When it comes to thyroid hormones, we have come a long way in understanding how they work over the past decade. As a doctor who treats many thyroid patients, I get questions about everything thyroid on a daily basis. I also have the opportunity to treat patients with thyroid medications and monitor their responses. As …
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Thyroid disorders are common in women, and in my practice I have consistently seen them associated with subfertility, poor egg quality, and miscarriage. These conditions have often thought to occur because of the embryo’s dependence on its mother’s thyroid hormone for its own metabolism. Until the embryo reaches 12 weeks of age, it can’t make …
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Just about every wellness publication out there warns against the health problems related to abdominal fat. Even if you are otherwise healthy, carrying excess weight around your belly is risky. Extra abdominal fat is linked to cardiovascular disease and diabetes, among other health concerns. So why is it that not everyone gains weight around their …
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An interesting study recently gave us some interesting insight into how the time of a woman’s cycle can affect thyroid test levels.(1) Using 55 women as test subjects, researchers created a situation that mimicked ovulatory estrogen levels. Over the course of the study, it was discovered that when estrogen reached ovulatory levels, the thyroid-regulating hormone …
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The pregnenolone steal has been taught in the world of functional and naturopathic medicine for many years. Although it seems to provide a nice explanation of how stress can impact hormones it is important to re-examine its validity in an era where we have rapidly increased our knowledge. What is the Pregnenolone Steal? The pregnenolone …
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Two micronutrients that are very important for thyroid hormone metabolism are zinc and selenium. Zinc is actually used for more than 300 enzymes in the body and is also required for proper hormone function – including our all-important thyroid hormone! T3 is our active thyroid hormone – the one responsible for running our metabolism. The …
Our immune systems are complicated things, that is for certain. They contain a variety of different cells that can kill pathogens with a memory as sharp as a razor, keeping our bodies protected from disease. They are a small army, constantly patrolling our bodies for invaders and sending signals to other cells when a threat …
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This month, I contributed a guest post to the esteemed Hypothyroid Mom blog. Dana Trentini is an activist who focuses on thyroid health, and in particular has an interest in the impact of thyroid health on women of childbearing age. She asked me to contribute a post to her blog on the topic of PCOS …
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Last month, I provided a seminar through a summit (The Joyfully Pregnant Fertility Summit) which included talks and interviews from several experts on a variety of fertility topics. My topic focused on the naturopathic viewpoint on the function of the thyroid in fertility and pregnancy. If you’ve read our other blog posts on this topic, …
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Please share this handy infographic to spread awareness of how important thyroid function is in pregnancy and fertility. As Naturopathic doctors, we often see the far-reaching effect that thyroid health has on women’s fertility. Hypothyroid and Hashimoto’s disease can result in infertility, miscarriage, and developmental problems including reduced IQ in the baby. Many women do …
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