Episode Highlights with McCall McPherson
- Why we can’t put our blind trust in practitioners when it comes to thyroid health and the tools to step into being your own primary healthcare provider for thyroid health
- If you have thyroid symptoms, TSH is not enough
- Labs to get: TSH, Free T3, T4, Reverse T3 (full thyroid function panel)
- Women also need to be screened for Hashimotos with TPO
- There is not a standardized “normal” range for thyroid labs… it's just based on what the lab dictates as normal and varies by lab
- How diet and lifestyle factors come into play with addressing thyroid issues and activating thyroid issues
- Diet and lifestyle factors that help: bring in more nutrients, experiment with reducing gluten and dairy
- Bring in vs keep out mindset shift when it comes to healing
- Food ordering for signaling safety to the body: protein first, micronutrient dense
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