Nutritional Approaches for Hypothyroidism with Angela Taylor (Eps. 5)

Get to the Root of It · Nov 16, 2023 · 45m

2:38 Facts & Figures

1 in 8 women will develop a thyroid disorder, 20 million American have some form of thyroid condition, 95% of time thyroid nodules are benign, women are 5-8 x more likely to develop a thyroid disorder than men

3:50 Root Causes

Iodine deficiency is the main cause, Hashimoto's (autoimmune) is common when iodine is adequate, iatrogenic (eg. radiation, medication)

6:08 Diagnosis elevated TSH, low T4 sub-clinical TSH (call for T4), eventually T4 drops and TSH increases autoimmune anti-body labs ideally run complete thyroid labs - TSH, T4, and antibody labs

11:25 Basics

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