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Thyroid Health Simplified: Functional Testing, Natural Healing, and Lifestyle Strategies

Thyroid Health Simplified: Functional Testing, Natural Healing, and Lifestyle Strategies

Update: 2025-07-08
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In this episode, Dr. Alfred Alessi explores thyroid dysfunction, beginning with thyroid function and the HPT axis. He contrasts conventional and functional medicine approaches to testing, emphasizing the importance of recognizing symptoms of thyroid issues and Hashimoto's disease. Dr. Alessi discusses comprehensive testing, essential micronutrients, and environmental factors in a functional medicine context. Natural healing, stress, and gut health's impact on thyroid function are examined. The episode highlights nutrients, adaptogenic herbs, and lifestyle interventions for thyroid support, concluding with free resources and a call for listener engagement.



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(0:00 ) Introduction to thyroid dysfunction and diagnosis
(0:11 ) Welcome to Health Decoded
(1:39 ) Exclusive podcast listener offer
(4:00 ) Understanding thyroid function and HPT axis
(9:17 ) Conventional vs functional medicine in thyroid testing
(12:12 ) Recognizing symptoms of thyroid dysfunction and Hashimoto's
(19:20 ) Sponsor: Authentic Nutrition
(20:25 ) Functional medicine approach to comprehensive thyroid testing
(26:16 ) Thyroid health: Essential micronutrients and environmental factors
(27:58 ) Natural and dietary approaches to thyroid healing
(30:06 ) The importance of stress and gut health for thyroid function
(31:51 ) Nutrients and adaptogenic herbs for thyroid support
(33:21 ) Lifestyle interventions for thyroid health
(36:14 ) Call to action: Free thyroid resources
(37:24 ) Episode wrap-up and listener engagement
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Thyroid Health Simplified: Functional Testing, Natural Healing, and Lifestyle Strategies

Thyroid Health Simplified: Functional Testing, Natural Healing, and Lifestyle Strategies

Dr. Alfred Alessi, Matt Tack