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Managing Your Thyroid When You’re Postpartum
Being postpartum comes with its own host of hormone complications, and when you throw in thyroid disease you end up with a double whammy. While you’re taking care of your baby, it’s also important to make sure you’re taking care of yourself — especially your thyroid disease.
Pregnancy Complications and Your Thyroid
What you need to know if you’re planning on becoming, or are pregnant.
Thyroid Problems After Pregnancy
How to know whether it’s just typical postpartum fatigue and hair loss, or if it’s a larger thyroid problem.
DIY Thyroid Tests: What to Know Before You Go It Alone
Home thyroid test kits and direct-to-consumer lab services let you skip the doctor and check your hormone levels yourself. Find out when it make sense--and why you still need your M.D.
Smoothies That Can Help — or Harm — Your Thyroid
Smoothies are all the rage these days, and for good reason — they’re healthy, nutritious, and are typically pretty delicious. However, they can also be packed with certain veggies and supplements that could actually harm your thyroid, so watch out.
Metabolism-Boosting Tips for Thyroid Patients
If you feel like your metabolism is slower, even after thyroid treatment, you are very likely right. Here’s how you can boost and increase a slow metabolism.
How to Lose Weight: From Thyroid Patients Themselves
You’ve read about all of the fad diets, and maybe even gotten suggestions from your doctor. But hearing what works from those who are living the same hypothyroid life as you can be invaluable. These are the diets that worked for them.
Biotin: What Is It, and How Much Is Optimal?
Biotin can help with diabetes and multiple sclerosis, but it can also interfere with medications for hypothyroidism. Here’s what you need to know.
11 Tips for Managing Menopause and Thyroid Disease
When you’re a woman over 40, symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, and weight changes are common. But are they due to a thyroid condition, or is it related to menopause? Let’s explore what you need to know about perimenopause, menopause, and your thyr...
Clear Your Foggy Thyroid Brain
Brain fog really is a thing for thyroid patients — and it can be downright scary. These thyroid patients share their scariest and most embarrassing brain fog moments, while we share tips on how to clear the fog.