By Dr. Josh Redd, NMD, MS, MAPHB, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center We have two arms of the nervous system: The sympathetic and parasympathetic. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for the "fight or flight" response, while the parasympathetic governs “rest...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center If you have Hashimoto’s, then you may know how difficult it is to find a multivitamin that is safe for you. Most multivitamins, even the expensive practitioner brands, are frequently...

By Dr. Josh Redd, NMD, MS, MAPHB, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center People are always looking for the magic supplement or protocol, but honestly, blood sugar imbalances are probably the most common disorder we see – blood sugar spikes cause chaos in the body’s other...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Antioxidants are a buzz word in health circles that sometimes deliver empty promises. But when it comes to autoimmune Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, one antioxidant is a must-have in your...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Many studies demonstrate a link between gluten intolerance and Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disease that damages the thyroid gland, causing low thyroid instinct. This is because gluten has a...

By Dr. Josh Redd, NMD, MS, MAPHB, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center The rules around sugar can be confusing when all you hear is, “sugar is bad for you, eat less.” It's important to understand the difference between natural sugars and added sugars. Natural sugars...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Although autoimmune conditions such as Hashimoto’s low thyroid cannot be cured, they can be driven into remission through diet and lifestyle applications. However, flare ups — those times...

By Dr. Josh Redd, NMD, MS, MAPHB, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Ever wondered what those terms like prebiotic, probiotic, and postbiotic really mean and why it matters? The gut microbiome refers to the complex ecosystem of bacteria and other microorganisms in...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center If you do not tolerate dairy well but continue to eat it, it could make it more difficult to manage your low thyroid and to correctly absorb your low thyroid hormone.?? There are two main...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Most cases of hormonal imbalances — PCOS, PMS, infertility, perimenopause symptoms — boil down to three simple things. People, and their doctors, often don’t know why they develop hormonal...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center One of the biggest physiological problems we see with our patients from all over the world is excess estrogen or estrogen dominance. This causes a number of symptoms on its own but it is...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Have you seen a child eat a snowcone or popsicle and notice their tongue and skin around their mouth become stained with the dye? That’s because the dye bonds to the proteins in human...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Sometimes the inability to lose weight is caused by two factors that are rampant these days: Inflammation and excess insulin.? Many studies show links between inflammation, insulin, and...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center If you take birth control pills and have hypothyroidism, it’s important to understand how oral contraceptives can affect your hormone balancing, your liver, your thyroid, and your brain....

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Many women develop low thyroid symptoms either during pregnancy or right after pregnancy. The majority of these women have Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center For decades we were warned that cholesterol in eggs raises the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, newer research shows that eggs do not raise cardiovascular risk if they are part of a...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center It seems almost everyone has insomnia these days, including, possibly, you. People either can’t fall asleep, they wake up after a few hours of sleep and can’t go back asleep, or they aren’t...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Consistent exposure to toxins each day adds up for your child. Baby and child products always have such colorful and cheerful packaging. Which is why it’s hard to mentally connect to the...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center The most common neurological presentation of a gluten sensitivity is gluten ataxia. What is it? In gluten ataxia, gluten sensitivity triggers the immune system to attack the cerebellum. This...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center A recent study found microplastics in 75% of breastmilk. Microplastics are small pieces of plastic debris, typically less than 5mm (0.2 inch) in diameter. They come from the breakdown of...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Suffering from ongoing fatigue, an inability to concentrate or remember, and a loss of motivation? These symptoms of “brain fog” may indicate that your brain is inflamed. Brain fog results...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Just because something is normalized in our culture doesn’t mean it’s healthy! The amount of food dyes in our foods has gone up 500% in the last 50 years. They’re also associated with more...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Many people think of alcohol as a harmless way to unwind and socialize, but alcohol can seriously impact your health. One of the main ways it does this is through the production of toxic...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center More people suffer from autoimmunity than cancer and heart disease combined. More than 50 million people suffer from autoimmune disease. That’s just the ones who are diagnosed. Many more...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Epstein-Barr (EBV) is one of the most common viruses in humans and causes mononucleosis (also known as “mono”.) When the infection is symptomatic, the most common symptoms include sore...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Your body is comprised of about 60 percent water, your brain is about 85 percent water, and water inside each cell makes up 63–65 percent of the TOTAL WATER of the body. As such, your cells,...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center In Parts 1–3 of this series, I introduced the ways in which Hashimoto’s low thyroid can cause symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, depression, memory loss, and sleep issues. They included a...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, I introduced the ways in which Hashimoto’s low thyroid can cause symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, depression, memory loss, and sleep issues. A thyroid...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the ways in which Hashimoto’s low thyroid can cause symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, depression, memory loss, and sleep issues. In a nutshell, the...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Brain symptoms are very common among our Hashimoto’s and autoimmune patients. That’s because Hashimoto’s can impact the brain in various ways. Do any of these symptoms resonate with you?...

