The symptoms of hypothyroidism can be quite varied from person to person; some may even seem unrelated to thyroid problems and therefore dismissed as irrelevant. However, if a connection to the thyroid is overlooked, any treatment with medication can be ineffective. Many thyroid patients do not realize that the persistent low back pain may be related to hypothyroidism. Often, it becomes chronic because the source of the pain has not been correctly identified. To know how to deal with low … [Read more...]
Would You Like Dr. Drew To Be Your Doctor?
December 11, 2012 By
Think again. Recently Dr. Drew interviewed actress Jennifer Esposito on his show where she was invited to talk about celiac disease. The interview turned to be truly astounding and shocking not only to the viewers who have celiac disease but also for people with any chronic illness or debilitating health conditions. Jennifer has been struggling with unexplained symptoms and getting a diagnosis for 19 years until four years ago she was finally diagnosed with celiac disease. It was a long … [Read more...]
Thyroid Recovery: How To Get Started (FREE Reports)
December 1, 2012 By
You're one of the first to know, so I hope you take advantage of this. I just set up a page where you can get a free access to Thyroid eReports that will help you to find YOUR way to thyroid recovery and improve your health. It's all about how to eat, exercise and live to look and feel better than you ever have before. It is about how to make your future better than the past. It's about not accepting that where you're at now is "just as good as it gets", and it's about redefining … [Read more...]
The Key How To Heal And Prevent Autoimmune Disease
November 18, 2012 By
In conventional medicine autoimmune disease is a chronic life-long health condition that is considered to be incurable. This is what we are led to believe. However, a new discovery in the field of autoimmunity gives not only hope but opens new treatment opportunities. During last decades different models such as molecular mimicry, “bystander effect” and viral persistence were proposed as possible mechanisms that initiate the overreaction of the immune system and lead to an autoimmune … [Read more...]
How To Get Back Your Thyroid Health (And Much More)
October 3, 2012 By
Exclusive Interview with Magdalena Wszelaki, a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Founder of the Thyroid Diet Coach, where she answers YOUR questions. Part 2 Today it is all about thyroid health and hair loss, hormones, fertility, menopause, contraception, associated health conditions, and how to find a doctor that will actually help you to recover from Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism. Magdalena shares a lot of practical tips and gives an exclusive discount to the Outsmart Disease … [Read more...]
Does Autoimmune Disease Put Your Fertility And Pregnancy At Risk?
July 23, 2012 By
There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases that can affect almost every organ and tissue in the human body. The nerves, muscles, endocrine glands, gastrointestinal tract and connective tissue can be damaged or destroyed as a result of the autoimmune attack. About 75% of autoimmune conditions affect women most frequently during the childbearing years and can interfere with their fertility and ability to have children. Research studies show that fertility is reduced even before clinical … [Read more...]
Six Surprising Facts About High Thyroid Antibodies
July 5, 2012 By
Conventional medicine commonly ignores thyroid antibodies and most doctors don’t check for them routinely even if a thyroid disease is suspected. However, high thyroid antibodies are a valuable indicator for autoimmune thyroid conditions and help to make a proper diagnosis of both Hashimoto’s and Grave’s disease. The main reason why the test for thyroid antibodies is not ordered as often as it should be lies in the treatment approach to hypothyroidism. According to conventional … [Read more...]
5 Crucial Mistakes ALL Women With Thyroid Problems Make
May 24, 2012 By
Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. Hugh White Are you sure that your thyroid problem is properly diagnosed and treated? Unfortunately, the reality is that most people struggle to get diagnosed, are not adequately treated and continue to have multiple hypothyroid symptoms having normal lab test results. There are 5 most crucial mistakes patients and their doctors make when dealing with thyroid disease. You CAN avoid them by … [Read more...]
