Category: thyroid disease

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis: It’s a Journey

        When I was first diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, I immediately thought the doctors would have a handle on it and give me the right pill and I would live the rest of my life having control over this disease. Why do you think I thought this? Because I was told by my doctor…

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis and Traveling on the GAPS Diet (GAPS series post)

    As most of you know, I have been attempting to help my Hashimotos Thyroiditis by following the GAPS Diet protocol.  I’ve been on the GAPS Diet for over a year now and the hardest stretch for me was a few months ago when I had to stay away from my gluten free kitchen and spend…

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis and The Autoimmune Protocol Diet

    Doing a post on the autoimmune diet protocol for Hashimotos Thyroiditis has been on my mind for many months now. However, I wanted to wait until I was actually doing the protocol myself. Due to a wonderful podcast I heard this morning, I have to deliver this information to my readers now! Some of you…

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis: The Holidays and Temptations

        Understanding we are on our own journey with Hashimotos Thyroidits, and many do not desire to indulge this time of year due to healing protocols, etc., I am choosing a special treat to bring to gatherings to help me celebrate the holidays. Although a wonderful time emotionally and spiritually for most people, I…

  • Why I’m Thankful for the GAPS Diet: A Thanksgiving Post

    This Thanksgiving I am counting my blessings in a much different way than years past and I am so thankful for it! You see, every Thanksgiving since I can remember, I have walked away from the dinner table either sick, bloated, or filled with “unexplainable” symptoms. This makes Thanksgiving history for me, a “not so…

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis GAPS Series: Look Over this Check List Before You Start the GAPS Diet!

    Some people who have Hashimotos Disease and also know they have a Leaky Gut decide to take on the GAPS Diet. But before you make that decision too quickly, please consider the check list I feel is most important when approaching this diet ahead of time so you are prepared emotionally, physically, and financially, for…

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis: Know Your Enemy!

    I was lying in bed a couple nights ago, thinking back to the early years of my diagnosis of Hashimotos, now many years ago. I was very much a “rebel” to the traditional medicine way of doing things so my doctors were never happy with me within my HMO. I kept asking if diet could…

  • Mercury Removal Update

    I have to tell you, I still can’t believe this! I am 3 months post amalgam removal and feeling the same relief I felt right after they were removed! How this affects my Hashimotos Thyroiditis will not be known for a bit longer as I had some trouble detoxing after the removal (couldn’t afford the…

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis and the GAPS Diet – First in a Series of Posts on GAPS

    Well, as usual, Hashimotos Thyroidits is not what most people would call a simple health issue! And it continues to amaze me every time I “get ahead”, how quickly I find I am not….really! But what doesn’t amaze me are the awesome things I find out as I go through this journey! Enter: The GAPS…

  • Hashimotos Thyroiditis and Mercury Poisoning!

    Well, this time I really did it! Hashimotos Thyroiditis isn’t the only culprit in my health woes! It took a very scary few months to finally allow the thought that mercury could very well be poisoning me and even more so while eating a healthy, thyroid-friendly diet! Why now? Why worse? Well, in the spring…