Do you know how your thyroid turbocharges your metabolism? What can throw your thyroid off balance, and how can you reclaim control? Are you ready to supercharge your thyroid with easy-to-adopt lifestyle shifts?
In this solo episode, Philip (@witsandweights) explores the intricate world of thyroid health and its impact on metabolism. He discusses the thyroid’s functions and the symptoms of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism and then identifies the root causes and triggers of thyroid dysfunction, providing a comprehensive understanding of this critical gland.
Philip also shares practical, evidence-based strategies for supporting thyroid health, from lifestyle and nutrition adjustments to supplementation. Whether you’re battling hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s, or hyperthyroidism, this episode will help move you in the direction of healing and optimizing your thyroid from the inside out.
It's important to remember that the information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and should NOT be considered medical advice. If you suspect an underlying medical or hormonal issue, it's always best to consult your doctor or medical practitioner.
Tune in to discover how to boost your metabolism and get the body you deserve for your efforts. Don’t let your thyroid sabotage your health and fat-loss efforts any longer!
Today, you’ll learn all about:
4:00 What is the thyroid and its functions
6:54 Symptoms of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
9:37 Identifying the root causes and triggers of thyroid dysfunction
11:36 Lifestyle and nutrition adjustments to support your thyroid
22:07 Supplements for thyroid support
25:56 Outro
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Philip Pape (00:00):
Is your thyroid sabotaging your health and fat
loss efforts? If you're dealingwith stubborn pounds, relentless
fatigue and brain fog that justwon't quit. Your thyroid might
be the hidden culprit. The goodnews is you have the power to
take control of your thyroidhealth, and finally feel like
yourself again. Today I'm givingyou the ultimate evidence based
blueprint to nourish yourthyroid, balance your hormones
(00:22):
and reclaim that vitality.
Whether you're battlinghypothyroidism, Hashimotos or
hyperthyroidism. This episodewill give you the tools you need
to heal from the inside out andnaturally heal and optimize your
thyroid, boost your metabolismand get the body you deserve for
your efforts. Welcome to thewit's end weights podcast. I'm
your host, Philip pape, and thistwice a week podcast is
(00:45):
dedicated to helping you achievephysical self mastery by getting
stronger. Optimizing yournutrition and upgrading your
body composition will uncoverscience backed strategies for
movement, metabolism, muscle andmindset with a skeptical eye on
the fitness industryso you can look and feel your
absolute best. Let's dive rightin Whitson weights community
(01:06):
Welcome to another solo episodeof The Whitson weights podcast
in our last episode 175. The bigis beautiful movement, obesity
and heart health with Dr.
Tiffany DiPietro. We discusssome of the myths surrounding
heart disease like the idea thatit's only a man's disease, or
you must have symptoms to have aproblem. Tiffany shared her best
(01:27):
practices for nutrition andexercise to maintain a healthy
heart and effective ways toprevent cardiovascular issues.
And we stepped into theminefield of the biggest
beautiful movement by asking thequestion Can big also be
healthy. Today for episode 176Heal your thyroid to boost your
metabolism. Even with Hashimotosor hyper or hypothyroidism.
(01:50):
We'll discover and explore whatyour thyroid actually does break
down the different types ofthyroid dysfunction and dive
into the root causes behindthyroid issues. And of course,
I'll give you concrete evidencebased strategies to support your
thyroid through nutrition,lifestyle and targeted
supplementation with the rightapproach, you can definitely get
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your thyroid functioning at itsbest, so you can get back to
feeling like yourself again. Butbefore we dive into the details,
I want to remind you that thisinformation is for educational
purposes only and not medicaladvice. Always consult with your
doctor or medical practitionerif you suspect there is an
underlying medical or hormonalissue. Now most of this episode
was delivered as a livetraining, where I took questions
(02:33):
from the audience and integratedthem into the episode, I decided
to give away one of the bonusesthat I gave to those who
attended to thank you you as apodcast listener for following
the show. And that bonus is afree heal your thyroid guide
that you can download using thelink in my show notes. Again, if
you want to download your FREEheal your thyroid guide that
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goes with this episode, go tothe episode resources in my show
notes. All right, let's get intotoday's topic, kill your thyroid
to boost your metabolism, evenwith Hashimotos or hyper
hypothyroidism. All right, weare talking about healing your
thyroid naturally because weknow how important the thyroid
is for your metabolism and manyother things. We also know that
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many people women especiallyespecially in Peri and post
menopause tend to face morethyroid issues or dysfunctions
or things that presentthemselves as thyroid issues.
And I think it's reallyimportant to understand true
dysfunction from symptoms andthings that we could actually do
something about. So in today'straining, we're going to explore
what your thyroid actually does,we're gonna break down the
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different types of thyroiddysfunction, dive into the root
causes behind the thyroidissues. And then I'm gonna give
you some concrete evidence basedstrategies to support your
thyroid, through nutrition,lifestyle and targeted
supplementation. So if you havethe right approach, you can
definitely get your thyroidfunctioning at its best and get
back to feeling like yourself.
Again, let's jump into it.
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Starting with what the thyroidis, okay, the thyroid gland is
pretty small, but it's verycritical to everything. It is a
butterfly shaped gland in yourneck that produces hormones that
regulate metabolism, energylevels, body temperature, and
some other functions. So whenyour thyroid is under
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functioning, it can then lead tolots of other frustrating
symptoms that we're going totalk about in a bit. But things
like fatigue, brain fog, whatmany of you are concerned about
which is either weight gain orfrustrating inability to lose
weight and a lot more symptomsthan that? And maybe you're
struggling with some of theseissues yourself or you're
suspecting that your thyroidcould be the culprit. And the
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reality is that the thyroiddisorders are incredibly common,
whether they are the root causeor they are caused by the
lifestyle choices, especiallythings like hypothyroidism and
Hashimotos, which is the autoimmune In a form of
hypothyroidism, but so manypeople go undiagnosed, so many
people struggle to manage theirsymptoms, even with medication.
