Thyroid: Articles & Information
The following articles and podcasts present information on thyroid topics that are extremely helpful for the patients I help week in and week out.
I cover topics that are important to understand, like what kind of thyroid medication is best for your condition, when it is OK to quit medications, and what kind of natural products are available to improve your glandular and overall health.
The thyroid information I present here is designed to help you understand the following:
- How to recognize common thyroid problems
- How to prevent thyroid problems
- How some conditions, or comorbidities, make thyroid problems harder to repair
- Thyroid medication and cancer risks
- Why thyroid medication is sometimes necessary
- How to optimize thyroid medications
- How iodine may reverse thyroid disease
- And more.
These curated articles are written to be understandable by my patients and anyone who wishes to learn more about their thyroid. This information is an excellent place to start if you suspect that you are experiencing a health issue connected with thyroid function, and it may help you select what kind of thyroid medication is best.
June 10, 2026
Thyroid medication is one of the safest medications in the world when it is used correctly. The catch is that “correctly” is a much narrower target than most people realize.
June 3, 2026
Your thyroid can leave clues all over your face, and many of them are visible in an ordinary bathroom mirror. These are not random cosmetic changes. They can be meaningful signs of thyroid disease, and in some cases they show up before a person realizes the thyroid may be involved at all.
May 27, 2026
Most people have heard some version of the same message: iodine is good for the thyroid, so more must be better. That sounds reasonable on the surface, but for many people with thyroid disease, it is exactly where trouble begins.
May 20, 2026
When most people picture Hashimoto's, they picture fatigue, weight gain, and feeling cold all the time. Those textbook symptoms are real, but they are only part of the story.
May 13, 2026
If you have thyroid disease and you’re losing hair, one of the biggest mistakes is assuming all thyroid hair loss is the same. It isn’t. That matters because thyroid hair loss can show up in at least three very different ways, and each one has a different cause, a different pattern, and a different solution. If you treat the wrong type with the wrong strategy, it’s easy to spend months frustrated while the shedding, thinning, or patchiness keeps getting worse.
May 8, 2026
One of the most surprising things modern research has shown is this: a lot of people taking thyroid medication may never have needed it in the first place.
April 28, 2026
If you’ve got thyroid disease, you’ve probably run into the same warnings again and again: avoid gluten, avoid dairy, and your thyroid will (hopefully) calm down.
April 21, 2026
If you have had a thyroidectomy, you have probably been told something like: as long as your TSH is normal and you take your medication, you will feel fine. And to be clear, that is the goal.
April 14, 2026
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: for many people, this isn’t primarily a “bad medication” problem. It is usually a dose stability problem, and more specifically, a problem rooted in the T4 to T3 ratio and how your body processes it.
April 7, 2026
Let’s break down what’s really going on, why potatoes can be surprisingly helpful when prepared correctly, and what to do if you do not want to eat potatoes because of nightshade sensitivity or simply because you are short on time.
March 31, 2026
You’re taking thyroid medication, your blood tests look normal, but you still feel exhausted, fuzzy-headed, and your hair is thinning. If that sounds familiar, the problem isn’t always the dose or the type of medicine. One of the most overlooked reasons for thyroid medication not working is too much iodine in your system. This can cause thyroid cellular resistance so the hormones never reach their full effect inside your cells.
March 24, 2026
You feel wired at night but drained during the day. Your afternoon energy collapses. You crave something sweet after meals even when you are not truly hungry. These symptoms may seem unrelated, yet they often trace back to one overlooked issue: a disrupted cortisol rhythm.
Believe it or not, good carbs can be part of the solution. In many cases, restoring steady energy and deeper sleep is less about eliminating carbohydrates and more about timing them strategically.