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The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
Weight gain, obesity, and difficulty losing weight with thyroid conditions and hypothyroidism are common. The Thyroid Diet helps thyroid patients, and those who have a thyroid condition but don't know it because they haven't been diagnosed, get diagnosed and properly treated for their thyroid conditions, and offers a comprehensive diet program, including food lists and menus -- to help lose weight and maintain the loss.
Is Your Thyroid the Reason Why You Can't Lose Weight?
Undiagnosed and untreated thyroid problems, especially an underactive thyroid condition known as hypothyroidism, can cause weight gain, or make weight loss difficult or impossible. This checklist of risks, signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism can help dieters identify whether they might have a thyroid condition.
Even Slight Shifts in Thyroid TSH Level Associated with Weight Gain
A study reported on in the March 24, 2008 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine looked at the connection between the thyroid's TSH levels and weight, and found that even slight increases in TSH within the normal range, over time, appear to be associated with weight gain.
Simple Ways To Get In Shape
If you've been having trouble working out ways to get in shape, doctors offer this tip: Take baby steps. Experts say small, incremental steps are the best way to get into a fitness program or to begin changing your lifestyle.
Sleep More, Lose Weight
If you want to lose weight, you need to get enough sleep, say experts. Researchers reporting at the American Thoracic Society International Conference have some specific recommendations regarding just how much sleep you really need to protect your metabolism and health.
Highest Fiber Vegetables, Fruits and Foods
A list of the high fiber vegetables and fruits and foods, for thyroid patients who want to lose weight, and for those interested in dealing with chronic constipation.
A Few 30 Second Sprints as Beneficial as Hour Long Jog
According to new research findings released in June of 2005, just a few 30 second sprints are as beneficial as an hour long jog. Get the specifics on this important news, and what it means for your fitness and health.
What You Need to Know About Hoodia Gordonii:
The herbal supplement hoodia, made from a South African cactus-like succulent, offers huge promise in mid-2004 as a natural appetite suppressant and weight loss aid for the public, with no side effects.
Exploring the Cookie Diet
The latest diet craze is Dr. Sanford Siegal's Cookie Diet. Find out the pros and cons of this drastic diet, and whether it might actually be your weight loss miracle.
Cinnamon: Help for Insulin Resistance and Weight Loss
The spice cinnamon offers huge promise as a natural way to reduce blood sugar, increase insulin levels, and help with diabetes and weight loss. Cinnamon may be an effective functional food.
What You Need to Know About Caralluma Fimbriata / Slimaluma:
Caralluma fimbriata, a succulent cactus from India, is the latest entry into the appetite suppressant and weight control supplement market, offering promising help to people trying to lose weight. Find out more about this plant, how it's being extracted, and its potential role in weight loss.
Slight Fluctuations in TSH: Can They Affect Your Weight?
Can slight fluctuations in thyroid function, as measured by the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone -- TSH -- test, actually affect your weight? Finally, researchers have an answer, and the information is explored by thyroid guide Mary Shomon in this article from October 2005.
Do You Need to Increase Metabolism?
Do you need to increase your metabolism in order to lose weight? Will efforts to boost metabolism help you lose weight and have more energy? Do you have a slow metabolism, and need to speed it up? These are important questions for anyone trying to lose weight, and particularly for thyroid patients who may be struggling with a slow metabolism, and are explored in this article by best-selling author and thyroid patient advocate Mary Shomon
Mayo Clinic Discovers A Key To 'Low Metabolism' -- And A Major Factor In Obesity
Mayo Clinic Discovers A Key To 'Low Metabolism' -- And A Major Factor In Obesity
The Cortisol-Weight Loss Controversy:
We know that chronic stress may contribute to weight gain, but is elevated cortisol the culprit? Makers of the CortiSlim say it is, and encourage you to buy their costly weight loss supplement. Explore the controversy over this product, and the issue of cortisol and its role in your ability to lose weight and diet successfully.
Low Carb Diets 101: A Guide to the Popular Low-Carb Diet Books and Plans
An overview of the most popular low-carbohydrate diets of general interest, and of interest to thyroid patients, including The Thyroid Diet, Atkins, South Beach, Fat Flush, The Zone, Protein Power, and the Hamptons Diet, as well as information on Ediets and Weight Watchers. From thyroid patient advocate and Thyroid Diet author Mary Shomon.