The Thyroid Fix
The No-Nonsense Guide to Fix Fatigue, Fogginess, and Fat That Won't Budge
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Publisher Description
A definitive and thorough handbook from the fun and personable Dr. Amie Hornaman (a.k.a. “The Thyroid Fixer”) that brings functional medicine and self-advocacy to the underdiagnosed epidemic of thyroid issues, particularly in women.
It’s not you; it’s your thyroid.
If you feel like there’s something wrong but you can’t get a doctor to listen, don’t have a diagnosis yet, or have a diagnosis and your treatment isn’t working, this book is for you. People—especially women—are consistently being dismissed and encouraged to accept symptoms that are anything but normal: weight gain that won’t budge, exhaustion that never lifts, hair loss, anxiety, brain fog, and mood swings.
Dr. Amie Hornaman is here to change that. The Thyroid Fix addresses what most doctors overlook: the real reason women feel fat, foggy, and fatigued isn’t laziness, aging, or a lack of willpower—it’s their thyroid. This book is a wake-up call—and a solution—for millions of women who are sick of feeling dismissed and misdiagnosed. It’s direct, real, and filled with strategies that actually work.
In this book, Dr. Hornaman teaches you what your lab results really mean, why “normal” ranges are often meaningless, and how to get treatment that actually works for your body. With authority and empathy, she invites you to bust myths, understand your labs, and finally get real answers. Readers will walk away with a self-assessment, facts, and questions to approach their doctors with, and solutions that range from conventional and functional medicine to prescriptions, supplements, and lifestyle shifts.
The Thyroid Fix is the straightforward, clinically-backed thyroid health guide you didn’t know you needed, but that might just change your life.
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Hornaman (The Blunt Nutritionist), founder and CEO of the Advanced Thyroid and Hormone Clinic, delivers an actionable guide to dealing with thyroid dysfunction. She primarily focuses on hypothyroidism, which occurs when the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck fails to produce enough hormones, causing fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, anxiety, mood swings, and hair loss. Hornaman dubs the disorder a "silent epidemic" because symptoms mimic those of other conditions and clinicians often don't run the right tests, missing the full picture. After assuring readers their concerns aren't imaginary, she teaches them to advocate for themselves, educating them about symptoms and triggers (the majority of hypothyroidism cases are caused by an autoimmune conditions, which are usually genetic and can be flipped on like a switch by stress or environmental factors). Hornaman urges readers to ask their doctors to run a full set of thyroid labs, not just the typically-tested-for thyroid-stimulating hormone, and outlines how to read the results. Elsewhere, she discusses medication, noting many of her patients take a combination of T3 and T4 hormones; lists supplement options; and gives advice on how to detox the body, lower stress, and create an optimal diet. Compassionate and comprehensive, this could be a game changer for people seeking to feel like themselves again.
