Dr Eric Balcavage joins me to discuss his new book (co-authored with Dr Kelly Halderman), The Thyroid Debacle.

The topics we cover in this discussion are:

• The mainstream medical model and functional medical approach to thyroid health.
• How to think of thyroid health as a spectrum disorder.
• Tissue/cellular hypothyroidism (see Ep58 too) and how cells are being protective (not attacking).
• Thyroid antibodies and how they aren't like pac-man gobbling up thyroid tissue but more like a clean up crew clearing debris.
• Thyroid antibodies cause little to no damage to the thyroid gland according to research.
• Lowering antibodies shouldn't be the goal in itself but may well be the consequence of reducing stress.
• How can you test for cellular hypothyroidism?
• T3 is made in peripheral tissue as well as in the thyroid, liver and gut.
• You need to look at the different systems in the body to see where cellular hypothyroidism is taking place.
• Multi-System Adaptive Disorder - your system isn't BROKEN, it's ADAPTING.
• The solution to most chronic issues.
• The a cell is in danger/defence mode, it's not in repair/regeneration mode or not in repair/regeneration mode tor long enough.
• Your fitness 10 categories determines your overall fitness (we discuss 1 in a little detail - Respiratory Fitness)

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Dr. Eric Balcavage DC, CNS, CFMP, BCIM, is the owner and founder of Rejuvagen. Dr. Balcavage is widely recognized around the world as a leader in Functional Medicine and Thyroid Physiology. In over 20 years of practice, he has successfully helped thousands of people suffering with thyroid problems and other chronic health conditions.

https://rejuvagencenter.com/
Instagram @DrEricBalcavage
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The Thyroid Debacle* book - Amazon affiliate link.
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