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The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
by Mary J. Shomon
A New York Times and Amazon.com Best-seller, a semi-finalist for the prestigious Quills Awards, and an Amazon.com Top Pick for 2004 in multiple categories! The Thyroid Diet is the first book written to help thyroid patients -- and those who don't even know they have a thyroid problem yet -- to effectively lose weight. The book features 400 information-packed pages of help in your weight loss effort, including: Diet Planning Worksheets; Eating Plans; Food Lists; Gourmet Recipes; Information on Safe & Helpful Supplements and Herbs; and more.
400 pages, HarperResource; 1st edition, August 2004
ISBN: 006052444-8
List Price: $14.95

Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know
by Mary J. Shomon
2005
ISBN: 0060740957
List Price: $14.95

Second edition of this bestselling book, which went to more than 20 printings after its first edition in 2000. The book is a comprehensive guide for people with an underactive, inactive, autoimmune or surgically-removed thyroid. Both alternative and conventional diagnosis and treatment help. Special chapters on pregnancy, weight loss, depression and thyroid cancer, and a detailed resources appendix.

Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism
by Mary J. Shomon
2005
ISBN: 0060740957
List Price: $14.95

For the millions of people who suffer from Graves’ disease or hyperthyroidism, the process of assessing the symptoms, getting diagnosed and sorting through the myriad of treatments is a daunting task. Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism presents readers with a comprehensive resource that spans from diagnosis to treatment to life after treatment. You'll find the history and science behind the disease, along with checklists of risks, signs and factors, combined with honest case studies and testimonials. An indepth review of treatment options, including a complete alternative/holistic/nutritional approach, an integrative (conventional plus alternative) approach, antithyroid drug approach, radioactive iodine treatment, and surgical approach.

The Thyroid Guide to Pregnancy, Fertility and Breastfeeding Success
by Mary J. Shomon
A special 40-page guide directly only from Mary Shomon, not available in any bookstore, that focuses on the affects of undiagnosed and diagnosed thyroid conditions on your ability to get pregnant, stay pregnant, have a healthy pregnacy and baby, and breastfeed successfully.
Published by Mary Shomon/Thyroid-Info Publishing, 2005/3rd Edition
List Price: $15
Living Well With Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know
by Mary J. Shomon
A bestseller with more than 10 printings, this is a complete guide to understanding the mysterious and often difficult-to-pinpoint autoimmune disorders-- and finding the conventional and alternative keys to diagnosis, treatment, recovery...and even prevention or cure.
ISBN: 0060938196
List Price: $14.95

Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
by Mary J. Shomon
A groundbreaking source of help and hope for the estimated 6 to 12 million Americans, the majority women, who suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and/or Fibromyalgia. Shares the tools you need to create a personalized plan for living well with these illnesses. Looks at the bigger picture, exploring a myriad of theories and treatment options--from conventional therapies such as medication and vitamins, to alternative approaches including yoga and massage.
416 pages, HarperResource; March 2, 2004
ISBN: 0060521252
List Price: $14.95

UltraMetabolism : The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
by Mark Hyman, MD
An innovative approach to weight loss that takes into account the impact of the thyroid, stress, and the new field of nutrigenomics. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to lose weight, and thyroid patients in particular.

Published March 2006 by Scribner
368 pages

Thyroid Power: 10 Steps to Total Health
by Richard Shames, MD and Karilee Halo Shames, RN, PhD
A practical guide that helps thyroid patients address some important issues related to their health. The book is particularly strong on the mind-body aspects of hypothyroidism, and nutritional approaches for optimal general and thyroid health.

Feeling Fat, Fuzzy and Frazzled
by Richard Shames, MD and Karilee Halo Shames, RN, PhD
Help balancing the three aspects of hormones -- thyroid, adrenal and reproductive hormones -- for optimal health.

What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You About Hypothyroidism
by Kenneth Blanchard, MD, featuring an introduction by Mary Shomon
Talks about Dr. Blanchard's unique approach to treating hypothyroidism.

Published January 2004 by Warner Books
352 pages

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by Elaine Moore Elaine A. Moore with Lisa Moore
Published in 2001 by McFarland & Company, Inc.
A helpful guide for people who have Graves' disease or are hyperthyroid, the book offers both conventional and alternative guidanace on treatment for an overactive thyroid, looks at the pros and cons of radioactive iodine, explores antithyroid drugs, and more.

Solved: The Riddle of Illness
by Stephen Langer, MD and James Scheer
An excellent look at alternative and nutritional approaches to persistent hypothyroidism symptoms such as fatigue and depression is offered by this popular thyroid doctor, and one of the nation's top nutrition writers.

The Thyroid Solution: A Mind-Body Program for Beating Depression and Regaining Your Emotional and Physical Health
by Ridha Arem, MD
One of the earlier doctor-written thyroid books, The Thyroid Solution's greatest strength is in the research and analysis of the relationship of thyroid disease to brain chemistry, and resulting depression, anxiety disorders, mood disorders and other mental and emotional effects, which is covered in great depth.

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