(05:07):
I've worked with many a clientwho has had one of these
conditions. And once we start tofix or change just a few key
areas of their behaviors, theirlifestyle, oftentimes they, the
issues either get resolved, orthey're able to significantly
reduce any sort of treatment ormedications for them. So that's
what I want to do today, I wantto power you with the
information and action steps tooptimize your thyroid health,
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whether it is a diagnosedcondition, or you just want to
give your thyroid some love. Sowhat does the thyroid actually
do? Well, it produces twohormones, you've probably heard
of these T four, and T three,I'm going to try to pronounce
them it's thyroxin. That's Tfour and T three is tri
iodothyronine. So try to saythat three times fast. T four is
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the inactive form has to beconverted to T three, which is
the active form to do its job.
So you've probably heard of Tfour to T three, or Yeah, T four
to T three conversion. So thesehormones, think of them like the
master controllers of yourmetabolism. They regulate how
fast or slow your cells useenergy. And then that affects
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all the other things downstreamlike your weight, your body
temperature, your heart rate,your digestion, your mood, your
brain function, that's why itcan cause so many different
symptoms. So when your thyroidis under functioning, right, we
call that sluggish thyroid, wecall it hypo thyroidism, the
extreme autoimmune form of thatbeing Hashimotos. Which by the
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way, I'm not going to get intotoo much into Hashimotos in
detail, but typically Hashimotosfrom a from a medical standpoint
means you have an inflamed,physically inflamed thyroid, but
there can be a spectrum ofsymptoms and bloodwork and
things that tell you that youhave Hashimotos. So common
symptoms of hypothyroidism. Ifyou have a decent amount of the
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symptoms working together,right, or one or more of the
symptoms, you may have an issuewith your thyroid, but I don't
want anybody to kind of freakout that any of these in and of
themselves means you have asluggish thyroid, but things
like fatigue and sluggishness,brain fog, difficulty
concentrating the big one weightgain or difficulty losing
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weight, you feel like even whenyou go into a diet or in a
calorie deficit, the weight juststops going down eat despite
cutting, cutting, cuttingcalories in tolerance to cold,
dry skin and hair, hair loss,constipation, muscle aches,
weakness, depressed mood, awhole bunch of things. And for
those of you watching the videoactually have a long list here.
This is what I use, sometimeswith clients just to see if
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symptomatically thyroid might besomething to look at, which
would then lead to other thingslike blood, blood and lab work.
So those are the symptoms ofhypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism,
that's your overactive thyroidhas a shorter list of symptoms,
but still important. Anxiety,rapid heartbeat, weight loss,
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and diarrhea would be some ofthose most of what we're talking
to today, generally is with Hypothyroidism. And so when we talk
about the dysfunction of thethyroid, and what causes it, the
most common cause is Hashimotos.
It's an autoimmune condition,where the immune system
mistakenly attacks the thyroidgland, and then you get some
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inflammation as well. And overtime, this can cause the thyroid
to under function. Otherpotential causes are nutrient
deficiencies, potentially lowiodine, low selenium, we'll get
into some of those specifically,certain medications. Of course,
pregnancy and postpartum changescan cause temporary dysfunction
in the thyroid, and then ifyou're getting treatment for
hyperthyroidism, and it's it maybe because of the dosage it can
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cause, you know, the oppositereaction to occur. So no matter
what's causing it, what we wantto focus on here, what I focus
on with with clients all thetime is, how can we give our
thyroid some love in a naturalway, so that we kind of take out
all of the factors of lifestyle,and then whatever's left may
lead you to go down other routesof investigation, working with a
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medical practitioner orfunctional medical practitioner
or, or what have you. So thethree are, number one, reducing
inflammation and immunedysfunction. Number two is
providing the raw materials toproduce thyroid hormones. And
then number three is supportingconversion of T four to active T
three, and none of these aregoing to be complicated. The
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idea here is that the lifestylechanges we talk about will
support these, you don't have toworry about necessarily getting
super specific on any one ofthese per se. Let's break down
the first one, which isidentifying and addressing your
personal root causes or triggersof dysfunction because this is
very individualized. Andeveryone's different things that
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cause potential thyroiddysfunction or underperformance
are different, but going downthe list food sensitivities, so
if you are in such a sensitiveor intolerant to anything
really, you know, gluten, dairy,soy, those tend to be the big
culprits. But there are womenwho have thyroid dysfunction
that can eat gluten just fine,right? So don't assume that
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these are quote unquote,inflammatory, it's really going
to depend on your individualresponse, nutrient deficiencies,
the Big Four iodine, selenium,zinc, and iron. But there are
others on the list, such asvitamin D, that could come into
play gut issues. And this ismainly with people who have
made, they may not have a verydiverse diet, they may not have
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much fiber, they may not havemany plants in their diet,
things like that. All the samethings that lead to poor micro
microbiome diversity in thefirst place, which everybody
should be concerned about.
Anyway, given how important thegut is. But again, I don't want
to go down the controversialroutes like leaky gut and stuff
like that, we're just talkingabout supporting your digestive
system in a healthy way. Chronicstress, of course, is a culprit
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behind lots of issues when wetalk about health and fitness,
environmental toxins, again, I'mnot going to get into too much
detail on that. But there's,there's plenty of evidence out
there that certain exposure tothings both in the food and the
environment can definitely havean impact on your endocrine
system and your hormones andyour various glands. Certain
medications, of course, again,I'm not going to get into
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details on those and thenpregnancy and post partum
changes to actually pinpointroot causes is very difficult,
right. And so we focus on theactivities that support your
thyroid, if you want to go thatnext step, and you work with a
coach, again, or a doctor orfunctional practitioner, those
are different ways to get downto the root cause. All right,
continuing on here. So now weget to the fun stuff. What do we
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what can we do about it? That's,that's what I'm here to talk
about. What can we do with yournutrition and lifestyle to
start, you know, supporting thatthyroid, some of the most
powerful dietary changes aregoing to be removing any food
that's just not working for you.
