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How to Test Progesterone Levels at Home
Progesterone is quite the buzz word these days. Whether you’re in perimenopause and considering hormone replacement therapy (HRT), you’re newly pregnant and having levels tested, or you’re experiencing some menstrual irregularities attributed to imbalances between estrogen and progesterone, the term has likely come up for you. But, what is progesterone? What does it do…
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Functional Medicine for Graves’ Disease (Hyperthyroidism)
Resources abound for hypothyroidism online. After all, it is one of the leading hormonal imbalances affecting women, and rates are rising faster than ever. But for those dealing with a different condition—or really, quite the opposite condition—of hyperthyroidism caused by Graves’ Disease, it can feel lonely and isolating when nobody is talking about, or…
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Did Your Doctor Say Your Thyroid Is Fine? (Three Reasons for a Missed Diagnosis)
“Your labs look fine!” My patients share this nearly famous quote from their primary care providers all the time. That’s how they end up in my office, of course. Because they’re not fine. They feel terrible, with their hair falling out, gaining weight for no reason, freezing all the time, debilitating fatigue, brain fog.…
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How to Balance Hormones Naturally (Understanding the HPATG Axis)
Have you ever wondered why stress can make you miss your period, or why you’re totally exhausted after busy seasons at work? Well, you can thank your hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-thyroid-gonadal axis for those things, along with quite a few of the other physiological phenomena we experience in this life. “Okay, okay, hypothalamo-whatta-whatta?“ If that’s what you’re…
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The Root Cause of Hypothyroidism
One of the most common questions I get as a functional medicine doctor is how to treat hypothyroidism naturally. This question is understandable because for one, hypothyroidism is becoming extremely common. And for those affected by it, unfortunately the only option offered from a primary care doctor is synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, levothyroxine…
