Dr. Rajsree Nambudripad, MD is board-certified in Internal Medicine and founder of OC Integrative Medicine in Orange County, California. In this comprehensive video, Dr. Rajsree reviews the symptoms and root causes of hypothyroidism. She explains the differences between T4, a prohormone, and T3, the active form of thyroid hormone. Learn why 20% of patients remains symptomatic on the leading treatment for hypothyroidism, which is Levothyroxine, and why combination therapy (the addition of T3) can make a big difference for some people! What are some key nutrients needed to support thyroid hormone synthesis and T4 to T3 conversion? What's the best diet for those with hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's thyroid disease? Learn about the Thyroid-Gut axis and why healing the gut can help improve conversion of T4 to T3.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Symptoms of Hypothyroidism
03:11 Root Causes of Hypothyroidism
03:26 Hashimoto's
04:54 Differences Between T4 and T3
05:43 Conversion of T4 to T3 by Deiodinases
07:03 Selenium
07:41 Reverse T3
08:20 The Brain Regulates the Thyroid
09:32 Full Thyroid Panel
09:44 Hypothyroidism vs. Subclinical Hypothyroidism
11:09 Treatment Options
13:25 Combination Therapy
14:11 Power of T3
19:16 Active vs. Inactive Ingredients
20:29 Colors in Levothyroxine
23:40 Accurate Thyroid Labs
25:13 Optimizing Nutritional Status
26:56 Thyroid Support
29:16 Best Diet for Hypothyroidism
33:05 Thyroid-Gut Axis
37:12 Summary
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➡️ Watch Dr. Rajsree's video on Hashimoto's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhgh42-mZkw
➡️ Watch Dr. Rajsree's video on Herbal Protocol for SIBO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHATkKdznIA&t=680s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_RyN5M6yzM&t=86s
➡️ Watch Dr. Rajsree's video on Candida and SIFO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPFTH0MJtWY&t=1s
➡️ Watch Dr. Rajsree's video on H. pylori:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-VNzhtiKpc&t=242s
Featured Studies:
📉 Combination L-T3 and L-T4 therapy for hypothyroidism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23974776/
📉 Guidelines for the treatment of hypothyroidism
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25266247/
📉 Effect of gluten-free diet on autoimmune thyroiditis progression
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37554764/
📉 Combined T4 + T3 therapy versus T4 monotherapy effect on psychological health in hypothyroidism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35445422/
📉 Comparative Effectiveness of Levothyroxine, Desiccated Thyroid Extract, and Levothyroxine+Liothyronine in Hypothyroidism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34185829/
📉 The relationships between the gut microbiota and its metabolites with thyroid diseases:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36060978/
📉 Evaluation of the effect of gluten-free diet and Mediterranean diet on autoimmune system in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38370054/
📉 Evidence-Based Use of Levothyroxine/Liothyronine Combinations in Treating Hypothyroidismhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33276704/
📉 Natural desiccated thyroid for the treatment of hypothyroidism?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38260143/
📉 Dietary supplements in hypothyroidism
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34724363/
📉 The Role of Zinc in Thyroid Hormones Metabolism
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30982439/
📉 Hypothyroidism Prevalence in the United States: A Retrospective Study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9706417/
📉 Thyroid-Gut-Axis: How Does the Microbiota Influence Thyroid Function?https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32545596/
📉Trace elements and the thyroid
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36353227/
📉 Treating hypothyroidism is not always easy: When to treat subclinical hypothyroidism
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34766382/
📉 Randomized Study on Vitamins in Patients with Hypothyroidism
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33409923/
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