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The most important thing you may not know about hypothyroidism
An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease. Up to 60 percent of these people are unaware of their condition. One in eight women will develop a thyroid disorder during her...
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Three reasons why your thyroid medication isn’t working
In the last post I explained that, for the vast majority of patients, hypothyroidism is an autoimmune disease. This isn’t just an academic distinction. It’s the reason both conventional and alternative...
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Iodine for hypothyroidism: like gasoline on a fire?
The fantasy of both conventional and alternative healthcare practitioners is finding a single nutrient to treat hypothyroidism. For doctors, this is thyroid hormone. For alternative practitioners, it...
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The gluten-thyroid connection
In the first article in this series, I showed that hypothyroidism is an autoimmune disease in 90% of cases. In this article we’re going to discuss the connection between autoimmune thyroid disease...
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The role of vitamin D deficiency in thyroid disorders
Note: This will be my last post until the end of August. My wife and I are going up to the Sierras to hike and soak in the hot springs for a few days before the big acupuncture licensing exam next...
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Basics of immune balancing for Hashimoto’s
In the first post in this series, we established that hypothyroidism is caused by an autoimmune disease (called Hashimoto’s) in the vast majority of cases. Since then, we’ve explored the role of gluten...
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The autoimmune-inflammatory model of diabesity
In this article, I’d like to present a unified model of diabesity. I think it’s helpful to have a “birds-eye view” of how diabesity begins and progresses. It gives us a context for the articles that...
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9 Steps to Perfect Health – #5: Heal Your Gut
All disease begins in the gut. - Hippocrates Hippocrates said this more than 2,000 years ago, but we’re only now coming to understand just how right he was. Research over the past two decades has...
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Low T3 Syndrome IV: an autoimmune disease you’ve never heard of?
In the last article in this series I discussed several lines of evidence suggesting that inflammation is one of the primary causes of Low T3 Syndrome. In this article we’re going to discuss another...
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Selenium – The missing link for treating hypothyroidism?
A healthy thyroid is a critical component of one’s overall health, and many people are struggling with thyroid disorders such as hypothyroidism, specifically Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroiditis. In this...
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The Roundup
Here is The Roundup, Edition 12, bringing you the best from around the web from the past two weeks! Blast from the Past Chronic infections have been a major research interest of mine as of late. Many...
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5 Steps to Personalizing Your Autoimmune Paleo Protocol
This is a guest post by Laura Schoenfeld, a Registered Dietitian with a Masters Degree in Public Health, and staff nutritionist for ChrisKresser.com. Click here to learn more about her nutrition...
View ArticleIodine for Hypothyroidism: Crucial Nutrient or Harmful Toxin?
Note: This article originally published in July 2010, was updated in 2018 to include recent research. The original iodine/selenium discussion still stands. The post Iodine for Hypothyroidism: Crucial...
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If you have an autoimmune condition, the autoimmune protocol (AIP) diet can help. Read on to learn how the AIP diet works and check out eight AIP recipes submitted by our readers. The post 8...
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