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What is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis?
by Dr. Martin Rutherford, DC, CFMP
Dr. Martin Rutherford, DC, CFPM discusses Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and all the little nuances about this disease that make it so difficult to treat. If you would like to schedule a consultation with Dr. Rutherford to review your case visit http://powerhealthconsult.com
Episodes
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Decoding Digestion: Unraveling the Mystery of Gas, Bloating, and Distension - Dr. Martin Rutherford
Today Dr. Martin Rutherford, DC, CFMP dives deep into the issue of gas, bloating, and distension, dispelling common myths and shedding light on what these symptoms might reveal about one's digestive health. He emphasizes that while occasional gas is normal, regular episodes indicate an underlying...
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Importance of Vitamin D - Dr. Martin Rutherford
In the latest episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford discusses the often-underestimated importance of vitamin D in maintaining overall health. He challenges traditional views about vitamin D, highlighting how common outdoor professions often still fall short on this essential vitamin. Dr. Rutherford...
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Is it Hashimoto's or Menopause? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
In this insightful podcast episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford discusses the complex interplay between Hashimoto's disease and menopause. He identifies a trend of women in their late 30s and early 40s being misdiagnosed with early menopause, when in fact they are experiencing symptoms related to...
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Controlling Inflammation With Autoimmunity - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com In this podcast episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford delves into the topic of inflammation and its connection to autoimmunity. The discussion emphasizes that inflammation plays a significant...
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Decoding the Gut-Brain Connection: Insights into Depression and Anxiety
In this episode, Dr. Rutherford delves into the intricate relationship between gut health and mental wellness, specifically focusing on conditions like depression and anxiety. Contradicting traditional medical perspectives, he asserts that these conditions should not be pigeonholed as purely…
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From Table to Thyroid: Salt’s Surprising Role in Hashimoto’s Disease - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Salt, often overlooked, plays a significant role in autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Hashimoto’s. Not only does iodized salt affect thyroid health due to its iodine content, but salt...
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Unraveling the Mystery: Stress, Digestion, and the Battle with SIBO
Today we are delving into the enigmatic world of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). SIBO is a condition where there is an excess of harmful bacteria in the small intestine. Our expert sheds light on the physiology behind SIBO and unravels the mystery of what causes it. Discover how the...
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Is Your Diet Triggering Your Chronic Fatigue, Pain, or Condition? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Is your diet triggering your chronic condition or your chronic pain or your chronic fatigue? So the answer to that is, yeah, for sure, absolutely, there is no question about it. Any of...
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Importance of Managing Stress - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com the importance of managing your stress response. I think people are starting to get that it's important to manage your stress response, a growing problem. I think most... I don't know,...
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Managing a Thyroid Dump - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Managing a Thyroid dump, I'm taking that the person that asked this question means I get an exacerbation. All of a sudden I got thyroid hormones running into my body, and although the...
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Vitiligo and Hashimoto's - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So, vitiligo and Hashimoto's. So, vitiligo's a skin disease. It discolors. Those of you who are looking at this already know that, and there's varying degrees of it. And I'm not sure if...
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Still Having Symptoms Even Though Diet is Clean - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com "I'm eating as well as a human being can possibly eat, but I'm still having my Hashimoto's symptoms." And I actually see this a lot. I see it a lot now, because in the day when we first...
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Can a Concussion Cause Hashimoto's? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So today's topic is can a concussion cause Hashimoto's? So the answer to that is it can trigger Hashimoto's. So Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease. People who are looking at this...
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Hashimoto's and Exercise Intolerance - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's exercise intolerance or exercising too much. So this is a topic that I have to address quite frequently. One of the main reasons is to my right, and if I point this way…
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Are My Supplements Working? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Are My Supplements Working? And this is one that, when presented to me, I was actually excited about doing because this is a challenge. I work in a field in which we use diet, lifestyle...
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Hashimoto's with No Thyroid? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Can I get Hashimoto's if I wasn't born with a thyroid? So the answer to that is I don't know exactly for sure the answer to that because I've never met anybody who's been born without a...
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Medication for Hashimoto's - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com There's no medication specifically for Hashimoto's. There are medications in and around Hashimoto's, so I'll go with that. The number one medication that is used, mostly by alternative...
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Hashimoto's and COVID - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and COVID. So, we're going to take this from the perspective of what I'm observing, not from "I'm the expert of the universe", or I don't have any axes to grind here, so…
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Glyphosates and Hashimoto's - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Okay, so I've just been informed that somehow we have not covered glyphosates in Hashimoto's. I'm not sure that's a hundred percent correct because it is on my list of the... Well, when…
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Why Does Hashimoto's Cause Fatigue? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Why does Hashimoto's cause fatigue? Because, it's your thyroid, that's why. So, your thyroid is... It's funny, I was involved with a group years ago that was in the early stages of…
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Are Hashimoto's and IBS Related? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Are IBS and Hashimoto's related? The answer is yes. Irritable bowel syndrome, that is when you have intermittent constipation and diarrhea. You can have where it is more IBS-C, which is...
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3 Things To Focus On If You Have Hashimoto's - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So we're going to go today with the three main things you need to focus on if you have Hashimoto's. Why three? Okay because there's like 40 triggers, and we have these triggers in some…
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Can Hashimoto's Cause Anxiety? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com "Can Hashimoto's cause anxiety?" Oh, yeah. Hashimoto's and anxiety are like this. It's my position, I practice functional neurology. I've been in functional medicine practically from…
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Does Hashimoto's Cause Insomnia? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Does Hashimoto's cause insomnia? Oh, yeah. We have a questionnaire that we have people fill out to 289 questions, one of the sections is on hyperthyroid symptoms. So, it has anxiety and...
