Alan Christianson: The Simplest Way To Reverse Thyroid Disease

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

What is thyroid disease, exactly? What causes it? Can we even reverse thyroid disease? If so, how can we do that?

In this episode of the Align Podcast, I have a conversation with Alan Christianson, where we discuss how the foods we choose to fuel our body can actually help reverse thyroid disease and how a healthy thyroid contributes to our immune system, our mental health, and our physical health. We then break down what is iodine, what are the optimal levels for human consumption, and what are the best resources we can refer to in order to ensure we are intaking the proper and recommended amount.

We also pick Alan’s brain about emotions and how they can impact our overall wellbeing, his own personal practices of meditation and journaling, and we even touch upon epistemology!

Alan Christianson is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor (NMD) who specializes in natural

endocrinology with a focus on thyroid disorders. He is the author of The Metabolism Reset Diet

and the New York Times bestselling book The Adrenal Reset Diet. He has been named a Top Doctor in Phoenix Magazine and has appeared on national TV shows and in numerous print media.

Website: https://www.drchristianson.com

Instagram: @dralanchristianson

Book: https://www.drchristianson.com/thyroidresetdiet/#Bonus

What we discuss:

[00:02:46] Christianson's new book on thyroid disease research

[00:04:26] The value in making our own food

[00:06:54] What is Iodine?

[00:09:47] The repercussions of iodine deficiency and excess

[00:11:52] What are the optimal levels of iodine?

[00:13:12] What causes thyroid disease?

[00:15:59] Can thoughts and feelings affect the functioning of the thyroid?

[00:18:45] What is the thyroid and how does it work?

[00:20:10] How emotional states contribute to your physical health issues

[00:22:50] Do we have free will?

[00:26:01] Alan’s biggest challenges

[00:32:09] How do we know we know?

[00:36:30] A guide to mediation and journaling practices

[00:38:37] Alan’s thoughts on God

[00:40:19] What are signs of an underlying thyroid issue?

[00:41:26] Can all diseases be reversed and what be the root cause for it?

[00:43:10] How does toxic fat develop?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Line Podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander. This is a place that we bring together the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness to help you optimize your mind, body, and movement.
0:12.0	This conversation was with my good friend Dr.
0:14.7	Alan Christensen. Doc Allen is incredibly intelligent. He is in New York Times best-selling
0:20.3	author. He wrote the Adrenal Reset Diet. He also wrote the metabolism Reset Diet. Now he has
0:25.4	coming soon. The thyroid reset diet. In this conversation we get into what the heck that thyroid of yours
0:31.9	is, some of the foods that impact it, some of the environmental
0:35.2	conditions that impact it, and then we also get into some philosophical bits of Dr. Christensen's
0:41.1	mind because he has got a lot going on in there. So it's really fun to
0:46.4	get to have such a dynamic conversation with what such a brilliant human being. If you
0:51.9	enjoyed it, share with your friends. You can share it on the
0:54.4	Instagram. You can tag Dr. Alan Christensen or you can tag me at a line
0:57.8	podcast and perhaps we'll re-share that thing. All right I think we are ready to go with Dr. Allen Christensen.
1:07.0	Hope you enjoy.
1:08.0	Bow. You're a little furrier than last time I saw you but looking well otherwise?
1:19.3	That's the natural winter fur. winter,
1:23.0	comes on to stay warm.
1:25.0	Not really, I live in LA.
1:27.0	It's just, it's all a facade.
1:30.0	Well, it looks good and the less.
1:31.0	Hope you're well these days.
1:33.0	Yeah, man, things are good.
1:34.0	How are you?
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