Living with thyroid and autoimmune disease often means following a limited diet due to multiple food allergies and reactions that make your symptoms worse. This creates many everyday challenges that can be difficult to overcome if you are not using tools and resources that make your life and new way of eating easier. If you answer “yes” to any of the questions below: Do you have a list of foods that you cannot eat? Do you struggle to find recipes that work for your limited diet? Is … [Read more...]
Can Thyroid Disease Be Caused By Epstein Barr Virus?
April 8, 2012 By
Is this a popular myth? Or is this the truth that thyroid disease is caused by Epstein Barr Virus? Epstein Barr (EBV) is a highly contagious virus. It is part of the herpes family of viruses and one of the most common in the world, with almost the entire human population being exposed to it at some point in their life (90-95% of all people). EBV is stealth. It can establish “lifelong latency and intermittent reactivation after primary infection and with limited clinical symptoms in the … [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 person … [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. [Tweet "#Thyroid related #insomnia occurs more frequently in women than men"] Insomnia is closely … [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...]
The Best Place To Start When You Don’t Know What To Eat For Your Low Thyroid
September 24, 2011 By
Do you know what is the biggest frustration most people with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's disease have when it comes to thyroid diet? They don't how to make food work for them and not against them... Most are confused and overwhelmed with food reactions and symptoms they get after nearly every meal. They struggle to find the time and energy to cook creative thyroid healthy meals that don't take "forever" to make. On top of that they to do all the things they should not do: Go … [Read more...]
4 Keys To Successful Weight Loss With Hypothyroidism
September 4, 2011 By
Many women who have hypothyroidism gain weight and have difficulties to shred these stubborn pounds despite taking thyroid medication, diet modifications and regular exercise. The main reason why hypothyroid patients cannot lose weight is due to uncorrected or undertreated hormonal imbalances. At hypothyroidism, metabolism slows down all body functions. Many patients who take thyroid medication and have normal lab test results still can experience hypothyroid symptoms including difficulties … [Read more...]
Why your thyroid is out of balance?
June 1, 2011 By
Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder caused by a deficiency of thyroid hormone. Primary hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland fails to produce thyroid hormones necessary to meet the body’s metabolic needs. A disorder of the pituitary gland or hypothalamus are the main causes of secondary hypothyroidism: Pituitary gland fails to secrete thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) leading to deceased synthesis of thyroid hormones. Hypothalamus does not release appropriate levels … [Read more...]
12 Common Dysfunctions Caused By Hypothyroidism
April 7, 2011 By
At hypothyroidism, lack of thyroid hormone affects function of every cell in the body. The patient starts to develop a variety of symptoms and health dysfunctions due to slowing down of the metabolic rate. 1. The cellular metabolic rate is decreased in people with hypothyroidism which results in low energy production in the mitochondria. The person feels fatigued all the time, struggles to recover after stressful events and the ability to fight against viruses and bacteria may … [Read more...]
20 Warning Clinical Signs Of Hypothyroidism
March 24, 2011 By
Both symptoms and signs are indicators of abnormalities in the patient’s health condition that are widely used for establishing the connection to thyroid disease or other possible disorders. However, the difference between a symptom and a sign is often misunderstood. A symptom is a health abnormality which is a subjective experience of the patient that other people can’t see and independently verify. For example, fatigue is a common hypothyroid symptom and is present in many other diseases. … [Read more...]
Hypothyroid Symptoms In Women
February 21, 2011 By
Hypothyroidism is a very common health problem, however hypothyroid symptoms in women are often overlooked and millions of people do not receive an adequate thyroid treatment. At hypothyroidism, the production of thyroid hormones is decreased to abnormally low levels (T3 and/or T4) and TSH is increased. The lack of thyroid hormone affects the function of every cell in the body slowing down the metabolic rate. The patient starts to develop an array of symptoms. The variety and severity of … [Read more...]
5 Stages Of Hypothyroidism
December 11, 2010 By
According to symptoms and test results patient could be euthyroid, transintly hyperthyroid, subclinical, mild, moderate or severe hypothyroid. The extreme manifestation of hypothyroidism myxedema coma is a rare condition and occurs most often in elderly people. TSH raises in proportion to degree of hypothyroidism. Increased TSH is earliest evidence of hypothyroidism and normally is sufficient to make the diagnosis. However, the measurement of free form of T4 and T3 thyroid hormones and … [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 insufficiency, stop Hashimoto’s and reduce my high dose of thyroid medication. On my blog I show you exactly how I did it so you can learn how to get started. Read more in 
