How functional blood ranges help you prevent disease progression
Have you ever had obvious low thyroid symptoms but your lab tests came back normal? Many such patients, the majority of them women, are told it’s simply stress, aging, or [...]
Instant Pot: Great for your thyroid and hormone protocol
The beauty of functional medicine to manage Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism is it puts your health journey in your hands. The curse of functional medicine is that eating healthy takes more time, [...]
Spore probiotics: A gut and immune helper
As we continue to learn how important healthy gut bacteria is for managing thyroid and hormone imbalances, interest in cultivating a rich and diverse “gut microbiome” grows. One important tool [...]
Hangry
Do you often find yourself getting "hangry" when you wait too long to eat? While it can be slightly funny, and easily remedied (hello sugary snack!) the cause of [...]
Exercise promotes healthy gut bacteria
We’re learning what a vital role good gut bacteria play in immune health, brain health, mood, gut health, and, of course, the management of thyroid and hormone disorders. We also [...]
Canola Oil and Brain Health
We’ve long been pitched canola’s health benefits. After all, Whole Foods uses it in all their prepared foods and many vegetarian and vegan products proudly promote it as a feature [...]
The importance of keeping a food diary
If you want to ensure success in managing thyroid and hormone symptoms with the autoimmune paleo (AIP) diet, studies show keeping a food diary can help with your success sticking [...]
Balancing chronic illness and raising children
Because women make up the majority of those with autoimmune and thyroid diseases, this means many sufferers of chronic illnesses are also raising children. It’s common for women to feel [...]
Cannabis-Free Tips to Boost Your Endocannibinoid System Naturally
If medical marijuana has done anything, it has been to educate us about our own endocannibinoid system (ECS) — a system of receptors on cells that play a role in [...]
Counting carbs? Here’s Why Carbohydrate Density Matters
If you are counting carbs to stabilize your blood sugar, lower inflammation, balance hormones, lose weight, or better manage Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, experts say looking at carbohydrate density is a more [...]