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Publié par

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9781572248069

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

You''re already an expert on your thyroid symptoms. Why not become an expert on solutions? Although your doctor is an invaluable resource, taking charge of your health care is the best way to discover treatments that work, make the most of your medical appointments, and restore your thyroid balance.

Because hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and other thyroid problems affect every woman differently, The Women''s Guide to Thyroid Health takes a personal approach. Together with your doctor, you''ll evaluate your symptoms and use that information to create a personal treatment plan. Use this book to help interpret test results, understand your options for hormone therapy medication, manage side effects, and discover simple nutrition and lifestyle strategies that can keep you looking and feeling well. By informing yourself and partnering with your doctor, you''ll get the results you are looking for.

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Publié par

New Harbinger Publications

Date de parution

01 janvier 0001

EAN13

9781572248069

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

Women's health

THYROID HEALTH

. . . te most informative,“ toroug guide to understanding te tyroid you will ever read. ”—SUZANNE SOMERS

Compreensive Solutions for All Your hyroidSymptoms

THE WOMEN’S GUIDE TO hyroid Healt

Uptodate information to elp you: Understand your tyroid & its role in your endocrine system Assess your tyroid & adrenal ealt Make te best of medical treatment & complementary support options

KATHRYN R. SIMPSON, MS FOREWORD BY THIERRY HERTOGHE, MD

“Misdiagnosis is rampant in today’s world. Maybe you don’t ave multiple sclerosis, maybe you don’t ave bladder problems, maybe you don’t ave artritis, or cronic fatigue, or neuropaty… maybe it’s your tyroid! So many are being treated for diseases tey don’t ave. In today’s world, you ave to do your own researc.he Women’s Guide to hyroid Healtis te most informative, toroug guide to understanding te tyroid you will ever read. Discover wy you are not feeling well. Katryn Simpson as done te work; you will be te beneﬁciary. his is te best book explaining te tyroid tat I ave ever read.”

Suzanne Somers

“his book is an excellent overview of endocrine function in women, wit particular empasis on te importance of tyroid activity. he reader will be well informed of te critical interaction between multiple bodily functions and endocrine activity. A must-read for men and women wo seem to be suﬀering te eﬀects of ‘normal’ aging. A ormone adjustment may result in a more enjoyable and ealty life. his work can potentially be a true life-canger for tousands of Americans.”

Scot A. Brewster, MD, cardiac surgeon at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, CA

“In er latest book, Katryn Simpson as brougt to us a wonderful, understandable approac to tyroid dysfunction. As a neurologist and sleep disorders specialist, I am impressed ow little te medical community at large investigates tis common set of disorders and even more impressed wit ow passive terapy usually is. Wit tis book as a guide, anyone can easily understand tyroid-related symptoms, be empowered to undergo appropriate testing, and intelligently evaluate te response to replacement terapy.”

Victor Rosenfeld, MD, neurology department ead at te Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, CA

“For years I suﬀered from exaustion, depression, weigt gain, and air loss. I tried everyting I could tink of—diet, prayer, positive tinking—but I just kept getting worse. I was at te end of my rope. It wasn’t until I spoke to Katryn Simpson at er clinic tat I came to understand all my symptoms were due to ypotyroidism and ﬁnally got elp. I started on tyroid medication and ave resolved all my symptoms.”

Betsy Covert, patient

“I was fortunate to ave a doctor wo implemented Katryn Simpson’s researc in is practice. I ad suﬀered wit lupus for over ﬁve years, seeing specialist after specialist, wit symptoms tat were getting progressively worse. After going troug te testing and evaluation program, it turned out tat I ad a serious tyroid deﬁciency as well as a paratyroid disorder. After bot were treated, all my symptoms resolved and ave been completely gone for over a year now. It’s a miracle!”

