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Great New Book About Multiple Sclerosis

Dr. Denis Wilson recommends There's No Pill For This by Michaël Friedman, ND — a naturopathic physician's personal prescription for managing multiple sclerosis.

The Thyroid- Stress Connection

Stress- related health concerns are the most common reasons patients visit their doctors. Experienced physicians understand that stress is at the root cause of some of the most prevalent health concerns.

The Role of Iodine and Selenium in Autoimmune Thyroiditis

Why selenium belongs alongside iodine: how selenium deficiency drives the autoimmune thyroid response to iodine supplementation, and the 200 mcg minimum physicians recommend.

The Gut-Thyroid Connection

Research into the microbiome is uncovering links between gut health and thyroid function — including SIBO, systemic inflammation, hypothyroidism and body temperature.

Using Ashwagandha to Reverse Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Subclinical hypothyroidism is a condition with mildly elevated TSH, the hormone which increases to provide feedback when thyroid levels are low, but unlike hypothyroidism, the levels of peripheral thyroid hormones (T3, T4) are normal in subclinical hypothyroidism.

The Significance of Thyroid Nodules

A thyroid nodule is an abnormal growth of thyroid cells that create a small lump in the thyroid gland. Oftentimes they go unnoticed, especially if they are small. Nodules are very common, in fact about half of the adults over 60 have them.

Inflammation Underlies Hypothyroidism and Diabetes

I've been talking about inflammation and the thyroid over the past few blogs, and this week I'd like to talk about a study related to another inflammatory/ autoimmune condition- diabetes. It seems there is significant evidence that links the development of diabetes to poor thyroid function.

Selenium and Thyroid Hormone can Both Help Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

A study of newly diagnosed euthyroid Hashimoto's patients found that levothyroxine and selenium each lowered inflammatory markers, and worked best combined.

When Inflammation Leads to Autoimmune Disease

How inflammation and leaky gut can trigger autoimmune thyroid disease, and what one study found when newly diagnosed Hashimoto's patients began thyroid hormone.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Adrenal Connection

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a long-lasting illness that can last years or a lifetime. As the name implies, a person with CFS usually feels very tired, regardless of how much he or she rests. Physical and mental overactivity can worsen the symptoms.

A Checklist for Adrenals

Stress from modern life, chronic illness or endocrine imbalance can lead to adrenal fatigue. Adrenals are sensitive to stress just as the thyroid gland is, so if the thyroid is out of balance, it’s likely the adrenals are also.

Safety-focused fire retardants cause damage to adrenals

How organohalogen flame retardants such as PBDEs accumulate in the body, disrupt hormones, and push the adrenal glands to overproduce aldosterone.

Stress: A one-two punch to the thyroid

How chronic stress and excess cortisol impede thyroid hormone production and its conversion from T4 to T3, plus food, exercise, nutrient and herbal steps to support both adrenal and thyroid function.

Optimize Thyroid – Adrenal Cross-talk

How thyroid and adrenal hormones interact throughout the body, why the symptoms can seem contradictory, and how body temperature, T3, and adaptogenic herbs can help.

Is your body a symphony?

How the adrenal glands and stress affect the endocrine system and thyroid, and how adaptogenic herbs like ashwagandha can help restore balance.

The intricate web of the endocrine system

How low thyroid hormone function and adrenal fatigue feed each other through the HPA axis, why TSH testing can miss the problem, and how T3 and adaptogenic herbs can help.

Aches and pains aren’t just from aging

Doctors learn in medical school, but perhaps tend to forget, that low thyroid function can cause joint pain. This condition also causes muscle aches, tenderness and stiffness (especially in the shoulders and hips), swelling of the knee joint and small joints in the hands and feet, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Thyroid-Gut-Autoimmune Connection

How leaky gut and low thyroid function feed each other, why Hashimoto's thyroiditis can follow, and how checking body temperature and using T3 can support healing of the intestinal lining.

Can Treating Adrenal Dysfunction Help Alcoholism or Other Addictions?

Explores the link between HPA-axis dysfunction, adrenal fatigue, and addiction relapse, and how adaptogenic herbs may support recovery from alcohol and drug abuse.

What do Migraines, Raynaud’s, Carpal Tunnel and Arrhythmia Have in Common?

Migraine headaches, Raynaud’s Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and heart arrhythmia often share one thing in common: low thyroid function. Two studies suggest why.

What is Adrenal Fatigue and Why is it Such a Controversial Diagnosis?

Adrenal fatigue, or dysfunction, is a condition (group of symptoms) that occur when your adrenal glands are having trouble keeping up with the demands being made on them.

Don’t forget to do this if you have chronic fatigue syndrome

Everyone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is familiar with the frustration of getting a proper diagnosis and treatment. You also know that at times, you have to take your health into your own hands.

Can a Detox Help Your Thyroid?

Can a Detox Help Your Thyroid? Many chemicals in our environment have the potential to disrupt thyroid function.

If you have a thyroid autoimmune disorder, check your body temperature.

Lots of people have autoimmune thyroid disease. It’s the most common type of autoimmune disorder, affecting 2 to 5 % of people in western countries.

How Sunlight Helps Your Thyroid

How sunlight helps your thyroid. The benefits of sunlight to your overall health

Depression, obesity and fibromyalgia — Is low body temperature the underlying cause?

Depression, obesity and fibromyalgia seem to cluster together, and may actually have a common cause--low body temperature due to problems with thyroid hormone.

How to Tell If It Really Is Your Thyroid

Getting to the bottom of why you’re tired all the time can be difficult. Here is a simple test to tell if it really is your thyroid.

The Gluten Thyroid Connection

Suffering form gluten intolerance? There could be a gluten thyroid connection.

The Low Thyroid – Gut Connection

Low thyroid activity and the resulting low metabolism can cause gastrointestinal trouble.

Soy and Your Thyroid

Why soy matters if you have a thyroid disorder: hidden sources in processed foods, how soy isoflavones inhibit thyroid peroxidase, and how much is too much.

Fibromyalgia and Your Thyroid: What You Need to Know

How T3, the active form of thyroid hormone, can help relieve fibromyalgia symptoms like muscle pain, brain fog and fatigue — even with normal thyroid blood tests.

Environmental Chemicals and Your Thyroid

Do you know that many chemicals in our environment have the potential to affect thyroid function?

Ashwagandha- a plant that can help you handle stress

Ashwagandha is an adaptogen and anti-oxidant that can help you manage stress. It's been used for thousands of years to help people with thyroid, adrenal, and nervous problems.

How Low is Too Low?

Dr. Denis Wilson answers reader questions about how low body temperature must be to suggest Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, and about adjusting and weaning off T3 on the WT3 protocol.

How We Might Help Kim Cattrall

Actress Kim Cattrall has an inflammatory thyroid issue called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. T3 and Wilson's Temperature Syndrome protocols may help.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). In order for a patient to be correctly diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, according to the Center for Disease Control website, the patient must be clinically evaluated (in person) so that other explanations of the fatigue can be ruled out.

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is characterized by pain in the muscles, joints, tendons, and fibrous tissues of the body, especially in

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is an auto-immune inflammation of the thyroid gland. This means that the body can sometimes aim an immune attack, similar to the way it might fight germs or cancer, against its own thyroid gland.