If you suspect Hashimoto’s...

Step 1: Get the right test

Georgia Lennard, nutritionist and advanced physical rehabilitation trainer at Beyond Balance in London, recommends you seek out a functional medicine clinic and get certain lab tests done, including:

The antithyroid antibodies (ATA) test, also known as the TPO test, is the best test for determining whether or not you have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Over 90 percent of people with Hashimoto’s have high levels of antibodies because Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune disorder, which means immune cells are producing