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How Balancing Iron Levels Can Help Your Thyroid

The Thyroid Pharmacist

In fact, most people who are diagnosed with Hashimoto’s will present with low levels of ferritin, the iron storage protein that is important for proper thyroid function – but of course, most don’t get tested properly. Again, I don’t recommend supplementing with iron unless you’ve been tested and deemed as deficient.

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How Do Adaptogenic Herbs Benefit Hashimoto’s?

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Nikolai Lazarev defined adaptogens as “an agent that raises the body’s ability to resist stress by countering undesired stressors, whether physical, chemical, emotional, or biological.” Would you like to know if adaptogenic herbs might be of benefit to you? This can also mean fewer nutrients are absorbed.