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From what i understand AND have experienced, the discovery of the TSH and ability to measure it, has caused doctors to stop diagnosing by symptoms. I had ALL of the symptoms of hypo and it was bad. My eyebrows shrank to 1/2 their length, my colon was "absolutely packed with faeces" according to an xray my dr did, I was COLD my heart rate was sluggish. And as you said, he did a tsh and said it was in the normal range...I think at the time it was around 3. Fortunately I had done my research and asked for a thyroid antibody test and it was "low positive" and he still insisted my tsh was normal. I said no, please prescribe synthroid because I am NOT normal. I was shortly up to 88 mcg and finally felt normal again. That was easily 7 years ago, in the last couple of years I've been adding a drop of iodine to my daily selenium supplement. Hopefully that's not bad.
Iodine supplementation requires TSH to rise to make sodium symporter needed to move iodine into cell..... so TSH not good marker. Also cortisol is naturally higher in AM and it could interfere with T4 to T3 conversion... I finally figured this out after 2 years! Now I take T3 only in AM, then take NP THYROID (T4 +T3) in afternoon.... finally, it seems to work. Plus I put lugol's in my water.... just enough
Whew, Georgia makes me think of Savannah where they're building Plutonium Pits for the new generation nuclear weapons President Obama called for, besides New Mexico. Makes me postulate about that 34 antibody sigma number.
I an very curious what is your opinion on Lugol’s solution (to apply topicaly)? I do a drop every day until my skin stops absorbing it and then stop for a while. (I don’t have any condition) Thanks
I'm a male who was diagnosed with Graves disease in my mid-30s. No matter the dosage of methimazole my T3 and T4 hormones were off the charts and wouldn't come down. I developed severe psoriasis and I felt like I was having a heart attack every time I did anything that required exertion. Then my endocrinologist changed my diet and asked me to avoid carbs and replace the calories with organic meat and veggies. I did as she asked and within a few weeks I felt like a different person. Within a few months I was completely off medications.
8:42 note to self 10:35 iodine 15:50 what makes it worse 19:50 stress 20:55 restore thyroid function 25:30 zinc + Selenium 26:05 #1 cause of deficiency 26:30 big picture 31:20 low carb high fat
I was on pills for years, I got tired of taking them and listening to doctors, i took matters into my own hands. I went on a juice fast, cleaned out my body, then on a plant based, no processed foods. Went back to the doctor and my tests were perfect, no more pills. I have stayed on a plant based diet without processed foods and have never needed pills again, this has been 10 years .
My grandma died at 90, no sickness, she just slept and didnt wake up the next day. She always use woods when cooking, no rice cooker, non sticky pan etc. She used clay pots too when cooking and she stores her water in a big clay jar and she used her own backyard to plant veggies and fruits. I remembered my grandma when she told me that I am eating chemically produced food but I was young at that time so i didnt mind it. Now i have thyroid issues too.
I went to an endocrinologist for my Hashimotos thyroiditis, he said " there is nothing I can do for you", Wow, why did he even let me make the appt and drive over an hr to get there. Sure glad I found this caring dr. to explain this to us.
at LEAST he ADMITTED it! Normally they PRETEND they know what they're doing and PRACTICE on you! THIS doc KNOWS what he's talking about! SO GLAD I found him (just wish it were about 35yrs sooner!)
I experienced the same thing. Then I found a wonderful endocrinologist that’s caring for my Hashimotos diagnosis and this nodule that I’d like to get rid of. All these years, my thyroid numbers are still within range except the TPO antibodies. So according to this video, keto would be the way to go I guess.
8:42 note to self 10:35 iodine 15:50 what makes it worse 19:50 stress 20:55 restore thyroid function 25:30 zinc + Selenium 26:05 #1 cause of deficiency 26:30 big picture 31:20 low carb high fat
I complained to my doctor (internist) about feeling tired all the time and asked him to check my thyroid and all he did was get the lab to check my TSH, which was normal. Later, I decided to go to a wellness clinic, where they did a full thyroid panel and discovered that my reverse T3 was high. Ask your doctor to do a full thyroid panel.
You need the specialist, endocrine doctor. Family doctors know little to nothing about it, but try to keep you to get the co pay, they many times avoid sending you to specialists which can be dangerous or worse at times, then your on,y recourse when getting worse ends up in a hospital. And get second opinions, different endocrine doctors treat differently, and much depends how you feel, if you feel ok they do nothing, rightfully so. But loosing or gaining weight, mood and sleep changes, and the like, have to be addressed. Not waited on.
27 years taking synthroid, and Ive been fine all this time. However, I went carnivore last year, and according to blood tests my thyroid is healing. My medication dose is getting lowered, and my thyroid is continuing to heal. It does take time. Everyone is different.
Did you have your antibodies tested regularly? I'm hoping the carnivore (and absolutely no wheat/gluten/dairy) will further help my antibodies to back off.
I got diagnosed with graves disease 6 years ago. I still am currently stuggling. I refuse to take my thyroid gland out. Im now trying to treat it naturally. I am taking bugleweed extract and lemon balm tea. Most of the information i see out there is about hypothyroidism. I would love to see an informative video like this, specifically about hyperthyroidism. I think it will help many us.
Same. I struggle with the same thing. It’s really eatting up my life. My doctor tried to tell me to take my thyroid out and I refuse. Medication was starting to make me feel sick and I’m not taking it anymore. I wish there was a better way to treat
@Tenni Shoe yes, you're correct. It can be life threatening if some one with graves goes into a storm. All the more the reason why people should put out information.
Had hypothyroidism for years and had to be on meds. I tried keto and did one meal a day as often as I could. Four months later my doctor was confused by my blood work. She lowered my dose and told me to come back in two weeks and do another test. I did and my numbers were even lower. Two weeks after that she took me completely off, said I didn’t need it anymore but she didn’t know why. I know why. I’m doing carnivore now and my energy is coming back and my menopause symptoms are almost nonexistent.
This wonderful man is a walking human anatomy & physiology book! I just admire and appreciate him so much! I discovered him quite by accident, and thanks to him, I am eating so much healthier and am aging in a very youthful and active manner. Thanks, Doc!
ME TOO!! JUST 'accidentally' found him TODAY after searching 35 years to find a thyroid doc who knows at LEAST as much as I do so I can STOP TRYING to doctor myself!
First complete and clear explanation seen/heard in 20 odd years! Thanks. I wish all physicians could be as well informed......would save us patients being dragged through countless hit and miss scenarios and wasting time.
I Agree. I need my toe looked at. First they want me to do colonoscamy, an EKG, a mammogram, Ultra sound, blood panel. LOOK AT MY TOE! I am older, so I am now a cash cow. There is nothing , can be done for getting older. Feces checked, urine test. Look at my toe!
My GP tells me that they have to follow the NHS guidelines, so diet advice. These kind of videos and some books have helped me to get my levothyroxin prescription down from 175mcg to 100mcg in 2019. Now again trying to get it down gradually until remission, hopefully within 12 months. My tsh readings have been going down in the last 9 months. In UK, tsh has to be less than 0.21. Last time it was 0.91, before that 2.25 and higher before than. So it is very slow process even with a right diet and the right supplements. I shall know within 2 weeks if there is a reduction in my levothyroxin prescription.
MDs have to follow the set guidelines that the AMA and hospitals enforce. They follow like sheep and get their paycheck. We all must take our health into our own hands and we are so fortunate to have practioners like Dr. Ekberg helping us find the truth and the solutions!
Synthroid made me delirious & miserable. I went off. I have been taking supplements and everything evened out last blood work check. I also changed up vegan diet to carnivore. Feel so much better.
Ended up in emergency… doc said it was the highest level hes ever seen… full blown thyroid storm. i was very sick. Seed Probiotics fixed me. 6 months med free.
@@MonaGlam10I imagine they are referring to Seed synbiotics. It’s a dual capsule pre/probiotic combo. Been on it for a few years. The best on the market
Wow! You are a dream doctor, mr Ekberg! I have a thyroid problem but nobody can diagnose what it is. Unfortunately, I am in Brazil, otherwise I would certainly pay you a visit. I watch all your videos but I have never watched this one. You are a light in the darkness of medicine! Be happy and healthy ❤🙏🏻
Getting selenium from eating Brazil nuts would be good for you. Hopefully you can find some where you live, LOL. Best of luck. Also, if you're able to get Korean kimchi where you're at, it is very good for the stomach biome. Any fermented vegetable is very good for you and kimchi has the natural good bacterias for healthy digestion. Usually kimchi has garlic in it too which is very healthy for you.
in Brazil there are many good doctors in the main cities; even they can treat you better than in the USA. and run more tests and everything; have a look.
