Are We Treating Our Pets Better Than Ourselves?
She deserved to be spoiled...and so do you! Earlier this year, the American Pet Products Association released their annual report on the pet industry and announced that Americans [...]
OMG – Where Did All My Hair Go?
Hypothyroidism is a cruel condition that plagues its victims with a seemingly never-ending list of symptoms. The women who walk through the door of my health center tell me about [...]
If you have autoimmunity you need to look at leaky gut
One of the primary things we look for when someone has autoimmunity is leaky gut, a condition in which the intestinal wall is damaged, as it is usually a key [...]
Five Surprising Things That Could Be Triggering Your Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Disorder
You’d think that if you can trust anything, it would be your own immune system. After all, your immune system’s one and only job is to repel invaders and keep [...]
Is Your Doctor Giving You The Right Thyroid Test?
If you’ve spent any amount of time reading this blog, taking a tour of the site, or reading Thyroid and Menopause Madness then you know that my personal motto is, [...]
Goodbye McDonald’s – Hello to Healthier Eating
McDonald’s is closing 700 stores this year due to poor performance. Although it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the more than 32,000 stores worldwide, flagging sales and closing [...]
Worried about dementia and losing your memory? Eat your greens
Memory loss and dementia are valid concerns for everyone these days: one in three seniors dies of Alzheimer’s or dementia and Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in [...]
Fight underlying causes of allergies for lasting relief
The end of winter seems like a good thing until your allergies go haywire. If you’re tired of allergy meds and always feeling stuffed up and zonked out, consider lasting [...]
Hashimoto’s and autoimmunity linked to autism
Managing your hypothyroidism isn’t just about losing weight and having warm hands and feet. If you’re a woman who could get pregnant, it could play a role in whether you [...]
Fitness, not fatness, predicts longevity with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism
We’ve long been told if we want to be healthier and live longer we need to drop the pounds, but turns out fitness is the best predictor for longevity, even [...]