How to Cure Hashimoto's Disease Naturally
After years of Western medicine and alternative medicine treatments for Hashimoto's thyroiditis, I thought something was wrong with me.
I followed what the doctors told me to do, and I did not get better.
I got worse.
I thought I was an outlier; I thought that was just how messed up my body was.
That what was working for everyone else was not working for me.
I felt so defeated and hopeless.
There would never be an answer, and this was going to be my life.
I was only 26 years old.
It felt like a death sentence.
What I know now is I was not the problem.
The problem?
I was using methods that had no chance of getting me better.
I am fully healthy now, without Hashimoto's disease or any of my symptoms.
I am going to share my lightbulb moment that changed everything for me.
What is Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis?
First, let's explore what Hashimoto's thyroiditis is.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disorder. Quite simply, your immune system has gone overactive and is attacking your thyroid. Hashimoto's is not because of the Epstein-Barr virus. Hashimoto's is not because of leaky gut. You do not have Hashimoto's because of your genetics, foods, environmental toxins, pathogens, or bacteria. Again, Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disorder.
What Are the Two Most Common Treatment Routes for Hashimoto’s Disease?
Like me, you were diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and looked at treatment options.
In Hashimoto's, the two most common treatment routes are Western medicine and alternative medicine.
I explored both, and I will share more about my personal experience in this article.
Western Medicine Treatment for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Let's dive into the Western medicine treatment route.
If you are pursuing Western medicine treatment for Hashimoto's, you have likely seen:
A primary care physician
An endocrinologist specializing in the endocrine system, which includes the thyroid
A thyroidologist, who specializes in the thyroid.
Western medicine uses blood work, lab testing, prescription medication, such as levothyroxine, and thyroid surgery known as a full thyroidectomy or a partial thyroidectomy.
Alternative Medicine Treatment for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Alternative medicine is the other most common treatment route for Hashimoto's disease.
Examples of alternative medicine are:
A chiropractor
Acupuncture
Chinese medicine
Holistic medicine
A naturopath
A nutritionist
Meditation
Yoga
Reiki
The most popular alternative medicine route for Hashimoto's is called functional medicine.
Functional medicine practitioners believe that the leaky gut is the cause of Hashimoto's.
They utilize lab testing, restrictive food diets, and dietary changes. These include gluten-free, sugar-free, or dairy-free, and cleanses - such as a liver detox.
Why Western Medicine and Alternative Medicine Are the Same
When I had Hashimoto's, I thought Western medicine and alternative medicine were very different.
I want you to know that Western medicine and alternative medicine are actually the same; both are symptom management.
Symptom management means you still have Hashimoto's, and instead are working to manage the symptoms of Hashimoto's using techniques such as prescription medication, food diets, detoxes, and supplements.
Symptom management addresses the common Hashimoto's symptoms you know so well, such as
brain fog
fatigue
anxiety and depression
body pain
weight gain
inflammation
hormonal issues
hair loss
The problem with symptom management is that it is lifelong.
If you are pursuing Western medicine and on prescription medication, you will have to be on medication for the rest of your life.
If you are going down the alternative medicine treatment route and on supplements, diets, or detoxes, you will need to continue these methods for the rest of your life to manage your symptoms. You never get to the root cause.
Regardless of what route you take, they come from the same place, symptom management.
At the end of the day, you still have Hashimoto's.
Using symptom management, the best you can hope for is remission.
Remission is the temporary reduction or disappearance of the signs and symptoms of the disease.
Remission is extremely rare.
Even if you are able to achieve remission using symptom management, it will not last.
Flare-ups - the noted intensification of your symptoms caused by stress - will eventually knock you out of remission. From there you will need to start all over again managing your symptoms.
Alternative Medicine: My Story
Now that we have established alternative medicine and Western medicine are both symptom management, I am going to share my personal story.
Like many of you, I used both Western and alternative medicine.
While I saw my doctors and took prescription medication, my focus was on alternative medicine.
I believed alternative medicine was better.
To me, it was cleaner.
I thought that being natural somehow made it superior to Western medicine and prescription medication.
And so, I went all-in with alternative medicine when I had Hashimoto's thyroiditis (and my seven other autoimmune conditions).
Like many of you, I bought the Hashimoto's protocols, food diets, and cleansing books on Amazon.
I cleared out my kitchen shelves and purchased all new special equipment like an Excalibur dehydrator, a juicer, and a Vitamix.
I had two crockpots so I could have bone broth going at all times.
I used strange powders such as collagen powder, dissolving it into everything I drank.
I took so many expensive supplements every day that it made my stomach nauseous.
I was eating the weirdest foods; strange foods like young coconuts, kelp noodles, spirulina, MCT oil, and cacao nibs, just to name a few.