And the word inflammatory canget can get dicey. It can get
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dicey when we use language, I'musing it in the context of you
eat it, and you have some sortof negative response in terms of
biofeedback or thyroid functionor your metabolic rate or
something. And you know, fromtracking, and looking at the
before, and after that it hassome negative effects that you
don't like. And it might helpyou to exclude that food. We're
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not talking about restrictivedieting, we're talking about
individualizing your diet, andstill having everything else in
there that you know you enjoy,and that supports you. So these
could include gluten, dairy, soysugar, whatever. My suggestion
is, either eliminate one thatyou suspect to be the issue for
a few weeks and track anddocument how you feel and your
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biofeedback and everything else.
And and see if that indeed was aculprit. The other slightly more
extreme approach is do anelimination diet, right? Cut out
a whole list of things, which isvery difficult, I will admit
it's very difficult, it's notfun. And you do that for again,
like a month or a few weeks, andthen you start reintroducing one
at a time to see if one thingjust causes your symptoms to get
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worse. And again, we're talkingabout symptoms, all the symptoms
we talked about earlier ifsymptoms go away, because you
remove a food, that's a goodsign.
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healthiest version of yourself.
Now back to the show.
The second thing is eatingnutrient dense Whole Foods,
right? We always talk about 8020At least 80% of your foods are
nutrient dense foods. But forthyroid specifically there are
certain nutrients we want tojust be aware of. And we can
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take two approaches here. Oneapproach is you just have a very
diverse diet full of animal andplant products or if you're not,
you know if you're not anomnivore plant products but It's
diverse. And by diverse I meannot just different types of
foods, but oftentimes evenmultiple types of the same food,
for example, multiple types ofapples. So you get different
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pectin compounds and thedifferent skins of the apple,
you know, kind of eating like wewould have naturally back in the
day when you had a lot morediversity in your diet. So, if
we specifically dial in onnutrients that come up with
thyroid, the first one isIodine, that would include
things like dairy products andeggs. Also fish especially white
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fish, cod, tuna, haddock, thingslike that. And seaweed. So I
recently spoke to somebody whowho mentioned there's a like a
powdered seaweed you can get,but of course there's different
forms of seaweed you canpurchase in the store but if for
convenience, there is a powderedform you can like sprinkle on
food, so kelp Nori, will kamithings like that. Selenium,
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we're talking Brazil nuts. Imean, just a couple of Brazil
nuts a day is probablysufficient. Seafood like shrimp
sardines, salmon, you know,meat, beef, turkey, chicken has
selenium and whole grains aswell. Brown rice and oats have
selenium. So there are a lot offoods that have selenium, zinc,
oysters is the big one peopletalk about but I know a lot of
people don't regularly consumeoysters, but they are high in
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zinc, shellfish, like crab andlobster. Various types of meat
have zinc, pumpkin seeds arehigh in zinc, and then legumes,
like chickpeas, lentils andbeans. You gotta get the theme
here. Let's let's havediversity. Let's Let's eat a lot
of different things, especiallyplants in there. And then iron,
you got red meat, of coursepoultry and fish and a lot of
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iron, especially sardines andmackerel, spinach, legumes like
lentils, and beans. Okay, so Ijust gave you a whole bunch of
ideas for food. And by the way,I have the guide that you're
gonna get for this. I believe Iinclude all those food sources
in there. But if not, I'm goingto take a note to beef that up.
Pun intended. Alright, numberthree, prioritizing your gut
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health. So I mentioned beforehaving diverse sources of fiber,
that's really where I want youto focus. Yeah, bone broth. And
all these other things are nice,but I think having like
fermented foods, a variety offruits and vegetables, different
types of the same, for example,not just yellow squash, but also
zucchini, not just red deliciousapples, but you know, Granny
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Smith, and all of whatever typesthere are, you know, go and have
fun in the grocery store andfind things you've never had
before buy them and throw themin your food, really have a
diverse source, have adequateamount of fiber, and that can go
a long way toward helping withyour gut health and digestion.
All right, protein is a huge onefor everyone. I mean, this would
have this on every list.
Basically, if you know you'rebuilding muscle, you're trying
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to support your hormones, you'retrying to stabilize your blood
sugar, you're trying to feel forwhatever the reason improve your
body composition. Protein tendsto help in all those realms. And
we're aiming for about pointseven to one gram per pound of
body weight, you know, the onegram per pound is on the high
end, if you can at least get tothat point seven years pretty
good shape most of the time. Sothat's what I would aim for. And
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then finally, don't fear carbs,right? complex carbs are great,
but but really any carbs, butcomplex carbs from whole foods
like sweet potatoes, fruit,rice, they tend to support your
hormones. I mean, there's someevidence that links these foods
to T four to T three conversion.
Again, I don't put too muchstock into that because now
we're trying to get sobiohacking to that level. I
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think just including all ofthese things on a regular basis
is a practical way to do this. Iwant to talk about intermittent
fasting, because I know there'sa lot of curiosity about it.
There's a lot of controversy.
