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Medical Disclaimer The content of the following document is based on research conducted by Jen Wi8man, Thyroid Loving Care and/or The Healthy Plate, LLC, unless otherwise noted. The informaAon is presented for educaAonal purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condiAon, nor to prevent, treat, miAgate or cure such condiAons. The informaAon contained herein is not intended to replace a oneonone relaAonship with a doctor or qualified healthcare professional. Therefore, this informaAon is not intended as medical advice, but rather a sharing of knowledge and informaAon based on research and experience. Jen Wi8man, Thyroid Loving Care and/or The Healthy Plate, LLC encourage you to make your own health care decisions based on your judgment and research in partnership with a qualified healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug AdministraAon. The informaAon in this document and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. All rights reserved. No part of this publicaAon may be reproduced, scanned, distributed or transmi8ed in any form, by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in wriAng from the publisher. Any telephone numbers, addresses, prices, offers and web sites listed in this document are accurate at the Ame of publicaAon, but they are subject to frequent change. Copyright 2016 Thyroid Loving Care / The Healthy Plate, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Medical Disclaimer The  content  of  the  following  document  is  based  on  research  conducted  by  Jen  Wi8man,  Thyroid  Loving  Care  and/or  The  Healthy  Plate,  LLC,  unless  otherwise  noted.  The  informaAon  is  presented  for  educaAonal  purposes  only  and  is  not  intended  to  diagnose  or  prescribe  for  any  medical  or  psychological  condiAon,  nor  to  prevent,  treat,  miAgate  or  cure  such  condiAons.  The  informaAon  contained  herein  is  not  intended  to  replace  a  one-­‐on-­‐one  relaAonship  with  a  doctor  or  qualified  healthcare  professional.  Therefore,  this  informaAon  is  not  intended  as  medical  advice,  but  rather  a  sharing  of  knowledge  and  informaAon  based  on  research  and  experience.  Jen  Wi8man,  Thyroid  Loving  Care  and/or  The  Healthy  Plate,  LLC  encourage  you  to  make  your  own  health  care  decisions  based  on  your  judgment  and  research  in  partnership  with  a  qualified  healthcare  professional.     These  statements  have  not  been  evaluated  by  the  Food  and  Drug  AdministraAon.  The  informaAon  in  this  document  and  is  not  intended  to  diagnose,  treat,  cure  or  prevent  any  disease.       All  rights  reserved.  No  part  of  this  publicaAon  may  be  reproduced,  scanned,  distributed  or  transmi8ed  in  any  form,  by  any  means,  electronic  or  mechanical,  without  permission  in  wriAng  from  the  publisher.  Any  telephone  numbers,  addresses,  prices,  offers  and  web  sites  listed  in  this  document  are  accurate  at  the  Ame  of  publicaAon,  but  they  are  subject  to  frequent  change.     Copyright  2016  Thyroid  Loving  Care  /  The  Healthy  Plate,  LLC.    All  Rights  Reserved.  

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Thyroid Love 101 MODULE 1

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KNOWLEDGE  IS  POWER,  ESPECIALLY  WHEN  IT  COMES  TO  YOUR  BODY.  

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Week 1: Resources

§ The  Radical  TLC  Solu0on  Home  Healing  Plan  –  Introduc0on  &  Week  1  

§ Thyroid  Love  101  book  § Temperature  Tracker  Download  

§ Food,  Mood  &  Symptom  Tracker  Download  

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Week 1: Daily Action Plan   DAY  1    Read  through  the  enAre  IntroducAon  +  Week  1  of  your  Home  Healing  Plan  guide.      

  DAY  2    Check  your  most  recent  blood  tests.  Are  you  within  “opAmal”  range?      

  DAY  3    Make  appt.  w/doctor  or  order  tests  if  you  need    updated  test  results.      

  DAY  4    Buy/Order  Basal  Thermometer.      

  DAY  5    Begin  your  food  journal  &  digesAve  symptom  tracker.      

  DAY  6    Begin  tracking  your  temperature.      

  DAY  7    Treat  yo’self!  Do  one  loving  thing  for  yourself  today.      

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The Current State of Thyroid Health Care §  The  medical  system  is  sorely  lacking  in  understanding  and  educaAon  of  thyroid,  autoimmune  

and  inflammatory  disorders.  

§  It’s  more  important  than  ever  to  be  educated  on  the  basics  of  these  diseases,  the  tesAng  that  can  help  you  really  understand  what’s  going  on  with  your  body,  and  how  to  address  the  root  causes.    

