Supplements – Natural Health and Nutrition

Thyroid autoimmune disease begins with the diet

Health, Supplements November 4, 2018November 4, 2018autoimmune, diet, disease, gut, health, nutrition, thyroid 0 Comment

Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis are two common forms of a larger family of diseases called Autoimmune Thyroid Disease, or AITD.

How autoimmune thyroid disease develops remains a mystery. However, research has concluded that some individuals are genetically predisposed to develop Autoimmune Thyroid Disease whereas others are overcome by AITD via environmental toxicity. Still, many people with a family history of AITD as well as those with high levels of environmental toxins in their bodies do not develop AITD. This fact led researchers to look deeper.

What they discovered is that diet has the most profound effect of either promoting AITD or preventing it in spite of genetic predisposition and environmental toxicity.

Endometriosis – natural treatment approaches

Health, Supplements November 4, 2018November 4, 2018endometriosis, health, pain, supplements, treatment 0 Comment

Endometriosis is a somewhat mysterious condition, one that involves many factors, especially genetic or environmental, yet its aetiology is largely unknown. With more research going into the study of Endometriosis, new understandings are emerging. With this more recent information coming forward there is a need to take a new approach to the treatment and management of the condition.

The Typical Presentation of Endometriosis

It is estimated that Endometriosis affects one in ten women who may present with a wide range of varying symptoms. The most common presentation is pain. The pain can range from mild to severe and can be described as a dragging pain in the pelvis. There may be pain present during intercourse or when going to the toilet to defecate. Abnormal bleeding may be present during menstruation, with clotting and a longer cycle overall. Premenstrual symptoms commonly associated with endometriosis include irritability and tension, breast tenderness, insomnia, bloating and constipation which resolves once the period comes (1).

Everything you know about iron supplements is wrong!

Health, Supplements November 4, 2018November 4, 2018anaemia, health, iron, supplements 0 Comment

New research overturns guideline advice that daily oral iron supplements be taken in divided doses to maximise absorption.

A study of iron-depleted young women in Switzerland has shown that optimum levels of iron are achieved when supplements are taken on alternate days in a single dose.

Taking iron on alternate days may also improve compliance by minimising gastrointestinal side effects, researchers have reported in Lancet Haematology.

In the study involving 40 young women with depleted iron stores, they found that the amounts of iron absorbed from supplements were significantly higher in people assigned to take 60mg on alternate days for 28 days than in those who took the same dose daily for 14 days.