I did juicing and cleanses, sometimes drinking nothing but bone broth or lemon juice and water for days.
I did yoga and meditation.
I cleared out all the household, body, and makeup products known to have toxins and replaced them with more natural alternatives.
I even made my own hair gel from boiled flax seeds.
I was really invested in alternative medicine.
I spent a lot of my time, money, and energy on alternative medicine, truly thinking that I would somehow get to the bottom of my Hashimoto's and get rid of it.
The end result?
I know what happened with me is happening with you.
Alternative medicine did not work.
Day after day, week after week, year after year, I still had Hashimoto's, and my chronic symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, food allergies, body pain, and intolerance to cold.
Over time, my Hashimoto's and symptoms actually got worse; they did not get better.
Understandably, I became frustrated.
Here I was, doing every natural method under the sun to solve my Hashimoto's. Why wasn't it working?
I am now 7 years free of Hashimoto’s and my other autoimmune disorders. Please know there is hope.
If you would like to finally resolve Hashimoto’s and leave behind symptom management, you can connect with me here: https://hashimotosfix.com/contact-josie-warren.
Why You Are Not Getting to the Root Cause With Alternative and Western Medicine
Looking back, it is clear I was not getting to the real root cause of my Hashimoto's disease.
This is why I was not getting better.
Western medicine was not getting to the root cause of my Hashimoto's.
Alternative medicine, with its natural methods, was not getting to the root cause of my Hashimoto's, either.
This awareness was my lightbulb moment.
I reassessed everything I was doing for my Hashimoto's; the puzzle pieces came together, and it started to make sense why nothing was working.
Think about it.
If you have to do a Hashimoto's method for the rest of your life, it is a clear sign you are not getting to the real root cause.
If you were actually getting to the root cause of Hashimoto's, it would resolve, and you would no longer need your medication, supplements, or food diets.
I understand it can be confusing.
Functional medicine claims they are getting to the root cause of Hashimoto's, which they identify as the leaky gut.
Functional medicine is not getting to the root cause.
Down below, I will explain why leaky gut is a symptom of Hashimoto's thyroiditis - not the root cause.
If you were truly getting to the real root cause of Hashimoto's, you would not have to continue seeing your practitioners.
Year after year with Hashimoto's, I ended up seeing even more practitioners and doctors, not less.
If you need to continue a Hashimoto's method for the rest of your life, it is simply a sign you have not found the real root cause.
From here, let's explore what natural really means.
The Truth About What Natural Really Means
I thought I was all natural using alternative Hashimoto's methods such as supplements, diets, juicing, and cleansing.
I had it all wrong.
Naturally means without needing additional supplements, diets, medication, or cleanses.
Naturally means our body has the natural capacity to heal and self-repair all on its own.
When I was going down the routes of alternative and Western medicine - supplementing my body with foods, vitamins, and medication to help it heal - I lost sight of the obvious fact that my body already had what it needed to heal.
Consider a cut in your skin. A cut is a beautiful example of our body's innate ability and capacity to heal and self-repair.
Soon after you get a cut, it starts to clot. The body forms a scab. Over time, the scab is removed, and new skin develops.
The body naturally performs this incredible process all on its own.
The body's ability to heal and self-repair is not limited to a cut.
The body has this capacity in its entirety, whether a cut, or an overactive immune system in the case of Hashimoto's.
When I was trying to help my body heal, doing methods to my body, I had naturally backwards.
Naturally means I do not need extra supplementation, whether vitamins, foods, cleanses, or medication.
How to Naturally Eradicate Hashimoto’s for Good
Let's now learn how to naturally eradicate Hashimoto's for good.
I will be sharing how to kick start your body, re-activating its ability to heal and self-repair.
The first step is understanding the truth about Hashimoto's and identifying the singular root cause.
Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disorder and a stress illness.
If you have Hashimoto's, it is simply a sign you have not dealt with stress well in your life.
Having had Hashimoto's in the past, I know this from my own experience.
Unconsciously, you suppressed your stressful life experiences, pushing them deep down into your body until your body reached a tipping point.
There was one final stressor that was too much for the body to handle, and it tipped.
From that point forward, you started living in a nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system.
The Sympathetic Nervous System: Where Hashimoto’s Is Created
The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for our fight or flight reaction.
Fight or flight is a term coined by a physiologist from Harvard named Walter Cannon. He used fight or flight to describe the chain of events that occurs in our bodies when under a perceived threat.
Your body mobilizes all of its resources so that you can either fight off a threat or flee.
Unfortunately, flight or flight is not intelligent.
It cannot tell the difference between an actual physical threat, such as getting robbed, and the chronic stress of your everyday life, such as your finances.
Remember, you have Hashimoto's, a stress-illness.
