{"id":267,"date":"2022-10-10T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2024-05-19T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T14:35:21","slug":"hypothyroidism-hashimotos-thyroiditis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/10\/hypothyroidism-hashimotos-thyroiditis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypothyroidism: Hashimoto\u2019s Thyroiditis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>40% of women in U.S. have Hashimoto\u2019s Thyroiditis, and it is 8 times more in women than in men. Symptoms include memory loss, cold intolerances, brittle nails, fine hair, poor metabolism, weight gain, and low libido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conventional medicine treats front to back, treating symptoms but not necessarily root causes of maladies. Functional medicine treats back to front, addressing the root causes and resulting in improved symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hypothyroidism is a multi-system problem and an autoimmune disorder, but conventional doctors usually only recognize the low level of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) and treat this problem with a single drug called Synthroid. Their approach fails to address the source of the issue, which can be any of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gluten<\/strong> tends to cause leaky gut. We have a protein in our gut called Zonulin, which is used to keep the tight junctions in the intestines intact; think of it as a gatekeeper. As these junctions get looser and looser, bacteria, viruses and toxins start going through those junctions and into our bloodstream causing a surge of inflammation; Hashimoto\u2019s is one possible result of this event. The good news is that we can check Zonulin levels with a simple blood test.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increased postpartum estrogen levels<\/strong> can cause the immune system to over activate and attack the thyroid gland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Toxins<\/strong> like fluoride, chlorine, bromide cause a reduction in iodine, a key mineral for the thyroid\u2019s proper functioning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reactivation of <strong>viruses<\/strong> like Epstein-Barr and <strong>parasites<\/strong> like Lyme disease can trigger an immune-mediated reaction that causes antibodies to attack the thyroid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stress, hormone imbalances, and insulin-resistance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To treat hypothyroidism functionally we need to remove, repair, replace, and rebalance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Remove<\/strong> gluten, soy, corn, eggs, fluoride<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Repair<\/strong> damage to the immune system from viruses and parasites and stress using an NRF2 activator (<a href=\"mailto:fadwa@applecrosswellness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email me for more information<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Replace<\/strong> deficient nutrients like iodine, zinc, selenium, magnesium, vitamin D<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rebalance<\/strong> hormones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Take heart &#8212; there is hope and help for people who live with hypothyroidism!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40% of women in U.S. have Hashimoto\u2019s Thyroiditis, and it is 8 times more in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applecrosswellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}