What is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis?

Today Dr. Martin Rutherford, DC, CFMP dives deep into the issue of gas, bloating, and distension, dispelling common myths and shedding light on what these symptoms might reveal about one's digestive health. He emphasizes that while occasional gas is normal, regular episodes indicate an underlying issue. By tracing when the bloating or gas occurs after eating, one can identify potential problems areas such as the stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, or even conditions like small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Dr. Rutherford underscores the diagnostic value of observing these patterns and offers listeners insights into managing and addressing these digestive dilemmas. For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

In the latest episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford discusses the often-underestimated importance of vitamin D in maintaining overall health. He challenges traditional views about vitamin D, highlighting how common outdoor professions often still fall short on this essential vitamin. Dr. Rutherford suggests that low levels of vitamin D could signal autoimmunity, as it works in conjunction with an antioxidant to boost the T regulatory cells responsible for immune system regulation. He suggests maintaining a higher-than-average level of vitamin D, as it morphs into an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory steroid at these levels, strengthening the immune system and potentially fighting viruses. Observing different global standards, he asserts that the ideal range for vitamin D levels remains contested. Dr. Rutherford also discusses the potent effects of vitamin D supplementation in mitigating symptoms of autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto's, as it can dampen inflammatory responses. In his practice, he considers vitamin D a key component in a personal health maintenance protocol. For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

In this insightful podcast episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford discusses the complex interplay between Hashimoto's disease and menopause. He identifies a trend of women in their late 30s and early 40s being misdiagnosed with early menopause, when in fact they are experiencing symptoms related to Hashimoto's, an autoimmune thyroid disorder. Dr. Rutherford emphasizes that Hashimoto's has far-reaching effects, influencing various physiological processes like gut health, adrenal function, and blood sugar regulation, all of which can cause hormonal imbalances. Through a functional medicine approach, he suggests focusing on treating the underlying causes like poor gut function and chronic stress, rather than simply addressing the symptoms. Dr. Rutherford also explores the role of thyroid function in managing progesterone levels, stressing the importance of a healthy thyroid in maintaining normal hormonal cycles. He advocates for a comprehensive treatment that includes managing stress hormones, stabilizing blood sugar, and detoxification. This episode underscores the need for a nuanced understanding of hormonal health and the role of thyroid function in women's health. For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com In this podcast episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford delves into the topic of inflammation and its connection to autoimmunity. The discussion emphasizes that inflammation plays a significant role in various aspects of life, including triggers for autoimmune conditions. The host highlights that events like childbirth, surgery, infections, trauma, and stress can all initiate autoimmune responses by activating inflammatory pathways. Furthermore, the episode emphasizes that inflammation is a natural reaction of the immune system to various stimuli. Dr. Rutherford explores the importance of identifying the root causes of inflammation in autoimmunity, beyond simply using natural anti-inflammatory remedies like turmeric, resveratrol, CBD oil, and fish oils. While these natural alternatives can be effective in reducing inflammation, it is essential to address the underlying factors contributing to inflammation. The podcast highlights the role of factors such as diet, food sensitivities, chronic infections, leaky gut, and toxins in triggering inflammatory responses. Dr. Rutherford recommends a comprehensive approach that involves investigating and addressing potential sources of inflammation specific to each individual. This personalized approach aims to identify and eliminate the underlying causes of inflammation rather than solely relying on anti-inflammatory supplements. By understanding the individual triggers of inflammation, it becomes possible to create a barrier against autoimmunity and promote overall well-being. The episode also raises concerns about relying solely on natural anti-inflammatory products without understanding the underlying causes of pain and inflammation. It encourages listeners to look beyond surface-level relief and explore the factors contributing to their symptoms. Overall, this engaging podcast episode emphasizes the importance of taking a holistic approach to control inflammation in the context of autoimmunity. By addressing the root causes of inflammation, individuals can aim for long-term relief and improved quality of life. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC1175 Harvard WayReno, NV  89502775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