@@littlebear7440- I have researched extensively and long. Dr Ekberg is one of the best in the world for his deep understanding about the relationship between food and health. The majority of doctors will "treat" you with allopathic medicine, which in sum, is the oil medicine introduced my Rockefeller at the beginning of the xx century. I've already cured myself from adenocarcinoma stage by quitting chemo, cutting sugar, increasing fiber and promoting gut bioma + supplements, because our food lacks os proper nutrients. Work on your peace of mind. Negative emotions are the open door for diseases. I've been diagnosed with multi nodular non-toxic thyroid. Brazilian doctors are not different from other good doctors around the world. The problem come from their training in treating symptoms instead finding the real cause of the symptoms. There is much more to say about it but I think I've said the basic approach I take. Thank you very much for your kind reply! Take care and be happy 💜🙏
This was so much great information. My husband has been suffering with goiter for a year now, he throat has been swollen for 6 months and an extra baseball size one appeared 3 weeks ago out of no where and our family doc could not even give us any proper diagnosis or help and i kept pointing out it was his thyroid. He missed diagnosis him 4 times already and that has caused his health to worsen. 2 days ago our daughter stressed that dad needs to go to emergency because he is always sick and can't breathe properly. My husband finally went to the hospital and we got the right diagnosis. I must say I am happy with the information I have found. Thanks.
Synthroid almost killed me. I was prescribed it for hypothyroidism and my thyroid started working again. I started having trouble with memory, my neurological system (had tremors and couldn’t control my bowel movements), and developed tachycardia. They then gave me something to “cool” my thyroid and I still felt horrible. So, I prayed about it and God told me to stop taking everything and to look up treating hyperthyroidism. I found a site (back in line 2005, before the internet became what it is today) and found a blog that mentioned a regiment with vitamins and minerals. It was better than anything else, but I still have issues with tachycardia. Western medicine is lazy medicine.
American doctors have to follow the sick care protocol. Insurance companies are in control and pharmaceutical companies give incentives so it’s fraudulent too
I've had a lot of immune problems and my male doctor didn't believe I had PCOS So I seen a female doctor who did tests and I was correct. You spoke better about hormones than my Male doctor
Thank you Doctor trust me millions of people are benefiting from you sharing this knowledge may the Lord bless you, your family also the team behind the camera. From Johannesburg South Africa 👍💕
Just got my RN last year. . .when I watched his first thyroid video I was like "how can you talk about thyroid health without talking about liver health? Why wasn't this stressed in nursing school?"
Doc, so far you have been the most articulate in explaining the variables in thyroid ailments. I've suffered sorness in my neck and went to the doctor and explained my symptoms of all that you've mentioned . Blood work was done. Biopsy of my thyroid was done and all was normal. Endocrinologist simply told me "well we can remove the thyroid and you'll be on meds for the rest of your life". I'm still living with the condition. But, now I know what to say to the doctors. Thank you.
Thank you so much I have been going crazy for years and dr's are not listening and don't do these blood tests, even when I have asked I get told all fine. I'm in UK. I look forward to getting these tests you said and then talk with Dr as I'm talking loads of tablets mouth sprays and gels and eye drops and I am now blind in one eye and right eye loosing sight as well. I am so very blessed and grateful and appreciative of your hard work showing us we can be healed not suffering indoors all time and awake a few hours a day. Love Bernadette west Yorkshire UK thank you so much xox
My thyroid was killed with Radiation, years ago. I have good days and very bad days. No Doctor seems to help me, they just adjust my medication. I just struggle every day.
Sorry to hear that. Sadly, it seems that doctor's don't want to tell people the negative effects of medication and procedures. If they did, a lot of people probably wouldn't take the medication or have the procedure done and then they (and the hospital and the pharmaceutical companies) wouldn't make as much money. My dentist told me once that I want to make sure to try to keep all of my original teeth....that it's never the same without them. The same is probably true for all internal organs. It's too bad we aren't taught (or at the very least doctors) more about nutrition and the important roll everything plays and how our internal system works together. Dr. Ekberg recommends for people to find a professional but most professionals don't know much about nutrition and they don't tell you anything until you actually have a problem. I just had bloodwork and I am at 1.3 for TSH and my doctor said absolutely nothing. I had to go in and ask for a copy of my bloodwork and look at everything myself. Our entire system is backwards.
If anyone is interested. Last summer of 2022, I began taking a sea kelp enhanced iodine and those had a huge improvement in my day-to-day life and sleeping. I take my 100 mcg thyroid med in the morning, but wait until the afternoon to take the sea kelp with lunch. The first timat that I took it, I began to get sleepy within 30 minutes. At first I took a pill every day for the first month but I now take it just a couple of times a week.
I have a friend who has been taking levo for decades, and had 2 major improvements- she took biofeedback training to learn how to truly relax, and her thyroid meds needed to be cut in half, then, 30 years later, she had further healing and had her dose cut 2 more times. She is now on 1/4 of her original dose. The further healing took place after she lowered her lectin load, cut most sugar, ate mostly organic, and supplemented with 1 brazil nut a day for selenium, small doses magnesium, and zinc, and alternate days multivitamin and b-complex, and added omega 3 foods and olive oil. She made several changes at once, so she is not sure which changes are responsible but something is really working.
This is so valuable! I had thyroid issues for 20+ years and this is the first time i found a clear explanation. Thanks so much! Dr! You are saving lives here! God bless!
So i just got diagnosed with Graves few days ago. I’m a 30 yr old female. Specialist put me on meds right away even though i asked him if i changed my diet would it help he said absolutely not! Reading some of these comments have given me soooo much hope!
Your measured, articulate speech and relaxed speed in delivering this new, complex information really hits the ball out of the park. Your metaphorical explanations are hugely helpful. Have put off my annual "checkup" for several years because of my prejudice that I'd just get a "standardized" approach to what I suspect is a thyroid difficulty. Your post gives me the education I need to speak intelligently about this to my doctor. Many thanks, Doctor.
P.S. I did get thyroid and full blood panels. Thyroid 100 percent, but rbc so low, doc suspects some gastrointestinal blood loss. Next week I see *those* specialists, then come back to check with you, Dr Ekberg.
I was 28 when I got first symptoms of thyroid issues, 32 when I finally got diagnosed and got meds. After 2 years from that I moved to southern town about 1.5 hours from here due to work for half a year. During that time I lost 20 kg and felt my life was back on track. After I moved back, only 3 months and I was my normal size again. I didn't emphasize that any way. Because of that I have thought about water connection to thyroid but no-one believes me. I know this is an environmental disease, nothing else will explain it. I have tried all kinds of diets, exercises, stress relief programs. Nothing helps. I will no start buying my water as well, let's see if that helps. Thank you for really great video!
Hi! There is definitely a water connection bc if there is a high level of fluoride in the water, which is a hormone disruptor that negatively impacts the thyroid. Fluoride interferes with your bodies ability to properly absorb iodine which is critical for optimal thyroid health and performance. For this reason it is best to drink purified water, install a reverse osmosis filter if using tap water and use glass bottles due to the plastic toxins interfering with thyroid function as well. You may also want to increase your iodine intake to offset the effects of fluoride and flush out excess. Eat iodine rich seafood, like cod and shrimp a few times a week, a few servings of seaweed, eggs and potatoes also contain iodine. Also use a fluoride free toothpaste.
@@mamasshrimp422 eggs and potatoes, or (anything for that matter) raised on land that is deficient in iodine, will not provide iodine. If you’re living in an iodine deficient geographical are you must supplement.
Personally, I drink distilled water only. FYI, take a thermos or some other closed container, put tap water in one, distilled in the other, let sit for 1-2 days. Made my decision.
Dr. Ekberg, You are absolutely CORRECT! I took iodine drops for about 3 months; then, suddenly, my hair started falling out in clumps. It never stopped. Massive hair loss continues. And, I took it WITH selenium.
Hello from Ireland. in my 60's now. First diagnosed with overactive thyroid when I was a teenager I think. Went to hospital. Whatever happened there, thyroid went underaractive. Put on eltroxin. Go for checkups to make sure no change in dosage needed. Regarding suggestions. Try to stick to low carb diet, because diagnosed with prediabetes. Excellent results last full blood test. Wish me luck on next one. ☺
I’m dealing with this for a long time had no idea what was going on. I had all these problems, feelings, weak, tired, horsey, throat among other things then I was diagnosed with audio immune disease now I was told my thyroid bloodwork come back and it was elevated so now we’re looking at that I am a combat veteran with PTSD and I’m finding out stress has a lot to do with what’s going on. This makes a lot of sense. Thank you very much. Thanks.
