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Iodine – Healthiest Diets May Lack this Vital Mineral

thecaregrouppc2020-08-14T18:28:07+00:00July 10th, 2017|

Updated: Apr 26, 2019 If you are like many of my health-conscious patients who seek to eat a wholesome diet, you may be at risk for iodine deficiency. Iodine deficiency was a common problem until the 1920s when they started adding iodine to salt. Then the problem virtually went away. Now iodine deficiency is [...]

A Holistic Approach to Thyroid Disease

thecaregrouppc2020-08-19T15:10:24+00:00June 14th, 2017|

Updated: Apr 26, 2019 Feeling tired for seemingly no reason at all…trouble losing weight…dry skin…hair falling out…constipation. These are the classic symptoms of an under-active thyroid—also called hypothyroidism. What is the thyroid? The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located just below the surface of the skin in the front of the neck. If you [...]