BONUS: The Thyroid Debacle: All About Thyroid Health with Dr. Eric Balcavage

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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I’m delighted to reconnect with Dr. Eric Balcavage today! He is the owner and founder of Rejuvagen, a functional medicine clinic in Pennsylvania. He is also a nationally recognized speaker and educator on various health-related topics, including thyroid physiology, detoxification, methylation, and chronic illness. Dr. Eric Balcavage joins me for the third time today to discuss his new book, The Thyroid Debacle, co-authored with Dr. Kelly Halderman. We dive into his motivation for writing his book, discuss cellular hypothyroidism and its triggers, and get into the impact of chronic low-grade inflammation on our mitochondrial health. We go into why hypothyroidism is a spectrum, the role of bile in thyroid functioning, and the impact of hypothyroidism on our sex hormones. We also discuss the incidence of Hashimoto’s, why iodine is so controversial, labs we want to look at more closely with thyroid issues, and supplements and nutrition. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Dr. Eric explains why clinicians are failing their patients concerning thyroid management and diagnosis. A better clinical approach to thyroid issues. Dr. Eric unpacks cellular hypothyroidism. Why weight loss is a lot more complicated than simply counting calories and fasting. The function of bile, apart from breaking down and emulsifying fat Problems that might occur after having the gallbladder removed. The impact of hypothyroidism on the sex hormones. How a broader approach could ultimately result in more effective treatment strategies. Dr. Eric shares his view on what triggers the development of goiters. Is iodine supplementation necessary? Dr. Eric shares his thoughts on nutrition for thyroid health. The best supplements for reducing inflammation. Bio Dr. Eric Balcavage is the owner and founder of Rejuvagen, a functional medicine clinic in Chadds Ford, PA. He is a nationally recognized speaker and educator on various health-related topics, including thyroid physiology, bile physiology, detoxification, oxidative stress, methylation, and chronic illness. Dr. Balcavage is a Certified Nutrition Specialist (C.N.S.), a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Board Certified in Integrative Medicine, along with being a licensed Chiropractor in Pennsylvania. Dr. Balcavage is the co-host of the Thyroid Answers Podcast. The podcast focuses on answering the pressing questions that those suffering from chronic hypothyroid symptoms can’t get answered elsewhere. You can find his educational Thyroid Thursday videos on Vimeo and YouTube. Dr. Balcavage has made it his mission to change the way medicine looks at hypothyroidism. He is the co-author of the book The Thyroid Debacle. The book, co-written by Dr. Kelly Halderman, addresses the problems with current allopathic and functional medicine approaches to hypothyroidism as well as the solutions to restoring thyroid physiology. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on X, ⁠Instagram ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Check out Cynthia’s ⁠website⁠ Connect with Dr. Eric Balcavage On his ⁠website⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ Dr. Balcavage’s book, ⁠The Thyroid Debacle⁠, is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Balboa Press, or online. Listen to episodes ⁠105⁠ and ⁠166⁠ with Dr. Eric Balcavage

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast.
0:03.7	I'm your host, nurse practitioner, Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.4	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:13.9	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the health and wellness industry each week and
0:21.5	impact over a million lives.
0:29.1	This is the start of bonus Mondays, a compilation of the top episodes over the past three years for everyday wellness.
0:41.0	And I have to tell you, when I went through all of this research and data,
0:44.3	it was apparent to me that we have a very eclectic, diverse group of clinicians,
0:51.4	science writers, personal trainers, and experts. I know you will love this new series.
0:57.7	Every Monday, we're dropping some of the biggest podcasts of the last three years. These are your
1:03.4	favorites, the most downloaded, ones that have resonated with you. And I love that we're going to
1:09.3	be able to share these every Monday so that you can
1:11.7	revisit some of these amazing episodes.
1:17.5	Today I had the joy of reconnecting with Dr. Eric Balcavage. He's the owner and founder,
1:22.6	Rjuvigen, a functional medicine clinic in Pennsylvania. He's also a recognized speaker and educator on various
1:28.9	health topics, including thyroid physiology, detoxification, methylation, and chronic illness.
1:34.7	Today he joins me for the third time to discuss his new book, the thyroid debacle, co-authored
1:40.5	with Dr. Kelly Halderman. Today we dove deep into his impetus for writing this book right now.
1:47.3	The role of cellular hypothyroidism triggers for this and the net impact of chronic
1:52.9	low-grade inflammation on the health of our mitochondria.
1:56.4	Why hypothyroidism is a spectrum, the role of bile specific to thyroid functioning, the impact on
2:03.9	our sex hormones, the incidence of Hashimoto's and why iodine is so controversial, labs that we
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