OMG 😳 I have all the symptoms, except the goiter, and I can’t simply let my doctor order synthiroid (sp?) for me. Instead I have to fix 9 or more possible lifestyle habits which may cause the symptoms.😵💫🫣🫤😩 Piece of cake, Dr. Ekberg!🤸🏻♀️
@ Dr. Ekberg, Your presentations are NOTHING LESS THAN SUPERB. It certainly must take lots of time to create these highly educational videos. Thank you 🙏 very much for uploading and sharing them with all of us here via UA-cam. I am truly honored to be one of your "students."
Thank you Julietta🌹 Aragon. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and the mechanism we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
@@drekberg I agreed with Julietta, I have hipo hashimoto. I do everything you explained here, but what I do is the iodine, I take "spirulina" plus the thyroid supplement, I live in a rented apartment and how can I put here a filter for the water as you mentioned. I boiled the water and filtered, no carbos, etc. but the stress....well what can I tell you. life is already a problem and difficult. Thank you for this amazing explanation. sending a hug from Canada. 🤗
I couldn’t have said it better. Your videos that you worked so hard on to educate us, are so helpful that in the long run we are better for it and we thank you for all the work you do.
I cannot seek professional help for my thyroid unfortunately the many times that I did after being diagnosed I was put on thyroid medications. I refuse to take them because they increased my heart rate, I began to tremble, and they make me feel lethargic and when you mention this to the specialist they say to keep taking it anyway and that things will eventually get better.
Thank you for an important and great video! I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2002. I had NO symptoms. I was misdiagnosed in my opinion. It was my diet, if anything. Since early 2019, I have been doing healthy keto and intermittent fasting. I eat OMAD. I am slowly getting off Synthroid. No doctor because they all say this drug you have to take forever. I am down to one pill a day. I have been slowly coming off Synthroid since January. I will take my last one in two weeks. My hair has started to get thicker and I feel better. Maybe it's because I want off this drug that bad. I've done my research. I was misdiagnosed in 2002 AND I never should have been put on Synthroid. Anyway, I'm NOT suggesting that anyone do this but when I set my mind to something, I'm going to do it. I also include Brazil Nuts (Selenium), Sea Kelp, Trace Minerals, Magnesium, LTyrosine, and some others.
I was diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism a few months ago. I took levothyroxine for a couple months and then decided to stop. I truly believe my diet can change it back around, and so far taking vitamin D and magnesium together have helped a lot. I had a Lot of trouble breathing all the time for a couple years or so before my diagnosis. Taking the medication helped me breathe way better, but taking these vitamins alone is also giving similar results. I really appreciate this breakdown. I really needed something like this. I don’t want to take meds for the rest of my life, while my body secretly falls apart.
I too have developed breathing issue . Having Levo since 2009 for hypo. Recently I noticed gut issues (bloating, irritability with certain foods, ) . How much d3+magnesium you use? I have started 5000 iu daily
I think I have needed you for 70 years. I think you so very much for this video in particular. This is my first step toward health to undo all the bad advice
What an excellent presentation of such an important health issues that most of the GP missed to explain therefore patients misunderstood its implication. Im an experienced 35+ RN but i have never seen this kind of thorough explanation about thyroid health. Thank you very much for educating us! God bless! 🙏❤️
Just started watching your videos have been in a bad place for nearly three months now - suspecting Hashimoto or some kind of Autoimmune problem… your videos are the best and most informative! Thank you Sir
I'm 65 years old and was diagnosed with having a Hyperthyroid. I suffer primarily with lack of sleep, irritability and constipation. I've gone to several doctors and their recommendation is that I have my Thyroid removed, but that's not a option for me. Would you please do a video on Hyperthyroid alone and give some natural alternatives to bringing my Hyperthyroid back in balance. Thank you.
This video confused me. He started talking about hyperthyroidism, but seamlessly changed to hypothyroidism. To make it worse the way he speaks both words sound similar! I started off thinking that iodine might be good for my hyperthyroidism but am not sure now.
I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism 3 yrs ago. My Endo put my on methimazole. She was having me have ultrasounds once a year and check back every 4 months. She said the nodual was shrinking. I had many questions and couldn't not get in to see her for 4 months. I tried a second opinion and was lucky to get a cancellation from another Endo. She said said right away I need to have it burned out -radiation- or removed. Those were the only 2 options. I am terrified to have it removed. Why didn the other Endo say this in looking at the same charts. Also said I should not be on Methimazole more than 18 months. It's been well over 2 years... I don't know what to do and no luck finding another Endo without waiting another 4-6 months for an appt.
I just got dx with Hashimoto’s. The only reason I was able to get the test is because my sister has it. I’ve been begging for the antibodies test for years and told no. But once I was able to say my family member had it, they tested and I was proven right. I shouldn’t be this hard to get tested.
Yeah medical field sucks. I learned the only way to get tested further is you HAVE to claim a family member has it or it runs in the family. Ridiculous
@@Southernheathen13 which is insane it took that long. Some doctors just aren’t that serious about their patients health, while others are. More like a hit and miss with a doctor from my experience.
😊that's just how the allopathic world works! Just tell them you think it's heredity! They grab the ir test and prescription pads right away! For them that's just so easy! Nothing to think thru or experiments to do....sometimes they try to TELL you that you have a certain disease because it might be in the news currently! And that's without testing you!! This is past crazy! It's criminal!
@@sapfinebeauty4752 Doctors are now limited and controlled by the bean counters who of course have no medical training at all. Its all about the 💰🤑 not the patients now
I actually had to explain this same thing to my VA doctor.. I wasn't losing weight.. I also asked to get off Synthroid and put on a natural hormone med, and he put me on Armor and I started losing weight..
I have a TSH of 40. Don't go back to the doctor for 2 more months . Getting my meds was like pulling a porcupines tooth . Im changing my diet , no gluten, sugar , fast food , alot of dairy. It helps but just have to get my meds right . My thyroid stopped working 20 years ago and I haven't been right ever since. :(
I’m so sorry! My TSH was 13 and I’ve got a knot in my neck but didn’t have til my dr started me on hormone replacement therapy in the form of a patch. Climara. Had all kinds of symptoms! Hair loss, lost 13lbs in 3wks, tired, no appetite, brittle nails, dry skin, red foot, toes blue numb and cold, swollen left leg up to my knee and more. I complained for a year and it took 9 months to get a scan of lump in my neck. Dr said it was Cortisol/stress and that Climara won’t cause hair loss. Funny I didn’t have these or a lump til I started it. Today is day one without wearing a patch and I’m praying my TSH will be lower next week when they do labs. I didn’t ask if I should stop the HRT(Climara) but it’s my body the way I see it. lol The only physician I trust is God. He is The One that Heals us and I prayed for everyone in this comment section to be healed. Made me sad when I saw your TSH was 40 😔. I pray that you will be able to get your meds with ease but really I’m praying you will be healed. Sending hugs your way ❤️🤗
I had Graves’ disease for 3 years, were the first 2 years was the peak of my treatment and by the second year I changed my endocrinologist that totally helped me all throughout the course of my treatment. He advised me to change my diet- less carbs less sugars, by then I made self research and found the keto diet! boom! With strict compliance to the treatment and with keto diet, I totally get off of carbimazole. He was flabbergasted of my transformation on my test results and looks that I gradually getting better every time I visit his clinic hence I suffered from exopthalmos and weight gain when I first consulted him. Thyroid diseases are rarely discuss but greatly affects a large number people. Thank you Dr. Ekberg for the great and informative videos as always.
@@dddeeddddeeddddeedsswdddee4794 I have regular follow up with ophthalmologist, with focus checking the IOP. What I always do during sleep as per the advised of my first ophthalmologist is to keep higher pillows like 2-3, applying an eye lubricant ointment before sleeping and eye drops during the daytime as necessary, avoiding eye strains from bright lights of mobile phones and computers. also i suffered from CTS which i keep a maintenance of vit b complex until now and my arms with pillows elevated during sleep.
I started taking 12.5 mg of iodine/iodide with a little K+ and Mg, and 1 gram of L-Tyrosine at bedtime. I already take a good MVM supplement with additional B and C. All hypothyroid symptoms were gone in about 2-3 weeks.