§  Misdiagnosis  is  all  too  common  with  thyroid,  autoimmune  and  inflammatory  disorders—and  an  accurate  diagnosis  is  the  first  step  in  choosing  your  best  treatment  on  your  road  to  health.    

§  Chances  are  that  you’ll  just  be  given  a  prescripAon  for  replacement  hormones—without  ever  diagnosing  the  cause  of  your  problems.    

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What we’re going to cover this module:  

§ The  secret  to  a  healthy  thyroid.  § How  to  find  the  root  cause  &  the  right  help  to  treat  it.  § How  to  test  and  track  yourself  at  home.  § Your  medicaAon:  Helpful  or  Harmful?  § How  to  find  the  right  doctor  for  you!    

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The Secret to a Healthy Thyroid

§ Understanding  the  basic  funcAons  of  the  thyroid  &  other  important  systems  § Knowing  the  root  cause  of  your  thyroid  disease  and  treaAng  the  cause;  not  just  the  symptoms.  § Taking  a  mind,  body,  spirit  approach  to  healing  

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Thyroid Basics § Bu8erfly-­‐shaped  gland  located  in  your  throat    § Makes,  stores  and  releases  thyroid  hormones  (T3  and  T4)  into  your  blood.    

§ Affects  almost  every  cell  in  your  body  ◦ helps  control  the  body’s  funcAons  ◦ cellular  energy  ◦ metabolism  

§ Many  systems  affect  the  thyroid  including  your  adrenal  and  gastrointesAnal  systems.  

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How does your thyroid work? The  thyroid  gland  works  together  with  your  pituitary  gland  and  hypothalamus  to  control  the  amount  of  thyroid  hormone  in  your  body.  For  some  of  you,  this  informaAon  will  be  old  hat.  But  for  those  just  starAng  out,  here’s  a  closer  look  at  how  the  thyroid  works.    

  1.  The  hypothalamus  gland  sends  a  message  using  thyroid  releasing  hormone  (TRH)  to  your  pituitary  gland.    

  2.  Your  pituitary  gland  then  determines  how  to  sAmulate  the  thyroid  by  sending  thyroid  sAmulaAng  hormone  (TSH).    

  3.  TSH  sAmulates  your  thyroid  to  produce  inacAve  T4  and  acAve  T3  (thyroid  hormones);    ◦  a.  The  inacAve  T4  goes  to  your  liver  and  intesAnal  tract  to  be  converted  to  acAve  T3.    ◦  b.  AcAve  T3  goes  straight  to  the  bloodstream  to  be  delivered  to  your  cells.    

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Important Takeaway

§ AcAve  T3  is  the  hormone  used  by  our  cells  to  produce  energy  and  protecAve  steroid  hormones.  § Our  thyroid  only  makes  10%  of  the  acAve  T3  we  need  to  funcAon  properly.    § 90%  of  AcAve  T3  is  created  when  T4  gets  converted  in  the  liver.    

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Thyroid Conditions   While  there  are  several  causes  of  thyroid  condiAons,  a  thyroid  imbalance  can  manifest  itself  as:  

§ Hypothyroidism:  too  li8le  thyroid  hormone  in  your  blood.  This  makes  your  body  and  its  funcAons  sluggish.    

§ Hyperthyroidism:  too  much  thyroid  hormone  in  your  blood  and  everything  starts  racing.    

§ Hashimoto’s  Thyroidi0s:  your  own  immune  system  a8acks  the  thyroid,  and  ooen  results  in  hypothyroidism  but  can  volley  you  back  and  forth  between  hypo-­‐  and  hyperthyroid  symptoms.  

§ Grave’s  Disease:  a  disorder  of  the  immune  system  that  results  in  the  overproducAon  of  thyroid  hormones  

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Other Thyroid Patterns   Under-­‐conversion  of  T4  to  T3    

  As  the  inacAve  thyroid  hormone,  T4  must  be  converted  to  T3  before  it  can  be  used  by  your  body,  but  more  than  90%  of  what  your  body  makes  for  itself  is  T4.    

  If  you  have  inflammaAon  and  elevated  corAsol  levels,  it  can  damage  your  body’s  ability  to  convert  T4  to  T3.  If  this  is  what  is  happening  in  your  body,  you’ll  have  hyperthyroid  symptoms,  but  your  TSH  and  T4  levels  will  be  normal.    

