254: Sarah Ballantyne - Pregnancy And Hypothyroidism • Reintroductions On AIP • The Cruciferous Vegetable Myth
The Jesse Chappus Show
Jesse Chappus
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2018
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D. (IG: @thepaleomom) is the creator of the award-winning blog The Paleo Mom, cohost of the top-rated and syndicated The Paleo View podcast, and New York Times bestselling author of four books: the most comprehensive paleo guidebook to date, Paleo Principles; the definitive Autoimmune Protocol guidebook, The Paleo Approach; and two AIP cookbooks, The Paleo Approach Cookbook and The Healing Kitchen.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What is a thyroid gland?
- The difference between hyper and hypothyroid diseases
- Hashimoto's is the most common of all autoimmune diseases
- Pregnancy complications are higher in women with hypothyroidism
- Understanding the link between immune function, diet, and lifestyle
- Why taking a more comprehensive & holistic approach is essential
- What is the autoimmune protocol (AIP)?
- Lab ranges vs. functional ranges for thyroid hormone levels
- Importance of advocating for a full thyroid panel
- The role of a functional medicine specialist
- Sarah's 3 1/2 year journey to being symptom-free
- Small changes make the biggest difference
- What is an autoimmune flare up?
- Why ketogenic diets should be avoided
- Overview of AIP
- 80% of our immune system is in the gut
- The significance of iodine, selenium, zinc, & iron on AIP
- About 73% of people are deficient in zinc
- Reintroductions are an important aspect of the AIP protocol
- How elimination and challenge diets are constructed
- Empowering people with knowledge
- Sarah's AIP journey
- How AIP began
- The role nutrients play in immune health
- The problem with food sensitivity testing
- Elimination diets are the gold standard in testing
- Fish & shellfish are high in zinc, selenium, & iron
- The cruciferous vegetable myth
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Related links:
Sarah Ballantyne - Paleo Principles (book)
The Paleo Mom (Sarah's website)
The Paleo View (Sarah's podcast)
Follow Sarah Ballantyne on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Sarah Ballantyne - The Paleo Approach (book)
Sarah Ballantyne - The Paleo Approach Cookbook
Alaena Haber & Sarah Ballantyne - The Healing Kitchen (cookbook)
Listen to Sarah Ballantyne previously on TUHP (episode #220)
Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution (book)
Listen to Robb Wolf previously on TUHP (episode #145)
Dr. Loren Cordain - The Paleo Diet
Dr. Terry Wahls - Minding Your Mitrochrondria TedxIowaCity (video)
Listen to Dr. Terry Wahls previously on TUHP (episode #120)
Healing & Dealing With Hashi's (Marni's 4 week Hashimoto's course)
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228: Focus Friday – Healing And Dealing With Hashimoto's
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| 0:00.0 | So there, there's certain foods that I can have once in a while if I'm in a restaurant and it's there, |
| 0:04.7 | I'm going to be okay, and I don't really notice problems with those foods unless they start creeping |
| 0:09.4 | into my diet on a regular basis. |
| 0:11.4 | And then there's other foods that I will probably never be able to eat. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to The Ultimate Health Podcast episode 254. Jesse Chapp is here with |
| 0:24.0 | Marnie Wasserman and we are here on a weekly basis to take your |
| 0:27.2 | health to the next level. This week our featured guest is Sarah |
| 0:30.0 | Ballantyne. She's a PhD and creator of the award-winning blog The |
| 0:33.6 | paleo mom. She's the co-host of the top-rated and |
| 0:36.3 | syndicated The Paleo View podcast and New York Times best-selling author of four |
| 0:41.1 | books including the most comprehensive paleo guidebook to date, |
| 0:45.0 | paleo principles. |
| 0:46.7 | It was such a pleasure having Sarah back on the show. |
| 0:49.2 | She was on on episode 220, so make sure you go back and listen to that. |
| 0:53.3 | Talking to Sarah is just so easy, and she's one of those guests |
| 0:57.2 | that we could probably have her on for about four hours at a time, |
| 1:00.3 | if not more. |
| 1:01.2 | There's so much information to get into. She's so knowledgeable and I love |
| 1:04.6 | that she brings the science in and the knowledge in from personal experience. |
| 1:08.0 | There's just so much in-depth conversation. So here's what we get into on our show today with Sarah. We talk about the difference |
| 1:15.2 | between hyper and hypotheridism and their symptoms. We get into Hashimoto's |
| 1:19.7 | being the most common autoimmune condition, |
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