The truth is, there's a mixedbag when it comes to
intermittent fasting. There areexperts who make claims like it
reduces inflammation improvesinsulin sensitivity, stimulates
cellular cleanup, and all ofthese could benefit the thyroid,
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but the evidence is mixed onwhether you can actually tease
out these results fromintermittent fasting and prolong
fasting can be a stressor,right? So we really have to make
our choices when it comes tofasting work for us. Not
necessarily because it's goingto help the thyroid because it
could backfire. And actually,you know, cause more issues than
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it helps. You know, fasting candisrupt things your HPA access
your cortisol, all that thosethings, maybe right, and maybe
interfere with the conversion ofT four to T three. So I just
would recommend avoidingaggressive fasting protocols if
you have a thyroid condition andjust eating in a way that works
for you. And if you want toexperiment with fasting, go
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right ahead. I'm a big fan ofexperimentation. Now, the
reality of fasting is well Ialready mentioned as a stressor
it could help with, you know, ifyou're in a fat loss phase and
calories are tight or low. Itcan help you tighten that
feeding window so it's morepractical to get into calories
with fewer meals. It could helpwith your lifestyle. If you have
an schedule that lines up betterthat way. Just pay attention to
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your body signals right. Payattention to fatigue due to cold
sensitivity, hair loss, likeany, any of the symptoms of
thyroid that come into thateither go up or down depending
on what actions you're taking.
And as always, you know, onceyou've, once you've done these
things, and you still havesymptoms, you can always go down
the route of working with, witha doctor or medical
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practitioner. Yeah, so my basic,my basic thing with intermittent
fasting is it depends depends onif works for you don't buy into
the hype or the claims. There'salways truth somewhere in the
middle. All right, the nextthing is lifestyle. Again,
you're not going to besurprised, but a lot of the
lifestyle factors are the samelifestyle factors that anybody
would want to incorporate for ahealthy lifestyle, you know,
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getting enough sleep managingyour stress, regular exercise
movement training, you know,high cortisol from chronic
stress can wreak havoc acrossthe board, including with t 43.
Conversion with your thyroid, asit does help down regulate many
hormones when you don't getenough sleep or you have too
much stress. So aim for thatseven or nine hours of sleep
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focused on high quality, knowthat a lack of sleep has been
shown to cause additionalstorage in the belly, right?
visceral fat storage has beenshown to worsen body composition
outcomes, meaning if you ate thesame amount of calories, a group
that was sleep deprived mightgain more fat and lose some
muscle relative to a group thathas sufficient sleep. Safe,
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super powerful, stress, reducingstress with practices that work
for you, whether it's breathing,meditation, yoga, being in
nature, doing stuff you enjoy.
And then for movement, ofcourse, a mix of strength
training and low intensitycardio, like walking tends to be
ideal. Many of my clients whohave had hormonal issues,
they're just doing too much,they are doing too much cardio
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chronic cardio, right? It'sexcessive, and it was stressing
your body out. So you've got alot going on, you're in your
life, most likely, when you'renow trying to squeeze every
ounce of time out for some formof exercise that can be a
stressor. So lifting weightsthree, at least three days a
week, and then walking a bunchis a decent mix. If you want to
add more cardio in there justdoing strategically, okay,
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supplements now this is the oneI was very hesitant to, to get
too much into on because there'sa lot of snake oil out there.
And, you know, my opinion, whenit comes to supplements is
you're just trying to fill inthe gaps. I mean, other than
performance supplements for likelifting, we're going to keep
that off the table right now,for thyroid support, we're
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really just saying supportingyour nutrients where you might
have gaps, that you're notgetting through food or what
have you. And especially theones that we know are associated
with thyroid health. Soselenium, these are things that
you could supplement. And again,work with a practitioner because
something like zinc, if you havetoo much zinc and not enough
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copper, there can be animbalance there. There's all
sorts of dependencies betweendifferent supplements. So I'm
not recommending these, I'm justsaying consider do your
research, talk to a qualifiedprofessional and really figure
out based on testing and basedon you whether you need any of
these right, vitamin D thymi, B12. Magnesium, I recommend to
most people anyway, because Ithink we're generally deficient.
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And it helps with things likesleep and a little bit with
stress as well. And thenHashimotos there's this other
there's something called Myoinositol, which is and I did
some research into this, it doesseem to reduce some of the
antibodies associated with thethyroid condition, you know, the
autoimmune condition, andstabilizes the TS TSH. So again,
you have Hashimotos, I assumeyou're working with a
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practitioner on that anyway. Sothat's it for supplements,
again, I would focus on gettingit from food and then test for
deficiencies and thenpotentially look into
supplementation. So the bottomline here is it didn't take as
long as I thought is nourishingyour thyroid is as important as
nourishing any of your otherparts of your body when it comes
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to hormones. But it particularlyaffects could affect your
weight, your energy, your mood,your brain, all of these things.
And I think these are simplechanges. And if there are any
opportunities here, I would takethe time, my suggestion is
identify one opportunity on thislist, and I'm gonna send you the
guide and I'm gonna send youthis replay so you can review it
again, just one opportunity toimprove your nutrition or your
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lifestyle from what I sharetoday. Second thing is get
bloodwork and other testingpossibly through a functional
medical practitioner,potentially a full thyroid
panel, you know, TPO and TGantibodies, micronutrient
testing, gi map, things likethat, whatever you feel like you
need to go to that next level.
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And then of course, the otheroption is join our Whitson
weights physique university, youknow, I would say this. It's a
semi private group coachingprogram where you can get some
support and accountability towork on some of these issues.
Adding a VA right So Camillesays adding a variety of fiber.
Yeah, it's huge, right? Becausewe think of fiber as this one
thing, but it's actually verydiverse. You know, type of
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carbohydrate with differenttypes. And then there's
fermented and there's thedifferent. There's lectins, and
pectins. And all thesecompounds. There's a whole
variety out there. I always wantto plug macro factor for you
guys. Because if you're notalready tracking your food, and
you want to track not only yourmacros and calories, but you
want to track fiber andmicronutrients, they have a way
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to do that in the app, it's morethan a food blogger, right, it
also tracks your metabolism. Soit's a good way to see if your
thyroid is responding as well.
For example, if you're in a fatloss phase, and you now your
metabolism is a bit moreresponsive, it doesn't, it
doesn't tank as much as what Ioften see with individuals with
thyroid conditions, it tends toadapt faster. You know, you can
use that before and after tocompare and see if what you're
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doing is working for you. I'mgoing to throw a video in the
chat. It's a YouTube video youguys can take with you. That
explains how to download and setit up. Alright, I hope you
enjoyed that training about howto heal your thyroid naturally.