  To  diagnose  this  dysfuncAon,  have  your  T3  tested,  and  it  should  show  as  low.    

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Other Thyroid Patterns   Thyroid  resistance    

  With  thyroid  resistance,  your  thyroid  is  working  normally,  but  the  hormones  it’s  producing  aren’t  gepng  where  they’re  needed  and  you  end  up  with  hypothyroid  symptoms.  This  pa8ern  is  usually  caused  by  chronic  high  stress  and  high  homocysteine.    

  Unfortunately  there  is  no  test  for  thyroid  resistance,  and  your  standard  labs  will  all  come  back  “normal.”    

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Other Thyroid Patterns   Hypothyroidism  caused  by  pituitary  dysfunc0on    

  High  levels  of  corAsol,  which  can  be  caused  by  infecAon,  blood  sugar  imbalances,  stress,  pregnancy,  hypoglycemia,  or  insulin  resistance,  can  faAgue  the  pituitary  gland  unAl  it  stops  sending  out  the  signal  for  your  thyroid  to  release  enough  thyroid  hormone.    

  In  this  case,  there  might  be  nothing  wrong  with  the  thyroid  itself,  but  rather  with  the  pituitary  gland    

  If  you  have  hypothyroid  symptoms,  your  TSH  falls  below  the  funcAonal  range,  but  within  the  standard  range,  and  T4  is  low  in  the  funcAonal  range,  this  may  be  your  culprit.    

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Other Thyroid Patterns   Hypothyroidism  caused  by  elevated  TBG    

  Thyroid  binding  globulin  (TBG)  transports  inacAve  thyroid  hormone  through  the  blood.  If  your  TBG  levels  are  too  high,  there  won’t  be  enough  free  thyroid  hormone  for  your  body  to  use.    

  High  TBG  levels  are  ooen  caused  by  high  estrogen  levels,  usually  from  birth  control  or  estrogen  replacement  drugs.  You  have  to  get  rid  of  the  excess  estrogen  to  clear  this  problem.    

  On  your  tests,  TSH  and  T4  will  be  normal,  but  T3  will  be  low,  and  T3  uptake  and  TBG  will  be  high.    

      

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Other Thyroid Patterns   Hypothyroidism  caused  by  decreased  TBG    

  The  opposite  of  the  previous  pa8ern,  too  li8le  TBG  means  that  there’s  too  much  free  thyroid  hormone  in  your  body—and  your  cells  begin  to  develop  resistance  to  it.  So  you  will  have  hypothyroid  symptoms.    

  You  might  guess  that  this  is  caused  by  too  much  testosterone  in  your  system,  and  is  ooen  associated  with  PCOS  and  insulin  resistance.  Gepng  your  blood  sugars  under  control  is  key  to  healing  this  pa8ern    

  Your  tests  will  show  normal  TSH  and  T4,  but  high  T3.  T3  uptake  and  TBG  will  be  low.    

      

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Other Thyroid Patterns Important  takeaway:    

§ The  pa8erns  listed  above  don’t  show  up  on  standard  blood  tests.    § If  one  of  those  pa8erns  is  causing  your  thyroid  imbalance,  convenAonal  thyroid  hormone  replacement  will  not  be  supporAve  to  healing.    

§ That  is  the  challenge  with  the  way  our  current  medical  system  addresses  thyroid  disease.  It  ooen  skips  the  step  of  discovering  the  root  cause  of  the  imbalance  and  treats  all  thyroid  healing  the  same,  usually  through  thyroid  hormone  replacement.    

§ When  this  method  doesn’t  work  for  you,  the  doctor  is  leo  with  the  opAon  of  changing  your  medicaAon  or  upping  the  dosage.  If  your  thyroid  disorder  is  caused  by  one  of  these  pa8erns,  neither  treatment  will  be  effecAve.    

§ You  must  treat  the  root  cause  of  the  disorder  in  order  to  reverse  the  disease  and  eliminate  symptoms  and  knowing  the  cause  of  the  imbalance  will  set  you  on  a  path  for  success.    

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Finding the root cause

§ Blood  Tests    § Stool  Tests    § Saliva  Analysis  

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Blood Tests § Go  beyond  the  standard  blood  panel  to  understand  how  the  different  systems  are  funcAoning  together.  

 § Get  your  thyroid  anAbody  levels  tested  (TPO  &  TBG)    § Order  tests  through  DirectLabs.com  (APEX-­‐5)    § Bring  tests  to  your  doctor  or  funcAonal  pracAAoner    § Make  sure  you’re  looking  at  “opAmal”  ranges;  not  “normal”  ranges.  

