Note: This will be my last post until the end of August. My wife and I are going up to the Sierras to hike and soak in the hot springs for a few days before the big acupuncture licensing exam next Tuesday. The day after that we head to southern Mexico to surf and relax on the beach for a couple of weeks. I won't have time to respond to comments while I'm ...
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We've already talked about how blood sugar imbalances and poor gut health can lead to hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's. The harmful effects of adrenal stress complete the triad. The adrenals are two walnut-shaped glands that sit atop the kidneys. They secrete hormones - such as cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine - that regulate the stress response. But these hormones play other crucial roles, many of which are directly related to thyroid health. In fact, as ...
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Hippocrates said: "All disease begins in the gut." 2,500 years later we're just beginning to understand how right he was. And, as I'll explain in this article, hypothyroidism is no exception. Poor gut health can suppress thyroid function and trigger Hashimoto's disease, and low thyroid function can lead to an inflamed and leaky gut - as illustrated in the following diagram: The gut-thyroid-immune connection Have you ever considered the fact that the contents of the ...
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