The Thyroid Wellness Program
"Millions of people suffering from depression, fatigue, anxiety, weight gain, and impaired quality of life caused by thyroid disease remain undiagnosed and dismissed by their doctors as normal even though they have an underlying autoimmune thyroid condition. Even when they get diagnosed, their physicians, including endocrinologists, will treat them with some form of levothyroxine medication, do not perfect and tailor the thyroid treatment based on their individual needs and do not address the root cause of their thyroid condition, which is autoimmunity, in essence immune system reactivity to their thyroid, their body, and their brain. For this reason, millions of thyroid patients continue to struggle with persistent symptoms often debilitating and negatively affecting their happiness, well-being, and even their relationships. My recognition and understanding of these serious challenges that thyroid patients often face prompted me to design a comprehensive, holistic system that helps patients be meticulously diagnosed and treated in a comprehensive way to make them overcome the persistent suffering resulting from thyroid disease and it’s root cause, the immune system."
-- Ridha Arem, M.D.
The Thyroid Wellness Program
is a comprehensive mind-body program designed by Dr. Arem that provides you with the steps to overcome the suffering and other health consequences related to thyroid disease. It is based on five fundamentals
Individualized fine tuning of medications for perfect thyroid hormone balance
Addressing the root cause of thyroid disease; the immune system reactivity.
Meticulously addressing your weight issues
Addressing common confounding factors of wellness and quality of life
Watching and addressing any potential long term consequences of thyroid disease
Doctor-Developed, Clinically Proven Plan to Diagnose Thyroid Imbalance and Reverse Thyroid Symptoms
The Thyroid Solution features real-life challenges thyroid patients face including
depression, postpartum depression, PMS symptoms, escalation of menopausal symptoms, infertility, miscarriages, sexual dysfunction, , mood swing disorders, and relationship problems. Your genes, what you eat, stress, pollution, radiation, and other environmental factors are major culprits in the occurrence of autoimmune thyroid disease.
The Thyroid Solution also describes sophisticated thyroid hormone treatments for under-active thyroid, which include T4 and T3 thyroid hormone combinations.
T3, the most active form of thyroid hormone, is especially helpful for patients suffering from depression and low energy. Dr. Arem emphasizes mind-body techniques and proper intake of vitamins and antioxidants. He will teach you about the best lifestyle choices that will help prevent and alleviate thyroid imbalance, including the optimal diet for thyroid health.
The Thyroid Solution covers the treatment choices that help reach mind and body wellness by providing
practical, conventional, and holistic approaches to curing these lingering effects. The Thyroid Solution also demonstrates how to address other hidden causes of lingering symptoms including pituitary fatigue caused by growth hormone deficiency, adrenal fatigue, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and sleep apnea, just to name a few. The Thyroid Solution thoroughly describes all facts on thyroid disorders and the many ways to achieve and maintain optimal health if you have a thyroid imbalance.
Read what the experts have to say about the The Thyroid Solution
“Quite simply the best thyroid book on the market today . . . Dr. Arem validates what I have found in my practice for more than twenty years, especially the importance of T3. I highly recommend this book.”
—Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D., author of Screaming to Be Heard: Hormone Connections Women Suspect . . . and Doctors Still Ignore
“Dr. Arem uncovers the root causes of thyroid disease and lays out an innovative program to help you overcome thyroid dysfunction.”
—Amy Myers, M.D.
“Clear, comprehensive, and incredibly useful . . . the best thyroid resource I have ever read.”
—Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D., author of Your Last Diet!
Hear these thyroid stories from Dr. Ridha Arem's patients
Fundamentals of the Thyroid Wellness Program
Individualized fine tuning of medications for perfect thyroid hormone balance
For many patients, the combination of T4 and T3 therapy is essential for achieving optimal thyroid hormone balance. Different thyroid treatment protocols using T4 in conjunction with compounded T3 therapy, desiccated thyroid such as armour thyroid, or other forms desiccated thyroid are detailed in our articles and in Dr. Arem's best seller, the Thyroid Solution. Timely monitoring through thyroid testing is crucial to keep thyroid levels in a perfect range at all times. It is also important to recognize that your immune system may be sensitive to inactive ingredients that make up the tablet of a specific thyroid medication and this may result in triggering some immune system related symptoms. Selection of medications and doses need to be tailored based on precise thyroid testing and your symptoms such as depression, anxiety, fatigue etc. It is also important to know that imbalanced thyroid hormone levels can in turn negatively affect your immune system functions.
Addressing the root cause of thyroid disease; the immune system reactivity.
To reduce and overcome the inflammation of the thyroid gland as well as symptoms and adverse health effects related to immune system reactivity, it is crucial to pay attention to: SUPPLEMENTATION, FOOD SENSITIVITIES, STRESS, SLEEP
Supplementation
Food Sensitivities
You need to stay away from the foods that irritate your immune system and make it produce more health damaging inflammation chemicals (i.e. gluten, dairy, and possibly others). Everybody is different. You could therefore benefit from food sensitivity testing.
Stress
IF you have an autoimmune thyroid condition, your immune system can become more reactive and produce more inflammation chemicals as a result of stress, perception of stress, or inability to deal with stress. For this reason, stress management is often recommended in our program and we advocate several beneficial techniques that will help you reduce your immune system reactivity, cravings, and thyroid hormone instability. Our favorite techniques are yoga, tai chi, and meditation.
Sleep
As any organ in the body, the health of your immune system requires adequate, uninterrupted sleep. Sleep deprivation and disturbances such as sleep apnea can make your immune system more unstable and reactive, and this will end up affecting not only your thyroid function, but also the production of more inflammation chemicals that will exacerbate your symptoms and will further impair your quality of life.
Meticulously addressing your weight issues
Being overweight may make you more vulnerable to thyroid autoimmunity. Weight issues are very common consequences of thyroid disease. Thyroid patients often struggle with weight problems as a result of undiagnosed or poorly treated thyroid imbalance on top of the inflammation caused by the immune system. Systemic inflammation typically causes leptin resistance and insulin resistance, making the struggle of weight gain worse.
Dr. Ridha Arem designed The ThyroLife Protein Boost Diet, an immune system-friendly, perfected Mediterranean diet designed to enhance the efficiency of fat burn promoting hormones. It is low-glycemic and slightly high in proteins and fiber. The meal plan of the ThyroLife Protein Boost Diet takes into account common food sensitivities in order to reduce immune system reactivity and body inflammation. It is therefore the diet of choice for people suffering from autoimmune thyroid disease such as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
Addressing common confounding factors of wellness and quality of life
Hormonal imbalances including sex hormone or growth hormone deficiency are caused by an immune system attack on the pituitary gland and others.
Watching and addressing any potential long term consequences of thyroid disease
Thyroid disease can put you at a high risk for cardiovascular disease and neuro-degenerative disease including dementia. For this reason, if you have a thyroid condition, you need to pay attention to any additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and weight issues etc. You also need to take appropriate and well balanced amounts of vitamins and antioxidants that will help you reach your goals.
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