Thyroid medications—Levothyroxine (Synthroid®), Liothyronine (Cytomel®), Armour®, and other desiccated thyroid, replace or supplement the thyroid hormones your body needs for healthy metabolism, energy, and mood. These medications must be absorbed through the stomach and intestines, and this absorption can easily be affected by food, supplements, and other medicines.

How and When to Take It

• Take your thyroid pill first thing in the morning on an empty stomach with a full glass of water.

• Wait 30–60 minutes before eating or drinking anything, including coffee.

• Try to take it at the same time every day.

• If you forget a dose, take it later the same day, don’t double up tomorrow.

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Whether your goal is to consume 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight, or just increase your daily protein consumption, here’s a helpful breakdown of protein-rich foods by groups.

Animal-Based Sources

A 3.5 oz serving of ground beef provides about 25.1g of protein. Salmon fillet offers 22.1g, while canned tuna (drained) contains around 23.6g. Pork delivers 16.9g, skinless chicken breast has 22.5g, and turkey breast tops the list with 30.1g. One egg contributes 6g of protein.

Dairy Products

Whole milk (1 cup) provides 8g of protein. Greek yogurt contains 17g per cup. Cottage cheese is a great option with 25g per cup, and cheese offers 9g per 1 oz serving.

Plant-Based Sources

It helps calm spasms in the liver and regulates liver heat (Chinese medicine), which means it can heat up the liver, perking it up out of stagnation, or cool a very hot liver, balancing it out.

Helpful for a sluggish liver, stagnant liver, and dirty blood syndrome. Improves bile production and potency while improving the stomach’s production of hydrochloric acid. Also feeds the liver with dozens of phytochemical compounds that it can use for many of its chemical functions.

Some of ginger’s phytochemical compounds expel ammonia and rotting, putrefying food, debris, and toxins from the small intestine and colon, allowing for cleaner nutrients to enter the liver from the intestinal tract. Ginger also dislodges fat cells inside the liver, allowing that fat to break free and exit through the bile and digestive tract, sometimes by way of the gallbladder.

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interfere with the body’s hormonal (endocrine) system. Hormones are chemical messengers that regulate growth, metabolism, reproduction, mood, and many other essential functions. Even small exposures can mimic, block, or alter normal hormone signals, leading to imbalance over time.

How They Affect the Body

• Mimic natural hormones (such as estrogen, testosterone, or thyroid hormones), sending false signals.

• Block hormone receptors, preventing real hormones from binding and working correctly.

• Change how hormones are made, broken down, or eliminated, creating long-term imbalances.

• Affect development, especially in infants and children, by altering brain, thyroid, and reproductive function.

What They Are

Microplastics are extremely small plastic particles—less than 5 millimeters across—that result from the breakdown of larger plastics or are manufactured intentionally (such as microbeads once used in cosmetics and personal care products).

Where They’re Found

• Tap and bottled water

• Seafood and table salt

• Household dust

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1 Cup Sunflowers seed butter

1/4-1/2 cup monk fruit powder

1 egg

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

3/4 cup "Lily's" chocolate chips

1 cup cooked sweet potato

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup nut butter

1/4 cup maple syrup

Combine all ingredients in a food processor

Bake 12-15 min at 350 degrees