May 2024 i was diagnosed with low thyroid had puffy face and hair thinning. For 3months i dont eat any carbs no sugar veg and fruit i do sourdough bread chips fries the works feel much better. I was 73.5 in weight. I am now 65 in weight will nit gi back to that life style again
Dr E. Your lecture on thyroid and Hashi was so explicit. In the 47years I’ve suffered with this disease (had half thyroid removed and never went on meds in ‘97 and searching for a provider to handle my case I may have just enough information to ask the right questions and not keep taking the same meds (8.8mcg) without having any relief! Thank you,thank you,thank you❤
Just want to also note that if your fasting you might think you have a thyroid problem but that is only temporary when you start eating again it fixes the thyroid issue you have when during fast or intermittent fasting. Its still healthy to intermittent fast the benefits outweigh any temporary side effects.
I’m a Functional Med Nutritionist with a background in physiology. That’s one of the best overviews I’ve seen. Leave it to physiology to connect the dots. Excellent and clear work. Thank-you.
Thank you Frankston Safranek. That is the whole point, isn't it? 😀 I really appreciate your feedback and so glad you liked it. The greatest compliment you can give is to help me help more people by sharing the videos. 😄
Just came across this video and I'm floored. My thyroid dx started in my teens & I've spent 40 years looking for answers. Pre-pandemic my then Dr - after several lab tests - simply said "well it certainly seems there's something autoimmune going on". That was it. My thyroid peroxidase result was 220 ... and this video shows max 34. My result was TWO HUNDRED TWENTY!! I'm absolutely floored that my Dr blew this off. They closed their doors during the pandemic & I basically gave up but the last several months I've had increased problems, most alarming has been some days my arms and legs become so weak the mere act of a shower and getting dressed takes hours. I have an appt with an endocrinologist but that's months away. Praying I'll finally get my answers and so glad to have this video to continue educating myself on this horrible disease. Thank you Dr. Ekberg, truly glad to be a new sub to your channel!!❤
My thyroid antibody was measured by a specialty lab in Bethesda MD. It came back as >3,000 -,unmeasurable. My other thyroid panel was all “within normal limits”. I’m often fatigued, 20 lbs overweight & unable to lose. Drs have been useless. Don’t even test my antibody level anymore. “We know you have Hashimotos but you’re fine”.
35 minute dose of knowledge, with quite some complex interactions to explain, but as always well structured and comprehensible brought to us by Dr. Ekberg: thank you!
Good information, but too late for me. Many years ago I was diagnosed with Graves Disease. The “therapy” I got from an endocrinologist was two doses of radioactive iodine. At this point, my thyroid appears to be dead and I have to take 100mcg levothyroxin every day for the rest of my life. No one ever even attempted to explain the thyroid problem to me.
I'm sorry you were a victim of mainstream medicine. It's worse because millions of others are in the same boat. A former coworker of mine had her thyroid removed and she took synthroid. I told her about coconut oil, which she started taking one spoonful a day. Her dose of synthroid had to be reduced. She didn't tell her doctor what she was doing (the doc probably would have told her to stop). I can't give you advice, but you can decide what to do with this info.
Look up Dr Joe Dispenza testimonial a woman grew hers back and it was completely removed. The power of meditation, it takes repeated meditation to build the neurological path ways to make a new thyroid. Why am I here.. I’m putting cayenne pepper on my thyroid. I’m also doing it to my heart as part of meditation is getting the brain and heart coherent.. and any help I feel my heart before I was destroyed by a psychopath.. which i have got to forget to get my heart feeling love again.
A perfectly clear, beautiful and concise explanation of how such an important organ like the thyroid works in the human body. Thank you for making this video for us. You have a great talent and a God given gift for making the complexities of the human body simple to understand.
Dang! This guy is brilliant! I just learned so much! For 15 yrs I have gone round and round w several doctors about my thyroid. My numbers are either barely in the perimeters or a little outside the perimeters. I have all symptoms of thyroid issues(hypo) except I have run hot since my hysterectomy so cold, I am not. The other is my heart rate. It has always run higher than it should. I have a goiter, exhausted all the time, have nodules in my thyroid which hurt, dry course hair that is falling out, constant sore throat, dry skin etc. Finally after all these yrs my doctor puts me on meds. I take my first one and OMG I lay here for 1.5 hours feeling as if I'm having a heart attack. Call my doc and ask to change meds or better yet send me to an endocrinologist. Her response "Come back in 2 months. I will recheck your blood." What does that have to do w a reaction to the meds??" I am Hypo from all signs so why not send me to somebody who knows what they're doing??? Dang I wish I could see this guy!! I'm tired of this kick the can down the road attitude these doctors have!!! I just want to feel better!! 😢
No one ever questions why so many people are having thyroid problems. It seems to me, that since we know the thyroid is essential for good health and runs so many systems, it would be targeted if an enemy wanted to strike. What causes thyroid issues? Why do so many people have thyroid issues today?
cortisol stress that’s what did it to me Graves’ disease for 10 years. My eyes can’t take it anymore. They burnt out my thyroid with radiation. I feel like I’m totally screwed.
Stress, anxiety, fear, anger stimulating fight or flight. These all cause inflammation which triggers autoimmune responses. What are bombarded with on a never ending basis? It's also the chemicals they spray in the air which rains down into the soil plus we breathe in. It's also the flouridated, chlorinated water. It's also the tainted livestock poisoned with antibiotics, steroids, corn and soy. It's also the genetically modified crops treated with chemicals. The pasteurization process which turns dairy into poison. The soaps, laundry detergents, body washes, shampoos, conditioners, make up, antiperspirants, and (syn)thetic clothing we wear which leeches into our pours. The sunscreen that blocks our ability to utilize the sun's rays, plus the cloud seeding that clouds up the sky. The demonization of millennia old natural herbs and remedies and promoting petroleum based pharmaceuticals. The opposite of healthy food pyramid which promotes strachy wheat, breads, gluten, corn, soy, lectins, legumes while demonizing essential saturated animal and plant fats, pushes seed oils and (syn)thetic oils, margarine, not to mention the 24/7 exposure to EMF's from technology thats been integrated into our lives as necessity. EVERYTHING about our lives has been carefully designed to alter our psychology, make us sick, fat, dumb, and dependent on the system, the medical and pharmaceutical industrial complexes. It's no coincidence in the 21st century we were supposed to have spiritual enlightenment, world peace, and flying cars and instead all we got was war and cancer
@@dorotapilarczyk2683people don't realize just how significant our mouths are when it comes to our health. I was watching a documentary about how root canals are rarely done correctly and often are essentially festering, infectious wounds leaving us in a permanent state of inflammation from immune response.
A couple of points the Medical profession doesn't know about. Goiters rarely occur here in the states, due to halogen poisoning. The Iodine receptor, when filled with other halogens, cause miscommunication (Usually comes across as some sort of body pain). However, it also prevents goiters from being formed. Fibromyalgia is in fact, Bromine poisoning, usually due to drinking acidic (bromine is that tart flavor) drinks like Mountain Dew for decades. As an aside, "almost all" apparent negative reactions to Iodine are in fact caused by a detox reaction. If it's not detox it means you are also deficient in in the other required co-factors needed for regulation of the thyroid. To Your Great Health!
I have had fibromyalgia for about 40 years but never drunk rubbish like Mountain Dew( 🇬🇧). Never smoked or eaten meat for years so cannot see that. Did have childhood trauma though?
I am so excited to have the privilege of listening and learning from this brilliant doctor. He is so easy to understand. He presents this information with clarity and gives hope that is so well needed in our afflicted society. He is truly a God send. Thank you Sten.
Very interesting! Physical activity and diet DO AFFECT your thyroid levels a lot, sometimes more than the hormone replacement dose. But here's my experience and I hope it helps someone. Iodine is used mostly by the thyroid but ALL cells in the body need a little too so even if your thyroid got removed or does not work anymore (like mine), iodine intake is essential. You see, I developed hyperthyroidism at 25yo while in service (I blame experimental drugs during the 1st Gulf War) and got radioactive iodine treatment so I've been hypothyroid since '97. Had the same Synthroid dose of 150mcg for over 20 yrs. Tried other brands but that's the one that works. Not having a thyroid messes with one's body so much. Mood, skin, temp regulation, muscle recovery. I hate it but hey, it is what it is. I have to take it exactly at 6am everyday on empty stomach and not eat anything for 2 hrs after, not even coffee or i'll feel lethargic all day. My lipid levels were all out of whack too because of my thyroid but it was also my diet which was lots of vegs, carbs and not enough protein and fat. I never put lots of weight because I limited my caloric intake and exercise often but, It wasn't until 7 months ago when I switched to %100 carnivore and increased my iodine and electrolyte intake, that my lipid levels improved a lot! (cholesterol in the 400s, HDL in the 60s and triglycerides came way way down below 100 from the 400s), My testosterone levels got to the higher normal range and muscle recovery and temp regulation improved. My TSH went from 7.46 to 2.43 and FreeT4 from .78 to a healthy 1.36 and T3 from 42 to 125, all without Synthroid dose change. I haven't felt this energetic since my 20s! I can speed walk one day 10 miles in 2.5 hrs and not feel at all worned out the next day. I attribute that to the Carnivore diet.
