Book Review - The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough by Mary Shomon

There is not a stone left unturned in this book. All of your questions regarding your thyroid hormones will be answered. If you are having breastfeeding problems or concerns, and your thyroid is to blame, you will walk away a changed woman from reading this book. It will give you perspective and a great amount of detail on how to combat the issues.

The guru of all-things-thyroid, Mary Shomon outdoes herself with The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough. No, the entire book is not all about breastfeeding, but her detailed chapter on "Postpartum and Breastfeeding Challenges" is the reason I feel so compelled to tell moms with thyroid problems to pick up this book.

The information is well-researched, but, unlike other clinical health books, Shomon has a very warm, genuine tone that allows her readers to really trust the information she is disseminating. This isn't written by a man who just happened to study thyroid disease and decided to put his information into a book...Mary Shomon suffers from thyroid disease and is very upfront about her background. She states,

"I'm not a doctor or health professional...I never expected to be writing books about thyroid disease. But back in 1995, at the age of 33, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune condition that causes hypothyroidism. The diagnosis was a turning point in my life and in my career."

Shomon began to research, share her knowledge with others and became a nationally-recognized patient advocate. She is a New York Times best-selling author and has written myriad magazine articles about this topic. Other books include: The Thyroid Diet, Living Well with Hypothyroidism, Living Well with Autoimmune Disease, Living Well with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, and Living Well with Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism.