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140 // Affordable Steps to Help Hashimoto’s · Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

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  Melissa in the Health with Hashimoto's community sent me a message and she said,
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  functional medicine is unaffordable. Sigh.
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  And Jill also sent me a message. She said, it all costs so much money.
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  You want to feel better, but the costs pile up. Supplements,
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  tests, special foods, and conventional doctors often hand you a pill.
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  Leaving you stuck. I could not agree more.
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  These women are echoing things that so many of us face because we are not made of money.
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  And when you are pursuing healing, when you are pursuing a root cause look at
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  your Hashimoto's and figuring out what's going on and how you can address it
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  and actually make a difference in your health, it feels like everything costs money.
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  And then you're stuck because your budget is not unlimited.
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  So today we are talking about affordable steps to thrive with Hashimoto's because
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  we don't want to toss money at Hashimoto's fixes that don't stick.
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  We want to look at things that actually work.
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  No more throwing short-term band-aids at chronic things and Hashimoto's as an
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  autoimmune problem is chronic.
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  So we don't want to just have a short-term fix.
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  We want things that actually work. So in this episode, I'm going to share exactly
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  that. you will know how to focus your money.
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  I recorded a reel the other day, and it was talking about losing hope.
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  My Pinterest manager, she read one of my quotes from the last episode.
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  Was it the last episode or my email? I don't remember.
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  And I said, you don't want to waste time, you don't want to waste money,
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  and you don't want to waste hope.
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  And then she's like, what does this mean, wasting hope.
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  That doesn't make sense to me. So I explained as I did, I think it was on that episode.
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  I said, you know, you get to that point where you have tried so many things
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  that you don't even have any hope left.
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  You don't even want to do another thing because you have already done so much
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  stuff and it didn't move the needle for your health.
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  And yes, you might be out of time. You might be out of money,
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  but really you're out of hope.
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  You don't want to get your hopes up that the next thing might work because your
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  hopes have been dashed so many times.
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  And that is not where I want you. That is not a good place to be.
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  We want to know exactly what to focus on. So here's the secret.
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  You have to know your root causes. If you don't know your root causes, you're guessing.
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  You can't focus your resources, including your hope, without clarity on your root causes. is.
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  So let's talk about some of the overwhelming solutions that you might be faced with.
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  Because the internet is full of ideas. I love the internet. I love technology. I love crowdsourcing.
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  I love that there is so many different things that you can pursue.
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  And we know all of this because of the internet.
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  I mean, think about our parents. When they were growing up, they had the encyclopedia,
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  they had the newspaper, and they had their friends.
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  They did not have Google, they did not have AI, they did not have,
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  you know, so many different experts publishing blog posts and publishing their
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  research. They didn't have PubMed.
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  I mean, they did have books, I guess I should go back to that.
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  They had books, they had microfiche, is that what it was? Microfilm?
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  That stuff that they used at the library. I don't remember what it was called.
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  People did look things up that way. But we have the internet.
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  And the internet is chock full of different potential solutions.
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  But you are wasting your time, you're wasting your money, you're wasting your
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  hope if you keep pursuing those without knowing if it's going to work for you.
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  Here are some of the solutions that you might have seen and that I might have talked about.
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  I mean, this is episode what, 139, 138? We're up in the almost 140.
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  So we've talked about a lot of things, a lot of solutions, and everything that
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  I talk about has research behind it.
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  Everything I talk to you about will be able to help somebody,
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  and you have to have that filter of will it work for me, and that filter is
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  knowing your root causes.
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  So let's talk about some of these things that are offered as solutions.
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  Number one, the gluten-free diet.
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  Yes, we have talked about it quite a bit because research, Isabella Wentz, a pharmacist.
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  She did a research study and she found about 80% of people with Hashimoto's
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  feels better off of gluten.
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  So that is definitely, you know, one potential solution.
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  So somebody in the community asked me, do you recommend people with Hashimoto's go gluten-free?
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  She said, I don't feel like going gluten-free has done anything for me.
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  And see, that's the thing. You have to know yourself.
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  So do I feel like it's worth trying?
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  Absolutely. If 80% of people who have Hashimoto's feel better going gluten-free,
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  the only way that you can know if you're part of that 80% is by trying it and by trying it well.
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  Another potential solution is the autoimmune paleo diet and that we've talked about before.
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  We've talked about several different diet solutions. we've talked
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  about intermittent fasting you know
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  people talk about fasting as the the end all solution for all health problems
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  if you listen to like especially some of the fasting bros not the women the
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  women I feel like are more balanced but some of the guys who talk about fasting
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  they make it sound like it is the miracle that
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  and cure for anything that ails you. And of course, we know that that's not
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  true. But can fasting be beneficial?
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  Absolutely. Will it be beneficial for you?
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  That goes to knowing your root causes. What about supplements?
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  There are so many different supplements and different herbs and things on the market that you can try.
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  Again, but you have to know your root causes.
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  If you have, you know, low vitamin D.
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  Low vitamin D is one of the root causes that we talk about in Hashimoto's Decoded
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  Root Causes Revealed. That is my mini course.
