Top Thyroid-Related Books for Patients
If you had only $100 to spend, and could buy just a few books about thyroid disease to keep close at hand, what would they be? Here are the most recommended books for thyroid patients. Buying them costs less than even one visit to an endocrinologist, but reading them could be worth your better health for years to come!
Living Well With Hypothyroidism
Definitive, comprehensive patient manual for people coping with an underactive thyroid -- including hypothyroidism, post-hyperthyroid/Graves' patients on thyroid hormone replacement, and people who have had thyroid surgery. Special chapters on conventional/alternative approaches to diagnosis, treatment, diet, depression, fertility and thyroid cancer.
The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
The definitive guide to weight loss for anyone with a thyroid condition, featuring information on insulin resistance, leptin/ghrelin, metabolism-boosting herbs, supplements and foods, exercise, and many other factors that can help transform a diet into a healthy lifestyle for lifelong weight control.
Living Well With Autoimmune Disease
Key information on more than autoimmune conditions -- how we get them, risk factors, symptoms, and how they are diagnosed. Conditions covered include Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Reviews conventional and alternative treatments, and the various dietary and lifestyle factors that can help reduce the risk of development autoimmune disease.
Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide
Elaine Moore has written simply the best book for patients who are currently hyperthyroid, or dealing with hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease. Both conventional and alternative options are presented in an unbiased, informed approach. A must-read for any patient considering radioactive iodine, antithyroid drugs, or looking for alternative approaches to an overactive thyroid.
Thyroid Power: Ten Steps to Total Health
Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames have joined together to create this sound mind-body and autoimmune-based approach to hypothyroidism, with emphasis on the role of good relationships with your practitioners, and mind-body health in thyroid disease. As practitioners with first-hand experience dealing with thyroid problems, they bring great empathy to their treatment approaches.
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