It doesn’t take long once you learn about functional medicine to realize it attracts primarily women. Why? Chronic disorders affect more women than men and conventional medicine’s treatment of women [...]
Sadly, millions of women and girls absorb high levels of toxins every month thanks to lax manufacturing standards of tampons and sanitary pads. These products are loaded with highly absorbable [...]
When you’re working to manage your autoimmune Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, you’ll come across recommendations for supplements to help you tame inflammation, support adrenal health, and help repair the gut. It’s [...]
Aging gracefully when you have Hashimoto’s is all about taking care of your mitochondria — the little energy factories in each cell. As we get older, their [...]
If you have an autoimmune condition and struggle with excess weight or high blood sugar, your blood tests show may also show fatty liver (high liver enzymes). Although fatty liver [...]
For decades the diet industry has conned consumers into thinking good diet products are low in fat. This led to a boon in creation of low-fat, high-carbohydrate, and often high-sugar [...]
When it comes to autoimmune disease, taming inflammation is the name of the game. This can be difficult because the body creates vicious cycles where inflammation keeps feeding more inflammation. [...]
Humans have been fasting for millennia, either for religious or spiritual reasons or simply due to lack of food. Today, a new form of fasting called intermittent fasting is increasingly [...]
If you’re managing a thyroid or hormone disorder then you’re likely gluten-free and may be eating rice-based, gluten-free substitutes. Unfortunately, research is showing eating rice regularly can deliver high levels [...]
It’s an embarrassing subject we like to put behind us, but hemorrhoids can be a real bummer, with the pain of sitting butting into everyday tasks. Although hemorrhoids tend to [...]