibroids and what can be a contributor to their growth. […]
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Understanding Secondary Infertility

Secondary infertility is when you’re unable to conceive after previously giving birth for longer than 1 year. It affects about 11% of couples in the United States and is something I see a lot in my practice. It’s often very frustrating and confusing for women since they have already conceived and they don’t understand where […]
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Iodine and fertility

Why Iodine Is So Important For Fertility Iodine is one of those minerals that is very controversial and people tend to feel very strongly about one way or the other. There’s a lot of fear mongering, so I’m hoping I can clear up some of that noise for you today and share the facts along […]
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Stress and your thyroid

In this podcast episode on the AYM Podcast, @kaelyRD and I dive deep into every area of thyroid health, including how stress impacts your thyroid and how a low-functioning thyroid then in turn impacts your menstrual cycle. If you haven’t heard of the OAT axis (or the ovarian-adrenal-thyroid axis), it’s the communication between these three […]
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Assessing thyroid health

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 hand in hand with period problems, see this blog post for info on the connection between your thyroid and your cycle!, but there are so many other symptoms […]
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Light & Our Hormones

The way we live and what we eat have a huge impact on our hormones. This is something I’ve talked about for years and is generally accepted (at least within the holistic wellness community). Many of us are familiar with the fact that the sun helps us make vitamin D, but I would say a […]
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