EP. 91: Thyroid Secrets Your Doctor Doesn't Know | Solo Episode

The Dr. Tyna Show

Dr. Tyna Moore

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Having your thyroid adequately treated isn't as simple as you might think because most doctors don't understand the nuances. There's a LOT to cover when it comes to thyroid health and this is Part 1 in a series. You won't find this info elsewhere.

On This Episode We Cover:

1:11 - How the thyroid works and what causes conversion issues

2:30 - Standard of care for hypothyroidism + Levothyroxine

3:47 - Common symptoms of low thyroid

6:00 - Low thyroid and speech difficulties

7:11 - Myxedema

9:52 - Hair loss - Is it COVID or hypothyroidism?

10:34 - Long COVID and who can treat it best

11:29 - Other symptoms of hypothyroidism + weight gain

17:42 - Thyroid conditions and autoimmune disease + can you cure autoimmune disease?

21:59 - Sub-clinical hypothyroidism

23:51 - Pain and thyroid issues

25:50 - Dementia

26:36 - What labs to run

31:37 - What to do if your labs look normal, but still feel crumby

36:24 - What is the drug of choice?

38:24 - Can supplements help your thyroid?

41:55 - Why you should avoid a high grain and high gluten diet

44:00 - Strength training

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Further Listening:

Ep. 38: Take Charge of Your Thyroid with Dr. Carolyn Stone

Ep. 17: Thyroid 101 | Tommo Littlewood

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You are tuned into the Dr. Tina show with Dr. Tina Moore.
0:05.5	For more, visit DrTina.com.
0:08.6	On this episode of the Dr. Tina show, I'm going to be talking all things thyroid.
0:13.1	I mentioned the other day on my Instagram stories that I firmly believe all women over the
0:18.0	age of 40 should consider some kind of medical thyroid support meeting medication, not just
0:23.7	supplementation.
0:25.3	And I got a lot of pushback, I got a lot of questions, I got a lot of concerns.
0:29.5	And I want to jump in today and explain why.
0:32.6	We're going to talk about thyroid physiology.
0:35.1	I'm going to just speak with you basically how I talk to my patients.
0:39.6	This is how I explain thyroid health and dysfunction to my patients.
0:43.2	And so hopefully a lot of your questions will get answered in here.
0:45.7	I got so many questions on Instagram when I put a question sticker up and I said, hey,
0:50.3	hit me with your thyroid questions and I got a bazillion of them.
0:53.0	So I have notes, I'm prepared and I want to make sure that we cover as much as we can today.
0:57.9	If I can't get to it all, we'll do a part two.
1:00.4	But I want you to understand your thyroid and why I made such a bold claim.
1:04.6	So how the thyroid works is your pretuitary gland drops TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone.
1:11.7	It signals your thyroid, which lives in your throat here, little butterfly shaped organ,
1:16.7	to make T4.
1:18.4	T4 then goes out of the thyroid and goes out into the periphery and converts into T3.
1:24.2	T4 is a pre hormone, T4 is the active hormone.
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