

Getting To Know Your Thyroid Part 3
Welcome to the third and final installment (for now) of my Getting to Know Your Thyroid handout series! This handout highlights the principle of "food as medicine." What you eat plays a vital role in how you feel and how healthy you are. Certain foods can help your thyroid while other foods could negatively impact your thyroid. Please check out the 1st and 2nd handouts in this series. Food for thought… and your Thyroid Different foods can play a role in thyroid health. Some f


Getting To Know Your Thyroid Part 2
Getting the correct labs tests are important to learning more about your thyroid. The second of the "Getting To Know Your Thyroid" handout series (see the 1st and 3rd handouts) dicusses which lab tests are important for your MD or ND to run. Laboratory testing It is important to have your medical or naturopathic doctor run certain tests to see how your thyroid is functioning. A proper physical exam of the thyroid should be completed as well. The following are a list of tests