Developing Hashimoto's is a sign you are simply not wired to handle stress well, particularly chronic stress.
Chronic stress is the ongoing stress of your modern-day life.
Examples of chronic stressors include
your marriage
raising children
your body image
finances
your job
the health of your loved ones
After fight or flight gets kicked on, it reads your everyday chronic stress as an actual physical threat and stays 'on.'
As long as you have had Hashimoto's, you have been locked in fight or flight due to the chronic ongoing stress of your everyday life.
If you are reading this and have Hashimoto's, you are currently, right now, living in fight or flight in the sympathetic nervous system.
Chronic stress is the root cause of Hashimoto's.
Chronic stress has locked you in fight or flight.
Locked in fight or flight, a chain of reactions occurred, causing your body to break down and Hashimoto's to develop.
Fight or flight is only designed to stay on for an hour or two; it is completely detrimental to be locked in it full time.
Stuck in fight or flight, your body's stress hormone, cortisol, is pumped out at an unnatural rate.
The continual influx of cortisol wreaks havoc on your female hormones and your blood sugar.
In chronic fight or flight, your immune system is compromised.
Your immune system becomes overactive and starts attacking your thyroid.
As a result, you develop Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Your digestive system is also compromised and goes into disrepair.
Not functioning properly, you develop symptoms such as
leaky gut
celiac
food sensitivities and food allergies
indigestion
stool issues
bloating
Contrary to functional medicine, the leaky gut is not the root cause of Hashimoto's.
The leaky gut is simply a symptom of your body being locked in the sympathetic nervous system due to chronic stress.
Chronic stress is the real root cause of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
In the sympathetic nervous system, your body's natural ability to heal and self-repair is turned 'off'.
As a result, you develop Hashimoto's, and are also susceptible to getting additional autoimmune conditions and chronic illnesses.
We typically do not have just one autoimmune disorder.
Hashimoto’s Disease: The Gateway Autoimmune Disorder
For me, Hashimoto's was the gateway autoimmune disorder.
While my body was unable to heal and self-repair in the sympathetic nervous system, I continued to get more and increasingly severe autoimmune disorders and chronic illnesses.
It is important to note that your alternative medicine practitioners and Western medicine doctors all work out of the sympathetic nervous system.
Think about that for a moment.
They work out of a nervous system where you inherently cannot heal, and you cannot self-repair.
We are told by our doctors and practitioners that we can never get better from Hashimoto's, and it is a lifelong disease.
In the sympathetic nervous system, Hashimoto's is lifelong.
As a result, they prescribe us symptom management techniques, such as supplements, food diets, detoxes, and prescription medication.
Chronic Stress: The Key to Eradicate Hashimoto’s Disease
I want you to know there is a simple, natural way out of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Eradicate Hashimoto's by resolving the root cause: chronic stress.
When you eliminate chronic stress, fight-or-flight realizes you are no longer under a constant threat and finally turns 'off.'
With fight or flight off, your body enters back into the parasympathetic nervous system, regaining its natural ability to heal and self-repair.
The Parasympathetic Nervous System: Goodbye Hashimoto’s Disease
In the parasympathetic nervous system, your body naturally eradicates Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Your body was made to live in the parasympathetic nervous system.
Known as "rest and digest," your body regains its adaptive state of homeostasis.
Every part of your body starts working in harmony again.
In the sympathetic nervous system, your body is dysregulated and working against you.
In the parasympathetic nervous system, your body is working for you.
Cortisol, the body's stress hormone, returns to normal levels. As a result, your blood sugar and female hormones naturally regulate.
Your menstrual cycle returns.
The symptoms of perimenopause or menopause resolve naturally.
Your overactive immune system goes back to normal functioning and stops attacking the thyroid.
Remember, the immune system's attack on the thyroid is the cause of Hashimoto's.
Just like that, Hashimoto's is naturally eradicated.
Your digestive system also goes back to normal functioning, naturally healing and self-repairing on its own.
You no longer have a leaky gut.
Your celiac or food sensitivities and food allergies resolve.
You can properly digest your food and no longer struggle with stool issues, bloating, or constipation.
You can eat your favorite foods again, the foods you enjoyed before Hashimoto's, without issues.
In the parasympathetic nervous system, your body retains the nutrients and vitamins from the foods that you eat.
You do not need to take supplements anymore.
When I had Hashimoto's, I took at least ten supplements a day. Now I take zero.
Most importantly, in the parasympathetic nervous system, your body's natural ability to heal and self-repair is turned on and stays 'on.'
You naturally eradicate Hashimoto's and your symptoms, such as
fatigue
weight gain
brain fog
body pain
hair loss
depression and anxiety
food allergies and sensitivities
While your body is in a constant state of healing and self-repair, you have the confidence to know that you will not be getting another autoimmune disorder down the road.