Are You Depressed? Here Is Why It Could Be Your Thyroid
March 22, 2012 By
Depression is the most common condition seen in general medical practice. About 10% of people experience depression over a lifetime. Studies show that up to 50% of patients with depression have a physical disorder that is either a direct cause of their depression or a major contributing factor. Successful treatment of the underlying medical condition can bring relief of depression most of the time. Despite this fact, if the medical history does not reveal any obvious cause of depression … [Read more...]
The Thyroid Adrenal Pancreas Connection
March 8, 2012 By
A guest post by Dr. Nikolas Hedberg, D.C., D.A.B.C.I. A Functional Medicine Practitioner and Author of the book The Thyroid Alternative: Renew Your Thyroid Naturally The Thyroid-Adrenal-Pancreas Axis In addition to gastrointestinal and blood sugar disorders, adrenal gland dysfunction is the most commonly seen imbalance in today's society. Adrenal gland imbalances are also one of the major factors that cause thyroid hormone imbalance. Stress from work, relationships, electronics, poor diet … [Read more...]
Why Thyroid Patients Should Care About Candida Overgrowth?
February 29, 2012 By
Candida is a natural organism that can be found in everyone's gastrointestinal tract. It becomes a problem when it overgrows and progresses to a systemic yeast infection that is also known as candidiasis and affects many organs at the same time. When candida cells excessively multiply it can cause a chronic or recurrent yeast infection. Candida Albicans is responsible for the majority of Candida infections. Symptoms of candida infection in women can be silent or evident and vary from … [Read more...]
Thyroid Disease And Other Causes Of Insomnia In Women
February 15, 2012 By
Sleep disturbance or insomnia is a common disorder when women have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or both. After headaches and colds it ranks third as the most common complaint in the doctor's office. One out of 8 people seeks professional assistance for chronic insomnia at least once in their life time. Between 49% and 69% of people reported to have occasional sleep disturbances. Insomnia occur more frequently in women than men. Insomnia is closely connected to thyroid disorders, … [Read more...]
9 Natural Ways to Improve Sleep and Get Back to Sleeping Like a Baby
February 7, 2012 By
Guest Post by Karen Brimeyer, Holistic Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner Are you surprised to learn that there are 84 classifications of sleep disorders? I sure am. In fact, there are over 42 million people suffer from a chronic sleep disorder. But you might be even more surprised to find that the majority of those people are also unknowingly suffering from Leaky Gut. If you want to learn how to improve sleep, read on. You may think that your lack of sleep is no big deal … [Read more...]
How to Recover from Fibromyalgia by Overcoming Hidden Thyroid Hormone Resistance
January 16, 2012 By
This post is dedicated to a well-known expert in the field of thyroidology and fibromyalgia Dr. John C. Lowe who suddenly died on January 9, 2012 due to complications following a head injury Dr. John C. Lowe was a leading expert on the natural treatments for thyroid disease. He was first to introduce a simple but very effective treatment for fibromyalgia by using T3 thyroid hormone. Dr. Lowe got interested in the thyroid disease about 25 years ago when he was researching and using a … [Read more...]
Are you at risk for thyroid eye disease?
August 22, 2011 By
Thyroid eye disease is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder and is also known as thyroid associated ophthalmopathy, Grave’s ophtalmopathy or orbitopathy. It is the most common condition that affects the soft tissue and muscles around the eye orbits and generally occurs together with hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid gland). Risk factors Thyroid disease. Between 25 and 50% of patients with Grave’s disease in addition to hyperthyroidism also have thyroid eye disease. However, 10% of … [Read more...]
My name is Marina Gutner, PhD. I am a researcher, medical writer, Author of forthcoming series on thyroid, hypothyroidism and autoimmune disease. I was diagnosed with autoimmune Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism in 2004 and soon got so sick that I was unable to function. It took me years of research to find how to recover from severe adrenal fatigue and fibromyalgia, stop Hashimoto's and reduce my high dose of thyroid medication in half. On my blog I will tell you exactly how I did it so you can do it too! Read more in 
