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The Myths and Misconceptions About Your Thyroid Health with Dr. Eric Balcavage, a Functional Medicine Doctor, Author and Owner of Rejuvagen Center: Episode Rerun

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The Protective Mechanism of Thyroid Issues

A lot of people look at it like, hey, there's something that's damaging the thyroid gland and that's the problem. But I think more in line along the lines of it may be part of that whole protective process. When those cells in danger are in danger, they release particulates out into the bloodstream to activate the immune system. The other thing they do is they release what we call dams. And so when these things are in circulation in the bloodstream, they combine to the thyroid gland.

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