By Dr. Josh Redd, NMD, MS, MAPHB, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Have you ever gotten labs done because you suffer from the following? Fatigue Brain fog Hair loss Gut issues Joint pain Weight gain Weight loss resistance Depression Loss of libido Chronic pain Yet,...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center All too often, fibromyalgia is used as a catch-all diagnosis for chronic symptoms that your doctor does not have the time or expertise to figure out. If you’ve been told that you have...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Excess estrogen is one of the most common things we see in our Hashimoto’s patients. It often is a result of an inability to properly metabolize, or detox, estrogen. As a result, estrogen is...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Cortisol is your body's main stress hormone and works in your brain to help control mood, motivation, and fear. However, cortisol becomes too high in response to chronic stress. The first...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Have you felt worse after CBD or cannabis use? If so, what were your reactions? CBD (cannabidiol) and cannabis have been shown to help with conditions such as epilepsy, seizures, muscle...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center We’ve been working with autoimmune patients from around the world for more than 10 years and a growing trend we have been seeing is patients reporting onset of symptoms after their breast...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Autoimmune diseases are among the most common yet underdiagnosed chronic health disorders today, with the most common being Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, Most of my Hashimoto’s, low thyroid,...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease responsible for more than 90 percent of low thyroid cases. Autoimmunity means your immune system attacks and destroys tissues in your body. It is a sign...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center If you struggle with lack of motivation and low energy, you may beat yourself up and call yourself lazy. But science demonstrates laziness and lack of motivation are often red flags pointing...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Binders are supplements that can help remove heavy metals, toxins, and mold mycotoxins from your body. Here are some binders that can help reduce the toxic load on your body: Modified citrus...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Although our home drinking water is sanitized to prevent disease, you should still filter it for truly healthy water. While treating tap water prevents disease from pathogens such...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center Antioxidants are a buzz word in health circles that sometimes deliver empty promises. But when it comes to autoimmune Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, one antioxidant is a must-have in your...

By Dr. Josh Redd, Chiropractic Physician, RedRiver Health and Wellness Center In our clinics we have many of our Hashimoto’s patients undergo different types of fasts because we have found it is one of the surest ways to swiftly relieve their symptoms. Humans are...

By Josh Redd, MS, DABFM, DAAIM, Chiropractic Physician Hypothyroidism, or low thyroid function, is a common diagnosis these days. However, did you know that an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s causes more than 90 percent of hypothyroidism cases? In this article...

By Josh Redd, MS, DABFM, DAAIM, Chiropractic Physician One of the most common areas of debilitating symptoms we see in our Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism patients is the brain. Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys the thyroid gland and is the...

When we see a new patient with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, one of the first and most powerful things we do is put them on an anti-inflammatory diet. Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid gland, causing hypothyroidism. It is the cause of more...

By Josh Redd, MS, DABFM, DAAIM, Chiropractic Physician Adequate thyroid function depends on more than the thyroid gland producing enough hormone. The majority of the thyroid hormone the thyroid gland produces is an inactive form, called T4. In order for the cells to...

By Josh Redd, MS, DABFM, DAAIM, Chiropractic Physician Ask most people, "Do you know about functional medicine?" and usually their eyes glaze over. True, it's a relatively recent medical specialty and not well known.  The term is not catchy or sexy, but it is...

You felt crappy for weeks, months, or possibly even years before your hypothyroidism diagnosis. Thyroid medication made you feel a little better and normalized your labs, but symptoms persist. Perhaps you were told you have autoimmune Hashimoto’s disease, but there is...

If you think you may have Hashimoto’s you’re not alone! Statistics vary, but it’s estimated about 20 million people in the United States have hypothyroidism, the vast majority of them women — one in eight women will develop a thyroid disorder in her lifetime, and...

Did you notice your low thyroid problems started not long after pregnancy? This is very common and it has to do with the immune shifts that naturally occur during and after pregnancy. Ninety percent of cases of hypothyroidism in the United States are caused by an...

By Josh Redd, MS, DABFM, DAAIM, Chiropractic Physician “I had several autoimmune diseases and was going to different doctors but couldn’t find anyone to help me feel like I used to before I got sick. I would have maybe four good days a month. Now I have 28 or more...