And don't forget to downloadyour FREE heal your thyroid
guide using the link in my shownotes or by going to Whitson
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weights.com/free That's Whitsonweights.com/free or use the link
in my show notes to download thedetailed companion guide to this
episode. No matter where you areon your thyroid journey.
Remember, you have the power totake control of your health.
Always advocate for yourself,educate yourself and never give
up on feeling your best. Okay inour next episode 177 How anatomy
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Is your thyroid sabotaging your health and fat
loss efforts? If you're dealingwith stubborn pounds, relentless
fatigue and brain fog that justwon't quit. Your thyroid might
be the hidden culprit. The goodnews is you have the power to
take control of your thyroidhealth, and finally feel like
yourself again. Today I'm givingyou the ultimate evidence based
blueprint to nourish yourthyroid, balance your hormones
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and reclaim that vitality.
Whether you're battlinghypothyroidism, Hashimotos or
hyperthyroidism. This episodewill give you the tools you need
to heal from the inside out andnaturally heal and optimize your
thyroid, boost your metabolismand get the body you deserve for
your efforts. Welcome to thewit's end weights podcast. I'm
your host, Philip pape, and thistwice a week podcast is
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dedicated to helping you achievephysical self mastery by getting
stronger. Optimizing yournutrition and upgrading your
body composition will uncoverscience backed strategies for
movement, metabolism, muscle andmindset with a skeptical eye on
the fitness industryso you can look and feel your
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Welcome to another solo episodeof The Whitson weights podcast
in our last episode 175. The bigis beautiful movement, obesity
and heart health with Dr.
Tiffany DiPietro. We discusssome of the myths surrounding
heart disease like the idea thatit's only a man's disease, or
you must have symptoms to have aproblem. Tiffany shared her best
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practices for nutrition andexercise to maintain a healthy
heart and effective ways toprevent cardiovascular issues.
And we stepped into theminefield of the biggest
beautiful movement by asking thequestion Can big also be
healthy. Today for episode 176Heal your thyroid to boost your
metabolism. Even with Hashimotosor hyper or hypothyroidism.
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We'll discover and explore whatyour thyroid actually does break
down the different types ofthyroid dysfunction and dive
into the root causes behindthyroid issues. And of course,
I'll give you concrete evidencebased strategies to support your
thyroid through nutrition,lifestyle and targeted
supplementation with the rightapproach, you can definitely get
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your thyroid functioning at itsbest, so you can get back to
feeling like yourself again. Butbefore we dive into the details,
I want to remind you that thisinformation is for educational
purposes only and not medicaladvice. Always consult with your
doctor or medical practitionerif you suspect there is an
underlying medical or hormonalissue. Now most of this episode
was delivered as a livetraining, where I took questions
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from the audience and integratedthem into the episode, I decided
to give away one of the bonusesthat I gave to those who
attended to thank you you as apodcast listener for following
the show. And that bonus is afree heal your thyroid guide
that you can download using thelink in my show notes. Again, if
you want to download your FREEheal your thyroid guide that
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goes with this episode, go tothe episode resources in my show
notes. All right, let's get intotoday's topic, kill your thyroid
to boost your metabolism, evenwith Hashimotos or hyper
hypothyroidism. All right, weare talking about healing your
thyroid naturally because weknow how important the thyroid
is for your metabolism and manyother things. We also know that
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many people women especiallyespecially in Peri and post
menopause tend to face morethyroid issues or dysfunctions
or things that presentthemselves as thyroid issues.
And I think it's reallyimportant to understand true
dysfunction from symptoms andthings that we could actually do
something about. So in today'straining, we're going to explore
what your thyroid actually does,we're gonna break down the
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different types of thyroiddysfunction, dive into the root
causes behind the thyroidissues. And then I'm gonna give
you some concrete evidence basedstrategies to support your
thyroid, through nutrition,lifestyle and targeted
supplementation. So if you havethe right approach, you can
definitely get your thyroidfunctioning at its best and get
back to feeling like yourself.
Again, let's jump into it.
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Starting with what the thyroidis, okay, the thyroid gland is
pretty small, but it's verycritical to everything. It is a
butterfly shaped gland in yourneck that produces hormones that
regulate metabolism, energylevels, body temperature, and
some other functions. So whenyour thyroid is under
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functioning, it can then lead tolots of other frustrating
symptoms that we're going totalk about in a bit. But things
like fatigue, brain fog, whatmany of you are concerned about
which is either weight gain orfrustrating inability to lose
weight and a lot more symptomsthan that? And maybe you're
struggling with some of theseissues yourself or you're
suspecting that your thyroidcould be the culprit. And the
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reality is that the thyroiddisorders are incredibly common,
whether they are the root causeor they are caused by the
lifestyle choices, especiallythings like hypothyroidism and
Hashimotos, which is the autoimmune In a form of
hypothyroidism, but so manypeople go undiagnosed, so many
people struggle to manage theirsymptoms, even with medication.
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I've worked with many a clientwho has had one of these
conditions. And once we start tofix or change just a few key
areas of their behaviors, theirlifestyle, oftentimes they, the
issues either get resolved, orthey're able to significantly
reduce any sort of treatment ormedications for them. So that's
what I want to do today, I wantto power you with the
information and action steps tooptimize your thyroid health,
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whether it is a diagnosedcondition, or you just want to
give your thyroid some love. Sowhat does the thyroid actually
do? Well, it produces twohormones, you've probably heard
of these T four, and T three,I'm going to try to pronounce
them it's thyroxin. That's Tfour and T three is tri
iodothyronine. So try to saythat three times fast. T four is
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the inactive form has to beconverted to T three, which is
the active form to do its job.
