156: Elle Russ - Reclaim Your Thyroid Health
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2017
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Elle Russ is a writer, health coach, and host of The Primal Blueprint Podcast. She's passionate about spreading the paleo/primal health message and coaching people on how to live an amazing life, with ease.
Over the course of 10 years, Elle suffered from two bouts of severe hypothyroidism. She healed herself on her own, reclaiming her health and happiness.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The thyroid is the master gland of the body
- T4 and T3 - the main thyroid hormones
- The 6 essential thyroid tests
- Gluten and grains raise Hashimoto's antibodies
- Be careful with iodine supplementation
- We have more T3 receptors in our brain than anywhere else
- If you're suffering with psychiatric issues, get your thyroid tested properly
- Elle's two severe bouts of hypothyroidism and how she fixed her thyroid
- The reverse T3 number is a great wellness marker for everyone
- Endocrinologists are the worst people to go to with a thyroid problem
- Make sure you understand your lab test results
- Hashimoto's disease - what's happening in the body?
- High Hashimoto's antibodies = inflammation
- A simple way to support your thyroid before an issue starts
- The paleo/primal lifestyle is the ultimate in blood glucose and adrenal management
- Nobody needs to get type 2 diabetes
- If you're dealing with hypothyroidism, the worst thing you can do is workout
- Elle's morning routine
- Is there a connection between carbs and hypothyroidism?
- FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real
- If you feel great, get a comprehensive thyroid test now
Show sponsor:
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Related links:
Elle Russ - The Paleo Thyroid Solution (book)
Follow Elle Russ on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Listen to Dave Asprey previously on TUHP (episode #61)
Listen to Dr. Christiane Northrup previously on TUHP (episode #73)
Stop the Thyroid Madness website
Mark Sisson - The Primal Blueprint (book)
Life Extension selenium (Se-Methyl L-Selenocysteine)
Related episodes:
241: Dr. Aviva Romm – The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution • Permission To Pause • Embracing Adaptogens
119: Dr. Amy Myers – The Thyroid Connection • The Impact of Goitrogens • Hyper vs Hypothyroidism
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast, episode 156. |
| 0:13.1 | Jesse Chappas here with Marnie Wasserman, |
| 0:15.3 | and we are here each and every week to take your health |
| 0:17.6 | to the next level. |
| 0:18.9 | This week our featured guest is El- Russ. |
| 0:21.4 | She's a writer, health coach, and host of the Primal Blueprint podcast. |
| 0:25.6 | She's passionate about spreading the paleo primal health message and coaching people |
| 0:30.0 | on how to live an amazing life with ease. |
| 0:33.0 | Elle is so much fun to talk to. |
| 0:35.0 | We had a great conversation about thyroid health. |
| 0:37.0 | She has had a couple of bouts where she's had thyroid issues herself |
| 0:41.0 | and she's come a long way healing herself and she just has so much passion, |
| 0:46.4 | information, inspiration on the subject. |
| 0:48.8 | Yeah, El's book and podcast interview with us couldn't have come at a better time. |
| 0:54.1 | Honestly, I am doing some deep digging on my own thyroid health and I am so grateful |
| 0:59.7 | that L was able to share her message. |
| 1:02.3 | So I know you guys are going to get so much out of this |
| 1:04.1 | because thyroid health is just such a big issue that a lot of people don't get the |
| 1:09.0 | real answers. So it's going to start here on today's show. You guys are going to get some great answers about thyroid health. |
| 1:15.0 | So just a little update on our life. So ever since our move over to Windsor, we have just been loving living so simply. So a couple things that we've |
| 1:26.2 | been doing around our house. We have been gardening and I have to give credit to Jessie who |
| 1:31.4 | has a really good green thumb. He's been doing an amazing job at |
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