Elle Russ - Optimising Thyroid Function

This week, I'm excited to welcome Elle Russ back to the podcast. She is the author of Confident As Fu*k and The Paleo Thyroid Solution – a book which has helped thousands of people around the world reclaim their health. She is also the screenwriter of the award-winning documentary film Headhunt Revisited. She has been seen in Entrepreneur, Success Magazine, Podcasting Magazine, Mind Body Green, Prevention, and more. Some questions asked during this episode: What are the symptoms and most common causes of thyroid dysfunction? Does conventional medicine and functional medicine differ in treatment? What are the risks of undiagnosed or mistreated hypothyroidism? https://180nutrition.com.au/ This week I'm excited to welcome Elle Russ to the podcast. Elle is a writer, health coach and host of the Primal Blueprint podcast. She wrote the Paleo Thyroid solution and is quickly becoming the leading voice of thyroid health. In this episode, we discuss all things thyroid. It's role in the body, the most common causes of disfunction, and where to start when wanting to heal. Over to Elle. (01:12) Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition, and I am delighted to welcome Elle Russ to the podcast. Elle, how are you? Elle (01:17) I'm great. How are you? Stu (01:20) Very well, thank you. Very well. Thanks for sharing some of your time. And I know we're on different time... In time zones, so I'm a little bleary-eyed because it's early and I think you've just experienced an earthquake, which you said, so you're probably a little shaken yourself as well. Elle (01:36) I woke up to an earthquake this morning. So I'm thankfully... You're doing better than me right now. Stu (01:42) Okay. So first up, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, please. Elle (01:49) Sure. I'm the number one bestselling author of the Paleo Thyroid Solution and also a book called Confident as FU*K, I'll keep it family friendly. So the two areas, I'm a thyroid expert, accidentally. I suffered for many years and we'll be talking about that. And then also one of my greatest strengths is confidence and self-esteem. So that's another thing that I teach on. So I have courses in both of the books that I write about and also free masterclasses and lots of free information. So if after this and you're listening to the thyroid discussion and you're like, "I don't totally get it, or I want more." Just go to freethyroidmasterclass.com. It's a two-hour video of me getting into the weeds on all of this, and it might shore up anything we might not mention here. So there's lots of free information on my website for everybody to get educated without having to take my course or buy my book. For full interview and transcript: https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/elle-russ-interview/