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Thyroid Answers Podcast

Thyroid Answers podcast is focused on providing answers to the most common questions people who have a thyroid problems and thyroid symptoms need and want answers to. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Eric Balcavage. Dr. Balcavage is a doctor of functional medicine, chiropractor, and certified nutrition specialist. His practice focuses on helping people with thyroid conditions improve their symptoms and regain their health using functional medicine.
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Now displaying: June, 2023
Jun 27, 2023

In this episode, I discuss the impact of excessive emotional stress on our physiology. Christopher is a retired Navy SEAL who became aware of the devasting impact of excessive stress through his own personal life experiences.

Topics covered in this podcast include:

  • How emotional stress can cause physiologic dysfunction
  • The link between emotional stress and myofascial tension
  • The use of eccentric contraction to relax muscle tension
  • Stress, strain, trauma, and strauma
  • Distress vs Eustress
  • Stress ignorance and the inappropriate stress state
  • And more...

 

Christopher Maher is a former Navy SEAL who endured intense physical, mental, and emotional stress as a child. By combining a “seal mindset” with modern stress management strategies, Christopher taught himself to free his body and mind from pain by developing mental and physical tools for eliminating unresolved stress. Christopher studied Traditional Chinese Medical Practices at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and at Yo San University before continuing his studies at The Universal Healing Tao System. He is a student of Grand Master Mantak Chia at the Universal Tao Master School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and is currently pursuing his Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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Jun 20, 2023

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Kathy Veon about the impact EMFs can have on your cellular health.

Topics discussed include:

  • What are EMFs
  • Ionizing vs non-ionizing radiation
  • Why is it important to understand the biological effects of EMFs on cellular health
  • EMFs as an overlooked environmental toxin
  • Steps that everyone can take to change their environment to achieve more complete healing
  • Resources where people learn more about the science, as well as solutions
  • How EMFs might be causing your carb cravings
  • And so much more ...

Dr. Kathy Veon is a Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac), a Doctor of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine, an Acupuncture Physician, and a Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist. She earned her advanced clinical doctoral degree (DAOM) from Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine with a dual specialty in Internal and Physical medicine and also graduated with honors from Florida College of Integrative Medicine with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine. Dr. Veon is currently serving as Chair of the Florida Board of Acupuncture, and Committee Chair of Continuing Education for the International and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists (IAACN).

Doctor Veon has successfully addressed a variety of chronic illnesses using holistic therapies including Acupuncture, Clinical Nutrition Therapies, Functional Medicine, NAET, Quantum Reflex Analysis (QRA), Pelotherapy, EVOX Perception Reframing Therapy, and other holistic modalities.

Kathy has received extensive training in Acupuncture, Chinese and Western Herbology, human clinical nutrition and functional nutrition therapy, cupping, moxibustion, Acupoint Injection Therapy (AIT), Quantum Reflex Analysis (QRA ), Cation Mudpack Therapy (Pelotherapy), Emotional Repolarization Technique Therapy (ERT), NAET Allergy Elimination Techniques, Integrative Medicine and other holistic modalities. She is certified by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association as an Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (ADS) and also works with people seeking help with addictions, mental/emotional disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dr. Veon is a Certified QRA Referral Practitioner and works with patients dealing with the most chronic or severe health conditions by employing holistic healing tools to address all aspects of healing: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

https://drkathyveon.com/

Jun 13, 2023

In this episode, I talk with Christie Uipi. Christie is the executive director of The Better Mind Center. She is a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and depression.

Topics covered in this episode include:

  • The impact of excessive stress on our physiology
  • How chronic trauma, thought, and mindset play a role in chronic health conditions
  • Trauma vs emotional stress
  • The symptom-fear cycle
  • Adaptation vs Disorder
  • How does fear impact pain levels?
  • How can someone start handling their emotions in a healthier way?
  • And more...

 

Christie Uipi (she/her) is a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. She pursued extensive clinical training at the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles, where she worked alongside Alan Gordon to develop Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Christie’s approach to treating chronic pain is based in neuroscience and rooted in compassion, working to empower her patients with accurate pain education and effective mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioral techniques. She lectures nationally on psychotherapeutic interventions to treat chronic pain and is committed to cross-disciplinary collaboration between mental health and physical medicine. Christie is also a recovered chronic pain patient herself. The healing process was so profoundly transformational for the quality of her life that she has dedicated her career to supporting others through their recoveries.

Trained in: Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT), Problem-Solving Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

Website: https://bettermindcenter.com/

IG: @better.with.christie

Jun 6, 2023

In this episode, I discuss thyroid physiology with Dr. Anthony Bianco. Dr. Biano is an MD, Ph.D., and professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He recently released his book, Rethinking Hypothyroidism.

In this episode, we discuss: -

  • Beyond the basic model of thyroid physiology
  • The significance of T4 and T3
  • Where does T3 come from
  • The challenges with the current medical model of T4 only treatment
  • Why allopathic medicine needs a change in perspective
  • Important aspects of thyroid physiology every frustrated hypothyroid patient needs to understand
  • So much more...

Antonio Bianco M.D. PhD. is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. His laboratory has helped establish the importance of local control of thyroid hormone activation and inactivation in development, metabolic control, and energy homeostasis. Dr. Bianco’s initial interest in this area formed while he was a fellow at Harvard Medical School. At that time, deiodinases were known to react homeostatically to changes in plasma thyroid hormone levels in order to preserve the intracellular levels of T3. As a fellow under J. Enrique Silva MD, Dr. Bianco built upon this concept making the seminal observation that thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue, a specialized organ that functions to warm up the body, is critically dependent on the local activation of T4 via the type 2 deiodinase (D2). Subsequently, they discovered the molecular link between deiodination and thermogenesis, specifically that the UCP-1 gene, key for brown adipose tissue thermogenesis, is transcriptionally up-regulated by T3. Upon returning to the University of Sao Paulo, Dr. Bianco and his students demonstrated that D2 activation leads to the saturation of the T3 receptors in brown adipose tissue, creating a state of localized thyrotoxicosis. This work laid the groundwork for the modern concept that deiodinases regulate thyroid hormone signaling on a tissue-specific basis without antecedent changes in plasma thyroid hormone levels.

To read an excerpt of the book: https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2022/12/19/read-an-excerpt-from-rethinking-hypothyroidism-by-antonio-c-bianco-md.html

To get a copy of the book: https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Hypothyroidism-Treatment-Change-Patients/dp/0226823164/ref=sr_1_1?crid=118KFR0KXAO9D&keywords=rethinking+hypothyroidism+bianco&qid=1684442755&sprefix=rethinking+hypothyroidism%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1

 Twitter: @Bianco_Lab

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