So you've probably heard of Tfour to T three, or Yeah, T four
to T three conversion. So thesehormones, think of them like the
master controllers of yourmetabolism. They regulate how
fast or slow your cells useenergy. And then that affects
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all the other things downstreamlike your weight, your body
temperature, your heart rate,your digestion, your mood, your
brain function, that's why itcan cause so many different
symptoms. So when your thyroidis under functioning, right, we
call that sluggish thyroid, wecall it hypo thyroidism, the
extreme autoimmune form of thatbeing Hashimotos. Which by the
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way, I'm not going to get intotoo much into Hashimotos in
detail, but typically Hashimotosfrom a from a medical standpoint
means you have an inflamed,physically inflamed thyroid, but
there can be a spectrum ofsymptoms and bloodwork and
things that tell you that youhave Hashimotos. So common
symptoms of hypothyroidism. Ifyou have a decent amount of the
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symptoms working together,right, or one or more of the
symptoms, you may have an issuewith your thyroid, but I don't
want anybody to kind of freakout that any of these in and of
themselves means you have asluggish thyroid, but things
like fatigue and sluggishness,brain fog, difficulty
concentrating the big one weightgain or difficulty losing
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weight, you feel like even whenyou go into a diet or in a
calorie deficit, the weight juststops going down eat despite
cutting, cutting, cuttingcalories in tolerance to cold,
dry skin and hair, hair loss,constipation, muscle aches,
weakness, depressed mood, awhole bunch of things. And for
those of you watching the videoactually have a long list here.
This is what I use, sometimeswith clients just to see if
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symptomatically thyroid might besomething to look at, which
would then lead to other thingslike blood, blood and lab work.
So those are the symptoms ofhypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism,
that's your overactive thyroidhas a shorter list of symptoms,
but still important. Anxiety,rapid heartbeat, weight loss,
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and diarrhea would be some ofthose most of what we're talking
to today, generally is with Hypothyroidism. And so when we talk
about the dysfunction of thethyroid, and what causes it, the
most common cause is Hashimotos.
It's an autoimmune condition,where the immune system
mistakenly attacks the thyroidgland, and then you get some
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inflammation as well. And overtime, this can cause the thyroid
to under function. Otherpotential causes are nutrient
deficiencies, potentially lowiodine, low selenium, we'll get
into some of those specifically,certain medications. Of course,
pregnancy and postpartum changescan cause temporary dysfunction
in the thyroid, and then ifyou're getting treatment for
hyperthyroidism, and it's it maybe because of the dosage it can
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cause, you know, the oppositereaction to occur. So no matter
what's causing it, what we wantto focus on here, what I focus
on with with clients all thetime is, how can we give our
thyroid some love in a naturalway, so that we kind of take out
all of the factors of lifestyle,and then whatever's left may
lead you to go down other routesof investigation, working with a
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medical practitioner orfunctional medical practitioner
or, or what have you. So thethree are, number one, reducing
inflammation and immunedysfunction. Number two is
providing the raw materials toproduce thyroid hormones. And
then number three is supportingconversion of T four to active T
three, and none of these aregoing to be complicated. The
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idea here is that the lifestylechanges we talk about will
support these, you don't have toworry about necessarily getting
super specific on any one ofthese per se. Let's break down
the first one, which isidentifying and addressing your
personal root causes or triggersof dysfunction because this is
very individualized. Andeveryone's different things that
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cause potential thyroiddysfunction or underperformance
are different, but going downthe list food sensitivities, so
if you are in such a sensitiveor intolerant to anything
really, you know, gluten, dairy,soy, those tend to be the big
culprits. But there are womenwho have thyroid dysfunction
that can eat gluten just fine,right? So don't assume that
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these are quote unquote,inflammatory, it's really going
to depend on your individualresponse, nutrient deficiencies,
the Big Four iodine, selenium,zinc, and iron. But there are
others on the list, such asvitamin D, that could come into
play gut issues. And this ismainly with people who have
made, they may not have a verydiverse diet, they may not have
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much fiber, they may not havemany plants in their diet,
things like that. All the samethings that lead to poor micro
microbiome diversity in thefirst place, which everybody
should be concerned about.
Anyway, given how important thegut is. But again, I don't want
to go down the controversialroutes like leaky gut and stuff
like that, we're just talkingabout supporting your digestive
system in a healthy way. Chronicstress, of course, is a culprit
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behind lots of issues when wetalk about health and fitness,
environmental toxins, again, I'mnot going to get into too much
detail on that. But there's,there's plenty of evidence out
there that certain exposure tothings both in the food and the
environment can definitely havean impact on your endocrine
system and your hormones andyour various glands. Certain
medications, of course, again,I'm not going to get into
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details on those and thenpregnancy and post partum
changes to actually pinpointroot causes is very difficult,
right. And so we focus on theactivities that support your
thyroid, if you want to go thatnext step, and you work with a
coach, again, or a doctor orfunctional practitioner, those
are different ways to get downto the root cause. All right,
continuing on here. So now weget to the fun stuff. What do we
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what can we do about it? That's,that's what I'm here to talk
about. What can we do with yournutrition and lifestyle to
start, you know, supporting thatthyroid, some of the most
powerful dietary changes aregoing to be removing any food
that's just not working for you.
And the word inflammatory canget can get dicey. It can get
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dicey when we use language, I'musing it in the context of you
eat it, and you have some sortof negative response in terms of
biofeedback or thyroid functionor your metabolic rate or
something. And you know, fromtracking, and looking at the
before, and after that it hassome negative effects that you
don't like. And it might helpyou to exclude that food. We're
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not talking about restrictivedieting, we're talking about
individualizing your diet, andstill having everything else in
there that you know you enjoy,and that supports you. So these
could include gluten, dairy, soysugar, whatever. My suggestion
is, either eliminate one thatyou suspect to be the issue for
a few weeks and track anddocument how you feel and your
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biofeedback and everything else.
