Women's health

Another successful iodization program

A Chinese study confirms salt iodization improved thyroid health across four populations, with guidance on iodine supplementation and food sources.

Could Infertility Challenges Be Related to Thyroid?

Infertility can be a very challenging condition for women who want to become pregnant. They face the daunting task of going through a long list of potential causes, each needing to be evaluated and eliminated in order to identify the exact issue that needs to be resolved.

How Hypothyroidism Affects Pregnancy

How hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism affect pregnancy, including miscarriage risk, TSH guidelines, and why treatment can lower those risks.

How this household chemical may damage your thyroid

If you open up your kitchen cupboard, there’s a good chance you’ll find at least one non-stick frying pan or baking sheet. These make cooking trouble-free and became popular because it made it easier to cook with less oil. That non-stick coating is also known as Teflon.

If your sense of smell and taste seem “off”, consider this …

A clinical trial found hypothyroid patients had a diminished sense of smell and taste that improved after thyroid treatment normalized their levels.

Inflammation Underlies Hypothyroidism and Diabetes

I've been talking about inflammation and the thyroid over the past few blogs, and this week I'd like to talk about a study related to another inflammatory/ autoimmune condition- diabetes. It seems there is significant evidence that links the development of diabetes to poor thyroid function.

The connection between headaches and thyroid function

A twenty-year study found that people with headache disorders had a higher risk of developing hypothyroidism, plus how low body temperature relates to chronic headaches and migraines.

Hypothyroidism can cause infertility in men too

Research shows low thyroid hormone can lower testosterone and affect sperm production, suggesting Wilson's Temperature Syndrome may factor into male infertility.

Balancing stress, cholesterol and thyroid

High cholesterol is one of the many common co- symptoms that occurs with hypothyroidism. Elevated cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis or “clogged arteries”, putting a person at risk for coronary artery disease, stroke and heart attack.

Think twice before you eat those plasticizers

We all know that “fast food” isn’t the healthiest choice when it comes to eating. It’s generally low in nutrients and high in “bad’ fats and calories. But as it turns out, there may also be an additional layer of “badness” about it.

Finding Balance for Women

The endocrine system is a complex interconnection of hormonal signals and active hormones that trigger each other. In a past article, we referred to the endocrine system as the conductor of an orchestra, who directs musicians to play louder or softer in order to make beautiful music.

Could Holiday Stress Impact Your Health?

Life gets complicated around the holidays; we tend to overbook our social schedules to squeeze in as many events as possible. Although it is intended to be fun, sometimes there is an underlying pressure to create the perfect holiday ambiance, which can cause more stress than enjoyment.

Is your body a symphony?

How the adrenal glands and stress affect the endocrine system and thyroid, and how adaptogenic herbs like ashwagandha can help restore balance.

Is it a mental health problem? Or just your thyroid…

It seems unfair, but women are more likely than men to be given a psychosomatic (psychiatric) diagnosis for a physical ailment. They're especially likely to be diagnosed with depression and anxiety, even when they have similar symptoms as men.

Migraines? PMS? Anxiety? You can fix them.

Migraines, PMS and anxiety share a common link. All three of these conditions are more common in women with low thyroid function. These conditions often resolve when body temperature is normalized and proper metabolism is restored.

The intricate web of the endocrine system

How low thyroid hormone function and adrenal fatigue feed each other through the HPA axis, why TSH testing can miss the problem, and how T3 and adaptogenic herbs can help.

You are not crazy

Why thyroid symptoms like fatigue, foggy thinking, low mood and weight gain can persist despite normal lab tests and T4 medication — and how checking your body temperature and considering T3 may help.

Can low thyroid prevent pregnancy?

How low thyroid function can affect ovulation and fertility, why TSH screening misses many women, and how body temperature and T3 therapy can help.

Avoid These Thyroid-Thwarting Chemicals

How to reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to thyroid dysfunction, from avoiding plastics and BPA to choosing organic foods and simpler beauty products.

Is it More than Menopause?

Low thyroid function can worsen menopause symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, and foggy thinking. Checking body temperature can reveal whether T3 therapy may help.

FDA Action Alert- Please Share!

The FDA Doesn’t Want You to Know the Healing Power of Your Nutrients The FDA is up to no good when it comes to your nutritional supplements. They are attempting to require medical foods and dietary supplements to undergo the same extremely burdensome and expensive approval process to simply to initiate research.

Aging and Your Thyroid

Aging and Your Thyroid. As you age, your metabolism tends to slow down, and your risk for low thyroid function goes up.

How Sunlight Helps Your Thyroid

How sunlight helps your thyroid. The benefits of sunlight to your overall health

How to Tell If It Really Is Your Thyroid

Getting to the bottom of why you’re tired all the time can be difficult. Here is a simple test to tell if it really is your thyroid.

Restore Your Thyroid Function After Pregnancy

Why pregnancy is the number one cause of Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, how a consistently low body temperature reveals postpartum thyroid trouble, and how a course of T3 can help.

What’s Sex Got to do With It?

Low sex drive, in women and in men, can be a symptom of low thyroid function

Menopause and Your Thyroid

Research shows that about one in 12 women going through menopause age 50 or older have inadequate thyroid function.

PMS? Check Your Body Temperature

If you have PMS that isn’t responding well to lifestyle changes, your body temperature could signal a slow metabolism.

Bones and Your Thyroid

Thyroid hormones are essential for normal bone strength and bone health.

Your Thyroid Needs Iron

Why iron status matters for thyroid function: how iron deficiency impairs thyroid hormone production, who is most at risk, and why ferritin stores matter.

Optimize your thyroid health by avoiding this toxin

Bisphenol A or BPA can block the binding of T3 to thyroid receptors. It's found in many food containers and cans, as well as shopping receipts. Avoid it for better thyroid health

Low Iodine can cause weight gain, brain fog, fatigue, and infertility

Iodine is critically important for proper function of the metabolism. It's especially important in pregnancy and nursing. It can be detected with urine tests.

How Low is Too Low?

Dr. Denis Wilson answers reader questions about how low body temperature must be to suggest Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, and about adjusting and weaning off T3 on the WT3 protocol.

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is an auto-immune inflammation of the thyroid gland. This means that the body can sometimes aim an immune attack, similar to the way it might fight germs or cancer, against its own thyroid gland.

Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism is due to the inadequate production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland just under the skin on the front of the neck.

Infertility

In any infertility textbook it is explained that one of the first, if not the first, condition to be ruled out is hypothyroidism. Low thyroid function is more than enough to explain infertility.

Thyroid and Fluid Retention

Low body temperature can cause fluid retention and bloating, and normalization of temperature can reverse these symptoms.

Thyroid and PMS

How low body temperature links thyroid function and PMS, why normal thyroid blood tests can miss it, and what can be done to bring temperatures back up.