In this episode, Dr. Rutherford delves into the intricate relationship between gut health and mental wellness, specifically focusing on conditions like depression and anxiety. Contradicting traditional medical perspectives, he asserts that these conditions should not be pigeonholed as purely mental disorders due to their substantial physiological influences, particularly emphasizing the role of gut health in controlling brain chemistry. Dr. Rutherford draws upon the groundbreaking research from Harvard's Microbiome Project to illustrate the profound connections between gut health and all bodily functions, most notably the brain. He further expounds on the significant role that an imbalance of gut bacteria and leaky gut syndrome can play in contributing to mental health disorders like depression and anxiety. This happens when bacteria leak into the bloodstream, travel to the brain, and instigate an inflammatory response harmful to neural health. Our diet's vital role in mental health is another significant theme in Dr. Rutherford's discussion. He explains how unhealthy eating habits can contribute to inflammation, negatively impacting gut health and, consequently, mood. Dr. Rutherford points out that 90-95% of serotonin, a neurotransmitter crucial for happiness, is produced in our gut, emphasizing gut health's critical importance in mental well-being. Encouraging listeners to consider both mental and physiological aspects, Dr. Rutherford suggests dietary changes and improved gut health as potential solutions for alleviating depression and anxiety symptoms. While acknowledging the benefits of counseling and medications, he asserts that addressing the underlying physiological conditions is key for achieving improved mental health. The episode illuminatively underscores the deep link between gut and brain health, advocating for a more holistic approach to treating depression and anxiety. For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC1175 Harvard WayReno, NV  89502775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Salt, often overlooked, plays a significant role in autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Hashimoto’s. Not only does iodized salt affect thyroid health due to its iodine content, but salt itself can also trigger detrimental immune responses. Counterbalancing salt with potassium supplements can be a game changer in managing Hashimoto’s symptoms and maintaining blood pressure levels. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

Today we are delving into the enigmatic world of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). SIBO is a condition where there is an excess of harmful bacteria in the small intestine. Our expert sheds light on the physiology behind SIBO and unravels the mystery of what causes it. Discover how the breakdown of the digestive process, starting with the stomach's failure to properly sterilize food, can set off a chain reaction that ultimately leads to SIBO. Understand the critical roles of stomach acids, gallbladder, and pancreas, and how their dysfunction leads to leaky gut, inflammation, and food sensitivities, which further contribute to SIBO. You might be surprised to learn that chronic stress is identified as the primary culprit behind SIBO. It triggers the fight-or-flight response, affecting the digestive system. Stress and hypothyroidism, especially as seen in Hashimoto's disease, are key players in slowing down the digestive system, creating an environment conducive to bacterial overgrowth. Moreover, SIBO itself can perpetuate a vicious cycle by affecting other parts of the digestive system. Tune in to grasp the nuances of treating SIBO, the importance of addressing underlying causes such as stress, and how solely depending on diets and supplements might not be enough. It's time to explore the brain-gut connection and take control of your digestive health! For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at ⁠http://WhatIsHashimotos.com http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC1175 Harvard WayReno, NV  89502775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Is your diet triggering your chronic condition or your chronic pain or your chronic fatigue? So the answer to that is, yeah, for sure, absolutely, there is no question about it. Any of those things that you are experiencing and you're not figuring out what is the right diet for you first before you try any of the billions of supplements that people are taking out there. Anybody who doesn't think diet is a part of that is never going to get well. I mean, I don't think I could say it any more succinctly than that. It's interesting. I remember when I first started doing this and we started with fibromyalgia, that was it, because that encompassed everything, pain, fatigue, everything. And I just remember my first patient and I said, "Well, you're not going to be eating gluten and you're going to have to stop drinking alcohol." Not everybody has to stop drinking alcohol, so don't start throwing things at me, and the lady's like, "I'm going to stop drinking my martinis?" Now I know that's kind of not food, but it's kind of in the same similar swimming pool there. And then husbands are like, "What's gluten?" And I'm like, "Well, it's pasta, it's bread." They literally looked at me and go, "That's not happening." He literally grabbed her hand, he pulled her out of her chair and they walked out of my exam room. I was like, "Okay, maybe I need to go about this a different way." But the reality is, more than back then, God knows how many years ago that was, food is a baseline for so much of this, and it varies. As I'm saying this I'm thinking about a million different things because it varies from case to case, like chronic fatigue. If you have chronic fatigue, there are just a lot of things that are related to that that are not food related. However, food sensitivities can be a big player in chronic fatigue. Food sensitivity alone will cause inflammation. They'll cause blood sugar swings. When your blood sugar drops, you get fatigue. If you have blood sugar that's going up and down like this or you have diabetes, those things are going to be affected by food, okay? And those are going to create fatigue. But on a wider level, a lot of what's happening out there today is that we're stressed. When my parents would say, "Oh, that person got cancer because of [inaudible 00:02:52]", or, "That person got this because they were stressed." I used to think that was really mean. I was like, "You're mean. Why are you saying stuff like that?" But you know what? They were largely correct, and my dad knew what stress was. He was in World War II and he had PTSD and he had all kinds of things. "It's my stress, my stress," and I thought, "Dad," you know, but he was right. He was right. The vast majority of patients that come into me of chronic conditions have a chronic stress response, and what does that do? Okay, what does that do? Chronic stress response, it affects every single cell in your body. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com the importance of managing your stress response. I think people are starting to get that it's important to manage your stress response, a growing problem. I think most... I don't know, maybe I live my little world, but it seems like most people are probably aware of this, that it's important, we're going to talk about why. I mean, I've been in this a while now, quite a long time. And everybody who comes in here now, everybody has anxiety, depression, chronic stress. I have a section on my intake form on my questionnaire that I have a patient fill out once we've decided that their case looks like something that we can help. And there's just one whole section in there on are you accomplishing your life's purpose? Do you feel like you have enough time to exercise? Do you feel like you have enough? Are you overwhelmed with things to do? A lot of times stress isn't stressed. A lot of times it's the daily stuff. And then you have all the news over the last five years and you have the continual at you by listening to the news or looking at your phone all the time. I have... I've done... I've worked at stress literally my whole career and in the beginning I was primarily doing chiropractic and diet and nutrition. And you noticed that the people who were stressed were not going to respond well to their chiropractic adjustments. And we've had physical therapy here and so on and so forth. So they wouldn't respond well to physical therapy. They wouldn't respond well to chiropractic. They just wouldn't respond well and was it was very... We started to screen them out and say, "Listen, we can do this, but as long as you're under stress, you just need to know this may not work very well." But since then, it has become so ramped up. Back then, it used to be those people stood out. Now every single person that comes in here has on their intake form, anxiety, stress, depression, it's unbelievable. And it's concerning. All right? When I was younger, people knew stress kind of wore you out and they'd say, look at that person. They're a look older than they should be, than they're biological ages. Or somebody would get cancer and they'd go, "Oh, that person probably was stressed." And there was just this general understanding of stress. But it's a big player in these chronic conditions. And stress is, for example, most of the chronic conditions that come in here, not all, but even well, the vast majority that come in here are autoimmune. But I had a couple yesterday that're not, and even in their cases, or I think they're on their way to potentially developing autoimmune problems, but they haven't yet. But the problems that they have in their particular case, they were gut problems. Those gut problems definitely have come from their chronic stress because why do you have to manage stress? Those of you who have watched me have probably heard me say many times, if you have an autoimmune problem, if you have an autoimmune thyroid problem, if you have a gut problem, if you have lung problems, if you have a lot of these problems and you're under stress, what's happening is you are putting out hormones that are at a certain level, supposed to be good for you. At a certain level the cortisol that is put out when you're under stress, which everybody now knows what cortisol is, they come in and I go, "Cortisol." They go, "Oh yeah, stress hormone." Well, cortisol first is part of your immune system that goes up to dampen inflammation. Cortisol good, okay? Cortisol is also a hormone that, it's called a glucocorticoid. Gluco stands for blood sugar. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Managing a Thyroid dump, I'm taking that the person that asked this question means I get an exacerbation. All of a sudden I got thyroid hormones running into my body, and although the question didn't expand upon the symptoms, I would assume you maybe get shaky, jittery, anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, tremors, those types of things when you get this thyroid dump, and it was relative to my medical doctor is trying different things. This is with the medication that they're already taking, and the things that I see that the medical doctors are trying, the endocrinologists, the alternative MDs are we're going to try to, of course, change your dosages. We're going to try to do the different timing. We're going to have you take it at four o'clock in the morning. We're going to have you take it every other day. We're going to have you take that plus T3, and just all those types of things. That works for some people, but it doesn't work for a lot of people. It just doesn't, because we're talking about autoimmune thyroid disease here. The question was relative to Hashimoto's and autoimmune thyroid disease, and I still get these thyroid dumps and it drives me crazy, and so on and so forth. It's because you have to go back and understand that it's really primarily not a thyroid problem. It's really primarily an immune response, and you're getting the thyroid dumps because you have different triggers that are intermittently triggering your immune system to create what's called a little mini cytokine storm, or just a cytokine exacerbation. All of your cells have these little cells called cytokines or inflammatory proteins. They go up and then they flare up, and then they either attack your thyroid peroxidase enzymes to cause you to make more thyroid hormone, or they attack your thyroid tissue, which may just beat you up and make you feel tired. They're two separate things, and some of you have both of those. Some of you have one. Some of you have the other. So basically what happens is you're missing the point when you say, "Well, I'm trying everything with the medications." What causes thyroid dumps? To the person who wrote this question, I hope I am translating your question properly, but what happens is there's like 40 things that could happen if you have not addressed it as a multi-systems problem that has to be corrected to dampen thyroid inflammation. Then it could be, oh my God, let me go down the list. It could be a stress response. It could be a broken down gut and you're eating a food, and you're having a sensitivity response. It could be that you have small intestinal bacteria overgrowth and you haven't fixed that gas, bloating, distension when you're eating starches, fibers, or sugars. You eat one of those and then you blow. That could blow you up. It could be poor gallbladder function, and you're eating something that's making your gallbladder work too hard and that could flare it up. You could have blood sugar fluctuations where maybe some of you can't... You start dumping and you start not feeling good, and you eat and you feel better. That's a low blood sugar response, or you could have a response where you eat and you get fatigue after meals. That's a high blood sugar response and an insulin spike dropping. Those are inflammatory responses. The inflammation causes those cytokines to flare up. Has nothing to do with your thyroid medication. This is where the nice thing is, there's a lot more data coming out on this from the medical research communities, but they don't know what to do with it because they're not looking at it as an autoimmune problem. