Today on the root cause medicine podcast.

And I remember saying, I'm going to film this. I know it sounds cheesy, but I'm going to film this so I can look back at it one day because I'm going to get, I don't know when. Right now it feels like I'm never going to get better. But I'm going to film this and I'm going to watch it hopefully a year from now. It'll be a year in November already. I've been doing this for a year. It's taking me a year to get 75% better. And I look at it and my therapist was even like, I think

you'll be discharged in October. I was like, what? This is coming from someone who in December

was suicidal ideation, about ready to check herself in, having multiple periods

a month, sweat, not sleeping, not eating. And I just say that over and over again so people can

realize what you can do in a year, how much can change truly in a year. Hello, hello. I'm your

host for today, Dr. Carrie Jones, and I am so excited for you to hear the story of my friend,

coach, and USA Network's biggest loser trainer,

Erica Lugo, also known as Erica Fitlove. She has an amazing, inspiring story that she's going to share

with you today. And I know in some way it's going to hit home when you hear her journey of

weight gain, weight loss, major thyroid issues, stress, and mental health.

She's real, she's raw, she's unapologetic, and she has a big, beautiful goal for helping all women

not being heard in health care and struggling with their symptoms, because she's lived it too.

So listen up and get ready to learn a lot.

Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about something that comes up pretty often

on this podcast, and that, of course, are supplements. There is a lot of confusion around supplements,

and you only want to take the best quality that uses top tier

certified manufacturers and most importantly do third-party independent testing to

make sure what's on the label is in the capsule. That's why I've teamed up with new ethics

formulations as their chief medical officer. The team already had a strong history in the supplement

world, but started the company to really focus on bettering your health and helping to enhance

your physique or performance goals. I am excited to help them continue to focus on the endocrine

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