And and see if that indeed was aculprit. The other slightly more
extreme approach is do anelimination diet, right? Cut out
a whole list of things, which isvery difficult, I will admit
it's very difficult, it's notfun. And you do that for again,
like a month or a few weeks, andthen you start reintroducing one
at a time to see if one thingjust causes your symptoms to get
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worse. And again, we're talkingabout symptoms, all the symptoms
we talked about earlier ifsymptoms go away, because you
remove a food, that's a goodsign.
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Now back to the show.
The second thing is eatingnutrient dense Whole Foods,
right? We always talk about 8020At least 80% of your foods are
nutrient dense foods. But forthyroid specifically there are
certain nutrients we want tojust be aware of. And we can
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take two approaches here. Oneapproach is you just have a very
diverse diet full of animal andplant products or if you're not,
you know if you're not anomnivore plant products but It's
diverse. And by diverse I meannot just different types of
foods, but oftentimes evenmultiple types of the same food,
for example, multiple types ofapples. So you get different
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pectin compounds and thedifferent skins of the apple,
you know, kind of eating like wewould have naturally back in the
day when you had a lot morediversity in your diet. So, if
we specifically dial in onnutrients that come up with
thyroid, the first one isIodine, that would include
things like dairy products andeggs. Also fish especially white
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fish, cod, tuna, haddock, thingslike that. And seaweed. So I
recently spoke to somebody whowho mentioned there's a like a
powdered seaweed you can get,but of course there's different
forms of seaweed you canpurchase in the store but if for
convenience, there is a powderedform you can like sprinkle on
food, so kelp Nori, will kamithings like that. Selenium,
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we're talking Brazil nuts. Imean, just a couple of Brazil
nuts a day is probablysufficient. Seafood like shrimp
sardines, salmon, you know,meat, beef, turkey, chicken has
selenium and whole grains aswell. Brown rice and oats have
selenium. So there are a lot offoods that have selenium, zinc,
oysters is the big one peopletalk about but I know a lot of
people don't regularly consumeoysters, but they are high in
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zinc, shellfish, like crab andlobster. Various types of meat
have zinc, pumpkin seeds arehigh in zinc, and then legumes,
like chickpeas, lentils andbeans. You gotta get the theme
here. Let's let's havediversity. Let's Let's eat a lot
of different things, especiallyplants in there. And then iron,
you got red meat, of coursepoultry and fish and a lot of
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iron, especially sardines andmackerel, spinach, legumes like
lentils, and beans. Okay, so Ijust gave you a whole bunch of
ideas for food. And by the way,I have the guide that you're
gonna get for this. I believe Iinclude all those food sources
in there. But if not, I'm goingto take a note to beef that up.
Pun intended. Alright, numberthree, prioritizing your gut
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health. So I mentioned beforehaving diverse sources of fiber,
that's really where I want youto focus. Yeah, bone broth. And
all these other things are nice,but I think having like
fermented foods, a variety offruits and vegetables, different
types of the same, for example,not just yellow squash, but also
zucchini, not just red deliciousapples, but you know, Granny
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Smith, and all of whatever typesthere are, you know, go and have
fun in the grocery store andfind things you've never had
before buy them and throw themin your food, really have a
diverse source, have adequateamount of fiber, and that can go
a long way toward helping withyour gut health and digestion.
All right, protein is a huge onefor everyone. I mean, this would
have this on every list.
Basically, if you know you'rebuilding muscle, you're trying
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to support your hormones, you'retrying to stabilize your blood
sugar, you're trying to feel forwhatever the reason improve your
body composition. Protein tendsto help in all those realms. And
we're aiming for about pointseven to one gram per pound of
body weight, you know, the onegram per pound is on the high
end, if you can at least get tothat point seven years pretty
good shape most of the time. Sothat's what I would aim for. And
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then finally, don't fear carbs,right? complex carbs are great,
but but really any carbs, butcomplex carbs from whole foods
like sweet potatoes, fruit,rice, they tend to support your
hormones. I mean, there's someevidence that links these foods
to T four to T three conversion.
Again, I don't put too muchstock into that because now
we're trying to get sobiohacking to that level. I
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think just including all ofthese things on a regular basis
is a practical way to do this. Iwant to talk about intermittent
fasting, because I know there'sa lot of curiosity about it.
There's a lot of controversy.
The truth is, there's a mixedbag when it comes to
intermittent fasting. There areexperts who make claims like it
reduces inflammation improvesinsulin sensitivity, stimulates
cellular cleanup, and all ofthese could benefit the thyroid,
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but the evidence is mixed onwhether you can actually tease
out these results fromintermittent fasting and prolong
fasting can be a stressor,right? So we really have to make
our choices when it comes tofasting work for us. Not
necessarily because it's goingto help the thyroid because it
could backfire. And actually,you know, cause more issues than
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it helps. You know, fasting candisrupt things your HPA access
your cortisol, all that thosethings, maybe right, and maybe
interfere with the conversion ofT four to T three. So I just
would recommend avoidingaggressive fasting protocols if
you have a thyroid condition andjust eating in a way that works
for you. And if you want toexperiment with fasting, go
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right ahead. I'm a big fan ofexperimentation. Now, the
reality of fasting is well Ialready mentioned as a stressor
it could help with, you know, ifyou're in a fat loss phase and
calories are tight or low. Itcan help you tighten that
feeding window so it's morepractical to get into calories
with fewer meals. It could helpwith your lifestyle. If you have
an schedule that lines up betterthat way. Just pay attention to
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your body signals right. Payattention to fatigue due to cold
sensitivity, hair loss, likeany, any of the symptoms of
thyroid that come into thateither go up or down depending
on what actions you're taking.
