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Childhood adversity impacts adult health

Posted on July 23, 2018July 17, 2018 by admin

Children who experience chronic stressors are vulnerable to emotional and physical health problems during their entire life. An adverse early life environment can induce changes on behavioural and metabolic responses later in life. Childhood adversity has been linked to elevated rates of morbidity and mortality from a number of chronic diseases. Physiological and biomolecular studies are increasingly establishing how childhood exposure to chronic stress leads […]

Soy and Hashimoto thyroiditis

Posted on May 30, 2018June 22, 2018 by admin

Should SOY be avoided altogether in Hashimoto’s? There are four reasons why you should avoid soy: The problem with eating any food that you have an allergy or are sensitive to is that this will result in inflammation and interfere with the healing process. Most of the soy is genetically modified. Genetically modified soybeans contain high residues of glyphosate, which negatively influences our gut microbiota. Soy has phytates. And studies show that the phytates in[…]

Hair loss and Hashimoto thyroiditis

Posted on May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 by admin

Hair is an unique character for all mammals but not on other animals. It has several functions: protection of the skin, sensory function: sexual and social communication. Human hair could be classiﬁed as: – androgen-independent hair (i.e., eyebrows and lashes); – hair on hormone-dependent body regions (e.g. scalp, beard, chest, axilla, and pubic region), which consist of terminal hair shafts. Hair shaft can be used for diagnostic purpose and, in particular, for testing psychoactive[…]