The Ketogenic Diet, Your Thyroid and Hair Loss

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this podcast, I want to talk to you about the ketogenic diet, intermittent fasting, your thyroid, and your hair. Some people who go on an intermittent fasting and keto plan notice hair loss. Some people also feel cold and have an enlarged thyroid. There is a way to do keto correctly, so you don’t have hair loss and a thyroid problem.

Vitamin A activates thyroid receptors. The pituitary sends a hormone down to the thyroid that controls it. The hormone is called thyroid-stimulating hormone, or TSH. It changes the size of the thyroid and the production of hormones, like T4. Low levels of vitamin A can inhibit the thyroid receptors of TSH. In turn, your pituitary produces more and more TSH to try to force the thyroid to work.

When this situation happens, it can cause the thyroid to enlarge. In turn, this can make you cold and contribute to hair loss.

Vitamin A comes from:

• Liver

• Eggs

• Butter

• Fish oil

• Greens

If you don’t consume enough of these foods, you could be low in vitamin A.

The other causes of low vitamin A could be:

• Fatty or inflamed liver

• Low gallbladder bile or no gallbladder

• Gastric bypass

• SIBO

Low levels of zinc is another very common problem that causes thyroid issues. This is often caused by avoiding all animal products, like with a vegetarian or vegan diet. Shellfish and red meat are excellent sources of zinc.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:

Dr. Berg, 51 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss through nutritional & natural methods. His private practice is located in Alexandria, Virginia. His clients include senior officials in the U.S. government & the Justice Department, ambassadors, medical doctors, high-level executives of prominent corporations, scientists, engineers, professors, and other clients from all walks of life. He is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning.

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting,
0:04.4	whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product.
0:10.5	Call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 5405.7.
0:29.0	Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Today I'm going to talk about the ketogenic diet, interminive fasting, your thyroid, and your hair.
0:52.0	Sometimes when people go on keto and they do intimate fasting they
0:56.8	may notice a loss of hair and they start getting cold. Some people might even
1:02.0	see in a an enlarged gland.
1:04.7	So there is a way to do it correctly
1:05.9	without having to lose your hair or have a thyroid problem.
1:09.9	So let's take a look at a couple of things.
1:12.7	Vitamin A activates the thyroid receptors
1:18.4	in the thyroid gland itself.
1:20.8	So the pituitary gland, which is a tiny little gland in your brain, sends a hormone down to the thyroid and it controls the thyroid.
1:30.0	And this hormone is called thyroid stimulating hormone.
1:34.0	Connects in the thyroid, a little receptor,
1:37.1	and it has several functions.
1:38.9	One is that it increases the size of the thyroid hormone. Number two, it increases the
1:45.0	Thyride hormone.
1:46.0	Number two, it increases the production of the thyroid hormones,
1:48.0	like T4.
1:49.0	So low amounts of Vitamin A
1:51.0	inhibit the receptors, so you're not activating the receptors of the
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