Quick rant… the world would be a better place if people would stop making infomercials that talk about some mysterious Brazilian botanical that ends up being a sales pitch for another selenium supplement…
If you are reading this, chances are you are being told you may have to be on medication for life and are looking for a natural way out…
The problem is that the internet is plagued with useless regurgitated information that talks about the same supplement ingredients and dietary changes… if you’ve tried any of them, you know that they don’t work long term…
If you haven’t tried it, then we’ll spare you the disappointment of common widespread advice online about how to treat hypothyroidism naturally…
Natural Ways to Treat Hypothyroidism That Don’t Work
Most of the advice online hangs on the premise that the thyroid produces T4 hormone primarily, and that the liver is what converts that T4 into the active thyroid hormone T3… all true and good information to know…
They then claim that if you simply add Selenium to your diet, that everything will be fixed… and that’s when all these thyroid support supplement companies line up to tell you about their special selenium formula mixed with their secret formulation that includes other ingredients such as:
- L-Tyrosine
- Bladderwrack
- Kelp
- Curcumin
- Piperine
- Zinc
- Ashwagandha
- Schisandra Berry
- Iron
- etc.
You get the point… the supplement names are cheesy like Thyro Support, Thyroid Alive, Thyrogard, Thyrosol, Thyroid Synergy, etc… so they are easy to spot so you can avoid them…
Why would you want to avoid selenium based thyroid supplements?
… because Selenium doesn’t address the real issue.
Selenium is supposed to get rid of free radicals… think of free radicals as dirty fluid leaking from factory machines… buying selenium supplements is like hiring a bunch more janitors to come clean up the mess instead of fixing the machines that are leaking the dirty fluid. No matter how much selenium you take, you’ll never be able to hire enough janitors, they will burn out and you’ll keep hiring non-stop… (read: you’ll be forever dependent on these supplements)…
What’s worse is that selenium doesn’t work on its own… taking too much selenium can create imbalances with other minerals like zinc and others… taking too much selenium can worsen hypothyroidism symptoms like:
- Hair Loss
- Brittle Nails
- Garlic-like breath odor
- Gastroinstestinal upset (nausea, diarrhea)
- and others…
How to Naturally Treat Hypothyroidism – What Really Works
If there’s one thing these thyroid supplement companies get right is the idea that fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, and other symptoms are not just a thyroid problem…
Diet is the only way you can naturally treat hypothyroidism… because taking supplements is not natural…
… but when I say diet, I’m not talking about the typical diet changes you’ll read about for low thyroid which are restrictive diets…
The most common diet advice is to go sugar free, gluten free, dairy free…
… or you are told to eat iodine-rich foods, selenium-rich foods, etc.
Here’s why that doesn’t work and what to do instead…
When you cut out a food group like dairy, you are actually making your body deficient in nutrients it needs to produce hormones… not just thyroid hormone, but all hormones…
Dairy has three important ingredients needed for hormone production: saturated fat, cholesterol, and vitamin D…
Without these nutrients, your body will not be able to produce thyroid hormones… but there is a caveat…
Not all dairy is created equal…
There are two types of dairy…
- Store bought pasteurized A1 milk
- Local A2 raw milk
Most people consume the former, which is a highly inflammatory milk (A1)… that is the type of dairy that creates free radicals, which is why your body becomes deficient in minerals like selenium… and that’s also why cutting out pasteurized A1 milk seems to work at first… because you are getting rid of the cause of inflammation…
… but you are creating a new problem that you’re becoming deficient in other needed nutrients that you would get from local A2 raw milk….
These little nuances are what helps you cut through the noise from all the information you find online and it’s the reason why we are creating success stories like Terra:
Is There a Natural Way to Treat Hypothyroidism?
When people ask this question, what they are really wanting to know is “can I get my energy back and lose weight?”… which is very different than treating hypothyroidism… because fixing your thyroid is not how you get your energy back…
Getting more energy has little to do with your thyroid and more to do with your gut flora… your gut microbes are the ones responsible for turning food energy into energy that your body can use…
Their ability to give you energy depends on your gut environment… if your gut is toxic, then your gut microbes, also known as probiotics, will not be able to digest food for you… which explains the reason why so many people with fatigue often have gas, bloating and constipation… their gut is a mess…
… and it’s also why buying probiotic supplements is as useless as buying selenium-based supplements…
Going back to diet, it’s the reason why A2 raw milk can help… pasteurization kills probiotics in milk… raw milk has probiotics that can help replenish your gut flora… but this is where you have to learn to listen to your body… if you’ve consumed nothing but pasteurized A1 milk, then you might have so much inflammation that you could use a little break from dairy and work on reducing inflammation…
There are other diet changes you can make to reduce inflammation that will allow you to re-incorporate raw A2 milk into your diet…
All of these changes I’m talking about have one thing in common… they help you improve the environment in your gut so that probiotics can grow healthy and give you energy…
How to get more energy with Hypothyroidism
The key to get energy is learning how to create an environment in your gut for probiotics to grow… minerals are just one of nine steps I use to create this environment…
Sadly, most doctors don’t have a clue about this… thyroid supplements, and programs that promise to “fix your thyroid” don’t understand this either…
I am not a doctor… I only know about this because I was an avid home brewer and studied fermentation, though not for health purposes… I was not into health back then… I was only growing probiotics (brewer’s yeast) to make beer…
… but when I learned that probiotics are what make hormones… all bets were off… I needed to try making the probiotics in my gut as healthy as I could for myself, even if no one else followed…
If you are…
- Too exhausted to move.
- Struggling to stay awake
- Low energy is affecting your work
- Can’t say yes to active play with your kids (family is frustrated at you)
- You’ve tried the diets
- You’ve tried the supplements
- You’ve adjusted your dose up, down and sideways at this point
… then I’m excited to share with you my Energy Blueprint… I journaled everything I did for over seven years to get rid of thyroid fatigue.
I took out what didn’t work and left only what worked…
I started sharing this with others via my free email newsletter.
When you subscribe to our email newsletter you will learn each step I took to get more energy…
You will start by improving digestion… the first thing you’ll notice is no more gas, bloating or constipation… no more dry skin…
Once you tip that domino, the next step is to improve your sleep… you will learn how to get deep restorative sleep so you wake up refreshed and ready to take on the day…
Your mind will be sharp in the morning… and if your hair is thinning or falling out, you will notice it start to grow thick and strong again.
… and because everything you do is completely natural, the energy you feel will last all day without having to rely on caffeine or thyroid supplements.
So, you’ll notice when you come home after work, you’ll have energy to play with your kids, workout or do whatever activity you feel like because you will have the energy left to do so!
