• The Postpartum Health Risk That Nobody Talks About (Postpartum Thyroiditis)

    The Postpartum Health Risk That Nobody Talks About (Postpartum Thyroiditis)

    When my son was about 4 weeks old, I started noticing pain while swallowing.  It wasn’t the usual type of sore throat, on the inside by my tonsils and tongue. Instead, it felt like a big sore lump at the front of my neck. It was tender to the touch (especially when his little…

  • The Root Cause of Hypothyroidism

    The Root Cause of Hypothyroidism

    I was talking with a colleague a few weeks ago about functional medicine, and what that looks like in practice. “So, how would you treat someone with hypothyroidism, for example?” He asked me. My answer was far from simple, and that’s because no two cases of hypothyroidism are exactly the same. In the world…