Thyroid conditions

The Domino Effect of an Imbalanced Thyroid - Your Answer to Many Health Questions

The Domino Effect of an Imbalanced Thyroid - Your Answer to Many Health Questions

The Thyroid System is complex and significant.  It promotes cellular activity, helps us to be happy, healthy, and energetic.  It allows our immune system and brain to operate well.  It influences how our sex hormones operate and how much weight we carry.  The trouble is understanding it.  In this article I describe the Thyroid system and its subtle factors that, when missed, may just be the difference between success and failure to pull a person back into balance.

The Estrogen / Thyroid Connection

The Estrogen / Thyroid Connection

I want to describe to you a rather obscure tidbit pertaining to estrogen and its relationship to thyroid function. Low thyroid function is something that I talk a lot about because it affects a great many people weather they know it or not. Indeed the thyroid gland is very misunderstood and is certainly mistreated through the mainstream approach. But the thyroid gland itself aside, this article is focused on how thyroid hormone activity (not thyroid hormone production) can be hindered due to imbalances in the sex hormone estrogen.

Hair Loss in Women: Stress or Something More Masculine?

Hair Loss in Women: Stress or Something More Masculine?

It is quite astonishing really the number of women I hear of complaining of hair loss these days. It may not be massive hair loss mind you, but this is something that we tend to pay attention to. It is something that a great many men end up looking forward to if they like it or not, but for women, it is a whole other thing completely. Hair loss in a woman when it is bad can be a significant source of anxiety and poor self image. So what is going on? Why do I hear about it so often these days? Well, like many other medical conditions, hair loss has a lot to do with our lifestyle. It may just be possible that you are contributing directly to your hair loss every day without knowing it.