A functional approach to thyroid health for people and pets

About this episode

This episode explores thyroid health for both people and pets, discussing its complexities and the factors influencing dysfunction.

In this solo episode, I go deep into thyroid health, a topic that affects millions of people and pets, yet is often misunderstood and under-addressed. Drawing from functional medicine, nutrition science, and holistic health principles, this episode breaks down how the thyroid works, why dysfunction is so common, and how environmental, immune, and lifestyle factors play a major role. I go into the full thyroid hormone pathway, including the roles of TRH, TSH, T4, T3, reverse T3, and thyroid an...

People in this episode

Host: Kara Hanrahan

Topics covered

• thyroid health
• functional medicine
• nutrition
• holistic health
• pet health
• environmental factors
• lifestyle factors

Keywords

• thyroid health
• functional medicine
• nutrition science
• holistic health
• thyroid hormones
• T4
• T3
• environmental factors
• immune factors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: functional medicine, nutrition science, holistic health

Books & works: thyroid hormone pathway

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