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17 March 2009 »
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This post is part of the Natural Cures Blog Carnival at Hartke Is Online!
Last year I started learning about balancing hormones naturally with a healthy diet of traditional food and food supplements. I’ve put together my Top 5 Tips For Balancing Hormones Naturally with Food.
Before I share my tips with you, please note that I’m [...]
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Tags: adrenal exhaustion, adrenal fatigue, balancing hormones, chronic fatigue, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, infertility treatment, melasma, menopause, natural cures, thyroid disorder, unexplained infertility
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09 April 2008 »
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I was lazy tonight and didn’t feel like cooking. Seth is still in France — so I made a super easy supper just for me: oysters on the half shell with leftover asparagus and pancetta risotto.
I went to Whole Foods today to pick up some things. My dentist told me he thinks I have heavy [...]
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Tags: asparagus, bone broth, detoxification, fish stock, heavy metal toxicity, hypothyroidism, iodine, iodine deficiency, oysters, pancetta, risotto, thyroid, whole foods
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14 March 2008 »
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It appears that I have an iodine deficiency and hence hypothyroid, which means I have a low-functioning thyroid gland.
This morning I woke up and the patch on the inside of my arm had faded about 80-90%. It’s almost completely gone now!
From all the reading I’ve been doing, this is very common after pregnancy. There are [...]
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Tags: anxiety attacks, dr. raymond silkman, dr. thomas cowan, hypothyroidism, iodine, iodine deficiency, soy, thyroid, weston a. price foundation
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13 March 2008 »
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I think I have a problem with my thyroid gland.
I’ve been reading about it and I have a lot of the symptoms of hypothyroidism. It started when I was pregnant. And I just took this quiz: http://www.thyroidbreakthrough.com/quiz.htm
My score was 59%. Not terrible but not great either.
You answered 24 items out of 41 in a way [...]
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Tags: apothecary, hypothyroidism, iodine, iodine deficiency, kelp, lugol's iodine, pregnancy, standard process, thyroid