Eat healthy calorie-dense foods to gain weight safely without eating refined sugar or simple carbohydrates. Avoid over-processed food products in favor of real whole foods, including lean protein and healthy fats.
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Synthroid, also known by its generic name levothyroxine, is taken for hypothyroidism -- a low-functioning thyroid gland. It's a hormone replacement for people who don't make enough thyroid hormone -- the hormone responsible for regulating metabolism.
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Metformin helps control blood sugar and increase your body's sensitivity to insulin. The drug is available only by prescription and sold under several different brand names, including Fortamet, Glumetza, Riomet, Glucophage and Glucophage XR.
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The Five Day Pouch Test is a "reset" diet for people who have had gastric bypass surgery and might be starting to regain weight. Gastric bypass is usually performed only on people with a BMI of 30 or higher who have serious health risks due to their obesity.
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Graves' disease is the most common type of overactive thyroid disorder. It's caused by an immune system response that makes your thyroid produce too many hormones. Thyroid hormones control metabolism.
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Hydroxycut is an over-the-counter weight loss aid that claims to curb your appetite and speed up your metabolism. In 2009 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered a recall of 14 different Hydroxycut products because they were associated with a number of serious liver complications.
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Levoxyl is a brand name for levothyroxine, a synthetic T4 thyroid hormone replacement used to treat hypothyroidism. Weight gain is a common side-effect of low-thyroid function because your thyroid controls your metabolism.
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Three-day diets are rapid weight-loss fad diets that often promise you to lose 10 pounds in just 72 hours. Known by many names, including the Cleveland Clinic Diet, the American Heart Association Diet or the Kaiser Diet, the specific meal plan can also be referred to when naming the diet.
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Levothyroxine is a synthetic thyroid hormone prescribed to treat low thyroid function, also known as hypothyroidism. Part of your endocrine system, your thyroid gland is located at the base of your throat and creates the hormones that control how quickly you use both oxygen and energy -- the basis of your metabolism.
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Metformin, sold under the brand name Glucophage, is a diabetes drug that can improve insulin sensitivity and promote weight loss by helping lower glucose levels and prevent hunger.
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Thyroxine or T4 is a hormone made by your thyroid. L-thyroxine, also known as levothyroxine, is a synthetic T4 thyroid replacement hormone. The generic name for this medication is levothyroxine and it's sold under the brand names Sythroid, Levoxyl, Unithroid or Tirosint.
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You may use a juice fast as a detox diet or for short-term weight loss, but in the end, a juice fast does not lead to healthy fat loss. Much of the weight you'll lose on a juice fast will be water weight -- and quickly regained when you resume your normal eating habits.
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Hashimoto thyroiditis is an inflammatory disease in which antibodies are generated by the immune system to attack the tissues of the thyroid gland. The thyroid makes hormones that regulate the body's metabolism, and because this disease causes thyroid tissues to be inflamed, fewer hormones are released.
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Mustard seed oil is made from the seeds of the mustard plant, a cruciferious vegetable in the same family as Brussels sprouts, cabbage and broccoli. Mustard seeds, and their oil, have been used medicinally since ancient Greece.
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To calculate your exact date of conception you'll need to know the start date of your last menstrual period, how many days in your menstrual cycle, or when you ovulated. If you don't have that information, you can work backwards from your due date, with the help of an ultrasound and your health care provider.
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Kale is a dark, leafy green vegetable packed with nutrients. Cooking kale does not harm these essential vitamins. In fact, if you have a low-thyroid function, cooking kale will deactivate a goitrogenic compound that can impact your thyroid.
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Refined sugar can be made from sugarcane or sugar beets -- nutritionally they are identical -- but the refining process is different. Added sugars, whether from cane or beets, should be limited in your diet.
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Salt is 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride -- both table and sea salt have the same chemical makeup. In the 1920s, the U.S. started adding iodine to table salt in response to a large segment of the population becoming iodine-deficient.
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A thyroidectomy could be a partial or total removal of your thyroid gland. Your thyroid is part of your endocrine system and regulates metabolism. After having your thyroid removed, you will need to take replacement thyroid hormones to boost your metabolism and keep other systems functioning.
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If you suffer from infrequent bowel movements that are difficult to pass, your diet may be to blame. Constipation can be caused by dehydration or a diet too low in fiber. A lack of physical activity, illness and certain medications can also cause constipation.
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