Why I Couldn’t Lift My Arms—And What It Taught Me About Thyroid Disease
In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Laurie Marbas shares how two “frozen” shoulders became the unlikely clue to a thyroid story decades in the making. After postpartum Hashimoto’s left her on levothyroxine, a later switch to a whole‑food, plant‑based diet unexpectedly made her medication too strong—pushing her into hyperthyroidism and triggering painful adhesive capsulitis in both shoulders. Adjusting the dose thawed her shoulders and stabilized her labs, and the experience reshaped how she thinks about thyroid care.
What you’ll learn
* Why the thyroid is your body’s “thermostat” and how…
The skinny
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