Everyone panics come summer and the thought of a beach holiday makes us want to cry into a pillow made of melted chocolate.

And then we try anything. The Atkins diet, juicing for 300 days straight until you succumb to an entire loaf of bread, Tim Noakes, drinking lemon juice and cayenne pepper… Emily from The Devil Wears Prada springs to mind:

I’m on this new diet. Well, I don’t eat anything and when I feel like I’m about to faint I eat a cube of cheese. I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.

But maybe you can’t lose weight because your body actually will not let you. This isn’t an excuse – it could be the real reason behind your exorbitant sarong collection.

Ever heard of the thyroid gland? Yeah, you have. You think overweight people use it as an excuse. But in reality, it is a reality.

Hypothyroidism often goes undiagnosed and untreated. This results in issues such as weight gain, depression, fatigue and cognitive impairment. Wondering why you have been so tired lately? Maybe even too tired to exercise? It could be that your thyroid gland is not producing enough thyroid hormones, causing a drop in your metabolism which in turn causes all these other symptoms.

You can have a simple blood test to find out if you have an over or under active thyroid at a Health Renewal Clinic. The Integrative Medical Doctors there will do a full medical history with you. This way, they’ll be able to accurately diagnose and correct any imbalances and deficiencies that could exist.

You can book follow up appointments to make sure that any treatment regimes you are on are working for you. The Health Renewal Clinic is not going to leave you in the lurch once you’ve visited them. Rather, they’re going to become your new best friend this summer.

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