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So, vitiligo and Hashimoto's. So, vitiligo's a skin disease. It discolors. Those of you who are looking at this already know that, and there's varying degrees of it. And I'm not sure if you're aware that it's pretty much accepted now. The studies are largely, largely, largely pointing to the fact that it's an autoimmune problem, which we have supposed for quite some time because we treat autoimmune cases a lot. And although I haven't traded anywhere near as much vitiligo as other things, I've treated enough of it. And the question is, is vitiligo related to Hashimoto's? So, the answer is yes and no. And what that means is Hashimoto's doesn't cause for to say, vitiligo. You can have vitiligo and not have Hashimoto's. But because of my practice being the way that it is, virtually every vitiligo patient that's ever come in here has had Hashimoto's and other autoimmune conditions. This is probably a good moment to illuminate that very few people actually get one autoimmune problem. I know myself, I have three active autoimmune problems for sure, potentially four, and I have one antibody against my pancreas that I don't think is a problem. And that may sound confusing to you, but there's a test that you can do to find out if you are diagnosed with, say, lupus, or you're diagnosed with vitiligo, you can do this test and see if you have antibodies to other tissues that if you keep triggering your vitiligo, you keep triggering your Hashimoto's, eventually you're going to express other autoimmune problems if you already have the antibodies. So, the one test I use is Cyrex 5, and it's, and it's Cyrex 5 C-Y-R-E-X 5, and they test all those antibodies. What's the value of that? The value is that, is to find out if you have those and you keep exacerbating your vitiligo, which we'll get back to in a second. And then all of a sudden you start getting all the symptoms, all these are weird symptoms, and you know that you have antibodies against your thyroid, and you go, "Oh, my God, those are Hashimoto's symptoms, and I got Hashimoto's antibodies." Now you know you've developed Hashimoto. And here's the other thing about Hashimoto's. So, as long as I've done this, I've seen a growing number of autoimmune conditions that are related to autoimmune thyroid disease Hashimoto's. So, I've seen a ton of people who have Hashimoto's and rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's and pancreatitis, Hashimoto's... I'm sorry, Hashimoto's and diabetes type one, Hashimoto's and celia, Hashimoto's and Crohn's disease Hashimoto's and ulcerative colitis, Hashimoto's and autoimmune gastritis. [inaudible 00:03:15] saying Hashimoto's probably has something to do with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which isn't even necessarily an autoimmune disease, but I mentioned that because of the mechanism. And the mechanism is this, your thyroid has receptor sites in every single cell of your body. And so, I think Hashimoto's has become so prevalent because the thyroid is so sensitive and it relates to everything else, and then it keeps getting beat up and beat up more than anything. You get stressed, beat up. Your blood sugar goes up, it gets beat up, your blood sugar goes down it gets beat up. You have a food sensitivity, it gets beat up. You have some smoke... I point outside because we had smoke here for... I'm in Reno, we had smoke here for only a week or two this year as opposed to three months like last year. And all of those toxins, boom, boom, boom. And if your thyroid keeps getting attacked and it's uber super sensitive more than anything else, it's going to raise your immune responses more and more and more and more and more and more and more. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com "I'm eating as well as a human being can possibly eat, but I'm still having my Hashimoto's symptoms." And I actually see this a lot. I see it a lot now, because in the day when we first started doing this, and all we knew was ... we told everybody, get off of gluten, casein, soy, corn, and eggs. That's what we did. And those were allergies, they weren't sensitivities. At that time, we weren't even testing for sensitivities. We were just putting people on diets. And eight months later, we'd have them reintroducing foods and it was crazy. And we're much farther along on that. But now, you're watching me. You're watching a lot of my other colleagues, probably, online. And you're getting a lot of data. People are coming in here much more informed, in a manner. Maybe not as informed relative to the fullness of the topic, the full context of Hashimoto's. But people are coming in here knowing that diet's important. A lot of people. Not everybody, but most people. So people have tried diets. And then you have that person that comes in here and goes, "How much better can I eat?" A lot of vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians. "I'm eating great, and I still feel terrible." So the first answer to that is, if we ... most patients who come in here who have autoimmune thyroid disease have a thyroid problem. Which is probably the second most common cause for digestive issues. It slows down your digestive system, and then you start not digesting your food properly. Stomach's slowing down, pancreas is slowing down, gallbladder's slowing down. And this is