Last year I gave up sugar. It was not a choice I was ready to make. It was the last thing I wanted to do. But now I love my sugar-free lifestyle. Most of the time I try really hard not to do things that I know I should be doing. I’m kind of a rebel. Maybe you can relate. But …
Going sugar free can be a total drag. No, really. A little over a year ago, my thyroid doctor and I had a conversation and it went something like this. “No desserts.” “No desserts?,” I asked. “None of that. You need to take sugar out of your diet.” I was stunned. No brownies? Not any chocolate cake? Sugary sweets were off …
What reasons do you have to consider when thinking about trying a gluten-free diet? Does it overwhelm you that you won’t be able to eat the same foods you once enjoyed? Like with anything in life, sometimes what you believe to be true about something will determine how you act on it. Truthfully, if you believe that starting and sticking to …
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By now you may have realized that you are dealing with what may in fact be a thyroid problem. You are probably asking “Why would it be a thyroid problem when you just said it was chronic fatigue?” The reason is that thyroid symptoms often have the same signs and symptoms that chronic fatigue has. It’s just that chronic fatigue is …
“What is a thyroid?” That question is the reason I had to write this article. “But what is it?’” “What?” (I was quite taken aback.) I thought I may be hearing things. This was a conversation I had with my sister the other day and it had me thinking… “How many people don’t know what a thyroid is?!” Let’s Talk Thyroid …
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