| I had a patient several years ago that asked me if | | | | --depression |
| having a hemorrhoid had anything to do with her | | | | --overweight |
| thyroid. | | | | --dry skin, hair, nails |
| I held back my laughter and then I said to my arrogant | | | | --dry eye |
| self "if someone really doesn't know anatomy then | | | | --low libido |
| that question makes perfect sense!" | | | | --high cholesterol |
| Both thyroid and hemorrhoid end in 'oid' (which is a | | | | --infertility |
| suffix that means "like", "resembling", or "in the image | | | | --miscarriage |
| of" - but don't ask me to address that one - | | | | --difficulty in menopause |
| thigh-roid?) | | | | And that 80% of all thyroid sufferers are women. |
| I kindly told her no and explained to her the difference | | | | Karilee described a typical scenario in our interview: |
| between those terms. | | | | A woman goes in to see her physician and says "my |
| But even for people who know about the body there | | | | hair is falling out in clumps, my eyes are dry, my skin is |
| is still such a lack of knowledge and understanding | | | | dry, my nails are brittle, I'm chilly all of the time, I'm |
| about the thyroid gland. | | | | depressed, and I'm gaining weight while hardly eating." |
| According to Karilee Shames Phd RN, and her | | | | What happens, Karilee says, is that the symptoms are |
| physician husband Richard, both of whom authored | | | | usually managed without the underlying issue explored |
| "Thyroid Power", even the medical community lacks | | | | and the patient often ends up on anti-depressants and |
| knowledge and understanding about this very | | | | other unnecessary medication, which can make things |
| important gland in our body. They say that thyroid | | | | worse. |
| conditions are under diagnosed and under treated. | | | | Karilee talks about our toxic environment as a major |
| January is Thyroid Awareness Month. | | | | culprit to this epidemic condition. She also talks about |
| Over 60 million Americans have thyroid problems, and | | | | natural approaches that one can take to balance out |
| only 13 million are diagnosed. | | | | the thyroid. |
| In my "Green Tea with Marilee" interview with Karilee, | | | | Dr. and Dr. Shames' "Thyroid Coaching" program is |
| she shared the many signs and symptoms of a thyroid | | | | one of the most progressive approaches in holistic |
| imbalance, some of which are: | | | | medicine that I've ever seen! |
| --fatigue | | | | |