@@tarintanjina9071 No iodine supplements but you may consider Lugol's brand iodine supplement. I just consume plenty of salt (Himalayan pink salt or Redmond Real Salt). I believe I get my iodine from the beef, and localyl farmed eggs (at least 6 a day) which should have more iodine than regular ones since is very cloise to the coast. Having a no working thyroid, I believe my iodine requirements is lower than somebody that still has a working thyroid. When it comes to electrolytes, I supplement with Redmon Relyte, LMNT or Dr. Bergs Electrolytes, I switch brands often but always unflavored. I believe that Dr. Ekberg also has his brand of electrolyte as well and. I hear is pretty good. Whatever you decide to get, just make sure it has no sugar, of course. When it comes to the diet, I eat all kinds of meats, mostly beef but also occasionally pork, chicken (the fattier parts only,highs or wings) and salmon as well as eggs and some cheeses. Carnivore has only one cardinal rule: Absolutely no carbs/starches/sugars/grains/veg oils at all. Check out Dr. Ken D Berry on YT on beginner videos. Is a really simple diet, actually not a diet since you get to eat as much as you feel, just not carbs. Best of luck.
So much information these days, imagine how many people suffered and died due to lack of this information in centuries gone by?! We are truly blessed to have this medical data in our time. Thanks to Dr.Sten Ekberg and doctors like him. I have hypothyroidism and if I am off my game I know it's my thyroid.
How can I thank you enough for this information! So very sad to say, but very little good help from local physicians, but with your help I can move ahead with healing. What you do is probably life-saving!! And certainly life-changing!
Thank you, thank you for this! I have improved every health marker except my thyroid! I reversed type 2 diabetes got off all medications including high blood pressure but my thyroid TSH is still off. Have been on levothyroxine for years with no improvement. This video was one of the clearest on hypothyroid on UA-cam. It was clear and understandable and now I know what to go over with my doctor.
I am one of those guys without a functioning thyroid . Been on Levythyroxine for at least a year now . Recently I have begun the OMAD and 2MAd methods of eating only whole foods and have noticed an improvement in my energy and decrease in body aches that my thyroid meds never gave me .
Your comprehensive knowledge of thyroid function is impressive. I wish I could find a doctor here that approached treatment the way you explain. It's just hit or miss balancing labs with a T4 replacement.😒
Dr. Ekberg, thank you for all your help. You have been one of my great champions through my health journey, along with Dr. Mandell "The Motivational Doc", Dr. Eric Berg, Dr. Ford Brewer, Dr. Robert Lustig, Dr. Peter Attia, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Dr. Chris van Tulleken, Dr. Boz and her fantastic *Sardine Challenge*, Andrew Huberman, and Joe Rogan for introducing me to so many cutting-edge health, nutrition, wellness, and longevity experts
Thank you for this.... the sad state of things in the United States is most General DRs don't even know this... my general doctor tried to tell me that the thyroid is independent of everything... I had to correct him and went into basically the chart you have above showcasing how the Thyroid effects everything as well as needing to have your gut and liver clean as it effects your brain, thyroid, pituitary gland, adrenals, etc.... he was dumfound.
lawrence, thats been my experience with doctors as well..its both sad and shocking that they are so poorly trained, yet try to give health care to people.. just wow!
@@nickbardan3867 yes, selenium is more concentrated in the thyroid than any gland. Selenium acts as a brake on the oxidation of H2O2 and TPO converting iodide to iodine in the thyroid. B1 and B2 can also be deficient. Therefore lack of selenium is a major cause of hashomotos but iodine is a cofactor. If you add selenium to reduce the antibodies that's great but if you don't address low iodine levels which is almost everyone you are not optimizing health. The challenge is there is no good test unless you do 24 50mg load. Another test is fluorescent xray of the thyroid. The thyroid can hold 50mg iodine. If the person is below 5 they are severely deficient.
@@stuarthutt3740 my TPO was 49 last year in May. They recommend selenium. After I took selenium supplements for about 2 month, my TPO in April this year was 365. I don't know what to make of it .Did I make it worse because of selenium? Should I try iodine instead ? Nobody knows anything 😔
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From what i understand AND have experienced, the discovery of the TSH and ability to measure it, has caused doctors to stop diagnosing by symptoms. I had ALL of the symptoms of hypo and it was bad. My eyebrows shrank to 1/2 their length, my colon was "absolutely packed with faeces" according to an xray my dr did, I was COLD my heart rate was sluggish. And as you said, he did a tsh and said it was in the normal range...I think at the time it was around 3. Fortunately I had done my research and asked for a thyroid antibody test and it was "low positive" and he still insisted my tsh was normal. I said no, please prescribe synthroid because I am NOT normal. I was shortly up to 88 mcg and finally felt normal again. That was easily 7 years ago, in the last couple of years I've been adding a drop of iodine to my daily selenium supplement. Hopefully that's not bad.
Iodine supplementation requires TSH to rise to make sodium symporter needed to move iodine into cell..... so TSH not good marker. Also cortisol is naturally higher in AM and it could interfere with T4 to T3 conversion... I finally figured this out after 2 years! Now I take T3 only in AM, then take NP THYROID (T4 +T3) in afternoon.... finally, it seems to work. Plus I put lugol's in my water.... just enough
Whew, Georgia makes me think of Savannah where they're building Plutonium Pits for the new generation nuclear weapons President Obama called for, besides New Mexico. Makes me postulate about that 34 antibody sigma number.
I liked the little darth vader joke there doc
I an very curious what is your opinion on Lugol’s solution (to apply topicaly)? I do a drop every day until my skin stops absorbing it and then stop for a while. (I don’t have any condition)
Thanks
I'm a male who was diagnosed with Graves disease in my mid-30s. No matter the dosage of methimazole my T3 and T4 hormones were off the charts and wouldn't come down. I developed severe psoriasis and I felt like I was having a heart attack every time I did anything that required exertion. Then my endocrinologist changed my diet and asked me to avoid carbs and replace the calories with organic meat and veggies. I did as she asked and within a few weeks I felt like a different person. Within a few months I was completely off medications.
Can you please explain what exactly you ate the whole day and what not? :) Do you still eat this way or like before?
Please share your endocrinologist contact details? I am suffering since a year now.
A change of diet has helped me so much, it’s been life changing, I’m heading towards remission. This video is so good.
Amazing 👍
My endocrinologist told me changing my diet wouldn’t help me. I fired him.
8:42 note to self
10:35 iodine
15:50 what makes it worse
19:50 stress
20:55 restore thyroid function
25:30 zinc + Selenium
26:05 #1 cause of deficiency
26:30 big picture
31:20 low carb high fat
Wow thaks Zach it takes alot to be able to listen for that long
thank you so much Zach❤
Thank you👍
Thank you🤗🇬🇧
I read from a doctor that losol iodine was good for thyroid.
I was on pills for years, I got tired of taking them and listening to doctors, i took matters into my own hands. I went on a juice fast, cleaned out my body, then on a plant based, no processed foods. Went back to the doctor and my tests were perfect, no more pills. I have stayed on a plant based diet without processed foods and have never needed pills again, this has been 10 years .
What is the juice fast you did and can you tell me the process?
Pls give your diet list
All pesticides in vegetables 😢😢😢😢
@@colettejaques2559that's why I eat Organic veggies
Amazing!
My grandma died at 90, no sickness, she just slept and didnt wake up the next day. She always use woods when cooking, no rice cooker, non sticky pan etc. She used clay pots too when cooking and she stores her water in a big clay jar and she used her own backyard to plant veggies and fruits. I remembered my grandma when she told me that I am eating chemically produced food but I was young at that time so i didnt mind it. Now i have thyroid issues too.
Sounds like my grandmother, they lived simple and clean.
Yes earth plants to heal. I’m 51 and healthy. Don’t take any big pharma. Pharma stand for HARM
I went to an endocrinologist for my Hashimotos thyroiditis, he said " there is nothing I can do for you", Wow, why did he even let me make the appt and drive over an hr to get there. Sure glad I found this caring dr. to explain this to us.