Regina Frazier, patient

THE WOMEN’S GUIDE TO hyroid Healt

Compreensive Solutions for All Your hyroidSymptoms

KATHRYN R. SIMPSON, MS

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publiser’s Note

his publication is designed to provide accurate and autoritative information in regard to te subject matter covered. It is sold wit te understanding tat te publiser is not engaged in rendering psycological, ﬁnancial, legal, or oter pro-fessional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, te services of a competent professional sould be sougt.

A Word of Caution

he autor’s intent is to sare knowledge and information based on personal experience and available scientiﬁc researc. he information in tis book is not intended to replace te care of a pysician or oter licensed ealt care professional, nor is it intended as medical advice. If you ave symptoms or suﬀer from an illness or ealt condition, you sould always consult wit a qualiﬁed ealt professional to accurately analyze and diagnose wat is going on. All women are individual in teir pysical makeup and situation, and no two women will ave te exact same set of ealt conditions, making it impossible to understand wat te correct treatment pat will be for any given woman witout individualized testing and evaluation under te care of a trained ealt professional. It is important to understand tat anyone wo wises to embark on any dietary, drug, exercise, or oter lifestyle cange intended to prevent or treat a speciﬁc disease, condition, or symptom sould ﬁrst consult wit te appropriate ealt care professional, and no treatment sould be initiated or stopped particularly any prescription drugs you may be taking witout tis medical supervision.

Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books

Cover design by Amy Soup; Acquired by Melissa Kirk; Edited by Jasmine Star; Text design by Tracy Carlson

All rigts reserved

PDF ISBN: 9781572248069

he Library of Congress as cataloged te print edition as:

Simpson, Katryn R. he women’s guide to tyroid ealt / Katryn R. Simpson. p. cm. Includes bibliograpical references. ISBN13: 9781572245778 pbk. : alk. paper ISBN10: 1572245778 pbk. : alk. paper 1. HypotyroidismPopular works. 2. WomenDiseasesPopular works. 3. hyroid glandPopular works. I. Title. RC657.S565 2008 616.4’44dc22 2008052209

Dedicated to all te women wo are searcing for answers to teir tyroid problems.Take eart—tere is a solution!

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Contents

CHAPTER 1 Wy Your hyroid Gland Is Important

CHAPTER 2 he Endocrine System and How It Aﬀects Your hyroid

CHAPTER 3 Assessing Your hyroid Healt

CHAPTER 4 Understanding Symptoms of Hypotyroidism

CHAPTER 5 Causes of Hypotyroidism

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CHAPTER 6 hyroid Testing Made Simple

CHAPTER 7 Treatment Options for Hypotyroidism

CHAPTER 8 Oter Ways to Support Your hyroid Function

CHAPTER 9 he Importance of Good Adrenal Function

CHAPTER 10 Signs of hyroid Dysfunction in Cildren

CHAPTER 11 Hypertyroidism: An Overactive hyroid

Conclusion

Resources

References

Index

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Foreword

T yroid ormones are crucial to every single function in your body. You can’t survive witout tem. But as we age, particularly in our current world, we rarely ave optimum levels of tese and many oter important ormones. his means we don’t ave optimum ealt and often end up wit conditions like artritis, eart disease, ﬂagging sex drive, gray air, wrinkles, and everincreasing weigt gainall signs tat may be caused by low tyroid function. In tis book, Katy Simpson provides a uge amount of information and also illuminates several fundamental truts tat may cange te way you view your situation. First, se makes clear te overall importance of tyroid ormones for a woman’s appiness, ealt, and even beauty. Second, se focuses on information tat’s often neglected in te medical world, speciﬁcally tat tyroid ormones don’t work alone. hey only work well if appropriate dietary and lifestyle canges are made, if necessary ormone replacement terapy is implemented to correct ormonal and nutri tional deﬁciencies, and if environmental factors support ormone ealt. For example, your body may not respond well to tyroid terapy if your diet is lacking in important amino acids, if levels of oter important ormones are imbalanced, or if you’re exposed to toxic cemicals including mercury amalgam ﬁllings. Factors suc as tese can compromise your recovery despite adequate tyroid medication.

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