Ep. 30 Thyroid Part 1: Symptoms & Root Causes: What You Need to Know

20-60 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease and up to 60% of those with thyroid disease have no idea. Women are 5-8x more likely to have thyroid issues than men! The chances of this affecting you or someone you know is very high. Your thyroid impacts your breathing, Heart rate, Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems, Body weight, Muscle strength, Menstrual cycles, Body temperature, Cholesterol levels! It’s easy to see why most women who come to me with thyroid issues find themselves dealing with symptoms that they think are unrelated like depression, constipation, hair loss and infertility and they are treating each of these symptoms separately, not realizing there is a deeper imbalance. This episode aims to teach you THYROID 101 so you understand how it works, what the symptoms are, and what some of the root causal factors could be. We’ll be doing a lot more episodes on thyroid so stay tuned!