Your greatest health is your wealth | By Dr. Cindy Steward
We hear this from new patients all the time.
Adding more thyroid hormones (T3) / TSH) via medications isn’t going to fix the problem. The thyroid needs nourishment and tender loving care. It needs support for proper thyroid hormone production, peripheral thyroid conversion and thyroid hormone cellular sensitivity. To help the thyroid function correctly we have to target and bring down the inflammatory levels, reconnect the adrenal-hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid axis.
The gut, liver and immune system are involved as well as sex hormone metabolism. The brain is involved in all of this too. Medication doesn’t address all of these areas the way our natural protocol can do.
We like to:
• Support the thyroid gland
• Support the endocrine system as it relates to the thyroid
• Incorporate plant based compounds that support intracellular enzymatic processes
• Support the function of the HPAT axis
• Support the immune system
• Support the gut, liver and brain function.
• Support the thyroid gland and tissues
• Support the related thyroid hormones • Support the antioxidant process to lower your inflammation It sounds like lots of systems and it is. We can’t just target the thyroid because it is just one part of your body. The whole body is involved so it only makes sense that the whole body needs to be fixed in order to help that little thyroid gland to function optimally. But man, that little thyroid gland is incredibly powerful in helping determine your zest for life or lack of zest.
It helps determine your metabolism, brain clarity, volume of hair, your weight, heart rate, mood (happy, sad, crying, angry), body temperature (too hot or too cold), skin (dry?), bowel problems (constipation or diarrhea), numbness in hands, muscle weakness, trembling hands, vision problems. People are so relieved when they can get answers to these strange conditions they have been experiencing. We have a specific list of blood work we run to get the answers we need to help you improve your thyroid’s health and your entire body’s health. Many doctors only run 1, 2, or 3 of the thyroid tests instead of all of the essential tests to get a complete picture of what is happening with the thyroid.
Call us at 512-626-2332 for an appointment.
Your Greatest Wealth is Your Health!
Dr. Cindy Steward, ND