The simple journey to eradicating Hashimoto's happens without the need for supplements, restrictive food diets, or prescription medication.
Your body goes through the incredible healing process naturally, all on its own.
Your body is amazing. All you need to do is eliminate the root cause of Hashimoto's, chronic stress.
I Have Lived This Experience
What I am sharing with you today, I have lived.
This is my experience.
I used to have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and seven other autoimmune conditions.
For years I tried with all my heart to "fix" myself and my health.
I was on a constant rotation of prescription medications, supplements, and natural alternative remedies.
Nothing worked.
I went around in circles, spinning my wheels, never realizing the real solution was not in a supplement bottle, a medication, or another food diet.
The solution was in me.
I just needed to learn how to eliminate chronic stress.
I no longer have Hashimoto's.
I no longer have my seven other autoimmune conditions, either.
I am not in remission.
My autoimmune conditions, such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, lupus, MS, and rheumatoid arthritis, are no longer in my body.
My immune system has returned to normal.
My complete healing occurred without the help of a doctor, a practitioner, a protocol, a diet, a supplement, or medication.
My body healed itself in the parasympathetic nervous system.
My journey from the sympathetic to the parasympathetic nervous system happened simply by eliminating the real root cause of Hashimoto’s: chronic stress.
My Miraculous Recovery
These days, my hair has grown back (and then some), as full and thick as I remember.
My skin is soft and moisturized, and the flaking has disappeared.
I think clearly now. I remember conversations, addresses, and the smallest details of my days.
I form my words seamlessly.
I sleep deeply through the night and have full energy every single day.
I live a calm and meaningful life I am proud of, free of anxiety or depression.
My gut has healed.
I can eat any foods that I wish. I have no food allergies or sensitivities (that much more incredible since I was allergic to all but five foods).
I enjoy the weather and go outside without worrying about being too hot or too cold.
My body does not ache. My muscles are soft and limber.
I do not need a chiropractor or painful deep-tissue massages.
My weight found its healthy set-point and has naturally stayed there for over six years.
Best of all, I am on no medication.
I do not take any supplements, and I no longer see special practitioners.
My only doctor's appointment is my yearly check-up.
I am proud to say I am a completely normal, healthy woman with no autoimmune disorders, chronic illnesses, or emotional challenges.
I know what I teach works because I have lived it, and I watch the same transformation in my students every single day.
The journey to the parasympathetic nervous system is possible for you, too; your body is patiently waiting.
Your body has the innate ability to naturally heal and self-repair all on its own.
You can easily and quickly eradicate Hashimoto's.
Regardless of how many autoimmune conditions you have or how many years you have struggled with Hashimoto's, eliminate chronic stress, and your body will heal.
Our body's ability to heal is the same.
How do you cure Hashimoto's disease naturally?
Simple.
Eliminate chronic stress, the singular root cause of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Case Study
How to Cure Hashimoto’s Disease Naturally: Rebbeca, 43 - Denver, CO.
Rebecca is a graduate of my Hashimoto’s Fix program. She is 43-year-old single mom with 3 children. When she came to me, she had Hashimoto’s and a severe case of Fibromyalgia. She spent years working in functional medicine protocols. She was taking more than a dozen expensive supplements and was on a very restrictive food diet. She also tried breathwork and worked with her vagus nerve. Nothing worked, and she was on a downward spiral.
In only 3 months of working with me in my program, Rebecca was able to seamlessly move from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous system, where her body was able to naturally heal and self-repair – without supplements, restrictive food diets, or lab testing. Her Hashimoto’s and Fibromyalgia are gone, her life and health are in her control, and she is the best mom she has ever been.
Final Takeaways: How to Cure Hashimoto’s Disease Naturally
Today, you learned:
Western medicine and alternative medicine are the same; they are symptom management.
Symptom management is lifelong because it does not get to the root cause of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Remission is the best you can hope for with symptom management; it is extremely rare and only temporary.
Naturally means without supplements, diets, or medication.
The body has the natural ability to heal and self-repair on its own.
Chronic stress is the singular root cause of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Hashimoto's and all your symptoms developed in the sympathetic nervous system, trapped in fight or flight.
Eliminate chronic stress, and the body naturally heals and self-repairs on its own.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis and all symptoms are naturally eradicated in the parasympathetic nervous system.
Interested in Working with Me?
You can naturally resolve Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and go back to a full and vibrant life.
If you would like to resolve the singular root cause of Hashimoto’s and naturally heal and self-repair, reach out to me for a complimentary consultation: https://hashimotosfix.com/contact-josie-warren.
In a few short months, you will be Hashimoto’s-free – this process happens without the need for supplements, restrictive diets, cleanses, or medication.
