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Blog of Dr. Brent Caplan & Dr. Tiffany Caplan

Taking charge of your health begins with understanding. Check out the inspiring content from our doctors at Central Coast Center for Integrative Health on how you can restore your health for a better future…
Triggers and Causes of Autoimmune Disease!

Triggers and Causes of Autoimmune Disease!

There’s no singular cause for autoimmunity. In fact, there’s over a hundred different autoimmune conditions.
There are many different triggers to autoimmunity, and each person’s causes and triggers are unique. Likewise, the solutions to these are not the same, from person to person.

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Study Shows Diet Tames Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism

Study Shows Diet Tames Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism

A recent study showed a low-carbohydrate, whole foods diet low in inflammatory foods significantly decreases thyroid antibodies — the marker for autoimmune thyroid disease, or Hashimoto’s. Hashimoto’s occurs when the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid...

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Navigating the Holidays When You Have Hashimoto’s

Navigating the Holidays When You Have Hashimoto’s

If you are on an elimination diet for your Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, the holidays might be a source of serious anxiety. Sticking to a specialized diet can be enough of a challenge on a normal day. When we add in travel, unfamiliar restaurants and grocery stores,...

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Statins Raise Diabetes Risk; What to do Instead of Drugs

Statins Raise Diabetes Risk; What to do Instead of Drugs

You’ve been told you need to lower your cholesterol, but did you know taking a statin could raise your risk of type 2 diabetes? A recent study of almost 9,000 people in their 60s showed that statin use increased the risk of diabetes by almost 40 percent. Statin use...

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Pregnancy or Postpartum can Trigger Hypothyroidism

Pregnancy or Postpartum can Trigger Hypothyroidism

For many women, the onset of their hypothyroid symptoms began either during pregnancy or just after. Most of these women went on to be diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys the thyroid gland. Pregnancy often triggers Hashimoto’s...

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Cholesterol, Good Fats, Bad Fats and Heart Health

Cholesterol, Good Fats, Bad Fats and Heart Health

Conventional medicine is slowly admitting that instead of fat, sugar and refined carbohydrates are the biggest sources of high cholesterol. Excess sugars and carbs drive good cholesterol down and triglycerides up, leading to the small, dangerous particles that...

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