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I'm Dr. Aviva Ram and it's a pleasure to be with you in 2018.

It's that time of year when so many have made New Year's resolutions, which for women often

include something about

losing weight, sticking to that diet or hitting the gym or yoga mat more often.

But if you've tried these things before to no a veil in reaching your goals, or if you're just

too darn tired to get out of bed and do any of it, there could be a reason, and it could be the

little butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, your thyroid,

that's responsible for controlling your energy and metabolism.

But it also does so much more.

It helps to regulate hormones, bone strength, and even our cognitive function.

In honor of January, being Thyroid Awareness Month, and also in the interest of breaking

the hold medicine has on preventing women with thyroid problems

as well as other autoimmune diseases from getting proper diagnosis and treatment.

I bring you this week's episode of Natural MD radio, the first of 2018.

Why Hypothyroidism is a feminist issue. Thank you for joining me and I hope you'll stick around even if you don't think you have a thyroid problem

because as you'll soon learn, I guarantee you someone you know does and you having this information

might really change her life.

Thyroid disease affects an estimated 40 million Americans and nearly 90% of these are women.

The most recent stats say that one in eight women can expect to develop

hypothyroidism in her lifetime. This means that if there are a hundred of us at a party,

a conference, in a classroom, working in an office or at the grocery

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