the way you start to develop food sensitivities. The number one cause for that is stress. So a lot of these folks are stressed even though they're ... and they're particularly stressed because they're eating great and they're not feeling good. And some people are actually coming in and saying, "I feel good. I'm eating this diet. I'm eating as good as anybody. But if I get off of this diet, just one food, all my symptoms come back." So that's a person who already has developed a bunch of food sensitivities and they're managing it by just not eating those foods. But the problem with that is whatever caused all those food sensitivities in the first place ... in other words, your broken down digestive system and whatever caused that. Whether it's because you had stress or because you have a thyroid problem or because you have CBR, whatever it is. There's a number of things that can cause you digestive system to breakdown. You have an ulcer in your stomach, that breaks down the rest of the system. So usually that person's going to have something like that. And what happens is they keep eliminating the foods and eliminating foods, and they feel better. A lot of them feel better, a lot of them don't. And the reason for both is they still have the broken down digestive system that caused this in the first place. And so they're eliminating foods and they're eating new foods. They're putting the new foods into the old digestive system that's calmed down because you've eliminated ... you're not eating a lot of foods that stir it up all the time. But it's still not a correct functioning digestive system. So now you put a new food in there and you go, oh, that food's not okay. That food's not okay either. So you put that new food in there and then it goes through the digestive process, it doesn't get digested properly. And then it goes through the whole process of becoming a food sensitivity and now you can't eat that. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So today's topic is can a concussion cause Hashimoto's? So the answer to that is it can trigger Hashimoto's. So Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease. People who are looking at this probably already know what Hashimoto's is. It's an immune attack against your thyroid. And you can have silent autoimmune disease. You can have silent Hashimoto's for your whole life and never get it. What has to happen is you have to have some sort of a trigger that triggers your immune system, which is usually already compromised from other things, to flare up and attack the tissue in your body that says you can attack my thyroid, because it's genetically programmed that way. And so when the trigger happens, your immune system flares up, and then that flares up the antibodies to your thyroid and then that tells your immune system to attack the thyroid. And that's how you get autoimmune thyroid disease. There are multiple triggers. One of the triggers is trauma. So if you get a concussion, or I mean, if you get a broken leg, or if you get in a car accident, you get a whiplash, and then you have a whiplash for weeks or months, or you have a concussion, basically what happens is you immediately get inflammation. Immediately, you get inflammation. In fact, if you get a concussion, it's even worse because if you gain a concussion, listen to this, within five minutes, the inside lining of your gut starts to break down. So those of you who are familiar with leaky gut and you get a concussion within five minutes, leaky gut starts to occur. Why is that important? Because back to the concussion, the concussion causes inflammatory responses, that raises up the immune responses. And then you can trigger Hashimoto's. So it's a cause. The genetics being triggered by something would be the root cause of it and the concussion would be one of those something. Another thing that can trigger it is the concussion causes a leaky gut within minutes. Look it up. It's like stunning. Like within minutes. Now you got a leaky gut, now you got toxins leaking out of your gut, you got bad bacteria leaking out of your gut, you got undigested food particles leaking out of your gut. They go a lot of different places. But that is a huge trigger and perpetuator of autoimmune disease. In fact, it's a new theory that the breakdown of the gut creating overwhelming chemicals and infections and food sensitivities overwhelming your liver and decreasing certain nutrients in that liver that stop us from getting too overzealous immune attacks may be why we're getting so much autoimmunity. And what's the main cause of that? The main cause of that is usually stress or one of these triggers that I'm talking about. So the concussion works in that particular area as well. So concussion's a trigger basically. Absolutely I have had several concussions myself, and it can not only trigger Hashimoto's, but if you don't know how to take care of your concussion, it can actually also perpetuate the problem until you get the concussion under control for those people who have post-concussion syndrome, which is actually a small percentage of people who get concussions. But that's kind of concussion and Hashimoto's. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's exercise intolerance or exercising too much. So this is a topic that I have to address quite frequently. One of the main reasons is to my right, and if I point this way about that far, there's about 30 miles is Lake Tahoe, which is one of the biggest beautiful, most beautiful places on earth, and lots of crazy people are up there. Those crazy people are people who run triathlons and run and run, what do you call them? Just decathlons and every athalon that there is. And there's people out there that swim across the lake, which is insane because it's so cold. And I'm tongue in cheek because this is just beyond my comprehension that people could do that. But I get a lot of them, I get a lot of people that are up in there, and they have problems and they're over-training. I also have people at the other end of the spectrum. I have people at the other end of the spectrum that come in here and if I go through the triggers for autoimmune thyroid disease, and when I get to over-training, they roll their eyes at me like, "Dude, I can't even walk across my living room. You have