Category: thyroid disease
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: My First Podcast Interview With Wardee at GNOWFLINS
For those interested in hearing me talk about my healing journey, I was a guest on the “Know Your Food” podcast with Wardee Harmon this week! Wardee and I have known each other for a few years while I was seeking wellness through natural remedies and nutrient dense food which I learned to make through her…
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: How to Finish?
I’m in a unique position. But not in a position many of you have not been in or will be in. Today I was contemplating life choices. I lost my mother to pneumonia earlier this year. She was 80 years old. She had a host of health problems from atrial fibrillation, diabetes, high blood pressure,…
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Are You Willing to Wait 17 Years to Feel Better?
Are you willing to wait 17 years to feel better? That is what Dr. Thomas O’Bryan says (based on this meta-analysis of translational medicine) is the average time it will take your conventional medicine doctor to get the information from the current published research in peer reviewed literature that will change the way conventional doctors think down the…
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: What You Must Know Before You Go “Gluten Free”
Please don’t go gluten-free yet! That must sound strange coming from someone who just finished an 8 part series on how to go truly gluten-free! But I am quite serious for those of you who have not yet taken the plunge. I say this because if you skip some steps before going on your gluten-free…
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Stages of Denial?
As I look back over my 20 plus years of my Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis diagnoses, I see a blur of wasted time. For me, the time wasn’t wasted because I ignored the evidence of lifestyle interventions that can significantly help people with Hashimoto’s (see Izabella’s Wentz’ book Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the…
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Is The GAPS Diet Too Restrictive?
This thought came to my mind the other day while preparing my staple food for the week. Is the GAPS Diet (or other similar diets like the SCD Diet or Paleo-ish type diets) too restrictive for someone with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis? Let’s put this into perspective first. Here are just a few of the symptoms that…
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Hashimotos Thyroiditis: Guest Post from My Husband (Support for Hashimoto’s Sufferers)
My husband has put up with a lot due to my Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis over the years. We’ve been married 20 years now and I was diagnosed with Hashi’s only a couple years after we were first married. Neither one of us knew the impact this condition would have on our lives, especially since the doctor…
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Hashimotos Thyroiditis: Help! I Don’t Know What To Do First!
There are many things that go through the mind as you learn of your new diagnoses of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. However, what I have found is that these questions don’t go away after a year, or two, or three. In fact, I’m over 20 years now with Hashimoto’s and the confirmation that this is a…
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Hashimotos Thyroiditis: Can We Stop Talking about Gluten Now?
I heard Dr. Tom O’Bryan say in one of his interviews that he knows people are thinking that he believes everything bad is caused by gluten! I remember when I first heard about gluten sensitivity I was really annoyed. I honestly couldn’t believe the “staff of life” was being targeted as the opposite of life. It…
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Hashimotos Thyroiditis: What is a Functional Medicine Doctor?
I get this question all the time on my Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Support Group Facebook page. I had hoped to do a quick post on this before now, but better late than never. I am not an expert on what a Functional Medicine doctor is but I will give you my experience as a patient…