The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast #188 Healing your Thyroid with Dr Amy Gajjar
Burnout and Revitalization
- Dr. Amy Gajjar felt burnt out and unfulfilled in her early GP days in London.
- Moving to Sydney and discovering integrative medicine revitalized her career and improved her health.
Thyroid's Broad Impact
- The thyroid gland, a small organ, has widespread effects throughout the body, impacting metabolism and more.
- It acts as a sensitive indicator of overall health, like a "canary in the coal mine."
Hypothyroidism Symptoms
- Hypothyroidism, or low thyroid function, manifests as fatigue, brain fog, hair loss, and weight issues.
- It's more common in women but can also affect men.
Thyroid conditions. It’s a subject I’m consistently asked about online and one that really requires some understanding of how interconnected our systems are and how you can’t simply ‘eat for your thyroid’ without appreciating the multiple insults to our thyroid glands from lifestyle factors, drugs, toxins, sleep, stress and our wider environment.
This is a hefty subject but my guest on the podcast today Dr Amy Gajjar is an expert with over 2 decades of experience treating patients and a rich understanding of integrative medicine.
Dr Amy is an Integrative Physician (GP) combining Functional Medicine, Coaching, Yoga and an Ayurvedic Lifestyle. She trained at the Imperial College School of Medicine in London and worked as a GP for several years. In Sydney, she has undergone extensive further training and is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and a Board-certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician. Her main interests are thyroid disease, gut health and autoimmunity. She has also completed courses in coaching, NLP, ayurvedic lifestyle, meditation and is a certified hatha and kundalini yoga teacher.
Dr Amy believes in taking a holistic approach to patient care, embracing all aspects of health – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
“Slow butterfly; how healing your thyroid transforms everything” is her first book and hopes to empower people living with Hashimoto’s/Hypothyroidism and inspire them to become the best version of themselves.
By the end of this podcast you should be able to understand what the thyroid gland does, how disruption of the gland can manifest in a variety of vague symptoms, what tests to think about, how to take control of your lifestyle to better manage low thyroid conditions with a practitioner.
We talk about:
The spectrum of thyroid conditions
Why poor thyroid health affects your gut, mood, weight, cholesterol, muscles and more
We focus on Hypothyroid conditions and the differential diagnoses to consider
Why conventional tests and treatment lack a focus on the root cause of issues
The biology of thyroid hormone release from the pituitary gland
Why disruption to normal thyroid hormone release leads to ‘hibernation’ symptoms
Stress, Sleep, Movement, Toxins, Nutrition and Herbs
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