Posts Tagged ‘thyroid’

You may not be aware of this, but the thyroid plays a critical role in your metabolism. In fact, along with insulin and cortisol, your thyroid hormone is one the big three hormones that control your metabolism and your weight.

What’s more is that many people don’t even know that there are dietary and lifestyle guidelines that can support a healthy thyroid.

For starters, let’s review what the thyroid gland is and what it does. The thyroid gland …

By Bob Condor

Gluten-free eating is becoming easier as natural groceries, some supermarket chains, bakeries and restaurants all strive to provide tasty options that don’t contain the central wheat ingredient. Some people go gluten-free on a natural health practitioner’s suggestion (OK, urging at times), feel better, say, less congested and more energetic, which in turn motivates them to learn new recipes that bypasses the gluten (spelt bread or rice pasta, anyone?).

In some treatment programs, the patient or client will …