Cuz docs just push pills on us.
Just so he could bill your insurance
We are constantly being used. Scared
Have t speak up in some copacity😅
at LEAST he ADMITTED it! Normally they PRETEND they know what they're doing and PRACTICE on you! THIS doc KNOWS what he's talking about! SO GLAD I found him (just wish it were about 35yrs sooner!)
Absurd. I thought endocrinologists were supposed to be the Drs that knew about thyroid disorders??
I experienced the same thing. Then I found a wonderful endocrinologist that’s caring for my Hashimotos diagnosis and this nodule that I’d like to get rid of. All these years, my thyroid numbers are still within range except the TPO antibodies. So according to this video, keto would be the way to go I guess.
It is very hard to find a professional who is really well informed and willing to think out of the box.
A box that was intentionally and carefully constructed at that.
Functional/Intergrative Medicine
I pray that everyone here who is searching desperately for help they will find it and be delivered from whatever illness ails them.
Kochany jestes❤
Thank you for your kind words ❤.. the same goes to u.
The same to you and pray for us healing for sickness of thyroid.
Amen
Amen
8:42 note to self
10:35 iodine
15:50 what makes it worse
19:50 stress
20:55 restore thyroid function
25:30 zinc + Selenium
26:05 #1 cause of deficiency
26:30 big picture
31:20 low carb high fat
I complained to my doctor (internist) about feeling tired all the time and asked him to check my thyroid and all he did was get the lab to check my TSH, which was normal. Later, I decided to go to a wellness clinic, where they did a full thyroid panel and discovered that my reverse T3 was high. Ask your doctor to do a full thyroid panel.
You need the specialist, endocrine doctor. Family doctors know little to nothing about it, but try to keep you to get the co pay, they many times avoid sending you to specialists which can be dangerous or worse at times, then your on,y recourse when getting worse ends up in a hospital. And get second opinions, different endocrine doctors treat differently, and much depends how you feel, if you feel ok they do nothing, rightfully so. But loosing or gaining weight, mood and sleep changes, and the like, have to be addressed. Not waited on.
I had to ask my doctor to send me for the thyroid test because of weird symptotms without explanation
You can get them to test it, but if they don’t know how to read the tests or treat you, it’s pointless.
If they won't do a whole thyroid panel, go some where else. They don't get it.
Sadly, my experience with endocrinologists is that they also do not have the knowledge needed to effectively treat thyroiditis.
27 years taking synthroid, and Ive been fine all this time. However, I went carnivore last year, and according to blood tests my thyroid is healing. My medication dose is getting lowered, and my thyroid is continuing to heal. It does take time. Everyone is different.
Did you have your antibodies tested regularly? I'm hoping the carnivore (and absolutely no wheat/gluten/dairy) will further help my antibodies to back off.
You've healed damaged thyroid tissue from hashimotos?
Brilliant
Have you ever tried a long term water fast? like 7-14 days?
@@marcuslatrent528was ist das bitte ???
I got diagnosed with graves disease 6 years ago. I still am currently stuggling. I refuse to take my thyroid gland out. Im now trying to treat it naturally. I am taking bugleweed extract and lemon balm tea. Most of the information i see out there is about hypothyroidism. I would love to see an informative video like this, specifically about hyperthyroidism. I think it will help many us.
I agree!
I agree, 2 years in and i just keep coming across hypo not hyper, graves disease like i have videos😢
Same. I struggle with the same thing. It’s really eatting up my life. My doctor tried to tell me to take my thyroid out and I refuse. Medication was starting to make me feel sick and I’m not taking it anymore. I wish there was a better way to treat
Exactly!!!
@Tenni Shoe yes, you're correct. It can be life threatening if some one with graves goes into a storm.
All the more the reason why people should put out information.
Had hypothyroidism for years and had to be on meds. I tried keto and did one meal a day as often as I could. Four months later my doctor was confused by my blood work. She lowered my dose and told me to come back in two weeks and do another test. I did and my numbers were even lower. Two weeks after that she took me completely off, said I didn’t need it anymore but she didn’t know why. I know why. I’m doing carnivore now and my energy is coming back and my menopause symptoms are almost nonexistent.
Awesome
Keto günde bir öğün yemek demek midir Bende de aynı hastalıktan var onun için soruyorum
Is your blood type zero? Because blood type zero is suitable for a carnivorous diet.
Wow
@@A.A.6306 Carnivore diet is suitable for everyone. Blood type diets are a scam. Also there's no blood type zero.
This wonderful man is a walking human anatomy & physiology book! I just admire and appreciate him so much! I discovered him quite by accident, and thanks to him, I am eating so much healthier and am aging in a very youthful and active manner. Thanks, Doc!
Ditto here
Same here. :)
ME TOO!! JUST 'accidentally' found him TODAY after searching 35 years to find a thyroid doc who knows at LEAST as much as I do so I can STOP TRYING to doctor myself!
When I first began watching his videos I described him as objective, fair, and knowledgeable.
First complete and clear explanation seen/heard in 20 odd years! Thanks. I wish all physicians could be as well informed......would save us patients being dragged through countless hit and miss scenarios and wasting time.
Quacks the majority.
I Agree. I need my toe looked at. First they want me to do colonoscamy, an EKG, a mammogram, Ultra sound, blood panel. LOOK AT MY TOE! I am older, so I am now a cash cow. There is nothing , can be done for getting older. Feces checked, urine test. Look at my toe!
My GP tells me that they have to follow the NHS guidelines, so diet advice. These kind of videos and some books have helped me to get my levothyroxin prescription down from 175mcg to 100mcg in 2019. Now again trying to get it down gradually until remission, hopefully within 12 months. My tsh readings have been going down in the last 9 months. In UK, tsh has to be less than 0.21. Last time it was 0.91, before that 2.25 and higher before than. So it is very slow process even with a right diet and the right supplements. I shall know within 2 weeks if there is a reduction in my levothyroxin prescription.
I meant no diet advice from my GPs. I have to do my own research by watching these videos and practicing the diet and supplements suggested.
MDs have to follow the set guidelines that the AMA and hospitals enforce. They follow like sheep and get their paycheck. We all must take our health into our own hands and we are so fortunate to have practioners like Dr. Ekberg helping us find the truth and the solutions!
Synthroid made me delirious & miserable. I went off. I have been taking supplements and everything evened out last blood work check. I also changed up vegan diet to carnivore. Feel so much better.
Ended up in emergency… doc said it was the highest level hes ever seen… full blown thyroid storm. i was very sick. Seed Probiotics fixed me. 6 months med free.
If you dont mind me asking but what are seed prebiotics? I hope you feel better soon.
Yes let us know what seeds are those
Hey we got questions.....
You just dropped a bomb and walked away? 😊help
@@MonaGlam10I imagine they are referring to Seed synbiotics. It’s a dual capsule pre/probiotic combo. Been on it for a few years. The best on the market
In Sweden T4 and T3 is measured i pmol/L and TSH i mIE/L. How does it change the numbers for me regarding to what it's mentioned i this video?
As a Nursing student and a hypothyroid patient - thank you so much for the clear explanation. 👍🏻🙌🏻
Stay holistic!
Hi I have a thyroid can U help me get to rid
@@socratese5did you help yourself holistically? If that makes sense. Lol
Same here🙂
I wish we all have that capacity of the holistic doctor.
Wow! You are a dream doctor, mr Ekberg! I have a thyroid problem but nobody can diagnose what it is. Unfortunately, I am in Brazil, otherwise I would certainly pay you a visit. I watch all your videos but I have never watched this one. You are a light in the darkness of medicine! Be happy and healthy ❤🙏🏻
Getting selenium from eating Brazil nuts would be good for you. Hopefully you can find some where you live, LOL. Best of luck. Also, if you're able to get Korean kimchi where you're at, it is very good for the stomach biome. Any fermented vegetable is very good for you and kimchi has the natural good bacterias for healthy digestion. Usually kimchi has garlic in it too which is very healthy for you.
in Brazil there are many good doctors in the main cities; even they can treat you better than in the USA. and run more tests and everything; have a look.
