Background My clinic focuses on preventing and reversing diabetes and heart disease, but I’ve been struck with how prevalent thyroid disease has become in my practice. In particular, hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) due to an autoimmune condition called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Unfortunately in medical training I was not taught about the early presentation of this condition through the more subtle detection of lab abnormalities and the fact that this condition is predominantly caused by lifestyle changes, rather than an irreversible condition that requires you to be on lifelong thyroid hormone therapy. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is 7-8 times more common in women than men and the peak periods for onset in women are what I call the “3 Ps”…Puberty, Pregnancy and Perimenopause. Other than being female, other risk factors include (but are not limited to) the following: Family history of thyroid disease Presence of other autoimmune conditions History of thyroid injury (thyroid or neck…
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Get Your Energy Back! I was recently in the UK on sabbatical, working on my 2nd book when I received an e-mail from a patient that made me completely shift from writing my 2nd book to producing a free e-book. An excerpt is below and I did change a few specifics, to keep it anonymous, including the name at the end. Dear Dr. Sinha, I have diligently followed all of your lifestyle recommendations in the book and during our consult visit. My lab results are the best I’ve ever seen and I have lost 12 pounds, but I must confess that I continue to feel very tired. I have a very busy job as a software engineer with a daughter in high school and a son about to enter middle school. By the end of the day I hardly have the energy required to take care of meal prep…
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