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In episode 9, Dr. K discusses her battle with Graves disease(hyperthyroidism) and subsequent hypothyroidism from Radioactive Iodine Treatment. Dr. K shares 7 natural thyroid healing practices that have enabled her to improve the health of her thyroid gland and naturally reduce her thyroid supplementation dose.
Thyroid disease affects over 20 million people in the general population with women being about 8 times more more likely to be diagnosed with an autoimmune thyroid disorder. Unfortunately, more than 30 million people are having thyroid issues but have yet been diagnosed or misdiagnosed. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common autoimmune thyroid disorder where the thyroid gland is not producing enough thyroid hormone. Graves disease, in comparison is a result of too much thyroid hormone or hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid, which is less prevalent.
The thyroid is a small gland at the front of the neck. It’s part of the endocrine system and produces hormones T3 and T4 which help regulate many processes and organs in the body.
We need the thyroid gland and thyroid hormones which controls various functions of energy and metabolism at both the cell and physical level.
The majority of thyroid issues are autoimmune in nature and so in these cases there is always a “trigger” that causes the onset. So a major part of healing the thyroid gland naturally is getting to the root cause of why the immune system has attacked the thyroid gland. Unfortunately, modern medicine takes an aim at treating symptoms, whereas a holistic-functional approach can look at the underlying cause of the autoimmune thyroid dysfunction.
7 Natural practices that Dr. K discuss that have been proven to improve the health of the thyroid gland include:
1. Assess stressors
2. Eliminate stressors
3. Optimize nutrition
4. Heal the gut
5. Restore the liver
6. Clear infections
7. Detox the home
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