Category Archives: fertility

Add Resistant Starch on your diet

Resistant Starch (RE) is a miracle food! eating RE foods (like the “Shirataki” Noodles I wrote a blog about) make you feel very satisfied. Sometimes it tastes sweet, but it will NOT raise blood sugar – great news for many of insulin-resistant / pre-diabetes people, or those who would like either lose weight or simply maintain their […]

Juicing and Smoothies

You can load up on fruits and vegetable easily, every morning, by making fresh juice or a smoothie. Juicing is one of the best ways to cleanse your body. Juicing not only delivers the best nutrition to your system, it helps flush out old toxins in the body. You do not need to prepare by […]

Tamie got a Scholarship from Hashimoto’s Institute

Do you know the most prescribed drugs in 2013-2014-2015? Synthroid to treat Hypothyroidism/Hashimoto’s. I have learned that 95% of Hypothyroidism patients have this autoimmune disease. The blood test is called Thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO)—the most common test for autoimmune thyroid disease -tested by your physician or an endocrinologist but neglected in many cases. I really wanted […]

Top 10 Iodine Rich Foods

Iodine deficiency is very rare in Japan, but people in the U.S. and the rest of the world are almost always deficient. You will see why when you look at this chart. Dried Seaweed “nori” the black wrap around rolled sushi is a staple food in Japan. It can be an acquired taste, but the […]

IVF Implantation Timeline

3-DAY TRANSFER: Day 1 ..      Egg Retrieval Day 2 ..        ——————- Day 3 ..      Embryo Transfer Day 4 ..        Embryo is growing and developing Day 5 ..        Embryo is now a blastocyst Day 6 ..        Blastocyst hatches out of shell on this day Day 7 ..        Blastocyst attaches to a site […]

Iodine. Vitamin B and Metabolism

    The relationship between Metabolism (ATP), B-vitamins and Iodine (trace mineral): The unit of energy available from food is called calories. The metabolism of the macronutrients carbohydrates, fats, and proteins supply these calories. However, the body can not use these calories as a source of energy to perform life sustaining functions unless these calories are converted […]

Female Endocrine System and Stress

Endocrine system is an complex network of 10 glands that release hormones (chemical messages) to the different parts of the body. The endocrine system regulates menstruation, thyroid, insulin balance and fertility. Its hormonal messaging system is largely affected by stress. Stress triggers cortisol release which is the bad news for endocrine system. Acute but rather chronic stress elevate cortisol, […]