       

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Stool Tests § Your  gut  plays  a  very  important  role  in  achieving  opAmal  thyroid  health.    

§ A  whopping  70  percent  of  your  immune  system  resides  in  your  gut  which  controls    § DigesAon  §  EliminaAon  § DetoxificaAon  §  nutrient  absorpAon  §  hormone  metabolism  §  energy  producAon  

§ 99%  of  brain  chemicals  known  as  neurotransmi8ers  in  your  body  are  created  in  your  intesAne.    

§ T4  must  be  converted  to  T3  to  be  used  in  the  body—and  most  of  this  conversion  takes  place  in  your  intesAnes  with  the  help  of  your  beneficial  gut  flora.  

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Stool Tests § Stool  tests  are  vital  for  everyone  who  has  Hashimoto’s  (autoimmune)  thyroidiAs  because  of  possible  triggers  in  the  gut.    

§ Stool  analysis  will  indicate  if  you  have  any  infecAons  that  could  be  affecAng  the  thyroid  gland,  if  you  have  any  yeast  overgrowth  (candida),  how  well  you  are  digesAng  food,  if  you  are  absorbing  nutrients  from  the  food  you  are  eaAng,  if  you  have  IBS  and  if  there  are  parasites,  fungus,  and/or  mold  present.    

§ Some  stool  analyses  can  test  for  gluten  intolerance  or  gut  dysbiosis  as  well.    

§ FuncAonal  doctors  and  pracAAoner  can  usually  order  these  tests  for  you.  

§ Click  on  the  links  in  Thyroid  Love  101  to  learn  which  tests  and  which  labs  are  best  for  stool  analysis.    

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Saliva Tests § The  health  of  your  adrenal  glands  plays  a  big  part  in  the  health  of  your  thyroid.    § The  easiest  test  to  determine  how  your  adrenal  glands  are  funcAoning  is  a  simple  saliva  test.    § Saliva  tests  measure  different  hormone  levels  including  the  stress  hormones  DHEA  and  corAsol  in  your  saliva.    § Saliva  tests  also  check  estrogen,  progesterone,  and  testosterone  levels.    § It’s  important  to  know  your  levels:  ◦ CorAsol  is  necessary  to  sensiAze  thyroid  receptors.  Too  li8le  or  too  much  can  negaAvely  affect  your  thyroid’s  acAvity.    

◦ Too  much  estrogen  can  depress  thyroid  funcAon,  too.    

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How to test and track at home   TRACK  YOUR  TEMP    § Your  temperature  is  the  first  key  indicator  of  what’s  happening  with  your  thyroid.  § Tracking  your  temperature  isn’t  a  definiAve  way  to  diagnose  thyroid  dysfuncAon  but  it  can  clue  you  in  &  gauge  how  you’re  healing.    § Temperature  tracking  is  the  cheapest  and  easiest  thyroid  “test”  you  can  take!  It’s  also  relaAvely  convenient  and  discrete.    § Track  your  temperature  for  as  long  as  you’d  like,  but  I  recommend  at  least  1  month.  

§ Don’t  get  too  hung  up  on  your  temp  and  don’t  make  it  another  point  of  stress  in  your  life.    § Download  the  TLC  Temperature  Tracker  in  Week  1  of  the  Home  Healing  Program  guidebook  to  get  started.    

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Medication: Helpful or Harmful?  

HELPFUL  

§ MedicaAon  is  not  evil  but  it  can  cause  a  host  of  unwanted  side  effects.      

§ Best  used  for  hypothyroidism  with  elevated  TSH.    

§ Hormone  replacement  therapy  is  ooen  needed  because  the  body  simply  isn’t  producing  enough  thyroid  hormone  to  meet  your  metabolic  needs  and  keep  your  body  funcAoning  properly.    

§ MedicaAon  should  always  be  part  of  a  broader  strategy  that  includes  fixing  your  gut,  balancing  your  blood  sugars,  and  de-­‐stressing  your  adrenals.    

§ Carefully  monitor  your  hormone  levels  with  your  doctor  and  adjust  your  medicaAons  accordingly,  as  you  heal,  your  thyroid  will  produce  more  hormones  on  its  own,  and  you  will  require  less  replacement  therapy.  

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Medication: Helpful or Harmful?  

HARMFUL  

§ For  many  thyroid  condiAons,  standard  hormone  replacement  therapy  doesn’t  work  on  the  root  cause.  

