by Dr. John Gannage | Nov 7, 2022 | Blog, General Wellness
Obesity is a serious epidemic in Canada, the United States, and most of the world. It is a major contributing factor to chronic health conditions, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease (and has been a major risk factor for...
by Dr. John Gannage | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog, General Wellness, Gut Health, Histamine, Hormonal Imbalance, Integrative Medicine, Thyroid
Thyroid conditions, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and the autoimmune conditions Hashimoto’s and Graves’ disease (the leading causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, respectively), are on the rise. Not everyone responds to conventional or...
by Markham Integrative | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Thyroid
You have been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid or Hypothyroidism. Your physician put you on Levothyroxine (Synthroid, L-T4), your blood work has regulated (normal TSH), but you still have hypothyroid symptoms. Sounds familiar? I see this very frequently in...
by Markham Integrative | Apr 2, 2019 | Blog, Gut Health, Thyroid
In the previous article we discussed that the main differentiating factor between Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is that Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune condition, where the immune system attacks the thyroid gland and eventually causes an underactive thyroid....
by Markham Integrative | Nov 27, 2018 | Blog, Thyroid
Hashi …. What? Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune thyroid condition, characterized by the immune system attacking the thyroid gland and its destruction which results in hypothyroidism. Hashimoto’s is the number one cause of hypothyroidism in North...