no problem with me over-training." So just to cover the spectrum there, over-training is a trigger for autoimmune disease, not just Hashimoto's, by the way. If you have any other autoimmune disease, if you have psoriasis, if you have rheumatoid arthritis, if you have celiac, if you have ulcerative colitis, this applies to you too. Over-training is bad. Exercise is good. So when you exercise, you do a lot of good things. Honestly, between exercise and sleep and diet, you can do so much with a person. And most of my patients can't sleep. Most of my patients can diet and unbelievably some of my patients over exercise. So what happens when you over exercise? So when you're sick, when you have fibromyalgia or when you have chronic fatigue, and as most of my oxygenated patients have some form of that, you're putting a huge demand on your system through the mechanism of primarily inflammation. For all of you out there who goes, "It's all inflammation." It is all inflammation, but what's causing it? Okay, that's the ticket and how do you attack it and what's the order and all that type of stuff. But in the end, inflammation is the bad guy and inflammation covers your whole physiology. And then depending on what parts of your physiology aren't working well or are available to be more attacked, then you start getting symptoms of that. But it definitely affects the mitochondria in your cells. Inflammation affects the mitochondria in your cells. What are mitochondria? They are the little organelles that are little energy factories in your cells. For those of you who are chemical nerds or biochemical nerds, this is the citric acid cycle, or those of you are not, they're little energy cells. They take your glucose, they take your thyroid hormones, they take your CoQ-10, they take all of these things and they make energy. So when you have them under an inflammatory response, you're generally usually fatigued. But for sure when you get up and start doing things, you're putting a demand on them, whether you're sick or not, you're putting a demand on your cells to create energy. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Are My Supplements Working? And this is one that, when presented to me, I was actually excited about doing because this is a challenge. I work in a field in which we use diet, lifestyle and a variety of different supplementations from herbs and botanicals to nutraceuticals, to vitamins, to minerals, and so on and so forth, combined with diets. So I work with this every day. It's a very nuanced area and, "Are my supplements working," is something that I hear a lot. People will come in for their first consultation and sometimes... I had a lady there that came in with three bags of supplements. I think it was 31 supplements that she was taking multiple times a day. Multiple was at least two, was at least two times a day. Most of my patients come to me with bad digestive systems to begin with. So throwing 60 some supplements a day or more into a bad digestive system probably reduces the effectiveness of supplementation just for the record, and that's part of it. Okay, so supplements, let's go A to B on this. First of all, when I'm treating patients, right now, at a point in the evolution of functional medicine and the evolution of my career, it's changed dramatically. It used to be people came in and if I started giving them some supplements, they were like, "Hey, I'm on four to five drugs. What are supplements going to do?" People were more medically oriented. Now people are coming in with laundry lists of supplements and sometimes they're the right supplement, sometimes they're not at the right dosage. But the point is, obviously they're not working for them or they wouldn't be here talking to me about their chronic fatigue, and their fibromyalgia, and their leaky gut syndrome, and their irritable bowel syndrome, and their chronic anxiety, and all that type of stuff. Why are they not working? All right. So one big reason why they're not working is, and this is always a challenge for me when the patient comes because I use supplements. We have a pharmacy, if you will, of supplements in our front office that we've been fine-tuning and developing for probably a decade and a half at least. And different companies have different strengths in the field. One company has a strength that they're really the guys in glutathione. Other people might really be the company in berberine, other people... and on and on. Okay, so you get the point there. But that company doesn't just do glutathione and this company doesn't just do berberine. They then start to do all of the things that the other companies do, and then they have to tweak it to make their product special. So they'll put a couple of different ingredients in there, which a person may be sensitive to, they may not be sensitive to. And these are the quality companies I'm talking about. These are the people I know and respect. And these are the companies that you can count on that what they put is in there. And what they say is in there is in there. And the amount that they say is in there is in there. And so we have a whole pharmacy of these. But I have the pharmacy of certain supplements from this company that are the best because those are the best for that company, and then the same thing for the other. So it's hard for the consumer to know that because you haven't been using trial and error on these supplements on very sick people for a long period of time on thousands of cases. So that's one of the reasons that your supplementation may not be doing the job that you think it should be doing. