Category: Thyroid Health

How the thyroid sets the pace for our cells

Thyroid health can be so confusing, especially because you don’t need to be diagnosed with a thyroid disorder to suffer from thyroid issues. Hypothyroidism or sluggish thyroid is incredibly common–see the symptoms in the last slide. Your thyroid is a 🦋-shaped gland that powers every cell in your body. It sets the pace for your […]
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Thyroid Foundations Deep Dive

The topic of thyroid health has generated an overwhelming number of questions. You don’t need to be diagnosed with hypothyroidism to suffer from thyroid issues. I’ve discovered subclinical thyroid dysfunction in myself and many of my clients, impairing their ability to heal fully. How does the thyroid work? Your thyroid powers every cell in your […]
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Assessing thyroid health on an HTMA

There’s a lot more to assessing thyroid health than just blood work. Yes, I think blood work is an important piece, but blood work doesn’t tell us WHY the thyroid is off. This is why we want to look deeper at things like mineral levels. Why? Because minerals fuel our metabolism and adrenals, which have […]
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Selenium: Beyond Thyroid Health

Selenium is crucial for thyroid health, but it also plays a large role in other areas of our health. A big part of its importance in the body is the fact that it is a powerful antioxidant. Selenium protects the body from stress and inflammation because of its antioxidant properties. This is part of why […]
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Functions of iodine

Iodine is a mineral that is specifically part of the halogen family, which includes chlorine, fluorine, and bromine. Halogens form a salt when they react with metals. Iodine is by far the most supportive halogen and is found in every cell of the body. Every gland concentrates iodine and uses it to create hormones. Iodine […]
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Iodine deficiency

Iodine deficiency is a lot more common than you might think. 60% of women of reproductive age are deficient in iodine and iodine levels in the US alone have dropped by over 50% in the past 40 years, according to an NHANES study. Iodine deficiency has increased so much because of a lack of iodine […]
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Therapeutic actions of iodine

Outside of how essential iodine is for creating thyroid hormone and supporting overall hormone health, I think the coolest thing about iodine is all of its therapeutic properties. Not only is iodine antibacterial, but it is also a strong anti-fungal and anti-v!ral agent. Dr. David Derry wrote, “Iodine was the most effective agent for killing […]
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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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