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Thyroid and Iodine: Good or Bad? | Total Health Center VB

Thyroid and Iodine: Good or Bad?

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Thyroid and iodine treatment can be very controversial. There are some professionals who say iodine can be bad and that giving a thyroid patient iodine is like putting gas on a fire. The problem with this is that this can be true for some patients but not all and it can depend on many factors. The type of iodine can...
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Hashimoto's Thyroiditis | Total Health Center VB

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Thyroid Treatment Success Secret #2

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Autoimmune Thyroid (aka. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis) is the #1 Cause of Hypothyroid in the U.S. The #1 cause of low thyroid or hypothyroid in the United States is something called Hashimoto's thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroid. It's an autoimmune condition and it means that your immune system is attacking your thyroid. An autoimmune condition is where your immune system is attacking a...
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Tyrosine and Thyroid Health | Total Health Center VB

The Dangers of Tyrosine: Thyroid Treatment Success Secret #7

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The Dangers of TYROSINE! Tyrosine is another very popular supplement in health food stores for people suffering with thyroid problems. Again, if you walk into the health food store and you tell the manager or the person at the front desk that you have a thyroid condition and you need supplements, the first thing they’re going to reach for is...
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Prolactin Thyroid TSH | Total Health Center VB

Prolactin & TSH: Thyroid Treatment Success Secret #8

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PROLACTIN Prolactin is a hormone that’s made by your pituitary gland. High levels of prolactin suppress thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Prolactin is balanced by progesterone and dopamine, so when people have a dopamine deficiency, or progesterone deficiency, their prolactin will increase, and that will decrease the function of the pituitary’s production of thyroid-stimulating hormone. The imbalance will show up on your...
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Thyroid and Anemia | Total Health Center VB

Thyroid & Anemia: Thyroid Treatment Success Secret #9

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Anemias I’ve mentioned that the number-one cause of hypothyroidism is an autoimmune thyroid, but the question I get is, “What if the patient isn’t autoimmune?” Since there are a small percentage of patients who are not autoimmune, what else could be causing the problem? Anemia is the answer! Anemia in and of itself is a deal-breaker for nutritional support of...
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