Natural Remedies for Goiter Goiter (an enlarged thyroid gland) was once one of the most widespread conditions in mountainous regions, where the water and soil are naturally low in iodine. In the Carpathian villages of Romania, people noticed long ago that the condition was connected to diet: prized sea fish, brought by merchants on rare occasions, seemed to help. Nobody knew about iodine back then, but the folk wisdom was sound. ...
Natural Remedies for Hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism is like driving a car with the handbrake on: everything runs slower. Your metabolism drops, you feel exhausted even after 10 hours of sleep, your skin becomes dry, your hair falls out, you gain weight without eating more, you are always cold, your memory fails you, and there is a permanent mental fog. The thyroid gland, that small “butterfly” at the base of the neck, produces the hormones T4 and T3 that control practically every cell in the body. When it does not produce enough hormones, everything slows down. ...