Hypothyroidism lose weight… with cinnamon ?
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Loosing weight with cinnamon ?
Many health benefits are associated to cinnamon from improving memory, curing ulcers and yeast infections and reducing cholesterol levels.
What is interesting to us here, to help lose weight with hypothyroidism, is the cinnamon’s ability to reduce blood sugar and help the body to stop storing calories.
Make a cinnamon tea with one-half teaspoon of cinnamon powder and boil in one cup of water. Add honey as you wish.
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Can I use a Hypothyroidism Diet Pills ?
If you are looking for a diet pill to lose weight with hypothyroidism, you might not be looking for the right thing.
Do not look for a pill to lose fat. Look into a high quality supplement, to support thyroid function instead. Help your thyroid gland balance the hormones with a thyroid diet plan and a strong multivitamin with minerals along with a Vitamin C each day.
What is a hypothyroidism diet pill anyway?
You won’t find a diet pill for hypothyroidism. Don’t focus on a pill that burns fat. Focus on reestablishing hormonal balance, eating the right foods and exercise.
Then, your body won’t need to store fat
Early detection of a hypothyroidism disease is the first step to avoid too much weight gain.
Unfortunately, your metabolism can slow down considerably even before your hormone level start indicating a hypothyroidism disease.
When your metabolism slows down, you start storing calories. When your energy level is down, you feel like slowing down your physical activities witch all lead to unwanted weight gain.
There the importance of finding a doctor that will listen to you and take you serioulsy. It is proven that sligh fluctuations in the thyroid hormones are commun – but can still affect body weight and the metabolism.
If you have a “low thyroid” condition, a specific diet could help support thyroid function and even help you loose weight.
Diets are never “one size fits all”. You will have to adapt the diet recommendations to your specifics needs and your body’s reaction.
The same goes for a low thyroid diet. Some people have to stay away completely from high glycemic foods and some people do very well including them once in a while with other foods.
Low Thyroid Diet – The Basics
- Iodine – necessary mineral for thyroid support. We usually get enough through iodized salt ( normal salt table) but added sources of iodine like through seafoods and a dietary supplement could be necessary.
- Low glycemic foods – low glycemic foods are foods that will help control the production of insulin by our bodies. A “sugar rush” is not only produced by ice cream and candy. Here are some example of high glycemic foods : carrots, corn, bread, whit rice, potatoes
- Lean protein – such as seafoods, white meat poultry, eggs
- Fiber - high fiber foods are not just All-Brans and cereals. Include also in your low thyroid diet foods like lentils, apples, kidney beans,broccoli, green leafy vegetables
- Vitamins and minerals – a high quality multi-vitamin is usually recommended for anyone who is reducing calories to loose weight and for someone with a low thyroid conditon. Look for one with Zinc and Selenium.
Some of the symptoms of hypothyroidism can include digestion problems, insomnia, hair loss but the two most common symptoms would be general fatigue and rapid weight gain with difficulty loosing the extra weight. You know you have to eat well and exercise, but… you are so tried ! How do you exercise when you are so tired ?
For some people who suffer from hypothyroidism, exercising can be very difficult and exhausting. Light workouts like walking, cycling, swimming, Pilates and yoga are good choices for hypothyroidism. You want to improve blood circulation and improve your health overall.
But for some hypothyroidism patients, it can be hard to just get out of bed. What can you do to improve oxygen circulation when you are so tired ?
Breathing exercises :
- Breath in slowly, counting 5 seconds.
- Hold your breath 5 seconds
- Breath out slowly with an “FFFF” sound on 5 seconds
Take a short pause and repeat, counting 6 seconds and adding a second each time. Please pay attention to the 3rd step (breathing out slowly) After holding your breath, you will instinctively want to exhale rapidly. The “FFF” sound will help you muscle your diaphragm and help control the air coming out.
Please do not disregard these exercises because of their simplicity. They are good for anybody and you can feel the effects immediately.
Hypothyroidism Cancer : a simple self-exam
Checking your neck for lumps is an easy way to do a self-exam for early detection of hypothyroidism cancer.
Stand in front of the mirror and stretch your neck back so you can see and feel your throat properly. Swallow a couple of times and feel the area where your thyroid is. Look for any lumps or swollen areas.
A hypothyroidism treatment : Armour thyroid
Armour thyroid is a natural thyroid hormone replacement therapy for hypothyroidism patients. Some doctors prescribe Armour only when there is problems with the synthetic therapy, and some just prefer the natural approach.
How is Armour made ?
Thyroid Armour is made from… pigs ! More specifically, porcine thyroid gland that are dried and mixed with other ingredients (non active ingredients) to make tablets.
Usually, doctors prescribe levothyroxine sodium ( under names like Synthroid, Levothroid, Levoxyl, Euthyrox). Armour thyroid is not accepted by all endocrinologists and is considered a little out dated by some. That being said, levothyroxine sodium does not work for everybody and they have terific results with Armour.
