Hi Reader, I want to talk about something today that I think a lot of us have quietly blamed ourselves for. Dr. Jen Unwin is a clinical psychologist who has spent years researching food addiction – specifically, addiction to ultra-processed foods. And what she's found explains so much about why changing the way we eat can feel so disproportionately hard. 🔥 Because here's the thing. 🔥 It isn't a willpower problem. 🔥 It never was. ───────────────────────────── The science bit Gluten and...
5 days ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, Do you remember who you were before the exhaustion set in? Before the brain fog made you feel like a stranger in your own head. Before the appointments that left you more confused than when you walked in. Before you started wondering if this was just… you now. I do. Because I've been there too. There's a particular kind of lost that comes with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's. It's not just physical. It's the feeling of not knowing who to trust, not knowing what your results actually...
7 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, I want to share something with you today that I've been thinking about since I watched it. A doctor called Dr. David Unwin – an NHS GP and one of the top 10 most influential doctors in the UK – says something in this episode that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. He says that each of us has a number of different health futures. And the one we end up in isn't shaped by one big dramatic turning point. It's built quietly, gradually, by the small decisions we make every...
9 days ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, I've been sharing something quite personal in our community lately. A series of posts documenting my own real-time experience of trying to get my endocrinologist to actually listen to me. And one of the things that's come up – something I think a lot of people don't realise until they're already in the room – is this: Getting to see an endocrinologist doesn't automatically mean you'll get the answers you're looking for. Whether that's your first NHS referral after years of waiting....
12 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, One of our community members sent me a link to a great podcast episode last week. And I'm really glad she did – because it covers something I genuinely don't think gets talked about enough. Here's something a lot of us know all too well: getting your medication optimised is hard. Really hard. And often it doesn't happen – not properly, not without a fight. When your thyroid isn't well managed, your body isn't working the way it should. And weight can be one of the most stubborn,...
14 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, At the weekend, I did something I absolutely loved - and I've been paying for it My son's brass band was competing at the Whit Friday Brass Band Competition at the weekend. If you don't know it, it's this wonderfully chaotic Lancashire and Yorkshire tradition where bands travel between villages around Manchester and Huddersfield, playing in competition after competition, jumping on and off coaches all day long. It's brilliant. It really is. Sun out, bands playing, crowds cheering....
16 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Monday was World Thyroid Day. And if you're anything like me, you probably scrolled past a few posts about it, felt a complicated mix of things, and got on with your day. I've been thinking about why that is. Why these awareness days feel increasingly hollow for so many of us. And I think it comes down to one simple thing. We are already aware. ☹️ The awareness day problem Every year, certain conditions get their day. Their ribbon. Their hashtag. And I understand why these things...
22 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Think about the Titanic. A huge, slow ship. A confident captain at the wheel. Charts, instruments, years of experience. And an iceberg that sank it anyway. Not because the captain was careless. But because his instruments couldn't see what was underneath the surface. This is exactly what is happening with standard thyroid treatment. What your doctor can see Your TSH result. Maybe your T4. If those numbers fall inside the normal range, the appointment is over. Medication adjusted if...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, If you've ever sat in a doctor's office, been told your results are fine, and walked out still feeling absolutely terrible - last night's talk was for you. Dr. Shandeep Momi joined us live inside The Hypothyroid Recovery Hub for nearly two hours. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that by the end, every single person in the room was nodding along.His information was a game changer.!! One member said this afterwards: 💬 "Thank you, myself and my daughter found it very interesting...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader You know that feeling when you read something in the news and think – we've been saying this for years. That happened this week. 😊 The European Society of Cardiology just published official guidance telling doctors to advise their heart patients to cook more food from scratch. Less ultra-processed food. More real ingredients. More meals made at home. And honestly? For those of us managing hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's, this feels long overdue. The thing about ultra-processed food...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read