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    The Hashimoto's Handbook
    The Hashimoto's Handbook
    The Hashimoto's Handbook
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    The Hashimoto's Handbook

    By Ruby Peru

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    If you suffer from Hashimoto's disease, this simple guide will help you make impactful changes to the way you eat, sleep, exercise, and manage stress--all so that you can thrive, not just survive, with a hypothyroid disorder. Mark Pilja, certified health coach, All-American athlete, and someone who has lived with Hashimoto's disease since childhood, offers effective guidelines to help you take back control of your health, even during the current COVID 19 pandemic. Imagine having boundless energy and sharp mental focus. Imagine having the body you've always wanted without counting calories or dreading mealtimes. Order your copy today and claim the vibrant health, energy, and vitality that are your birthrights.

     Do you fight hard to lose weight and endure constant mood swings? Does your doctor insist you must feel great since your lab results are normal? The combination of aging and battling an autoimmune disease leaves millions of Americans settling for subpar health, but you don't have to resign yourself to feeling lackluster. This small-format handbook and its accompanying recipe ebook provide guidance on how to utilize the principles of the Keto diet (similar in some ways to Paleo or Atkins) for optimum thyroid health. Including guidance for exercise, meditation, and lifestyle, this handbook puts you well on your way to a lifetime of vibrant health, energy, and vitality, with no more fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, low sex drive, or depression.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRuby Peru
    Release dateOct 6, 2020
    ISBN9781393988625
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      The Hashimoto's Handbook - Ruby Peru

      Disclaimer

      The author and publisher of this book and the accompanying materials have used their best efforts in preparing this book.  The author and publisher make no representation or warranties with respect to the accuracy, applicability, fitness, or completeness of this book.  The information contained in this book is strictly for general and educational purposes only.  

      This book is not intended to be used as a substitute for medical advice, emergency treatment, or formal training.  Do not use the information in this book in any manner or under any circumstances to diagnose or develop a treatment plan for a health problem or disease without consulting a qualified health care provider. The information in this book is not advice and should not be treated as advice.

      You must not rely on any information in this book as an alternative to medical advice from an appropriately qualified professional.  If you have any specific questions about any such matter you should consult an appropriately qualified professional.

      If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition you should seek immediate medical attention.  You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice, or commence with or discontinue medical treatment because of information in this book.

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      About The Author

      Mark Pilja is a certified health coach and founder of HealthJuvenate, a business he launched in 2019 to help people with Hashimoto’s disease take steps to regain their energy and vitality: to thrive, not just survive.  When Mark was fourteen years old, he was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s and struggled with low energy levels, fatigue, and brain fog for twenty-three years until he learned how to combine the right diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management techniques to holistically rejuvenate his health. 

      As an athlete, Mark excelled at endurance running and was an All-American in Cross Country while attending the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. As an adult, he ran a 2:18 marathon.  Mark resides in Huntington Beach, California, with his wife Jenna, their bernedoodle Paris, and their cat Daisy.   

      A free recipe ebook accompanies this text. This comprehensive guide lists meals, side dishes, desserts and even beverages ideal for boosting your thyroid function. To get your free recipe ebook, just:

      Click here for recipe book!

      Or type the following link into any internet-enabled device: 

      https://healthjuvenate.ck.page/8b0c85363e

      Introduction:

      Opportunity in

      the Pandemic

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      There is one consolation in being sick, and that is the possibility that you may recover to be in a better state than you were ever in before.

      – Henry David Thoreau

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      I launched my health business last year with a simple mission: help people with Hashimoto’s disease enjoy a better quality of life by improving their diet, exercise, stress management, and sleep.  The COVID-19 pandemic that has taken hold of the world has uprooted our way of life, and for many people, uprooted their health.  My new and more urgent mission has become helping people with Hashimoto’s take actions to be as healthy as possible to maximize resistance to this deadly virus.  The Hashimoto’s Handbook will show you how to take care of your immune system and give your thyroid the support it needs to function at its best. 

      As I put the finishing touches on this book, the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States is more than 5.6 million. Worldwide, over twenty-two million cases have now been reported.[1]  The real number of cases is probably magnitudes higher based on test positivity rates.  If you are terrified by this once in a century pandemic, you are not alone.  There is still much about the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, that we do not know.  What we do know is that people with underlying health conditions and people who are immunocompromised tend to have higher rates of hospitalization and mortality.  Put another way, the better your immune system functions, and the better your overall health, the greater the likelihood that you will be spared the worst symptoms if infected by the coronavirus.

      We also know that obesity and high blood pressure are conditions that tend to worsen the effects of COVID-19.  It is important to get your weight and your blood pressure to healthy levels.  The steps I outline in this book to support your immune system and your thyroid are steps that align with a healthy weight and ideal blood pressure.

      Our brains have an innate negativity bias honed over millions of years of evolution. This reality is never lost on the media, but despite the stories that fill the news cycles about adults in good health who tragically succumb to the disease, COVID-19 is not a death sentence for people who get infected.   Nothing in life is guaranteed, and anyone of us, even in excellent health, could get infected by the coronavirus and face a difficult medical outcome. However, when you have finished reading this book, I want you to feel empowered and confident, instead of fearful and hopeless. 

      I want you to continue to take the virus seriously.  Practice the physical-distancing guidelines recommended by health experts.  Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly.  If you feel sick, stay home and self-isolate.  But I want you to feel confident that you are healthy enough to maximize your chance of a good outcome if you get infected.    

      Hashimoto’s disease affects us in different ways.  Some people respond well to thyroid medications like Synthroid and levothyroxine and generally feel well.  Other people suffer for years and, despite taking medication daily, struggle with fatigue, brain fog, difficulty concentrating, memory lapses, weight gain, inability to lose weight, mood swings, depression, and diminished sex drive.  If you’re in the latter camp, I hope that after reading this book not only will you be armed with the tools to be more resilient to COVID-19, but you will also begin to experience relief from some of these symptoms.

      We are all in this battle together.  You and I and everyone reading this book are part of a community of people that have been dealt the difficult hand of disease.  The health and vitality many people take for granted are things for which we must work.  I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s when I was fourteen years old.  My condition was so severe that fluid accumulated around my heart, my left ventricle enlarged, and my cholesterol shot up over three-hundred.  My TSH registered 314 mU/L, compared to the normal range of 0.4 - 4.0 uM/L and optimal range of 0.45 – 2.5 mU/L.[2]

      For me, medication was not a silver bullet.  I struggled with persistent fatigue and brain fog for twenty-three years until I learned how to eat, exercise, sleep, and manage stress in ways that support my immune system and thyroid.  Once I got these four pillars right, my fatigue and brain fog quickly disappeared, and my energy and vitality came roaring back to life.  The last time I felt this great mentally and physically was back in my teenage years before my Hashimoto’s diagnosis.  

      In this book, I will share the tools that I used to rejuvenate my health and thrive with Hashimoto’s so that you do not have to spend a couple decades figuring out how to do the same. 

      The first two chapters provide an overview of how your thyroid works and how autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s develop.  Bear with me as I attempt to relate some of the science textbook language into concepts that are meaningful.  At the end of each chapter, I will distill all the content into a handful of summary points, so if you want to skip the biology lessons in the first couple of chapters and head directly to the fun part of the book, my chapter summaries will arm you with enough basic information to sail through the rest of the book. 

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