@@littlebear7440- I have researched extensively and long. Dr Ekberg is one of the best in the world for his deep understanding about the relationship between food and health. The majority of doctors will "treat" you with allopathic medicine, which in sum, is the oil medicine introduced my Rockefeller at the beginning of the xx century. I've already cured myself from adenocarcinoma stage by quitting chemo, cutting sugar, increasing fiber and promoting gut bioma + supplements, because our food lacks os proper nutrients. Work on your peace of mind. Negative emotions are the open door for diseases. I've been diagnosed with multi nodular non-toxic thyroid. Brazilian doctors are not different from other good doctors around the world. The problem come from their training in treating symptoms instead finding the real cause of the symptoms. There is much more to say about it but I think I've said the basic approach I take. Thank you very much for your kind reply! Take care and be happy 💜🙏
This was so much great information. My husband has been suffering with goiter for a year now, he throat has been swollen for 6 months and an extra baseball size one appeared 3 weeks ago out of no where and our family doc could not even give us any proper diagnosis or help and i kept pointing out it was his thyroid. He missed diagnosis him 4 times already and that has caused his health to worsen. 2 days ago our daughter stressed that dad needs to go to emergency because he is always sick and can't breathe properly. My husband finally went to the hospital and we got the right diagnosis. I must say I am happy with the information I have found. Thanks.
Synthroid almost killed me. I was prescribed it for hypothyroidism and my thyroid started working again. I started having trouble with memory, my neurological system (had tremors and couldn’t control my bowel movements), and developed tachycardia.
They then gave me something to “cool” my thyroid and I still felt horrible. So, I prayed about it and God told me to stop taking everything and to look up treating hyperthyroidism. I found a site (back in line 2005, before the internet became what it is today) and found a blog that mentioned a regiment with vitamins and minerals. It was better than anything else, but I still have issues with tachycardia.
Western medicine is lazy medicine.
You nailed it! Western medicine is lazy!!
American doctors have to follow the sick care protocol. Insurance companies are in control and pharmaceutical companies give incentives so it’s fraudulent too
nope.
Absolutely.
A "regiment" is a group of military as in a squadron or battalion.
I've had a lot of immune problems and my male doctor didn't believe I had PCOS So I seen a female doctor who did tests and I was correct. You spoke better about hormones than my Male doctor
You are right I believe ❤
Are you going to change to a female doctor?
Nutrition and exercise too are v imp. Stress management and eating natural foods.
Man hater
What does gender have to do with anything? Dumb take
Out of 30 or so videos I watched on thyroid this is most useful. Big thank you!
the best explanatory video on the thyroid, 100 years ahead of almost all doctors and professionals I have met. Replaceable by an app, without empathy.
Thank you Doctor trust me millions of people are benefiting from you sharing this knowledge may the Lord bless you, your family also the team behind the camera. From Johannesburg South Africa 👍💕
Excellent presentation. Even as a RN for almost 30 years, I truly now understood how the thyroid works.
...that's sad that you can only learn from UA-cam fraud 'doctors'...makes me think you should be in medical at all
Just got my RN last year. . .when I watched his first thyroid video I was like "how can you talk about thyroid health without talking about liver health? Why wasn't this stressed in nursing school?"
Same here 40 yrs.
@@bethanykittok3903?
A doctor that also knows about nutrition?! Now that’s new.. Thank you for taking the time to explain this so well. Knowledge is power. 👍🏻
Indeed, he is a unicorn!
Dr Mandell on utube can help with the nutrition and much more
Look him up he helped so many people even myself hope that helps you 😊
Doc, so far you have been the most articulate in explaining the variables in thyroid ailments. I've suffered sorness in my neck and went to the doctor and explained my symptoms of all that you've mentioned . Blood work was done. Biopsy of my thyroid was done and all was normal. Endocrinologist simply told me "well we can remove the thyroid and you'll be on meds for the rest of your life". I'm still living with the condition. But, now I know what to say to the doctors. Thank you.
Thank you so much I have been going crazy for years and dr's are not listening and don't do these blood tests, even when I have asked I get told all fine. I'm in UK. I look forward to getting these tests you said and then talk with Dr as I'm talking loads of tablets mouth sprays and gels and eye drops and I am now blind in one eye and right eye loosing sight as well. I am so very blessed and grateful and appreciative of your hard work showing us we can be healed not suffering indoors all time and awake a few hours a day. Love Bernadette west Yorkshire UK thank you so much xox
My thyroid was killed with Radiation, years ago. I have good days and very bad days. No Doctor seems to help me, they just adjust my medication. I just struggle every day.
What a shame. Doctors here do the same. And many suffer worse after than they did before
Best wishes
Try PRAYING my friend! He healed me from cancer 20 years ago, BUT not before I asked him and believed! 🙏
@@Monikersmail oh, I do pray😊 thank you for sharing! God bless you!!
So very sorry
Sorry to hear that. Sadly, it seems that doctor's don't want to tell people the negative effects of medication and procedures. If they did, a lot of people probably wouldn't take the medication or have the procedure done and then they (and the hospital and the pharmaceutical companies) wouldn't make as much money. My dentist told me once that I want to make sure to try to keep all of my original teeth....that it's never the same without them. The same is probably true for all internal organs. It's too bad we aren't taught (or at the very least doctors) more about nutrition and the important roll everything plays and how our internal system works together. Dr. Ekberg recommends for people to find a professional but most professionals don't know much about nutrition and they don't tell you anything until you actually have a problem. I just had bloodwork and I am at 1.3 for TSH and my doctor said absolutely nothing. I had to go in and ask for a copy of my bloodwork and look at everything myself. Our entire system is backwards.
If anyone is interested. Last summer of 2022, I began taking a sea kelp enhanced iodine and those had a huge improvement in my day-to-day life and sleeping. I take my 100 mcg thyroid med in the morning, but wait until the afternoon to take the sea kelp with lunch. The first timat that I took it, I began to get sleepy within 30 minutes. At first I took a pill every day for the first month but I now take it just a couple of times a week.
I have a friend who has been taking levo for decades, and had 2 major improvements- she took biofeedback training to learn how to truly relax, and her thyroid meds needed to be cut in half, then, 30 years later, she had further healing and had her dose cut 2 more times. She is now on 1/4 of her original dose. The further healing took place after she lowered her lectin load, cut most sugar, ate mostly organic, and supplemented with 1 brazil nut a day for selenium, small doses magnesium, and zinc, and alternate days multivitamin and b-complex, and added omega 3 foods and olive oil. She made several changes at once, so she is not sure which changes are responsible but something is really working.
I am a biofeedback practitioner and working on quantum physics to correct the frequency’s creating the inflammation- very exciting !!!
@@lauraburns6318where are you located
I fixed mine from Graves with only eating cruciferous veggies for 3 months. I went from severe to normal . Have been normal for 12 years now.
what cruciferous veggies did u eat and how?
Yes, could you please give us a list
A list would be great please! Also, how do you eat now to manage it?
Brilliant
Wow! So inspiring!
Now I Will do my brocolli!
🙌
A truly simple yet comprehensive explanation of thyroid issues. Thank you, Dr Eckberg. I wish all doctors are like you.
Right, my Dr's are stupud
Are you a doctor?
This is so valuable! I had thyroid issues for 20+ years and this is the first time i found a clear explanation. Thanks so much! Dr! You are saving lives here! God bless!
So i just got diagnosed with Graves few days ago. I’m a 30 yr old female. Specialist put me on meds right away even though i asked him if i changed my diet would it help he said absolutely not! Reading some of these comments have given me soooo much hope!
Changing your diet is not cost effective fir the doctor, mrds are.✝️🙏♥️
Your measured, articulate speech and relaxed speed in delivering this new, complex information really hits the ball out of the park. Your metaphorical explanations are hugely helpful. Have put off my annual "checkup" for several years because of my prejudice that I'd just get a "standardized" approach to what I suspect is a thyroid difficulty. Your post gives me the education I need to speak intelligently about this to my doctor. Many thanks, Doctor.
P.S. I did get thyroid and full blood panels. Thyroid 100 percent, but rbc so low, doc suspects some gastrointestinal blood loss. Next week I see *those* specialists, then come back to check with you, Dr Ekberg.
Very well said!!
Yes he is fantastic
Throw synthetic at you and poof...I got electric like brain zaps,haven't been able to treat sub par
I was 28 when I got first symptoms of thyroid issues, 32 when I finally got diagnosed and got meds. After 2 years from that I moved to southern town about 1.5 hours from here due to work for half a year. During that time I lost 20 kg and felt my life was back on track. After I moved back, only 3 months and I was my normal size again. I didn't emphasize that any way. Because of that I have thought about water connection to thyroid but no-one believes me. I know this is an environmental disease, nothing else will explain it. I have tried all kinds of diets, exercises, stress relief programs. Nothing helps. I will no start buying my water as well, let's see if that helps. Thank you for really great video!
