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There are many reliable and unreliable symptoms of thyroid issues that can be confusing to those trying to understand how to improve their health. In this episode, I identify the top warning signs and symptoms of thyroid issues that you should not ignore, and resources to help guide you towards healing. Watch now!
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0:27.0 | What symptoms are most demonstrative of hypothyroidism? |
0:32.3 | This question is harder to answer than you may think. |
0:36.6 | Why? |
0:37.3 | Because 40% of people currently on thyroid hormone |
0:41.4 | medication do not need it. And this comes from a recent meta-analysis. And part of how we find |
0:48.7 | yourself in the situation where people are too quickly given a drug, a thyroid hormone, is because of |
0:56.2 | inaccurate interpretation of their symptoms. So let's cover the symptoms that have been shown |
1:04.4 | scientifically to be the most reliable, the most predictive of hypothyroid, and then also cover the symptoms that are not reliable, |
1:13.6 | and then give you a grading criteria that's evidence-based regarding how many symptoms dictate |
1:20.6 | what level of risk. And I know I'm not giving you this sort of fear-mongering, hey, every |
1:25.4 | symptom means thyroid, but we shouldn't be doing that. |
1:28.3 | Because when we do do that, we end up with this meta-analysis finding of 40% of people |
1:33.8 | on thyroid hormone, presumably lifelong, that don't need to be. So let's set the record straight. |
1:42.1 | And I did want to just briefly touch on a few risk factors. |
1:46.8 | Because one logical exercise you can go through is looking at your symptoms, |
1:51.3 | but then also taking that in juxtosition to what are my baseline risk factors. |
1:58.3 | And one that's often overlooked is family history. If you're not sure, |
2:03.4 | if you are hypothyroid and you have a strong family history that increases the likelihood, |
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