Krave Wellness

04/10/2026

Your provider checked TSH and maybe T4…

…but that’s not nearly the whole story.

I cannot tell you how many people I see with rising cholesterol, fatigue, constipation, weight struggles, cold hands and feet, hair changes, dry skin, low mood, sluggish digestion, low motivation, or brain fog…

…and they were told their thyroid is “fine.”

Meanwhile, the only labs that were ordered were TSH and T4.

Those markers matter, sure. But they are not enough to understand the full picture.

When I look at thyroid function, I also want to see:

• Free T3 and Total T3

• Reverse T3

• Thyroid antibodies (TPO + TgAb)

• Free T4

• and Thyroid patterns on HTMA

You can absolutely have “normal” standard thyroid labs and still be dealing with subclinical thyroid dysfunction.

And yes… that can show up in your cholesterol.

💡When thyroid function slows down, your body becomes less efficient at clearing LDL cholesterol from the bloodstream. 🤯

Thyroid hormone helps regulate LDL receptors in the liver, bile production, triglyceride clearance, and cholesterol metabolism overall.

So if your thyroid is sluggish, cholesterol can climb even when you are “eating healthy.”

Hypothyroidism and even subclinical hypothyroidism are both associated with higher LDL, triglycerides, and total cholesterol.

I am searching beyond a thyroid hormone production issue - is the brain communicating appropriately? Are cells responding to thyroid hormone? Can thyroid hormone get into your cells? Is there autoimmunity? Are you converting adequately in the liver?

TSH alone will miss these 👆🏻

Your cholesterol story might not just be about food or genetics as you’ve been led to believe.

It might be about thyroid function, stress, digestion, mineral status, inflammation, blood sugar, liver health, and whether your body is actually able to do what it was designed to.

Have you suspected a thyroid issue but you were told it’s “fine”?

03/31/2026

People are trying to eat better, exercise more, drink their water, hit their protein goals, and take the right supplements…

…but then they treat sleep like it’s “whatever happens after Netflix.”

Bright lights on overhead. TV going in the bedroom. Scrolling in bed. Snacking after dinner. Emails. Mindless nibbling. Falling asleep with the phone in hand.

Then they wonder why:

• their energy is low
• they crave sugar and caffeine
• they wake up not hungry
• they snack all night
• their weight won’t budge
• they feel tired but wired

Your body wants rhythm.

Dinner no later than 7.
No eating between dinner and bed.
Low lights after sunset.
Screens away an hour before bed.
Skincare, teeth brushed, pajamas on.
Read a few pages.
Go to bed around the same time every night.

Sleep is not passive. Your body is doing some of its most important repair, hormone regulation, blood sugar balancing, detoxification, and nervous system work while you sleep.

Your nighttime habits matter more than most people realize.

03/25/2026

Allergies are starting to ramp up, I like to make a Nettles infusion and drink it iced with a little monk fruit.

Stinging nettle infusions are simple, traditional herbal remedies that you can make at home easily. Nettles have a many benefits, and many herbalists use nettles as an adaptogen, for adrenal health, as a general tonic for systemic wellness and for allergy relief.

03/13/2026

Many people believe their cholesterol is genetic.

And if they’re on medication, they assume it’s handled.

But cholesterol numbers often reflect what’s happening elsewhere in the body.

Blood sugar regulation.
Inflammation.
Thyroid function.
Liver and bile flow.
Stress physiology.

These are the things we spend the first several months working on with my clients.

Genetics can add another layer of insight later on, helping us refine and personalize the plan even further.

If you’ve been told your cholesterol is “just genetic,” there may be more to the story.

DM me or book a complimentary discovery call through the link in my bio.

Be well. Do well.

03/12/2026

I meet a lot of people whose cholesterol is “managed”… but they’re exhausted, inflamed, and don’t feel like themselves anymore.

I see this all the time in practice.

They’re on a statin and/or another lipid medication, their numbers improved, and the topic is considered handled.

But when I ask them how they actually feel, I hear a different story.

They’re exhausted by mid-afternoon.
Stairs leave them winded.
Their weight keeps creeping up.
Digestion is slow and uncomfortable.
Sleep requires a sleep aid and still isn’t restorative.

Cholesterol medication can absolutely lower LDL on a lab report.

But it doesn’t automatically address the physiology that influences how your body functions day to day — things like metabolic health, inflammation, digestion, thyroid function, or liver health.

This is why someone can have “better labs” and still feel stuck in their body.

True health requires asking a bigger question:

Why was the imbalance there in the first place?

That’s where I come in and help you fill in the blanks.

Managing a lab number and restoring health are not always the same thing.

Sound familiar? Comment below ⬇️

12/08/2025

You can eat “perfectly.”
You can track every calorie.
You can lift, walk, supplement, and hydrate.

And your body can still refuse to let go of weight.

Because weight loss doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

It happens in a body that feels safe enough to repair.

Bodies resist when:
• blood sugar is unstable
• thyroid signaling is impaired
• digestion is inflamed
• minerals are depleted
• detox pathways are overwhelmed
• stress is chronic
• sleep is disrupted
• circadian rhythm is inverted

You cannot override biology with discipline.

And yes — calories matter.
Awareness is powerful.

But a fatigued, inflamed, under-recovered body cannot sustainably meet a deficit.
That’s not willpower.
That’s physiology.

Shift work breaks the body clock.
Mold hijacks detox pathways.
Chronic stress burns through nutrients.
Poor sleep dismantles insulin sensitivity.

None of that shows up in a calorie tracker.

Medication may lower appetite —
but it doesn’t restore rhythm.

It doesn’t rebuild minerals.
It doesn’t clear toxin load.
It doesn’t fix sleep debt.

If those foundations aren’t addressed, plateaus come.

Not because you failed.
Because your nervous system never exhaled.

Weight is a signal — not the problem.

And when the body finally feels nourished, rested, and regulated…
fat loss becomes the byproduct.

Not the war.