Ep21 Thyroid Part 2 - Delve Deep Into Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroid Disease With Melissa Briggs Conscious Health & Life

In this episode we have the amazing Mel Briggs back for a PART 2 of our thyroid series. In this epsiode we are delving deep into Hashimoto's disease!

Did you know that 80% of hypothyroidism is caused by Hashimoto's autoimmune disease.

So many people with Hashimoto's go undiagnosed and therefore the root cause is never addressed and they end up consistently struggling and having to increase doses of medications.



In this episode we will cover:


What is Hashimoto's
Subclinical versus overt Hashimoto's
Why medication - Thyroxine is not enough
Why Thyroxine is an inactive storage hormone - still needs converting and it doesn’t really address the autoimmune component of the disease.
Nodule/goitre/thyroid cancer risk - Do I need an ultrasound?
Risk of further autoimmune diseases.
How COVID affects autoimmune disease.
Link with EBV and Hashimoto's
Stress and Hashimoto's
Implications in fertility
Environmental toxins and Hashimotos - living on a farm, painters, pesticides, mould exposure, fake tanning, mercury fillings, exposure to chlorine and flouride etc.

Find Melissa at Elixir Naturopathy or on instagram for lots of free resources! Nourish Your Thyroid Program:Mel's signature self-paced hypothyroid/Hashimoto’s management program, designed to take individuals living with hypothyroid from confused to confident, without the one-size-fits-all approach to health.Check out Nourish Your Thyroid program here

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