San-Francisco Bay Area Functional Medicine and Chiropractic

[...] By Dr. Justin Marchegiani Without enough thyroid hormone many of our bodily functions begin to slow down (weakened metabolism) and our body [...]

[...]  inadequate amounts of selenium, inflammation can occur. Selenium is also needed to activate thyroid hormone from T4 (inactive) to T3 (active). Most patients I see, even when given Synthroid, the [...]

[...] hair or hair loss is a hallmark sign for low thyroid function. The hair follicle requires thyroid hormone to produce hair. As thyroid function begins to lower due to stress or an autoimmune condition, [...]

[...] some type of thyroid hormone intervention in the future. The sooner we can intervene when someone has Hashimoto’s, the [...]

[...] by a migration of bacteria from the large intestine making its way back upstream into the small intestine. “SIBO may be accompanied by both maldigestion and malabsorption. Bacteria in SIBO might [...]

[...] higher risk of digestive symptoms. As mentioned above, HCl activates enzymes in the stomach, small intestine and pancreas to to start breaking down carbohydrate, protein and fat. If HCl secretion isn& [...]

[...] HCL) released from our stomach into the small intestine, our bodies ability to further breakdown, assimilate and absorb fats and proteins becomes [...]

[...] , all the subjects were gluten free as well as low FODMAP (a group of carbohydrates that the small intestine has difficulty absorbing). People often wonder if it’s the gluten or the FODMAPs causing [...]

[...] By Dr. Justin Marchegiani It’s that time of the year again where everyone is trying to conquer their New Year& [...]

[...] By Dr. Justin Marchegiani Do you know what your recommended Carbohydrate intake is? Based on my clinical experience [...]

[...]   By: Dr. Justin Marchegiani One of the most important signs of good health is clear skin and a nice complexion. To have [...]

[...] By Dr. Justin Marchegiani Have you gone paleo but still aren’t feeling better yet?  Even when you think you are [...]

[...] . The more dysfunctional our adrenals become, we start progressing into deeper stages of adrenal fatigue where our brain (the master controller) isn’t able to communicate with our adrenals properly [...]

[...] side effects. If you have an autoimmune conditions or have issues with blood sugar balance, adrenal fatigue, gut issues or thyroid imbalances you may want to think about what percentage you cheat and [...]

[...] . These types of immune response can cause leaky gut and contribute to thyroid imbalances, adrenal fatigue, brain fog, weight gain and other digestive symptoms. Low stomach acid: We need HCl or [...]

[...] hold on to minerals and help keep your blood pressure balanced. As you advance into adrenal fatigue, it’s common to suffer from orthostatic hypotension (becoming dizzy from standing up [...]

[...] ! It’s been confirmed that low stomach acid puts patients at risk for a small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. It’s been shown that nearly half of all patients on proton pump inhibitors ( [...]

[...] Dr. Justin Marchegiani I see patients every day walking to my clinic with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) like symptoms. Have you ever felt your stomach pooch out after eating [...]

[...] supplement. “Impaired digestion of protein has been suggested by a few studies. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in hypochlorhydria probably leads to putrefactive breakdown of the metobolically [...]

[...] acid we are also prone to gut infections (bacterial, parasite, fungal, viral) and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Many of these infections produced biotoxins/endotoxins that can affect [...]

[...] ;t have the protection (mucus) from an acid environment like the stomach does. Essentially low stomach acid provides the environment for bacterial overgrowth in the stomach/small intestine to occur, [...]

[...] ignored today! Click here to get your gut health assessed! It’s been confirmed that low stomach acid puts patients at risk for a small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. It’s been shown [...]

[...] Magnesium is one of those minerals that tends to be deficient in our food supply. If we have low stomach acid it’s going to be even more difficult for us to get enough magnesium without proper [...]

[...] . 5. Abdominal pain. What Causes SIBO? 1. A Lack of stomach acid: When we have low stomach acid or achlorhydria, our body lacks the ability to activate protein digesting enzymes in [...]

[...] your increasing your thyroid antibodies because you are eating gluten you are destroying your thyroid gland faster. As your thyroid tissue gets destroyed your ability to produce more thyroid hormone [...]

[...] with Hashimoto’s, it’s the immune system that is out of balance and destroying the thyroid gland. It doesn’t make sense to put all of our focus on the thyroid gland if the immune [...]

[...] that day. Foods like gluten can easily cause your immune system to start attacking the thyroid gland, brain, intestinal tract (celiac, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis), or other nervous [...]

[...] its transport into the thyroid tissue via the sodium-iodide symporter (NIS). By blocking the thyroid gland’s uptake of iodine, the body has time to urinate out the extra iodine. On the other side of [...]