Myers - The Thyroid Connection

H ey there.

You may be reading this book because you think youve got a thyroid problem or you know youve got one. Either way, you probably have the sinking feeling that your doctor is missing something, because he or she keeps insisting that youre fine, whereas you know that fine is the last thing you are.

Maybe youve been gaining weight even though youre sticking like glue to your weight-loss plan. Or maybe youve been eating and exercising just the way you always havegood, bad, or indifferentbut you used to have a stable weight and now the pounds are mounting up.

Or perhaps you have the opposite problemyour weight is suddenly dropping, quickly, even though youre eating way more than usual and seem to be hungry even after finishing a huge meal. Maybe youre struggling with a racing heart or sudden palpitations. Perhaps youre in a continual state of dread, a low-grade anxiety that has you constantly on edge.

Maybe youre having way too many senior momentsand youre only in your twenties. Or maybe you are in your sixties, but you know your brain should be working better than it is.

Perhaps youre tired all the time. Or listless. Or depressed. Maybe your hormones are all over the place. Or you cant get pregnant, even though youve been trying for a while. Or your sex drive seems to have gone permanently AWOL. Perhaps youve got some other upsetting symptomindigestion, constipation, diarrhea. Maybe your anxiety has begun to erupt into devastating panic attacks that seem to happen for no reason.

Or perhaps your problem is achy joints, trembling hands, weakened muscles, flaky skin. Maybe youre always cold. Or maybeand this one can be the most disturbing of allyour hair is starting to fall out.

Any or all of these symptoms can indicate a thyroid problemeither a thyroid that is underperforming or one that is overperforming (while the symptoms might be distinct, there can be a lot of overlap). And if your doctor has assured you that you dont have a thyroid problemthat your labs are normal, or that youre already getting the right amount of supplemental thyroid hormone, or that your issues are caused by female hormones (if youre a woman) or low testosterone (if youre a man) or by depression or stress or anxiety or not being disciplined enough about your dietwell, Im here to tell you that, while some of this might be true, you still might have a thyroid problem.

Thats right. Even if your doctor says you dont have a thyroid problem, you very well might. It is all too sadly possible that the tests youre getting arent accurate, that your doctor is misinterpreting the results, that youre being undermedicated, that youre getting the wrong type of medicationor that youre suffering from some combination of all those factors.

Meanwhile, youre feeling lousy, exhausted, old before your time, andsince your doctor wont believe youpossibly crazy. So breathe a big sigh of relief and get ready to feel better. Because in this book, youre going to find out that you were right all along. There is something wrong with you. You do have thyroid dysfunction, it can be treated, and as soon as it is, youre going to feel like a whole new person.

Its remarkable how many symptomslarge, small, and in betweenare connected to your thyroid. In fact, just about every aspect of your body depends on thyroid function; if your thyroid isnt working up to par, you wont be either. Healing and supporting your thyroid is one of the most important ways you can connect to your body, and one of the best ways to achieve optimal health.

In this book, youre going to learn all about your thyroidhow it works, why it can make you feel so miserable, and what you can do to get a more accurate diagnosis. Youre going to learn which tests to ask for and what treatment options to explore.

Youre also going to discover how to transform your health through the right diet and lifestylehealing your gut, getting the nutrients your thyroid needs, avoiding inflammatory foods, ridding your body of its toxic burden, treating infections, and practicing effective stress reduction. Toward this end, youll learn just how much exercise is good for your thyroid, since exercising too much or too intensely can actually disrupt thyroid function.

Best of all, youre going to find out how to get rid of those symptoms. How to clear away the brain fog. How to soothe the anxiety and ease the depression. How to heal those achy joints and raging hormones. How to get your sex life back. How to drop those extra pounds and never regain them. And, yes, how to get your hair growing all thick and healthybetter than youve ever seen itand have clear glowing skin and boatloads of energy to boot.

Thats what I want for youtotal vibrant health and nothing less. Thats what you can look forward to when your thyroid is working optimally and youre following the diet and lifestyle that supports excellent health. I know you can do it, because thats what thousands of my patients have achieved. If they could get there, you can too.

There are two key aspects to thyroid health.