About this episode

Dr. Amie Hornaman discusses the complexities of thyroid dysfunction and its impact on women's health and skin aging.

Thyroid dysfunction is often treated like it is easy to rule out. You ask for labs, your doctor checks TSH, and if that one marker is not flagged, you are told your thyroid is fine. But what if that is the problem? In this episode of Biohacking Beauty, we sit down with Dr. Amie Hornaman to unpack what most thyroid conversations skip: the difference between being “normal” on paper and having enough active thyroid hormone available to your cells. She explains why TSH is not a thyroid hormone, why T4-only medication may not be enough for many people, and why women can keep struggling even after being told their thyroid is not the issue. Dr. Amie is known as The Thyroid Fixer, a functional medicine doctor, host of The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer podcast, founder of the Advanced Thyroid and Hormone Clinic, and author of The Thyroid Fix. After being misdiagnosed by six different doctors, she built her practice around helping patients get the answers conventional medicine often misses. What’s Discussed: (01:22) Why so many women feel like their body is rebelling against them. (04:32) Why the diagnosed hypothyroidism number may not reflect the real problem. (07:11) The difference between…

People in this episode

Host: Young Goose

Guest: Dr. Amie Hornaman

Topics covered

• thyroid dysfunction
• women's health
• hormone balance
• skin aging
• functional medicine

Keywords

• thyroid
• hormones
• hypothyroidism
• skin aging
• functional medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Thyroid Fixer, Advanced Thyroid and Hormone Clinic

Books & works: The Thyroid Fix, The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer podcast

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