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Recognise this: low thyroid, bloating, can't get your Vitamin D to stay up, burping a lot, leaky gut won't heal, ever-more food sensitivities, drying out generally? If your thyroid is low for ages before it is diagnosed (that's most people then!), it can play havoc with your gallbladder function, and this is missed 99% of …
A lot of you have thyroid issues, so I thought this statement might be useful for you. The two main antibodies used to screen for Hashimoto’s are thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin (Tg). It’s important to check both because either one can be elevated, although TPO is more commonly elevated.An important thing to understand about thyroid antibodies is that your …
Quote of the week today comes from Dr Kharrazian, the author of Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms When My Lab Results Are Normal? I see this all the time: people told they don't have thyroid issues, even though their autoimmune antibodies are higher than they should be. It's an early warning sign, folks! …
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Two-thirds of people with a gluten sensitivity experience neurological symptoms instead of gut symptoms. This is because the tissue most affected by a gluten sensitivity is nerve tissue.The majority of Hashimoto’s [autoimmune hypothyroid] patients are gluten-sensitive or have celiac disease, which means gluten can play a role in their depression and anxiety.Gluten cross reacts with dairy, meaning the …
One of the most common things I get asked about is thyroid issues. A person can be hypothyroid (underactive) or hyperthyroid (overactive). So far, so easy. The difficulties come in testing the thyroid because, as we know, the vast majority of mainstream doctors will test the TSH and T4 levels, including an autoimmune antibody if …
For those of you who don't want a full blood test done, I have some good news! I have just listed the new ZRT Comprehensive Thyroid Panel including Iodine for us. It is done using new methodology that requires blood spot and dried urine samples so doesn't need a full blood draw. It also includes …
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I don't usually promote the zillions of summits we seem to get nowadays but actually I get asked about thyroid issues A LOT so I thought this one might actually be useful for us all as there are some really good speakers on it - Perlmutter, Fasano, Vojdani, Minich, Axe et al and some unusual …
I am always asked if it is 'OK' to eats nuts if you're trying to lose weight because they are 'fattening'. Er, yes it is and no they are not. In fact, the opposite is often found in studies, see here, for example: Nuts Whole Hazelnuts 13 Healthy Reasons to Eat More Walnuts Eat Almonds …
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Hot on the heels of the new DUTCH adrenal test I listed a week or so ago, today I have added a couple of new thyroid tests for you, updated the Adrenal & Thyroid Tests Overview and added some info on Iodine Symporter Transport issues (ooer...). Hyperthyroid Antibody TRAb Test First comes the new Advanced …
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Hot on the heels of the new DUTCH adrenal test I listed a week or so ago, today I have added a couple of new thyroid tests for you, updated the Adrenal & Thyroid Tests Overview and added some info on Iodine Symporter Transport issues (ooer...). Hyperthyroid Antibody TRAb Test First comes the new Advanced …
Continue reading "New Thyroid TRAb, DI02 Gene and Symporter Iodine Tests"