Mood, energy and sleep

Do thyroid disorders cause insulin resistance?

How thyroid disorders relate to insulin resistance and blood sugar regulation, and how proper thyroid treatment can improve insulin sensitivity.

Using Ashwagandha to Reverse Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Subclinical hypothyroidism is a condition with mildly elevated TSH, the hormone which increases to provide feedback when thyroid levels are low, but unlike hypothyroidism, the levels of peripheral thyroid hormones (T3, T4) are normal in subclinical hypothyroidism.

Does night-time screen-time disrupt our normal rhythms?

A study on nighttime light from phones and computers finds even brief screen exposure disrupts melatonin, body temperature, sleep, and next-day mood.

A Good Night’s Sleep May be More Important Than You Think!

Most medical authorities agree that adults need a minimum of seven hours of sleep per night to be healthy, and teenagers need up to ten hours! Research shows that sleeping is an important time for immune system activity, cell regeneration, healing, and renewing energy stores.

Does Sleep Change Diet?

One of the most common problems experienced by people with hypothyroidism and Wilson's Temperature Syndrome is weight gain. And, to make matters worse, poor thyroid function makes it very difficult for a person to lose weight.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Adrenal Connection

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a long-lasting illness that can last years or a lifetime. As the name implies, a person with CFS usually feels very tired, regardless of how much he or she rests. Physical and mental overactivity can worsen the symptoms.

A Checklist for Adrenals

Stress from modern life, chronic illness or endocrine imbalance can lead to adrenal fatigue. Adrenals are sensitive to stress just as the thyroid gland is, so if the thyroid is out of balance, it’s likely the adrenals are also.

Is the liver affected by thyroid function?

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (aka NAFLD) is a somewhat common liver condition that affects about 25% of Americans. A healthy liver naturally contains some fat, but NAFLD is a condition where there is an excessive build- up of fat.

Nicotinamide riboside for your aging mitochondria

A look at how nicotinamide riboside, a B vitamin that boosts NAD production, may rejuvenate aging mitochondria and muscle stem cells as one part of an overall healthy aging plan.

Stress: A one-two punch to the thyroid

How chronic stress and excess cortisol impede thyroid hormone production and its conversion from T4 to T3, plus food, exercise, nutrient and herbal steps to support both adrenal and thyroid function.

Optimize Thyroid – Adrenal Cross-talk

How thyroid and adrenal hormones interact throughout the body, why the symptoms can seem contradictory, and how body temperature, T3, and adaptogenic herbs can help.

Is your doctor practicing ageism?

Why a low body temperature and thyroid symptoms shouldn't be dismissed as normal aging, and how temperature testing and T3 therapy can help at any age.

Five ways for thyroid support

Five ways to support thyroid recovery: stress control, taming the immune system, proper nutrients, T3 therapy, and adrenal supportive herbs.

Aches and pains aren’t just from aging

Doctors learn in medical school, but perhaps tend to forget, that low thyroid function can cause joint pain. This condition also causes muscle aches, tenderness and stiffness (especially in the shoulders and hips), swelling of the knee joint and small joints in the hands and feet, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Can Treating Adrenal Dysfunction Help Alcoholism or Other Addictions?

Explores the link between HPA-axis dysfunction, adrenal fatigue, and addiction relapse, and how adaptogenic herbs may support recovery from alcohol and drug abuse.

What is Adrenal Fatigue and Why is it Such a Controversial Diagnosis?

Adrenal fatigue, or dysfunction, is a condition (group of symptoms) that occur when your adrenal glands are having trouble keeping up with the demands being made on them.

Don’t forget to do this if you have chronic fatigue syndrome

Everyone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is familiar with the frustration of getting a proper diagnosis and treatment. You also know that at times, you have to take your health into your own hands.

Can thyroid disorders lead to addictions?

can cause mental symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, cognitive problems, nervousness, irritability, and fatigue to drive a person to self-medicate [...]

Psychiatric Trouble May Start in Thyroid

Why leading-edge psychiatrists check thyroid function in depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder, and how low body temperature can reveal hidden low T3.

When Antidepressants Don’t Work

When antidepressants don't work. A surprisingly high percentage of people with chronic or treatment-resistant depression are found to have low thyroid function

Is stress affecting your thyroid?

