285: Dr. Izabella Wentz - Hashimoto's Food Pharmacology • Thyroid Testing • Stress, Trauma & Autoimmune Conditions
The Jesse Chappus Show
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Izabella Wentz (IG: @izabellawentzpharmd) is an internationally acclaimed thyroid specialist and licensed pharmacist who has dedicated her career to addressing the root causes of autoimmune thyroid disease after being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in 2009. She's a 2x New York Times bestselling author and director of the documentary series, The Thyroid Secret.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Izabella’s Hashimoto’s diagnosis after 10 years of confusing symptoms
- Why Izabella still had symptoms after taking thyroid medication
- The impact of going gluten & dairy-free
- Linking Izabella's pharmaceutical background & thyroid research together
- How common is Hashimoto’s?
- Types of thyroid testing
- Microscope testing vs. ultrasounds
- What is the safety theory?
- Why the paleo diet is recommended for Hashimoto's over vegan/vegetarian diets
- Digestive enzymes explained
- The 7 most common nutrient deficiencies in Hashimoto’s
- Stress, trauma & autoimmune conditions
- Izabella shares her personal trauma of losing a loved one
- How EMDR therapy helped with Izabella's healing
- Thyroid medication recommendations
- Pregnancy & thyroid meds
- Addressing the underlying autoimmune condition
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Related links:
Dr. Izabella Wentz - Hashimoto's Food Pharmacology (book)
Follow Dr. Izabella Wentz on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Dr. Izabella Wentz - Hashimoto's Protocol (book)
Dr. Izabella Wentz - Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (book)
Dr. Izabella Wentz - How Betaine with Pepsin Can Help with Hashimoto’s (article)
Dr. Izabella Wentz - Using Enzymes to Overcome Hashimoto's (article)
Dr. Izabella Wentz - The 7 Most Common Nutrient Deficiencies in Hashimoto's (article)
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
Healing & Dealing with Hashi’s (Marni & Samantha’s Online Course)
Related episodes:
258: Samantha Gladish – Healing Hashimoto’s • Coming Off The Pill • Tracking Your Cycle
228: Focus Friday – Healing And Dealing With Hashimoto’s
156: Elle Russ – Reclaim Your Thyroid Health
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| 0:00.0 | I really want them to be able to utilize all the different tools and resources we have there |
| 0:05.9 | and so that might be taking thyroid hormones to restore the levels that your body is not |
| 0:10.9 | making anymore because the thyroid gland has been damaged, as well as |
| 0:14.4 | utilizing food as medicine, utilizing functional medicine, integrative medicine, and doing all these |
| 0:19.5 | different things to treat our whole body. Hello and welcome to the ultimate health podcast episode 285, |
| 0:31.0 | Jesse Chappis here with Marnie Wasserman, and we are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:36.0 | Each week we will bring you inspiring and informative conversations about health and wellness, covering topics of nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, mindset, and so much more. |
| 0:45.4 | And today's featured guest is Dr. Isabella Wentz. |
| 0:48.1 | She's an internationally acclaimed thyroid specialist in licensed pharmacists who has dedicated her |
| 0:52.4 | career to addressing the root causes of |
| 0:54.5 | autoimmune thyroid disease after being diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2009. |
| 0:59.8 | She's a two-time New York Times best-selling author and director of the documentary series, The Thyroid Secret. |
| 1:05.0 | I've been collecting Isabella's books ever since I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's a couple of years ago, |
| 1:10.0 | and her protocols and recommendations have been such a big part of my healing. |
| 1:14.7 | So I'm so honored to have her on the show sharing her Hashe's wisdom with us. |
| 1:18.6 | So here are some of what we discussed today. |
| 1:20.6 | Why Isabella still had symptoms after taking thyroid medication? |
| 1:24.0 | The impact of going gluten-free and dairy-free for thyroid health. |
| 1:28.0 | Different types of thyroid testing. |
| 1:30.0 | Why the paleo diet is recommended for Hashimoto's over vegan and vegetarian diets, the seven |
| 1:35.0 | most common nutrient deficiencies in hashimoto's, and thyroid medication recommendations. |
| 1:40.6 | Lots of great information all around thyroid health. This is such an important |
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