reprised from February 2016 Vitamin D is known as the Sunshine vitamin. This is because 90 percent of our vitamin D requirements naturally comes from the sun. Bioavailable vitamin D3 is created in the skin through the action of the sun's UV-B rays on cholesterol (7-dehydroxycholesterol), as one of five forms. Diet offers the remaining [...]
Today, there is a silent pandemic unrelated to COVID. It is thyroid disease, an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune disease is not only a universal phenomenon on a physical level, but it is also a reflection of how people have lost their collective voice. VOICE Silence and powerlessness go hand in hand. When we suppress our ability [...]
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped organ in the front of the neck that produces the hormones which regulate the body’s metabolism, including heart rate, body temperature and weight. Those who understand the consequences of an underactive thyroid have received a diagnosis of hypothyroidism. In the U.S. the prevalence of thyroid disease is 12%, or 30 million [...]
Today, the silent epidemic of thyroid disease is a universal phenomenon. Women are ten times more likely than men to be diagnosed with thyroid disease, of which 80 percent is autoimmune. Yet, most of us have no idea about the thyroid, its needs, or how we got here. Autoimmunity exits when the body decides that [...]
reprised from February 2016 Vitamin D is known as the “sunshine vitamin.” This is because 90 percent of our D requirements naturally comes from the sun. Bioavailable vitamin D3 is created in the skin through the action of the sun's UV-B rays on cholesterol (7-dehydroxycholesterol), as one of five forms. Diet offers Vitamin D2 and D3 as [...]
Today, the silent epidemic of thyroid disease is not only a universal phenomenon but also a reflection of how people have lost their collective voice. Silence and powerlessness go hand in hand. When we suppress our ability to speak our truth, we manifest it in the physical. Women are ten times more likely than men [...]
