Author: Dr. Westin Childs
How to Find a Doctor to Treat Your Thyroid (Which is Best?)
If you have any thyroid condition then you know just how frustrating it can be trying to get your doctor to see eye to eye with you. While doctors have undergone training to help people with various types of problems, it isn’t always the case that whatever doctor you are seeing is the best option…
Nature-Throid Shortage – When Will it Be Back?
As a thyroid patient, you are probably accustomed to stock issues when it comes to thyroid medication. In the last year alone we’ve seen several recalls for various brands of NDT which have negatively impacted the stock and availability of these medications. These recalls and issues have trickled downstream to thyroid patients who are now…
6 Root Causes of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
The idea of finding the root cause of your thyroid condition is an appealing thought. After all, if you can find the thing that caused your Hashimoto’s wouldn’t it then be possible to treat that problem and reverse your disease? Well, yes and no. Yes in the sense that there is always something that triggers…
Top 5 Prescription Weight Loss Medications (That Actually Work)
I remember way back in the day (okay, about 4-5 years ago) when I first started practicing, I thought that helping people lose weight was going to be easy. All I needed to do was write a prescription for a couple of weight loss medications, have the patients take them, and BOOM weight loss. Well……
Can The Thyroid Gland Grow Back or Regrow?
One question that I get asked over and over has to do with whether or not the thyroid gland can grow back. And I get it. If you are someone taking thyroid medication you have probably asked yourself at some point if taking it will be a forever thing or just a temporary thing. Many…
How to Test For Inflammation (Order These 3 Tests)
Inflammation is one of those things that we all know is bad but, even then, it’s not something that we always pay attention to. Inflammation, in any of its forms, causes serious problems for your health. It increases your risk of developing all kinds of diseases including serious diseases such as heart attack and stroke,…
3 Reasons Tirosint Beats Levothyroxine as a Thyroid Medication
I’m always surprised to find out that thyroid patients aren’t aware of the many thyroid medications available to them besides levothyroxine. Doctors, for reasons we’ve discussed elsewhere on this blog, are persistent in their drive and desire to prescribe levothyroxine for pretty much every thyroid patient. Unfortunately, as many of you have found out, levothyroxine…
Can you Be Hyperthyroid & Hypothyroid At the Same Time?
Is it possible to be both hyperthyroid and hypothyroid at the same time? The short answer is no. It is not possible for the same cell or the same tissue in your body to be both hyperthyroid and hypothyroid at the same time. Does that mean that you cannot have both hyperthyroid and hypothyroidism symptoms…
6 Ways Selenium Benefits Thyroid Function (+ How Much To Use)
Selenium is up there with iodine and zinc in terms of how important it is for your thyroid gland. What happens if you don’t have enough selenium in your body? For starters, it increases your risk of developing autoimmune disease (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis), may increase inflammation in your entire body and in your thyroid gland, and…
How to Lose Weight On Levothyroxine
Here’s what we know: People with a sluggish thyroid, from any cause, have no issue gaining weight but many problems losing it. In fact, weight gain is probably the most common and frustrating symptom associated with this condition. There’s no disputing the fact that low thyroid function leads to weight gain. So it makes sense…