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  It'll take you less than an hour to go through it. And one of the root causes
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  that I talked to you about is vitamin D levels.
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  So if you have identified for yourself that you have low vitamin D,
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  and by low, I mean for sure under 50. Different researchers vary on what an ideal number is.
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  I used to read pretty much everybody was focused on 80 as a target.
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  Now it's around between 50 and 80, with some people still saying between 80 and 100.
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  So I'm still going to say around 80 because you still have that big gap between 50 and 100.
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  But if you're below 50, you know that low vitamin D is probably one of your root causes.
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  So is vitamin D supplementation one of the things that you should pursue?
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  Well, if you know it's one of your root causes, then obviously you're going
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  to say, oh, that's an easy solution.
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  Vitamin D is not very expensive. It's actually rather cheap.
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  Make sure you're getting one with K2.
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  You want a D3 with K2. It's not very expensive.
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  And right there with, you know, glass of water every morning,
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  you are addressing that root cause.
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  But there are so many different supplements. And when you go through those supplements,
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  how do you know if they're right for you? You have to know your root causes.
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  What about T3 medication?
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  Now T4 medication is Synthroid, it's Levothyroxine.
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  It's the most common one that is prescribed for Hashimoto's and for hypothyroid.
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  It's not really prescribed for Hashimoto's.
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  Hashimoto's usually results in your thyroid not producing enough T4.
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  So the medication is like a supplement. It's a pharmaceutical supplement to
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  replace what your thyroid is not producing.
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  So Synthroid, Levothyroxine, things like that are T4.
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  But what about T3?
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  T3 is a medication for those whose body is not converting the T4 into T3 as appropriate.
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  So again, you need to know your root causes. You need to know,
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  is your liver doing a good job of converting or is it not?
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  You need to know, are your brakes on? is your body converting T4 to reverse
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  T3, which is the break system.
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  So again, you know, we need to
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  know our root causes. There's also so many detoxes all over the internet.
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  And I mean, I'm going to admit, I love a good detox, especially in the spring,
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  because you feel like you need to clean everything out.
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  And going off of sugar for five days, that's a great thing to do.
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  Or whatever kind of detox you're going to do.
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  Just last week, actually this week, I have been leading a spring cleaning challenge
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  in the wellness revolution community, which I talked about last week on the
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  interview with Melissa.
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  So we lead it together. And so this week we're talking about spring cleaning
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  and just cleaning out your environment, cleaning out your house,
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  cleaning out your pantry, cleaning out your drinks, cleaning things up so that
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  you can have better overall wellness.
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  But a detox, it's fun and it has its place, but unless you know your root causes,
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  you don't know if it's actually going to impact your Hashimoto's.
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  And then we talked about fermented foods a couple weeks ago.
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  Fermented foods are fantastic. And again, you need to know your root causes.
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  What is your gut like? For some people, fermented foods are going to be a fantastic solution.
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  For some people, fermented foods might totally backfire.
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  If you have a histamine intolerance, then fermented foods are probably not the right solution for you.
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  Because histamines are, well, I mean, during allergy season,
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  you take an antihistamine. So that kind of gives you an idea.
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  Histamines are chemicals produced by your immune system that play a role in
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  allergic reactions, as well as other things.
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  But some foods can be high in histamines, and some people are very sensitive.
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  So if you are sensitive to histamines, then you're not going to want to include
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  a lot of fermented foods in your diet.
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  You're going to have to get your probiotics from another source such as a supplement.
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  But again, you have to know your root causes. You have to know your body. You have to keep track.
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  So all of these things, including many more that I did not touch on,
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  they have a place in people's fight against autoimmune problems,
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  especially Hashimoto's.
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  But how do you know if it's for you? Of course, like I said a ton of times already
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  in this episode, you have to know your own root causes.
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  These different solutions, if they match your trigger.
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  Awesome. If they don't match your personal root causes, then you are wasting
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  your time, your money, and your hope. I don't want that.
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  So you need focus. Yes.
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  I mean, unlimited cash would be amazing, but having focus and knowing where
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  to invest your time, your energy, your money into, that is the key.
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  So here are some ways that you can narrow it down.
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  Number one, go through my mini course, which is Hashimoto's Decoded Root Causes Revealed.
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  It is the best way to figure out super quickly what your root causes are.
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  Now, I have seen other ways that you can investigate your root causes.
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  Of course, we have all seen that online.
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  There's one person and she offers a test, I want to say it's like over 600 different
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  questions. I don't have time for that.
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  Maybe you do. I did not want to do a 600 question test when I was looking for my root causes.
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  I would love to visit with a functional medicine doctor frequently.
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  But again, a functional medicine doctor and doing all of the testing that they
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  want, that they usually want, it is very expensive.
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  And when I go in to see a functional medicine doctor, I want to already know.
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  I want to say, here are my root causes, or here is a list of my most probable root causes.
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  What can we do to narrow down on this so that we are not spending $500?
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  I want to spend money on solutions, not on testing. I want to address the root causes.
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  So number one, go through Hashimoto's Decoded Root Causes Revealed in that mini
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  course, which takes you less than an hour, you're going to be able to come up
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  with your own root causes.
