Articles — hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism during pregnancy can impact your health but your future child's health even more. In today’s society, it is important to have a basic understanding of thyroid disease and how much it can affect us because it is so prevalent, yet so under-diagnosed and misunderstood. The thyroid being the energy and metabolism gland, it can hurt our will to perform daily tasks, give us anxiety, make us gain unnecessary weight and feel sluggish and down. Of course, the list goes on… This is especially true given the nutritionally poor American diet, the underestimated and high amount of environmental contaminants and...

Thyroid disruptors such as Tribromophenol (TBP) are very likely contributing to your thyroid dysfunction at home. TBP, also known as 2,4,6-Tribromophenol, is primarily known for its use in the preparation of flame retardants or as a fungicide for plant protection. And although we may not realize it, we are very likely exposed to this chemical every day because TBP is also used as a wood preservative in pallets used by food and medicine companies. Indeed, if you have ever noticed a musty odor coming from your over-the-counter medicine bottles or food packaging products that you have purchased over a month...

Q: My struggles started about 10 years ago. I am not a healthy eater, so every couple of years I had about 5-10 pounds to lose. I would stick to the Weight Watchers points system. That was always very successful for me. In 2005, I again did the points system to lose some weight, and I didn't lose anything. After doing it for 2 months and exercising daily, I still didn't lose one ounce. I figured I'd try again in a few months. Well again, I tried about 6 months later. I didn't lose anything. About one year later I was...

Q: I have many family members with hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease, ADD and I am suffering from a long standing depression. My cousin mentioned she had subclinical hypothyroidism. Could my depression be related to subclinical hypothyroidism?