397: Can Normal Thyroid Function Return by Avoiding Iodine With Dr. Alan Christianson

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

I’m here with someone I deeply admire and I’m incredibly grateful for. Dr. Alan Christianson is a naturopathic endocrinologist who focuses on thyroid function and specifically Hashimoto’s (which I had) as well as hypothyroidism and Graves’ disease.

Dr. Christianson was actually the first doctor to diagnose me (correctly) and guide me to my recovery. He’s also done this for thousands of people in his years of practice.

In this episode, we go deep on, of course, thyroid health, but also things like iodine, weight loss, and some confounding factors that aren’t always considered when it comes to thyroid.

Episode Highlights With Dr. Alan Christianson

Specific resources to help with thyroid disease
Some important reasons to consider avoiding iodine with thyroid disease
Why you likely need less iodine, not more, if you have thyroid disease (this was an important factor for me)
The hidden source of iodine you’ve probably never considered
How to know if you’re putting iodine on your skin without knowing it
What to know about selenium intake and how to get enough without getting too much
The labs to know to look at for thyroid health
One lab that confirms the presence of thyroid disease
The two products you should consider avoiding for thyroid health
And more!

Resources We Mention

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0:00.0	Welcome to my Mommy's Podcast!
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0:13.2	Do you know that most typical children's vitamins are essentially just candy and disguise?
0:17.8	Many have as much as two teaspoons of sugar, along with some food dyes, some other unhealthy
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0:37.8	While most children's vitamins might contain as much as five grams of sugar, I can cause
0:42.4	a variety of health issues.
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