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Hypothyroidism is a deficiency in thyroid hormone production and its consequences may be worse than what you thought... According to the CDC (Center For Disease Control & Prevention), roughly over 30 million Americans (about 10% of the population) have some form of diabetes, with at least 21 million Americans diagnosed and roughly 1 in 4 people unaware that they have it). Additionally, about 1 in 3 Americans (roughly over 90 million Americans) have prediabetes, the precursor stage to diabetes. Diabetes can cause a wide range of medical complications including heart disease, kidney failure, and blindness… We know that thyroid disease...

Your drinking water may be contributing to your hormonal and thyroid dysfunction if you live in or near an area where fracking occurs.  A recent research study by Endocrinology demonstrated that exposure to chemical contaminants from drilling and fracking via drinking water leads to reduced sperm counts in male mice, even in the smallest observed concentrations. This was after consistently drinking a mixture of water and 24 chemicals commonly used in oil and natural gas operations at various concentrations representative of typical contaminated water sources. Of course, these chemicals qualify as endocrine disrupting. Endocrine disrupting chemicals mimic or block natural...

Increasing your vitamin D3 intake may very likely reduce your risk of having cancer, including thyroid cancer. The risk of having thyroid cancer has been on an upward trend worldwide for decades now. Although researchers aren’t sure exactly what is causing this upward trend, Dr. Arem believes that environmental pollutants, and increased daily stress levels are contributing factors. Even more impactful than these though, according to Dr. Arem, is a lack of essential micronutrients and vitamins that people receive daily. One piece of evidence that reinforces this belief is a fairly recent research study performed by a group of medical...

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...