Progress Your Health

In our practice, one of the most common complaints we hear is about sugar cravings. Carb cravings are not only common but an obvious obstacle to our weight loss goals. How many of you have woken up in the morning and said, today is the day that I am going to eat healthy. You [...]

Welcome to the new year, 2018! It is going to be a great year. With the start of any new year, everyone is ready to eat better and lose weight. Since when did my fat jeans become my regular jeans lol! With the holiday festivities behind us, it is time to get back on track [...]

Two common questions we get all the time is: how much does BHRT cost? And will my insurance cover it? If I had a dollar for every time, I have been asked this question I might have a pair of those fancy Christian Louboutin heels. It’s okay because I can t stand heels anyway, but the [...]

Traditionally when one thinks of Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT), they immediately think of menopause. That hormone therapy is used to treat menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats. But in the last 10-15 years, hormone replacement has become more than a fix for hot flashes. But did you know that you can [...]

You know you have heavy periods when . When you have tampons everywhere. In every single purse, the glove box of your car. In the glove box of your friend s and spouse s car. In the kitchen drawers, all bathrooms, in your jacket pockets, even your grocery bags. You never wear white. You don t own white underwear because [...]

With all of the recent changes in health insurance, blood testing is more expensive than ever. Below are few questions and situations we get from our patients and thought it would be good to discuss. Do any of the following sound familiar? My Doctor Won’t Order Thyroid Function Test, What Should I Do? We see [...]

Which thyroid medication is best? This is a question we get from patients quite often. Conventionally for hypothyroidism, there is one medication prescribed. Regardless of your gender, family/personal history, symptoms, goals. If you need thyroid replacement, you will get Synthroid. If you have had your thyroid gland radiated, now it is hypothyroid. If you have [...]

Hashimoto Thyroiditis is an autoimmune process where your immune system will attack your thyroid gland. This attack will eventually cause the thyroid function to drop. Inevitably, Hashimoto s disease causes hypothyroid. There are two primary blood antibodies to test for Hashimoto s disease. Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody (TPO) Thyroglobulin Antibody (TgAb). If you have one or both of these [...]

The most common test for thyroid is the TSH, which stands for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. Unfortunately, this is also the only test most conventional doctors use to screen for thyroid disease. If the TSH is elevated (above 4.5 mIU/L), you are hypothyroid, and if the number is low (below 0.45 ng/dL), you are hyperthyroid. [...]

First off, who gets hot flashes and night sweats? There are medical conditions, medications that can cause hot flashes and night sweats. But commonly, hot flashes and night sweats are a female thing. I know… us ladies are so complicated. But so worth it! Why do women get hot flashes and men do not? Why [...]