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Thyroid function is rarely just a normal TSH. On paper, T4 and T3 can look fine while the symptoms of an underactive thyroid are still there. On paper, TSH, T4 and T3 can all look perfect. In real life, every symptom of an underactive thyroid is there. Most women don’t think “thyroid” when they first
If you’ve been following us or reading our content over the years, I hope you now have a deep understanding of The Body ReCalibration. Hormone changes happen in stages, over decades — starting from 30, and going until 80. Each phase shifts the body away from relying on a sex hormone, and toward something else.
When thyroid symptoms appear in your 40s and 50s, they are almost always blamed on hormones. But before we reach for the menopause explanation, it is worth asking a different question: is it really your hormones, or is it your thyroid — specifically your Free T3 conversion? We’ve spent the week preparing for the first
At 61, Kat had every bowel, colon and oesophageal scan under the sun. She’d had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. She always knew something was wrong with her gut — but she never thought it could be connected to her metabolism. And nothing fixed it. If you’re navigating gut issues, weight loss resistance and poor
Today we're going to talk about Hair Loss and do a WAY DEEPER investigation. Many of our patients come to us as a last resort, after a doctor has told them their hair loss is simply part of getting older. They may have been referred to a dermatologist for hair growth medication, but they really
There are two detoxification pathways shaken up when sex hormones shift — and understanding liver detox and methylation is often the missing piece behind symptoms that show up years before menopause is even named. You see, sex hormones are metabolised in the liver. The liver registers every hormonal shift first, long before your period, your
How gut inflammation, intestinal permeability and metabolic endotoxemia disrupt thyroid conversion, hormones and metabolism in women over 40.
A real patient story: how fixing a hidden T3 conversion problem helped Jackie reverse chronic pain, low mood, and stubborn weight gain — with before and after blood work over 12 months.
Hysterectomy weight gain that shows up years after surgery — alongside anxiety, fatigue and fluid retention — is something we see often. This is Amanda’s patient story, and how decoding her blood work revealed what was really driving her hysterectomy weight gain. We see a number of women who have had a hysterectomy, laparoscopy, cyst