It's not always easy to keep up Follow us on social media for all the functional insights, celebratory offers, expert opinions and science backed facts. Get in touch. Contact us. Meet Heidi. My name is Heidi Toy. I help people all over the world heal by identifying and treating the root cause of their body imbalances. Through diet and nutrition, I guide them towards wholeness and balanced lives.
But I experienced healing, and it became my mission to help others take back their health as well. My Lowest:. Not long ago, I was very sick. I looked healthy on the outside, but felt terrible on the inside. I was exhausted all the time and I would have to leave a party mid-afternoon because I just needed a nap. I was depressed, started gaining weight, and losing my hair. And I was angry all the time. I tried every conceivable diet.
Weight loss clinics and Jenny Craig were useless. And I exercised like crazy. Nothing helped. I felt like I was unraveling from the inside out - everything was so out of balance. They said to eat less and exercise more. I felt hopeless. Because I was a skilled sonographer, I performed an ultrasound on my thyroid and brought it to an endocrinologist who ordered the official lab.
My own immune system was attacking my thyroid. Each doctor performed a Thyroid Stimulating Hormone test TSH to measure the ability of my thyroid to produce the proper ratio of hormones for my body.
Depending on the results, they would increase or decrease my medication to address the symptoms I was experiencing. The doctors were helping me manage the problem, not solve it. I had been working with a personal trainer for some time, thinking he could help me manage my weight issues. Even he noticed how hard I worked without results. He had previously read an article by a functional medicine practitioner and suggested I see her. I had no idea who she was.
