Wellness Resources Weight Management Supplements help improve leptin hormone communication, reduce food cravings, increase energy, support healthy thyroid function, and improve blood sugar metabolism. They make getting started on a weight loss program easier and can help you get beyond a weight loss plateau.* Nutritional supplements are tools to use in...

Healthy hair is a reflection that dietary intake of structural nutrition is adequate to offset the demands of stress. Specific nutrients not only help hair, but help nourish internal body structure.* Brittle hair, dry hair, or hair thinning or falling out are all signs of needing structural nutrition. Stress and sluggish thyroid function can also...

Pantethine is the biologically active form of vitamin B5. Plain vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is rapidly washed out of your body. The unique structure of pantethine enables it to stay in your body for up to 16 hours helping to support energy production and cholesterol fitness. Pantethine is used by your liver to assist healthy metabolism of triglycerides...

Gamma tocotrienol communicates with the primary enzyme involved with cholesterol metabolism, HMG-CoA reductase. In normal cholesterol metabolism, the production of cholesterol is self regulating. This is similar to a person at the end of a production line making a phone call back to the person at the front of the line, telling them enough widgets have...

Proper thyroid function is an important aspect of cholesterol fitness. Every cell in your body uses small fragments of cholesterol for needed metabolic functions, including the support system to maintain the three-dimensional structure of the cell itself. The rate that cholesterol is used by your cells is governed by thyroid hormone. If thyroid function...

A variety of other nutrients, if lacking, can impede healthy thyroid function. At the top of this list are quercetin, vitamin D, iron, and zinc. Ensure you are not lacking in these, as anyone of them can be responsible for the symptoms of a sluggish thyroid. Quercetin is a bioflavonoid common in the plant kingdom, a potent polyphenol antioxidant and...

The loss of cognitive function as one grows older along with the loss of efficient thyroid function is a common occurrence. This means that optimizing thyroid function is one key factor that will contribute to better mental and cognitive skills. New science is now revealing that the condition of your red blood cells is an early predictor of thyroid...

Oprah is creating a lot of buzz after gaining forty pounds and simultaneously claiming she solved her thyroid problem. Her statements sent internet bloggers into a frenzy.

The first anti-aging superstar nutrient, Q10 is also known to help nerves and muscles. Its collective benefits include assisting overall metabolism, including weight loss efforts.

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or autoimmune destruction of the thyroid gland is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in iodine-sufficient areas of the world. The autoimmune attack on the thyroid gland causes the thyroid to eventually fail as aging occurs. Knowing what is attacking your thyroid gland is vital to preventing ongoing tissue destruction and...

A new study shows that digestive distress can trigger a chain of events leading directly to thyroid damage. It has been observed that individuals who have celiac disease (gluten intolerance) also have thyroid problems. In the new research scientists tracked down the link by establishing that auto-immune antibodies against transglutaminase (a celiac...

The plot thickens. How simple it once was for endocrinologists to identify a few organs, like the thyroid, measure their hormones, and then prescribe hormone replacement when seemingly lacking in them. While this method may have been easier, it was often not very helpful in solving the obvious thyroid problems that many experience. In 1994 that simplicity...

Thyroid function and Alzheimer's disease.

Endocrine disruptors and thyroid hormone physiology.

Factors for thyroid autoimmunity in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Adipocyte-myocyte crosstalk in skeletal muscle insulin resistance; is there a role for thyroid hormone?

Immune-endocrine interactions in autoimmune thyroid diseases.

Pituitary-thyroid state correlates with central dopaminergic and serotonergic activity in healthy humans.