As they say, hindsight is 20/20. And the truth is that most memories do get clearer when you are looking back on them. I remember feeling so overwhelmed and confused when I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s autoimmune disease. I didn’t even know what ‘a thyroid’ was or what it did at the time.
Category: Thyroid Health
When I originally started the journey to heal myself from Hashimoto’s disease I thought it would only take about 6 months.. Turns out I was wrong. It took me almost triple that amount of time. I was so used to healing quickly from sicknesses by just taking an antibiotic. At the time, I didn’t realize
Did you know that the amount of estrogen in your body can affect the function of your thyroid? It is surprising to think about, but it totally made sense to me after my experience with Hashimoto’s disease. Shifting hormones can really impact your health. Estrogen dominance is a common problem for women today. High levels
Have you ever had someone tell you that you are wasting your time? Or that you were spinning your wheels? You know that you are onto something, but you can’t seem to get anyone to listen to you? I can’t count how many times my doctors gave me an exasperated look when discussing my ideas
You can heal from Hashimoto’s! Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune thyroid disease that slowly drains your energy and your health. It can be crippling and feel like your life has been stolen from you. You may even feel that your body is failing you. Conventional medicine would have you believe that there is no cure except
Low Free T3? No problem – no need for a prescription! Can you believe it? It sounds too good to be true. Guggul is amazing for Hashimoto’s. After I was able to quit taking my thyroid medication, which I talk about in Part 8: How I Quit My Thyroid Medication, I started to research ways to
How are you supposed to know exactly what supplements will help you with Hashimoto’s? I remember feeling overwhelmed and confused. It is different for everyone, but some supplements are common among people autoimmune thyroid disease. While healing from Hashimoto’s, I tried many different supplements and spent hundreds of dollars trying to determine what would aid my
Do you like olives? I don’t. Sometimes I can stand them if they are mixed well with other things like in a salad, but generally I don’t seek them out. However, I can definitely get behind using olive oil. I cook with it regularly for my family. At this point, most everyone knows how wonderful
I have never worried about my iron levels before. Have you? By providing my body a regular amount of meat in my diet I figured my body would do what it was meant to do. It was never a concern of mine until I had my ferritin levels checked and found that I had low
Your gut is the cornerstone of your health. Trust me, I learned this the hard way while fighting my way to remission from Hashimoto’s – an autoimmune thyroid disease. If you would like to learn more about my journey you can read my article Part 1: What is Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis? If your gut is