And as always, you know, onceyou've, once you've done these
things, and you still havesymptoms, you can always go down
the route of working with, witha doctor or medical
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practitioner. Yeah, so my basic,my basic thing with intermittent
fasting is it depends depends onif works for you don't buy into
the hype or the claims. There'salways truth somewhere in the
middle. All right, the nextthing is lifestyle. Again,
you're not going to besurprised, but a lot of the
lifestyle factors are the samelifestyle factors that anybody
would want to incorporate for ahealthy lifestyle, you know,
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getting enough sleep managingyour stress, regular exercise
movement training, you know,high cortisol from chronic
stress can wreak havoc acrossthe board, including with t 43.
Conversion with your thyroid, asit does help down regulate many
hormones when you don't getenough sleep or you have too
much stress. So aim for thatseven or nine hours of sleep
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focused on high quality, knowthat a lack of sleep has been
shown to cause additionalstorage in the belly, right?
visceral fat storage has beenshown to worsen body composition
outcomes, meaning if you ate thesame amount of calories, a group
that was sleep deprived mightgain more fat and lose some
muscle relative to a group thathas sufficient sleep. Safe,
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super powerful, stress, reducingstress with practices that work
for you, whether it's breathing,meditation, yoga, being in
nature, doing stuff you enjoy.
And then for movement, ofcourse, a mix of strength
training and low intensitycardio, like walking tends to be
ideal. Many of my clients whohave had hormonal issues,
they're just doing too much,they are doing too much cardio
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chronic cardio, right? It'sexcessive, and it was stressing
your body out. So you've got alot going on, you're in your
life, most likely, when you'renow trying to squeeze every
ounce of time out for some formof exercise that can be a
stressor. So lifting weightsthree, at least three days a
week, and then walking a bunchis a decent mix. If you want to
add more cardio in there justdoing strategically, okay,
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supplements now this is the oneI was very hesitant to, to get
too much into on because there'sa lot of snake oil out there.
And, you know, my opinion, whenit comes to supplements is
you're just trying to fill inthe gaps. I mean, other than
performance supplements for likelifting, we're going to keep
that off the table right now,for thyroid support, we're
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really just saying supportingyour nutrients where you might
have gaps, that you're notgetting through food or what
have you. And especially theones that we know are associated
with thyroid health. Soselenium, these are things that
you could supplement. And again,work with a practitioner because
something like zinc, if you havetoo much zinc and not enough
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copper, there can be animbalance there. There's all
sorts of dependencies betweendifferent supplements. So I'm
not recommending these, I'm justsaying consider do your
research, talk to a qualifiedprofessional and really figure
out based on testing and basedon you whether you need any of
these right, vitamin D thymi, B12. Magnesium, I recommend to
most people anyway, because Ithink we're generally deficient.
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And it helps with things likesleep and a little bit with
stress as well. And thenHashimotos there's this other
there's something called Myoinositol, which is and I did
some research into this, it doesseem to reduce some of the
antibodies associated with thethyroid condition, you know, the
autoimmune condition, andstabilizes the TS TSH. So again,
you have Hashimotos, I assumeyou're working with a
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practitioner on that anyway. Sothat's it for supplements,
again, I would focus on gettingit from food and then test for
deficiencies and thenpotentially look into
supplementation. So the bottomline here is it didn't take as
long as I thought is nourishingyour thyroid is as important as
nourishing any of your otherparts of your body when it comes
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to hormones. But it particularlyaffects could affect your
weight, your energy, your mood,your brain, all of these things.
And I think these are simplechanges. And if there are any
opportunities here, I would takethe time, my suggestion is
identify one opportunity on thislist, and I'm gonna send you the
guide and I'm gonna send youthis replay so you can review it
again, just one opportunity toimprove your nutrition or your
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lifestyle from what I sharetoday. Second thing is get
bloodwork and other testingpossibly through a functional
medical practitioner,potentially a full thyroid
panel, you know, TPO and TGantibodies, micronutrient
testing, gi map, things likethat, whatever you feel like you
need to go to that next level.
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And then of course, the otheroption is join our Whitson
weights physique university, youknow, I would say this. It's a
semi private group coachingprogram where you can get some
support and accountability towork on some of these issues.
Adding a VA right So Camillesays adding a variety of fiber.
Yeah, it's huge, right? Becausewe think of fiber as this one
thing, but it's actually verydiverse. You know, type of
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carbohydrate with differenttypes. And then there's
fermented and there's thedifferent. There's lectins, and
pectins. And all thesecompounds. There's a whole
variety out there. I always wantto plug macro factor for you
guys. Because if you're notalready tracking your food, and
you want to track not only yourmacros and calories, but you
want to track fiber andmicronutrients, they have a way
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to do that in the app, it's morethan a food blogger, right, it
also tracks your metabolism. Soit's a good way to see if your
thyroid is responding as well.
For example, if you're in a fatloss phase, and you now your
metabolism is a bit moreresponsive, it doesn't, it
doesn't tank as much as what Ioften see with individuals with
thyroid conditions, it tends toadapt faster. You know, you can
use that before and after tocompare and see if what you're
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doing is working for you. I'mgoing to throw a video in the
chat. It's a YouTube video youguys can take with you. That
explains how to download and setit up. Alright, I hope you
enjoyed that training about howto heal your thyroid naturally.
And don't forget to downloadyour FREE heal your thyroid
guide using the link in my shownotes or by going to Whitson
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weights.com/free That's Whitsonweights.com/free or use the link
in my show notes to download thedetailed companion guide to this
episode. No matter where you areon your thyroid journey.
Remember, you have the power totake control of your health.
Always advocate for yourself,educate yourself and never give
up on feeling your best. Okay inour next episode 177 How anatomy
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impacts your gut muscle masshormones and health with Justin
Caudill. Justin shares howunderstanding our digestive
systems anatomy can lead tobetter nutrient absorption and
overall health and also how ourbodies physically adapt to
training. We explore the impactsof understanding your anatomy on
(26:50):
your personal health andfitness. We get into a lot of
interesting side areas things Iknow you haven't heard before,
practical advice to go alongwith it to optimize your
nutrition and training. So asalways, please make sure to hit
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