June, 57 years old, came to me with her blood test results which were all in the ‘normal’ range. She’d “always taken her vitamins and I eat well Miriam”, but couldn’t understand why she found it hard, mere impossible to lose weight and was over getting every ‘flu and bug’ that was going around. She was also experienced hot flushing at night, with worsening anxiety. Upon speaking with her, I found that June only had a bowel motion 2-3 x per week and was drinking 3 x cups of coffee per day. She also said, that despite the coffee, she was tired all the time, bloated and her skin lacked lustre. She’d heard that 57 was the new 37 and wanted to feel that way!
I formulated a herbal tincture to address June’s hot flushes and to restore her nervous system. She understood the link between coffee and anxiety and agreed to ween herself off the coffee slowly over a one week period. I also introduced June to Oxy Powder, an oxygen based supplement which has a melting affect on old poo that sits in the intestinal walls. I also ordered a Comprehensive Thyroid Assessment panel that June could take to her local pathology centre.
A follow up appointment involved dietary tweaks moving more to a diet filled with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and nutrient dense foods. Her thyroid profile came back that she had Hashimoto’s, that her GP would never have picked up, as he’d only ever ordered TSH in her blood panel.
Six weeks of Oxy Powder, Herbal Medicine and specific nutrients for her Low Thyroid Function and Hashimoto’s and June was having a bowel motion twice every day and sleeping much better, with absolutely no hot flushes and visual differences in her skin tone that we could both see! She had lost 3 kilos and was so happy as her “tummy is much flatter and I am now wearing trousers that I was avoiding wearing only last month, due to my
bulge!”Hashimoto’s can take many months to reverse, however digestive issues can be resolved in a matter of weeks.