By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP Your thyroid is a small organ with a huge impact on all aspects of your health. Thyroid hormone impacts every cell in your body, so even a small disturbance in thyroid hormone levels affects your digestive tract, brain, heart,...
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The Connection Between Gluten and Thyroid Issues
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP By now, you’ve likely heard about gluten intolerance. The buzz word “gluten-free” is everywhere in the health world. But how impactful is gluten? For those with thyroid issues, it may be affecting you more than you realize. ...
Is Your Period Controlling You?
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP The week before your period, it’s not unusual for many women to experience an unwanted transformation from Doctor Jekyll to Ms. Hyde. As our hormones shift, some of us will fall apart into sensitive sleep-deprived puddles. Other...
Luscious Locks Not So Luscious? Hormones Can Affect Your Hair.
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP We all want a head of thick, shiny hair, don’t we? In fact, an entire industry is devoted to helping us get the hair we want. But maybe the solution isn’t found in a bottle. A number of factors from the food you eat to your gut...
Life Out of Balance = Hormones Out of Balance.
Could Your Symptoms be trying to Get Your Attention? By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP If you are female, know a female or live with a female this is a very important subject! When a woman’s hormones are out of balance she will not feel well, it’s as simple as that....
Could You Have a Thyroid Problem? Take the Thyroid Quiz and Find Out!
Do you feel frustrated because you are gaining weight (i.e. 10 pounds or more in the past three months without an explainable cause) and feel exhausted most of the time? Do you have mood swings, brain fog, anxiety, depression, constipation and cold hands and feet? How...
6 Ways to Rev Up Your Energy Levels!
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP One of the best indicators that you’re having a great day is the feeling that your energy levels are high, steady, and that overall you feel good and can enjoy accomplishing the tasks at hand. Maybe it’s that you bounced out of bed...
Thyroid Disorders: How to Reduce Your Risk
Your thyroid is your body’s powerhouse. Your energy levels, metabolism, and heart rate are all controlled by this small, butterfly-shaped gland. Without enough thyroid hormone, your mitochondria aren’t able to produce the energy that your cells need for optimum...
Jane Gets Educated on Female Hormones and Thyroid Function
~ This was written by a recent attendee of our End Hormone Havoc Seminar. We thank "Jane" for sharing her experience with us. Hormone Replacement Therapy has Been Controversial Hormone replacement therapy for women has been a controversial topic ever since the...
Everyday Environmental Chemicals that Destroy Thyroid Function
The thyroid as our master gland. Our thyroid is often referred to as the “master gland” because every cell in our body depends on the thyroid to send the right chemical message so they function properly. The thyroid plays a role in all of our critical body systems:...
5 Things That Sabotage Your Weight Loss Efforts
Weight loss is one of the major concerns we hear from our new patients at Wise Woman Wellness. It is almost always listed among the various symptoms that bring frustrated women to our doors. The over-simplified equation of “eat less, exercise more” is not working for...
Why Gluten-Free is Imperative for Thyroid Sufferers
Hypothyroidism is one of the most common thyroid disorders. The American Thyroid Association estimates 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease and women are 5 to 8 times more likely than men to develop thyroid problems. Hypothyroidism is characterized...