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Can I get Hashimoto's if I wasn't born with a thyroid? So the answer to that is I don't know exactly for sure the answer to that because I've never met anybody who's been born without a thyroid. Certainly have never treated anybody who's been born without a thyroid. But let's follow this through because I've also way more frequently gotten the question of if I have my thyroid taken out, can I still have Hashimoto's? The answer to that question is yes. The reason the answer to that question is yes, and this leads to the answer to the question of the day. Can I get Hashimoto's if I don't have a thyroid? The answer to the question of I've had my thyroid taken out, can I get it, the answer is yes. The reason for that is because you still have thyroid tissue in there when you have it taken out. It's interesting. Years ago, right before I really started getting into all of this, I was invited to be a member of a hospital outreach program where they had several of us. They chose several of us or allowed several of us to go in and watch surgeries. I remember watching a thyroid surgery and I used to do a lot in human anatomy and biochemistry and I used to dissect out a lot of dead bodies. That's a whole nother story. Years and years and years and years and years ago. But that allowed me to look at that and say after the doctor did his thing, I said, "It doesn't look like, you got all the thyroid out." He goes, "No, no, you can never get all the thyroid out because it's connected here and there. You might change their voice." At the time it wasn't a big deal to me, I just was curious. But later on when I started getting people that came in who didn't have their thyroid, but they had the antibodies and if they ate gluten, they would get all the exacerbations and the heart palpitations and this type of stuff. I started conjecturing back to that thinking these people still have thyroid tissue in there. Then eventually, and it wasn't until just recently I actually had that confirmed by a doctor who said, "No. No, this is rare that we don't leave at least 10% of the thyroid in there." So the whole thing for the person who gets their thyroid taken out is they still have thyroid tissue. If you still have thyroid tissue, the immune system still... Your genetics still tells your immune system you can attack it. Now the answer to if you never had a thyroid, I would assume that the answer would be, what are my chances of getting Hashimoto's? I would assume that the answer would be zero and none because in my world, understanding physiology the way I think I understand it, you have no thyroid tissue to attack. So let's say you had rheumatoid arthritis and you rarely get one thyroid... You rarely get one autoimmune problem. So let's say you got rheumatoid arthritis and you keep getting the rheumatoid arthritis and then whatever treatment you're doing isn't working. Then all of a sudden one day start to get a rash on your neck and you get it checked out and the doctor goes, "You know what? You have eczema now or psoriasis." Okay, let's say on your elbows so psoriasis. You go, "Oh crap. Now how can I get that?" Well, you can get it because you have the genetics that tells you you can attack that skin tissue because you keep flaring up the rheumatoid arthritis. If it's not under control, it's going to express the next one, the next genetic propensity that you have. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com There's no medication specifically for Hashimoto's. There are medications in and around Hashimoto's, so I'll go with that. The number one medication that is used, mostly by alternative functional medicine practitioners, is low dose naltrexone. Low dose naltrexone goes in, dampens the inflammation, creates an effect in your system that increases your endorphins, makes you feel better. That can dampen immune responses by just calming that whole system down. It's a favorite for alternative medical doctors. I tried it. For those of you who don't know, I have Hashimoto's. I tried it years ago. I think it made me feel better, but it gave me horrible nightmares and horrible dreams. And I hear that a lot. I've heard that a lot from people who take it. That's number one. That's not for Hashimoto's. In fact, it's a drug that was developed for a whole different thing. They just happen to see what happened. It's really more like a dampening, increasing endorphins. None of these drugs are made for Hashimoto's. Hashimoto's is a thyroid problem. The drug for Hashimoto's is take a thyroid medication, especially in the mental world, basically their whole solution. We'll come back to that in a second. If there were a drug for Hashimoto's, it would be the one that's already there for autoimmune problems. If you're watching this and you have rheumatoid arthritis, or you have lupus or you have Sjogren's or you have irritable bowel syndrome, not irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis or something like that, that's autoimmune. What do they give you? They give you a steroid. Because why? Because it decreases and ultimately dampens and maybe even crushes the immune system. It comes with its whole set of side effects, which I don't have to go into. A lot of you're going, "Ah, I don't want to take a steroid for the rest of my life." And you'd be right. I don't know that it would ever reach the level of taking an immunoglobulin therapy, which is another therapy for autoimmunity. But, the point is Hashimoto's is an autoimmune problem. It's not primarily a thyroid problem. Somebody can go, "It's a thyroid problem." Is lupus a primarily a skin problem? Is rheumatoid arthritis primarily a joint tissue problem? No, they're primarily autoimmune problems. That's why they give you steroids to dampen the immune inflammation. It's the same thing with the thyroid. I've had patients that have come in and said, "One more thing I wanted to ask you." As I was doing their history, it's like, "I had this thing happen to me and they gave me steroids for 10 days and I felt enormously better. All had my anxiety went, my heart palpitations went." And I said, "Yeah, because for 10 days your immune system was put out of commission. It couldn't flare up and attack you." http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and COVID. So, we're going to take this from the perspective of what I'm observing, not from "I'm the expert of the universe", or I don't have any axes to grind here, so we're not going to get into anything that I think is going to get me kicked off of the air or whatever it is that we're on here. So, COVID, so a lot of people are asking me, okay, a lot of people I call and they call me and they say, "Doc, so I have this and I have an irritable bowel syndrome. I'm getting chronic pain, I'm getting joint pain." All the things that I treat, "all the things I got them. I'm seem like I have this or that, migraine headaches and my lungs are a problem." And then, I'll go through