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Is it Lyme Disease or Hashimoto's? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Is it Lyme disease or Hashimoto's? I'm going to do this, even though a lot of you are going to be saying bad things about me afterwards. There's a culture out there, and that's how I...
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Hashimoto's Is Not a Thyroid Problem! - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's is not primarily a thyroid problem. Hashimoto's technically is not a thyroid problem, at least not first. It is a problem of your thyroid secondarily. The initial problem is...
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Are Hashimoto's and Other Autoimmune Diseases Genetic? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Are Hashimoto's and other autoimmunes genetic? The answer appears to be yes. It's funny. We just got this and I was just reading about this earlier this week just coincidentally. In a...
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How Often to Test for Hashimoto's? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com How often should you test for Hashimoto's? So, that's really an excellent question. So it assumes, I think that the patient already has Hashimoto's, all right. And so if you don't have...
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How is Hashimoto's Diagnosed? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com The subject today is how Hashimoto's disease is being diagnosed and that's so basic to what I do every day for a living and yet when I heard this question, a million things went through...
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Hashimoto's and Lifestyle Changes - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and lifestyle changes. I like this. I like this topic because it's so underappreciated, it's astonishing. And I think it's because Hashimoto's is still kind of…
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Hashimoto's and Memory Issues - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and memory problems. It is a rare Hashimoto's patient that comes in here that doesn't write down memory as part of their clinical picture, and Hashimoto's can play a huge…
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Hashimoto's and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So we're going to talk about Hashimoto's and PCOS today. Apparently there's a lot of people who are interested in that topic. And I would say with good reason. I don't think there's a...
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There Is No Silver Bullet When Treating Hashimoto's - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So today, we're going to do There is No Silver Bullet for Hashimoto's and oh, how that I wish there was. Okay, so I don't know, today, there's a lot of marketing going on. There is the...
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Hashimoto's and Brain Fog - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So I've just been told that we haven't done a presentation yet on Hashimoto's and brain fog. I don't know how that's possible because it's literally one of the top three symptoms. It's...
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Hashimoto's and the Carnivore Diet - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Okay, so today we're going to talk about the carnivore diet, specifically, and Hashimoto's. So, the carnivore diet. So, background. Okay, I'll tell you what I share with my patients.…
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Food Sensitivities and Hashimoto's - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Food sensitivities and Hashimoto's. Food sensitivities are... I think they're becoming much, much, much more appreciated. I have patients coming in, going, "I want my food sensitivities...
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What Is The Optimal TSH Level? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com what is the optimal TSH level? I don't think anybody knows. I really don't, but here's the back story on that. When I got into this, so there's a medical lab range and it's better known...
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Hashimoto's and Blood Sugar - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and blood sugar today, because I think this is a really important subject. And I think the main reason it's so important is because somebody just turned it off going, "I…
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Hashimoto's and SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. I assume most of you know that, or probably wouldn't be clicking on Hashimoto's and SIBO. It's one of those very important things to know...
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Hashimoto's and Birth Control Pills - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and birth control pills. It could be Hashimoto's sex hormone binding globulin and birth control pills, and you'll see why in a second here. Okay. So birth control pills. I…
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Hashimoto's and Fibromyalgia - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and fibromyalgia. Again, this is a topic that I'm very familiar with because I started out in functional medicine as one of the earlier functional medicine practitioners…
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Hashimoto's and Macular Degeneration - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and macular degeneration. So I can't say that I've studied this a lot, but you'll see why. You'll understand why here in a second. So I've treated Hashimoto's for a long…
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Going Gluten Free Did Not Help My Hashimoto's - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and gluten-free didn't help. So I have probably heard this hundreds of times, and the problem is that gluten is the number-one trigger for autoimmune thyroid disease. In…
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Hashimoto's Treatment After Thyroidectomy - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's treatment after thyroidectomy. Like anything else with the human body, nothing is as straightforward as you'd like it to be. So the theory is, and again, it depends on why…
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Hashimoto's and Low Dose Naltrexone - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Low dose naltrexone, LDN, and Hashimoto's. So I don't use low dose naltrexone for Hashimoto's and one of the main reasons is I'm not a medical doctor. I'm a chiropractor by... That's…
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Hashimoto's and Chronic Fatigue - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and chronic fatigue. So years and years and years ago, I was part of a group that was one of the earliest groups in functional medicine and chronic fatigue was the issue. It...
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Follow TSH Not TPO - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Follow TSH not TPO. This came up a couple of times in the past couple of weeks when I had patients that I reevaluated their thyroid hormones and they were a little upset because I…
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Can Childbirth Cause Hashimoto's? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Can child birth cause Hashimoto’s? So the short answer is yes. The longer answer is, here’s how that happens. Okay. So the answer is yes. I would… In my patient population over the…
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Best Medication For Hashimoto's? - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So the topic today is the best medications for Hashimoto's. And I'm assuming that the question is relevant to hormone replacement therapy and for thyroid. And this is a great question…
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Hashimoto's and Low Libido - Dr. Martin Rutherford
For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and low libido, and I'm largely talking to women on this because it's a lot different between women and men. Frankly, 97% of my practice is women and so I'm very much more...
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Dr. Martin Rutherford, DC, CFPM discusses Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and all the little nuances about this disease that make it so difficult to treat. If you would like to schedule a consultation with Dr. Rutherford to review your case visit http://powerhealthconsult.com
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