Question: What can be done to reverse hypothyroidism other than taking thyroid medicine? Chris: I’ll throw in a couple things. If you just look at the nutrients needed to make thyroid hormone, you’re looking at enough protein in addition to enough iodine. But then also the production of thyroid hormone is a very, very dirty …
Question: Why would a woman have no cycle? Why would a woman have an anovulatory cycle? Carrie: Remember, cortisol is very, very, very potent in the brain. If the body perceives itself is under stress, whether it’s physical, mental, emotional, environmental, it doesn’t matter, then reproduction is not its primary focus anymore. I had been …
In The Food and Supplement Guide for the Coronavirus, I predicted that interferon contributes to the lung pathology of COVID-19 and could worsen the risk of severe disease and death. As a result, I screened all of the antiviral and immune support supplements I was considering for inclusion and recommended against anything that appeared to …
Today I was made aware of a preprint* that was most recently revised yesterday with specific data on vitamin D status. This is the first observational study that has, to my knowledge, addressed how vitamin D levels correlate with COVID-19 severity. A researcher from the Philippines used the data from three South Asian hospitals to …
Question: What to do about premenstrual water retention? Chris: I looked at a really good paper that showed that in women who had water retention symptoms with PMS, the main difference in their hormones was that they weren’t clearing progesterone as fast from their ovulation-related peak. I was discussing this with a different friend who …
On April 7, I reported the results of a study using a mobile app to identify which self-reported symptoms best predict a confirmable case of COVID-19, giving central importance to the loss of smell (anosmia) or the loss of taste (ageusia), with lesser importance to fever, loss of appetite, cough, diarrhea, and fatigue. The study …