Episode 23: Talking Thyroid and RFA with Jennifer Holkem of "It's Me Jen, Again"

Thyroid Talk with Dr. Angela Mazza, DO

Recorded: Oct. 6, 2023 & Oct. 12, 2023

SHOW NOTES EPISODE 23

RFA & Exclusive Interview of Jennifer Holkem

Host: Dr. Angela Mazza, DO

Co-host: Dawn Sheffield

 

I’m Dr. Angela Mazza, D.O., a thyroid, endocrine, and metabolism specialist with a private practice in Central Florida.  My goal for this podcast is to define and demystify the thyroid gland, and thyroid-related medical conditions.  By providing information in an easy-to-understand format, we hope to help patients better understand the ways in which their bodies work, and to help them thrive.  My goal is to help us live more fulfilling lives by taking control of our health, to feel our best.

 

I do this podcast to provide life-saving education and encourage patients to see a doctor in time to prevent or minimize damage.  That’s deeply fulfilling.  I enjoy helping folks understand how all aspects of their lives are tied to both thyroid and overall health.  In fact, this is why I went into endocrinology.  It’s a medical art that combines science with the study of our lives—and all that they encompass.  

 

To recap just some of what we covered in this episode, not necessarily in this order:

 

·        Today’s show was a world-wide exclusive: the first interview of Jennifer Holkem;

·        Jen’s mission: to educate patients AND providers re: non-surgical options for thyroid nodules; 

·        Why having safe, effective alternatives to thyroid removal is great for many patients;

·        Jen’s dramatic thyroid journey and why she chose RFA for herself;

·        Jen’s podcast, her non-profit, links, citations, and other helpful info streams: see below;

·        And best of all, we learned that we CAN impact our thyroid health!  

Dr. Mazza’s book, Thyroid Talk: An Integrative Guide to Optimal Thyroid Health is now available on Amazon.  As a bonus, there is an online master course related to the book, to help guide you to optimal thyroid health.   For information on being part of the book launch team, and for the chance to write a review early-on, forward your name and email to [e-mail] or our website at metaboliccenterforwellness.com 

 

For information on supplements mentioned in various episodes of this podcast, please visit the Wellness Store at metaboliccenterforwellness.com  

 

Send your comments, show ideas, and questions for future episodes to [e-mail]  We may disclose your general location on air (the city or town, for example), but we will NOT read your name NOR your address on the show.  We reserve the right to edit your input as necessary.  Please stay in touch!  Check out our YouTube channel at: Dr. Angela Mazza; the website at metaboliccenterforwellness.com, as well as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.  Our next episode—number 24—will cover: UNprocessed, processed, and ULTRA-processed food options--and the inflammatory process.

 

Citations, references, additional information for SHOW NOTES:

 

JEN’S CITATIONS AND LINK TREE

https://linktr.ee/itsme_jenagain

Mazza A.  RFA Reduces and Eliminates Thyroid Nodules without Surgery.  Dec. 20, 2021.  https://www.metaboliccenterforwellness.com/post/__rfa

 

Mazza A.  (Host); 2022 M

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