Thyroid Expert: Heal Fatigue Hair Loss and Weight Gain at the Root | ft McCall McPherson w/ DrG #420

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Wellness Loud

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Sponsored By: → BiOptimizers | For an exclusive offer go to bioptimizers.com/drg and use code DRG to get 15% OFF. → KION | For an exclusive offer go to GETKION.COM/DRG and get a 20% discount. Sign up for our newsletter! https://drchristiangonzalez.com/newsletter/ Episode Description: Exhausted no matter how much you sleep? Struggling with brain fog, stubborn weight, thinning hair, or mood swings; only to hear your doctor say, “Everything looks normal”? You’re not alone. Millions of people are being dismissed because the medical system is wired to miss what’s really happening. Lab ranges are too broad. Subtle red flags get ignored. And for women especially, symptoms are too often brushed off as stress, hormones, or aging. This week on Heal Thy Self, Dr. G sits down with McCall McPherson, nationally recognized clinician and founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic, to expose the hidden epidemic of undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction. You’ll learn why standard medicine misses it, the early signs you need to catch (like thinning eyebrows, high cholesterol, and even feeling cold all the time), and how Hashimoto’s remission is possible when you address the root causes. We also dive into why “get off your meds” promises are false hope, how trendy hacks like cold plunges can backfire, and the overlooked emotional side of thyroid health: from repression to losing your voice. In this episode you’ll discover: • Why thyroid dysfunction often goes undiagnosed for years • The flaws in “normal” lab ranges that keep patients suffering • Overlooked symptoms that point to hidden thyroid issues • Why women are disproportionately dismissed and gaslit by medicine • How Hashimoto’s remission is possible with the right approach • The danger of chasing “get off meds” promises • When popular wellness trends, like cold plunges, can make things worse • The emotional link between thyroid health, repression, and using your voice If you’ve ever felt unheard or stuck with symptoms no one can explain, this conversation will finally connect the dots, and give you a new path forward. 🎧 Listen now to uncover what your doctor might be missing. 0:00 - Introduction 2:07 - Rapid Fire 8:32 - The 2018 Study That Broke Thyroid Care 14:18 - The Essential Thyroid Panel Your Doctor Should Order 25:14 - The One Symptom That Screams Thyroid Problem 28:16 - Hidden Drivers 34:17 - Foods That Trigger Thyroid Inflammation 40:05 - The Thyroid-Fertility Crisis No One Talks About 44:48 - What It Really Feels Like When Your Thyroid Comes Back Online 49:40 - Best Bang-for-Buck Thyroid Interventions

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0:00.0	inflammation drives autoimmune disease so much of that burden is manufactured and able to be influenced
0:07.2	by levels of inflammation in the body and medicine hasn't even realized that yet if people can figure out
0:12.3	ways to influence their levels of inflammation they can very often influence their antibody levels
0:17.2	do you know that feeling when your body just isn't working right, but your doctor says
0:21.1	your blood work is normal? You're exhausted, your hair's falling out, you can't lose weight,
0:25.5	your brain feels foggy. And they ran that one thyroid test and it said, everything is fine.
0:31.3	Meanwhile, you know something's definitely not right. My guest today, McCall McPherson, is a thyroid
0:36.3	specialist who spent 17 hours a day in
0:39.1	bed until she figured out what conventional medicine will not tell you. Here's the thing, 99% of the
0:44.6	time, that basic thyroid panel that your doctor is testing is missing the real problem. McCall walks
0:50.7	us through the one symptom that's so predictive of thyroid problem that she's
0:55.0	never seen another condition cause it. Plus, the real test your doctor should be running,
1:00.6	but probably isn't. If you're tired of being told that you're fine when you feel terrible
1:04.5	and you want to know why your labs don't match what is actually happening, I want you to keep
1:09.9	listening. This episode will change
1:12.2	everything about how you approach your thyroid health. All right, everyone, I have a very special guest.
1:17.8	We all have thyroid. We all want to maintain our weight, maintain our metabolic function,
1:23.5	but we don't know exactly what's going on under the hood until we go to our conventional
1:30.2	doctor, we get the lab work, but it could be going on for 10 years.
1:34.1	McCall McPherson, you are on the show.
1:36.1	You are a thyroid expert, and we're going to talk about really why the thyroid are so important
1:41.3	and overlooked.
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