2.11.23 – “A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WITH DR. PATRICK FLYNN” RECAP

PERSPECTIVE—

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This week, on A Different Perspective, Doc talks about how the thyroid and adrenals impact each other. Do you know the four questions you need to ask about your thyroid function? Doc goes into them and breaks down nuances of thyroid hormone production.

Review: little gland, but hormones impact the entire body.
The thyroid affects, and is affected by, estrogens.
2 of the top 10 autoimmune diseases have to do with the thyroid

Thyroid and Adrenals

Adrenal insufficiency is a contraindication on the product insert of levothyroxine
General practitioners don’t test adrenals before giving it out
- Adrenal insufficiency
  - Primary (Addison’s)
  - Secondary
Thyroid function impacts so many areas
- Breathing
- Heart rate
- Heart health- contraction & CRP
- Cholesterol levels
- Central and peripheral nervous systems
- Body weight
- Muscle strength
- Menstrual cycles
- Body temperature
- Digestion-T4/T3
- Bone health-calcitonin
- Development and IQ
- Immune system

There are four questions you have to ask about the thyroid.

Production—Do you make enough?
- There are 6 hormones made by the thyroid gland—how many has your doctor tested? How can Synthroid affect all of these? It can’t.
  - T4 thyroxine
  - T3 triiodothyronine
  - Reverse T3
  - T2
  - T1
  - Calcitonin
- There are several ingredients that go into production
  - Iron
  - lodine
    - Deficiency = can’t make thyroid hormone
    - Deficiency = goiter
    - Sources
      - Seafood:
        Cod
        Shrimp
        Scallops
        Sea bass
        Haddock
        Perch
        Sea salt
        Kelp is the most common sea vegetable
      - Cranberries
      - Strawberries
      - Eggs
      - Turkey
      - Prunes
  - Tyrosine
    - Non-essential amino acid
    - The word “tyrosine” is from the Greek tyros
    - Discovered in 1846 by German chemist Justus von Liebig in the protein casein from cheese
    - Cheese
    - Organ meats
    - Turkey
    - Fish
    - Peanuts
    - Almonds
    - Avocados
    - Bananas
    - Milk
    - Yogurt
    - Cottage cheese
    - Pumpkin seeds
    - Sesame seeds
  - Zinc
  - Selenium
  - Vitamins
    - E
    - B
    - C
    - D
- Light bulb moment: what if we could not only support the thyroid through production, but 2 systems at once?
  - Ashwagandha
    - Encourage healthy response to environmental stress
    - Promotes normal thyroid function
    - Supports adrenal function
Conversion—Does your body convert T4 to T3?
Destruction—Is there an auto-immune issue?
Interference—What’s triggering the problem?
- A lot of chemicals can interfere with conversion and production
  - Fluoride
    - It’s good for the teeth
    - That’s like saying an aspirin is good for the heart. It’s true, but it doesn’t consider the brain?
  - Bromine
  - Mercury