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  Number two, stress less. We all know that stress is one of the triggers.
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  I can guarantee that stress is a trigger for you and your Hashimoto's.
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  It might be a physical stressor, it might be mental, it might be spiritual.
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  I have a lot of episodes on stress because stress is all around us. So stress less.
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  Take some deep breaths, deep diaphragmatic breaths.
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  Breathe with your belly. Go for a walk, especially go for a walk in nature. Pray.
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  Write down your gratitudes. These are all ways to combat stress.
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  And of course you can go through the different podcast episodes I have about
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  stress, but that is one way to very easily address your stress levels.
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  Focus on breathing, focus on things to lower your stress.
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  And here are some episodes that I have specifically about stress.
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  Numbers seven and eight, all about stress.
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  Seven is stress your thyroid and Hashimoto's. Episode eight is five tips for
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  the busy woman to reduce and manage stress.
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  Episode 24 is about your adrenal glands, chronic stress, and Hashimoto's.
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  Episode 34 is halting the damage caused by stress.
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  36 is using art to de-stress. And then episode 40 is about spiritual stress
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  and inflammation and autoimmune disease.
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  Those are a couple different episodes about stress that you can dig into and
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  re-listen to because for everybody, stress is one of the root causes.
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  Another way that you can learn about your root causes, so I told you the Hashimoto's
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  Decoded course, and then just focusing on stress.
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  But another way is to track your symptoms.
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  So you can write down, just get a journal, get a pocket calendar,
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  you know, one of those ones that's a checkbook size, and it's got the every single day of the year.
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  You can write that down or, you know, in your phone. You can obviously use the
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  notes app or use some sort of journaling app, there's so many now, and log your symptoms.
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  Figure out what happens when. Like, oh, I realize that, you know,
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  my hands and fingers are super stiff after I eat this type of meal.
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  That's a data point. It points to your triggers.
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  What are your biggest symptoms?
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  Fatigue, brain fog, feeling cold, digestive problems, aches and pains.
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  There's so many different things.
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  Track your symptoms and then write down what was happening in the day.
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  And what you might find is that you have a day or two delay.
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  So you're going to write down what happened today, what you think might be related to your symptoms.
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  And then you're going to notice a pattern that, oh, I wrote that down on Monday,
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  but it was actually on Wednesday that I started to have this like flare up of my symptoms.
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  So you start to notice a pattern and that can help you with your root causes.
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  It is a free way to track and to figure out your root causes, looking for data.
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  But the most important thing is that you identify your root causes.
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  Because without a root cause, without focus, like you might be focusing on somebody else's root causes.
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  For you, your fatigue might be directly related to stress.
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  Somebody else, It might be related to their diet. Without knowing your root causes, you're stuck.
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  You're wasting your time, your energy, your focus, and your hope.
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  Generic fixes flop. Not all the time.
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  Sometimes they're great, but you want something that's specific to you.
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  And that is why I created the Hashimoto's Decoded Root Causes Revealed program.
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  It's for you so that you can identify your exact causes. And it's super cheap.
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  My goal with this mini course is to help every single person who wants to figure
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  out their root causes to help them do that.
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  I do not want cost to be a barrier. So I made the cost so low.
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  I don't want time to be a barrier. So I made it so that you should be able to
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  go through the entire mini course in less than an hour.
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  I want you to have answers. I want you to have solutions. I want you to know where to focus.
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  And once you're done with the mini course, once you know your root causes,
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  then you can enroll in the Holistic Hashimoto's course.
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  And in that one, I'm going to help you shortcut your time. Once you know your
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  root causes, then you can figure out, okay, this is what I need to focus on.
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  And that's what I help you shortcut in the Holistic Hashimoto's course.
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  So here's your root cause. This is what can work for it. And I'm giving you,
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  I'm giving you so many shortcuts.
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  I am giving you the research.
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  I'm giving you everything in simple terms. You don't have to scour PubMed and
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  read so many different medical journals and research studies.
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  You don't have to read a huge pile of books. I already did all of that for you.
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  And then I put it down into this simple course, the Holistic Hashimoto's program.
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  I did that so that you can save time. So next, your next step,
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  as soon as you are able to, if you're, you know, multitasking while you listen
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  to this podcast, you're going to.
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  As soon as you're done doing the dishes or cooking or exercising or whatever
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  you're doing, come back here, click on the show notes and go to Hashimoto's
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  Decoded Root Causes Refield.
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  Figure out your root causes. Once you know your root causes,
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  then enroll in the Holistic Hashimoto's course so that you can shortcut your
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  time to feeling like yourself again,
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  to have the energy that you used to, to be able to participate in life like
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  you used to, to be able to think clearly,
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  to be able to have your mood regulated.
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  You want to feel like yourself again, the real you.
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  And that is what I help you do in the Holistic Hashimoto's course.
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  So come on over to the Root Causes Revealed course.
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  That one is the super cheap one. You're going to figure out your root causes
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  in less than an hour, and then I'll see you in the Holistic Hashimoto's course.
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  All right, links are down in the show notes. I'll see you over there.
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