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Hashimoto’s Isn’t Thyroid

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Josh

I literally don't give two rips about the thyroid because this patient doesn't have a thyroid problem. They have an autoimmune problem. Yeah. Their immune system is going crazy. So if you can correct the immune system or enhance it or improve it, then that improves the actual destruction that occurs at the thyroid. Now, if a patient has a low thyroid, I want them to be on thyroid hormones. I'll prescribe thyroid hormones and get their TSH perfect, for sure, because every cell in your body utilizes thyroid hormones for energy. However, if the patient has Hashimoto's, it's a much bigger, more complicated systemic problem. It's not just an isolated thyroid problem, and people are sick and tired of going from doctor to doctor, thinking they just have a thyroid problem, when in reality, they have a much bigger, more complicated immune issue that's never being addressed.

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