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Barbell Shrugged

Physiology Friday: [THYROID] Function, Dysfunction, Brain Chemistry, and Autoimmunity w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Travis Mash and Dan Garner

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode of Barbell Shrugged:

  1. The Thyroid’s impact on weight gain
  2. What is the function of the thyroid
  3. What causes thyroid dysfunction
  4. The relationship between hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and thyroid
  5. Thyroids role in autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s and Grave’s disease
  6. How gut health affects the thyroid
  7. How Vitamin A regulates the thyroid
  8. Parathyroid and thyroid connection
  9. How birth control can affect thyroid function
  10. Thyroid’s role in impacting brain chemistry
  11. The thyroid’s role in your menstrual cycle

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Connect with our guests:

Anders Varner on Instagram

Doug Larson on Instagram

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

Dan Garner on Instagram

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Shrug family this week on Barbell Shrug. Physiology Friday is back and today,

0:04.2

Dan Garner's going to be rocking out on all things thyroid. So for many of you ladies out there

0:10.0

that may have some thyroid issues, this is the jam. And I know that this isn't just for the ladies.

0:16.3

I know there are plenty of men out there that have also questions about thyroid. Maybe there's

0:20.7

some autoimmune issues that are coming up. This is the episode for you. And as always, friends, are plenty of men out there that have also questions about thyroid. Maybe there's some

0:20.8

autoimmune issues that are coming up. This is the episode for you. And as always, friends,

0:24.9

if you'd like to take the next steps and come and work with us at rapid health optimization,

0:29.2

head over to rapid health report.com. That is where you can see Dan Garner, Dr. Andy Gowpin,

0:34.3

doing a free lab, lifestyle, and performance analysis, and you can access

0:37.8

that free report, rapid health report.com. Friends, let's get into the show.

0:44.3

Welcome to Barb L Shrug. My name is Andrew Warner. Doug Lars and Coach Travis Bash,

0:47.6

Dan Garner in the house. Today, we are talking about thiroids. And, man, this comes up so much. I hear so many people on when I'm talking to them,

0:56.9

getting people into the Rapid Health Optimization program that complain about thyroid issues.

1:04.2

And if there's a single thing that all of them have in common, it's that their doctors

1:09.8

tell them their thyroid is jacked up.

1:13.1

They have no real solution on how to heal any of any of the issues caused by having a dysfunctional thyroid.

1:21.8

And it makes me even wonder, what is a dysfunctional thyroid?

1:25.6

And like, what is the role of the thyroid to begin with

1:28.1

and then what what kind of like makes it dysfunctional because it seems like a lot of people

1:32.3

have this issue okay so in the word the disc podcast you guys might have to rein me in

1:37.7

because the the thyroid's involved in so much stuff so well I think probably a good way to

1:42.7

start it's probably just to kind of...

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