Ep. 10 - Why It's Important to Understand and Track Your Thyroid Antibodies
Season 1. Episode 10.
It can be tricky to truly understand what your thyroid antibody test results actually mean, and even more so when it comes to tracking them over time, identifying how they change, and the meaning behind those changes.
In this episode, Nicole discusses why it’s important to understand and track your thyroid antibodies, the difference between Hyperthyroidism and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, why it’s impossible to compare your results to somebody else’s, and the holistic changes you can make to manage your thyroid health for the future.
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Episode Timestamps
[01:00]
The difference between Hyperthyroidism vs. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
[02:43]
How diagnosis of Hashimoto’s is made
[03:10]
The importance of dealing with the overall issue and the permanent damage it can cause if you don’t
[04:32]
Understanding what the thyroid antibodies are
[06:03]
The limitation conventional medicine has when it comes to measuring thyroid antibodies
[08:50]
Why it’s impossible to compare your antibody results with someone else
[10:18]
Elevated antibodies and focusing on calming the immune function
[10:33]
Addressing the autoimmune aspect of thyroid disease
“Understanding and tracking your thyroid antibody results is paramount to managing your thyroid health effectively.”
NICOLE GOODE
Essential learnings from this episode…
Understanding the difference between Hyperthyroidism vs. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
The limitations conventional medicine has and how you can overcome then
The holistic changes you can implement to manage your thyroid health for the long-term
The science behind why it’s impossible to compare your results to somebody else’s
EPISODE 10
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Hey there, I´m Nicole
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Nicole is one of the UK’s leading voices on immune health and optimal health, a specialist in autoimmune diseases, further specialised into thyroid, brain and fatigue conditions and optimising health for ambitious high achiever’s. Providing bespoke, personalised functional medicine programmes for clients worldwide.
Nicole has partnerships with worldwide global leaders in functional medicine including practitioner only supplement companies, testing laboratories (inc. from USA), to assess health, discover underlying imbalances and root causes of sub optimal health. In doing so Nicole works with clients on their own personal health history, root causes and genetics to achieve long lasting, effective results, providing optimal health status.