Is stress affecting your thyroid? Stress affects your whole body, and the hormones released when you feel stressed out can affect your thyroid function in a direct way.

Speed Recovery From Postpartum Depression with T3

Why postpartum thyroid dysfunction is often missed by normal TSH results, how a consistently low body temperature points to Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, and how T3 can help.

Crabby, constipated and unable to concentrate?

A thyroid hormone problem can cause many kinds of symptoms. Moodiness, constipation and lack of focus could be an indication of a thyroid condition.

Anxious, depressed, brain fog? Check your body temperature

Feeling anxious, depressed or experiencing brain fog? It could be your thyroid. Check your body temperature/

Trouble Sleeping? Could be an Underactive Thyroid

It’s well known that an overactive thyroid can cause trouble sleeping. But low thyroid hormone function can contribute to both trouble sleeping and daytime fatigue.

Depression, obesity and fibromyalgia — Is low body temperature the underlying cause?

Depression, obesity and fibromyalgia seem to cluster together, and may actually have a common cause--low body temperature due to problems with thyroid hormone.

Anxious a Lot? Check Your Body Temperature

Feeling anxious? Check your body temperature. It’s possible your metabolism has slowed down.

Fibromyalgia and Your Thyroid: What You Need to Know

How T3, the active form of thyroid hormone, can help relieve fibromyalgia symptoms like muscle pain, brain fog and fatigue — even with normal thyroid blood tests.

Depressed? You may want to check your thyroid

If you’re depressed, and especially if you haven’t responded all that well to antidepressants, you may want to have your thyroid function checked.

Thyroid hormones and DNA

How thyroid hormones, especially T3, affect DNA transcription in every cell of the body, and why iodine and selenium are essential minerals for thyroid health.

Ashwagandha- a plant that can help you handle stress

Ashwagandha is an adaptogen and anti-oxidant that can help you manage stress. It's been used for thousands of years to help people with thyroid, adrenal, and nervous problems.

3 Surprising Brain Boosters

Three strategies complement t3 therapy for Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, including ubiquinol supplements, acupressure, and aromatherapy essential oils.

Chinese Qi Energy and WTS

Traditional Chinese practices associate low Qi and poor Qi flow with low body temperature, cold hands and feet, and fatigue: Classic WTS symptoms.

Ancient Herb Busts Brain Fog

Wilson's Temperature Syndrome patients often get brain fog, which may be helped by the adaptogen herb Eleuthero (Siberian Ginseng) during T3 therapy.

Better Temp = Better Skin

Dry skin is a well-known symptom of hypothyroidism and Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, and normalizing body temperature with T3 therapy may help resolve it.

WTS Hair Symptoms

In Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, low body temperature and slow metabolism may lead to hair loss, dryness and thinning. T3 therapy may help.

Be a True Hero

Denis Wilson, M.D., who identified Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, asks readers to help spread the word about low body temperature and T3 therapy.

How We Might Help Kim Cattrall

Actress Kim Cattrall has an inflammatory thyroid issue called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. T3 and Wilson's Temperature Syndrome protocols may help.

And It Works

Six physicians describe their experience treating Wilson's Temperature Syndrome with T3 therapy, reporting high response rates among self-referred patients.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). In order for a patient to be correctly diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, according to the Center for Disease Control website, the patient must be clinically evaluated (in person) so that other explanations of the fatigue can be ruled out.

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is characterized by pain in the muscles, joints, tendons, and fibrous tissues of the body, especially in

Thyroid and Anxiety

People who suffer from anxiety and panic attacks may have low temperatures, and recovery from Wilson's Temperature Syndrome often means freedom from anxiety without resorting to drugs.

Thyroid and Depression

Low thyroid and depression can be related, even if patients have normal thyroid blood tests, and will often improve with recovery.

Thyroid and Fatigue

Low thyroid and fatigue have a long known relationship, and patients' energy levels often increase tremendously with normalized temperatures.

Thyroid and Hair Loss

Hair loss is a typical reaction of the human body to stress and illness, and many recovering Wilson's Temperature Syndrome patients find that once they begin recovering, their hair grows back.