my normal consultation. And what I started to have happen, not that... Two years ago, "Oh, and before we're done, I have one more, I just have one more question. I just got COVID, could that have anything to do with it?" So, I think the answer is yes. I don't think that's controversial at this time. I'm reading about long COVID all over the place. And so, I think that my perspective is going to be more of maybe a forecast of what I think you're going to hear. So, what I'm seeing is this. I'm seeing... I've seen tons of people who got COVID and have developed chronic pain, chronic fatigue, chronic gut problems, chronic anxiety. And in the beginning, the thought process that I was going through was, "Wow, these people sound just like my regular patients who come in with autoimmune problems and chronic anxiety and depression and chronic gut problems and irritable bowel syndrome." And I thought it's kind of interesting. And then, I started seeing the articles on the health sites, and I have an app where I can access a bunch of health sites that I can go through every day from different newspapers and different journals, and I do so. And I started this look at the histories and they're going, "Oh my God, this long COVID, it's going to be... Or is there such a thing." And that whole thing, that was a couple years ago. Again, I thought, "Man, that looks just like my patients. This sounds like just like my patients." Well, a couple years later now, people are actually saying this long COVID is here. It is long COVID, it's real, it's here to stay. And they're... it's interesting, typical of the medical industry or the medical research industry, they're taking every single symptom and they're trying to find one thing that is causing that symptom. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402 http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Okay, so I've just been informed that somehow we have not covered glyphosates in Hashimoto's. I'm not sure that's a hundred percent correct because it is on my list of the... Well, when I gave the list it was 39 different triggers of Hashimoto's. Now it's 42, but it is on that list. So most of you know, glyphosates as all the bad chemicals that are on our vegetables and our fruits that are being sprayed on there. Most of you would probably know it as Monsanto, and you would know it as other companies that make these chemicals. You would know it as Roundup. But all these chemicals, they're glyphosates and they're bad. They're toxic, they're poisonous. There have been numerous, numerous studies that they are negative factors for human existence, for human physiology. But it is listed as a specific trigger for autoimmune thyroid disease. When I say that, if you look at our presentation on the triggers for Hashimoto's, you'll find that, at that point in time, there's 39 of them. Every one of those triggers is on that list because they have been thoroughly researched either in credible labs around the world and even more so through what's called meta-analysis of research. So what that means is they studied the people who studied these topics of how chemicals affect human physiology or how they affect tissue specifically. The group that studied whether glyphosates affect Hashimoto's did mostly meta-analysis. And here's what that means. It means that they looked at every single study that was ever done on glyphosates and then every single study that was ever done on glyphosates and thyroid tissue. That means that there was positive studies. That means that there were neutral studies. That means that there were studies that said no, there was no thing. When they looked at the meta-analysis, they were reviewing millions of people essentially by the time they looked at all these research projects. This research project was 30 people, and this was 700 and this was on 4,000 and so on and so forth. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402 http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Why does Hashimoto's cause fatigue?  Because, it's your thyroid, that's why. So, your thyroid is... It's funny, I was involved with a group years ago that was in the early stages of trying to figure out fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. My mentor is... If you've watched many of my videos, is Dr. Datis Kharrazian. He's the guy who figured out that most of these chronic fatigue patients probably had a thyroid problem, but he was the one who took it the extra some said. "I think it's autoimmune thyroid disease." He was met with much skepticism, and I was one of them. But in retrospect, it's like, "Duh, it's your thyroid. It controls your energy." It's like, "If your thyroid goes hypothyroid, and it's not doing its job, you're going to be fatigued." And, it seems so obvious once the brain started to process that. The basics of it is pretty simple. Your cells have these organs in them, little organelles inside of the cells, and they're called mitochondria. I'm sure a lot of you have heard of them. Some of you have probably even take mitochondrial support and CoQ10 and all this type of stuff. But that's where the energy is made, in those little energy factories in your cell. It's pretty basic. They need proper oxygen. They need proper blood sugar. They need a lack of inflammation, a lack of oxidative stress. In other words, oxidative stress kind of grinds down your cells, and it kind of rusts them out. Inflammation disturbs all function in a cell. It needs all of those things. And, it needs proper T3. T3 is the end product of the thyroid hormone factory in your thyroid which makes this thyroid hormone called T4. And then, that's broken down into T3, and that's the active form. And when that hooks in to that cell and then it goes in your cell and it gets into those little mitochondria, and this is where for those of you chemistry geeks, this is where the Krebs acid cycle, citric acid cycle is also part of this, where people are taking CoQ10 and all that other stuff. You're going to get energy. You're going to get energy. Hyperthyroid lifts all boats too much and hypothyroid depresses it. http://powerhealthtalk.com http://drmartinrutherford.com Martin P. Rutherford, DC 1175 Harvard Way Reno, NV  89502 775 329-4402 http://powerhealthreno.com https://goo.gl/maps/P73T34mNB4xcZXXBA