§ Most  of  the  convenAonal  medicaAons  out  there  (Synthroid,  Levoxyl,  Levothryoxine,  etc.)  supplement  T4;  not  T3  

§ Excess  of  T4  causes  a  buildup  effect  and  actually  slows  your  thyroid  even  further  creaAng  increasing  hypothyroid  symptoms.  Ooen,  when  the  doctor  ups  your  dosage,  he/she  is  just  adding  fuel  to  the  fire.    

§ 80-­‐90%  of  people  suffering  from  Hypothyroidism  actually  have  Hashimoto’s.  

§ If  you  have  Hashimoto’s  disease,  the  issue  isn’t  a  hormone  issue,  it  is  autoimmune  –  so  you  must  focus  on  stopping  the  immune  system’s  a8ack  against  the  thyroid.    

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How to find the best doctor for you! 1.   Look  for  a  doctor  who  prac0ces  func0onal  medicine    

A  doctor  who  pracAces  funcAonal  medicine  uses  a  holisAc  approach  where  they  address  the  underlying  causes  of  disease  instead  of  treaAng  each  symptom  individually.  FuncAonal  doctors  look  at  the  whole  picture.  

 

2.   Find  a  doctor  that  knows  more  than  the  standard  thyroid  tes0ng  &  protocols    

A  common  challenge  for  thyroid  and  autoimmune  sufferers  is  misdiagnosis  or  not  even  being  diagnosed  at  all.  If  your  doctor  is  only  willing  to  give  you  the  standard  thyroid  tests  and  only  treatment  opAon  is  medicaAon,  he/she  probably  doesn’t  have  a  lot  of  experience  with  reversing  thyroid  disease.    

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How to find the best doctor for you! 3.   Find  a  doctor  who  will  listen    

  Find  a  doctor  whose  core  value  is  to  listen.  Interview  the  doctor  to  discover  if  they  are  open  to  discussing  your  symptoms,  providing  alternaAves  for  healing,  changing  your  medicaAon  or  having  tests  run  that  go  beyond  the  standard.  You  will  ooen  be  able  to  tell  by  reading  his/her  website  or  descripAons  of  his/her  medical  pracAce.    

4.   Find  a  doctor  who  will  coordinate  with  other  doctors  and  complementary  prac00oners    

  A  good  doctor  will  create  a  health  team  for  you  comprised  of  complementary  therapies  such  as  acupuncture,  Reiki,  health  coaching,  cranio-­‐sacral  work  and  massage  therapy.      

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Module 1: Summary   Today,  we  covered…  § The  secret  to  a  healthy  thyroid.  

§ How  to  find  the  root  cause  &  the  right  help  to  treat  it.  

§ How  to  test  and  track  yourself  at  home.  

§ The  different  types  of  thyroid  condiAons  

§ Your  medicaAon:  Helpful  or  Harmful?  

§ How  to  find  the  right  doctor  for  you!  § The  importance  of  a  mind/body  approach  to  healing  

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Some final TLC…   There  is  no  silver  bullet  or  quick  fix  to  thyroid,  autoimmune  or  inflammatory  diseases.  If  I  find  one,  I  will  shout  it  to  the  world!    

  What  I  do  know  is  that  if  we  follow  tried  and  true  healing  processes,  customizing  them  to  suit  your  unique  body,  mind  and  life,  then  you  can  dramaAcally  alter  how  you  feel.  With  consistency  and  a  dash  of  self-­‐love,  you  can  reduce  or  even  eliminate  thyroid,  autoimmune  and  inflammatory  dysfuncAon  as  I  have  done.    

  There’s  nothing  easy  about  thyroid  disease.  How  I  wish  it  were  as  simple  as  taking  a  pill  or  purchasing  a  product!  It  can  be  a  complicated,  messy  road  to  recovery  that  you  and  I  know  all  too  well.    

  But  I’m  here  to  tell  you  that  there  is  hope!  There  is  a  light  at  the  end  of  the  tunnel.  You  have  already  made  a  huge  leap  forward  toward  recovery  by  joining  our  Thyroid  Fix  community.  Knowledge  is  power,  and  you  are  powering  up  to  take  back  your  life  from  this  condiAon!    

  My  life’s  work  is  to  support  you  in  your  healing.  Thank  you  for  taking  the  first  steps  here  with  me,  and  may  that  light  of  healing  shine  brighter  on  you  every  day!