Why Thyroid Meds Don’t Work for Most Women | Thyroid & Weight Loss Expert

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Dr. Josh Axe

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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1 out of 8 women will develop a thyroid condition, and up to 60% don’t even know they have it, often because symptoms are dismissed or misdiagnosed. You might be one of the millions with undiagnosed thyroid issues. In this episode, Dr. Axe sits down with McCall McPherson: licensed PA, TEDx speaker, and founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic, to reveal what most doctors miss when it comes to thyroid, hormones, and metabolism. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why standard thyroid tests like TSH often miss the full picture How hormones like cortisol and estrogen impact thyroid function The truth about perimenopause and HRT most women don’t hear Whether weight loss meds like Ozempic help—or hurt—thyroid healing #HormoneHealth #ThyroidHealth #HolisticHealing ------ Want more of The Dr. Josh Axe Show? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Josh Axe Instagram Twitter Facebook TikTok Website Follow McCall McPherson Instagram Facebook Tik-Tok Website ------ Staying healthy in today's world is an upstream battle. Subscribe to Wellness Weekly, your 5-minute dose of sound health advice to help you grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Every Wednesday, you'll get: Holistic health news & life-hacks from a biblical world view Powerful free resources including classes, Q&As, and guides from Dr. Axe The latest episodes of The Dr. Josh Axe Show Submit your questions via voice memo to be featured on the show → speakpipe.com/drjoshaxe ------ Links: Check out McCall McPherson’s thyroid lab guide → https://gift.modernthyroidclinic.com/thyroid-guide ------ Ads: Get your free wealth protection guide from Preserve Gold. Visit www.preservegold.com/axe or text AXE to 50505 to claim your free guide, and you could receive up to $15,000 in free gold or silver with a qualified purchase or account rollover. Don’t wait – claim your special offers today! Unlock targeted biomarker testing: hormones, thyroid, metabolism, plus a 1-hour consult with a Senior Health Advisor. Spots are limited, grab yours now at mybloodwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?
0:04.8	So we started the business two years ago.
0:07.2	We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.
0:12.5	But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.
0:18.0	Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash
0:23.6	HelloVet.
0:25.9	How long do you think the average doctor visit is?
0:28.6	I can tell you that I was trained to see patients in four to eight minutes.
0:32.0	The average is seven minutes.
0:33.6	You know what you can't solve in four to eight minutes?
0:35.6	Complex thyroid problems.
0:36.8	Yeah.
0:37.2	No kidding. Complex anything. Right. Never, ever, ever believe that you do not have a thyroid issue driving your symptoms because your labs are, quote, normal. What organs are most responsible for or when there's the greatest dysfunction of that are keeping T4 being converted to T3? Your liver is huge. We have a huge liver problem
0:56.1	in our country. Our livers don't work really great anymore. Nutrient deficiencies are pervasive,
1:01.3	right? If people are not extremely intentional about eating a wide variety of nutrient dense
1:06.3	foods, of all the colors of the rainbow, it's honestly a problem. What number of people that have hypothyroidism have Hashimoto's or have those antibodies out of balance?
1:15.5	Research shows about 80%.
1:16.9	Yeah, that's high.
1:17.8	It's high.
1:18.3	You specialize in thyroid issues, but your secondary area of expertise is weight loss.
1:23.4	We are probably fairly well aligned on, but I know that you have recommended GLP1.
1:28.0	Yeah, I love that we get to talk about this.
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