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Ridha Arem
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The importance of avoiding too much t3

The importance of avoiding too much t3

Most conventional doctors in the United States and in the world treat thyroid imbalance with T4, Synthroid or another preparation. There is a minority, however, that treat the thyroid imbalance with huge amounts of Armour thyroid (a medication that combines the two thyroid hormones, T4 and T3). While adding T3 to your thyroid treatment can improve some of your symptoms and is an important component of Dr. Arem’s thyroid program, it should be noted that treating hypothyroidism with Armour thyroid alone can result in thyroid hormone overmedication. Armour thyroid contains more T3 than the body needs when prescribed in high...

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Ridha Arem

Ridha Arem

Ridha Arem
Hypothyroidism during pregnancy

Hypothyroidism during pregnancy

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...

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