Hi! There is definitely a water connection bc if there is a high level of fluoride in the water, which is a hormone disruptor that negatively impacts the thyroid. Fluoride interferes with your bodies ability to properly absorb iodine which is critical for optimal thyroid health and performance. For this reason it is best to drink purified water, install a reverse osmosis filter if using tap water and use glass bottles due to the plastic toxins interfering with thyroid function as well. You may also want to increase your iodine intake to offset the effects of fluoride and flush out excess. Eat iodine rich seafood, like cod and shrimp a few times a week, a few servings of seaweed, eggs and potatoes also contain iodine. Also use a fluoride free toothpaste.
@@mamasshrimp422 Thank you! This is the first time I heard that fluoride is a hormone disruptor impacting the thyroid.
@@MaryBarranti I’m so happy this information was able to help you! 😘
@@mamasshrimp422 eggs and potatoes, or (anything for that matter) raised on land that is deficient in iodine, will not provide iodine. If you’re living in an iodine deficient geographical are you must supplement.
Personally, I drink distilled water only. FYI, take a thermos or some other closed container, put tap water in one, distilled in the other, let sit for 1-2 days. Made my decision.
It's hard to find a dr that knows what they are doing in this area
Infelizmente é a mais pura verdade 😢
This is the most comprehensive presentation regarding Thyroid health. Thank you!🙏🏻
Wow! Great video Dr. Ekberg. The problem is finding a doctor willing to find the root cause.
Sad but true!
Please consult a good Ayurvedic doctor from India. Follow Dr Dimple Jangia on Instagram. She has a lot of info on this.
The problem isn’t the doctor who doesn’t want to order but government who doesn’t pay for it
@@lilylelob not government, corporate America.
@@kathryntreadway6647they are both of the same
Dr. Ekberg,
You are absolutely CORRECT!
I took iodine drops for about 3 months; then, suddenly, my hair started falling out in clumps. It never stopped. Massive hair loss continues. And, I took it WITH selenium.
Have you recovered? Are you off iodine?
@@MichaelWacher - Yes, I stopped the iodine last year. But, the hair loss was massive.
Hello from Ireland. in my 60's now. First diagnosed with overactive thyroid when I was a teenager I think. Went to hospital. Whatever happened there, thyroid went underaractive. Put on eltroxin. Go for checkups to make sure no change in dosage needed.
Regarding suggestions. Try to stick to low carb diet, because diagnosed with prediabetes. Excellent results last full blood test. Wish me luck on next one. ☺
Hi from Cavan on eltroxen too got bloods done last week dr said too much eltroxen but still very tired cud sleep around clock
Dr. You explain everything so thoroughly. Thank you for doing so for all of us!
I’m dealing with this for a long time had no idea what was going on. I had all these problems, feelings, weak, tired, horsey, throat among other things then I was diagnosed with audio immune disease now I was told my thyroid bloodwork come back and it was elevated so now we’re looking at that I am a combat veteran with PTSD and I’m finding out stress has a lot to do with what’s going on. This makes a lot of sense. Thank you very much. Thanks.
Outstanding Dr. Ekberg. Nobody explain this better than you do.
OMG 😳 I have all the symptoms, except the goiter, and I can’t simply let my doctor order synthiroid (sp?) for me. Instead I have to fix 9 or more possible lifestyle habits which may cause the symptoms.😵💫🫣🫤😩 Piece of cake, Dr. Ekberg!🤸🏻♀️
One of most educational videos I’ve ever seen on thyroid issues - and I’ve been watching them regularly since the beginning of UA-cam!
Я смотрю вас из Таджикистана
Спасибо вам за очень полезную информацию .Переводчику отдельное благодарность
@ Dr. Ekberg,
Your presentations are NOTHING LESS THAN SUPERB. It certainly must take lots of time to create these highly educational videos. Thank you 🙏 very much for uploading and sharing them with all of us here via UA-cam. I am truly honored to be one of your "students."
Thank you Julietta🌹 Aragon. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and the mechanism we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
@@drekberg I agreed with Julietta, I have hipo hashimoto. I do everything you explained here, but what I do is the iodine, I take "spirulina" plus the thyroid supplement, I live in a rented apartment and how can I put here a filter for the water as you mentioned. I boiled the water and filtered, no carbos, etc. but the stress....well what can I tell you. life is already a problem and difficult. Thank you for this amazing explanation. sending a hug from Canada. 🤗
I couldn’t have said it better. Your videos that you worked so hard on to educate us, are so helpful that in the long run we are better for it and we thank you for all the work you do.
@@adrianavelez415 Hi Adriana you can find at Home depot some filters and you can put under the sink cabinet, and change filters every year.God lack.
@@drekberg dear sir pls explain same video in hindi pls pls pls
I cannot seek professional help for my thyroid unfortunately the many times that I did after being diagnosed I was put on thyroid medications. I refuse to take them because they increased my heart rate, I began to tremble, and they make me feel lethargic and when you mention this to the specialist they say to keep taking it anyway and that things will eventually get better.
Take Magnesium
Thank you for an important and great video! I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2002. I had NO symptoms. I was misdiagnosed in my opinion. It was my diet, if anything. Since early 2019, I have been doing healthy keto and intermittent fasting. I eat OMAD. I am slowly getting off Synthroid. No doctor because they all say this drug you have to take forever. I am down to one pill a day. I have been slowly coming off Synthroid since January. I will take my last one in two weeks. My hair has started to get thicker and I feel better. Maybe it's because I want off this drug that bad. I've done my research. I was misdiagnosed in 2002 AND I never should have been put on Synthroid. Anyway, I'm NOT suggesting that anyone do this but when I set my mind to something, I'm going to do it. I also include Brazil Nuts (Selenium), Sea Kelp, Trace Minerals, Magnesium, LTyrosine, and some others.
Thanks god helped u can you tell me plz how could u reversed it by diet
And which supplements
I'm really dead because of over dose levothyroxine
I was diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism a few months ago.
I took levothyroxine for a couple months and then decided to stop. I truly believe my diet can change it back around, and so far taking vitamin D and magnesium together have helped a lot.
I had a Lot of trouble breathing all the time for a couple years or so before my diagnosis. Taking the medication helped me breathe way better, but taking these vitamins alone is also giving similar results.
I really appreciate this breakdown. I really needed something like this. I don’t want to take meds for the rest of my life, while my body secretly falls apart.
Same. Are you healthy now? I don’t want to take medicine.
Şimdi nasılsın ?
I too have developed breathing issue . Having Levo since 2009 for hypo. Recently I noticed gut issues (bloating, irritability with certain foods, ) . How much d3+magnesium you use? I have started 5000 iu daily
@@Bobby-nr1sxwhat is d3 and magnesium i also having trouble breathing
@@Bobby-nr1sxdo you feel pain in your throat?
I think I have needed you for 70 years. I think you so very much for this video in particular. This is my first step toward health to undo all the bad advice
What an excellent presentation of such an important health issues that most of the GP missed to explain therefore patients misunderstood its implication. Im an experienced 35+ RN but i have never seen this kind of thorough explanation about thyroid health. Thank you very much for educating us! God bless! 🙏❤️
...you seem like someone who easily falls for scams like this
Yes God Bless You Doctor You are amazing!
@@xposed11 YOU are the scammer!!! People please BEWARE of this individual!
Who invented this system called ”a human being”?? Also other creatures, cats, dogs, birds… All the chemistry of nature is so amazing!
Jesus did...aka God. ✝️
When I read the Bible i read about Jehovah God who created beautufully all in our world.
I think Dr. Ekberg did.
الذي خلقنا هو الله الواحد الأحد
@@tatyana8696 This is true. It was God, the Father of all who created all things.
Just started watching your videos have been in a bad place for nearly three months now - suspecting Hashimoto or some kind of Autoimmune problem… your videos are the best and most informative!
Thank you Sir
I'm 65 years old and was diagnosed with having a Hyperthyroid. I suffer primarily with lack of sleep, irritability and constipation. I've gone to several doctors and their recommendation is that I have my Thyroid removed, but that's not a option for me. Would you please do a video on Hyperthyroid alone and give some natural alternatives to bringing my Hyperthyroid back in balance. Thank you.
This worked for me Drink mineral water not tap water. Eat healthier cut out gluten and junk or processed foods. Hopefully it works for you too.
Also check your vitamin d levels and iron levels.
I am experiencing the same things as you have stated, and really would love some emphasis on Hyperthyroidism
This video confused me. He started talking about hyperthyroidism, but seamlessly changed to hypothyroidism. To make it worse the way he speaks both words sound similar! I started off thinking that iodine might be good for my hyperthyroidism but am not sure now.
I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism 3 yrs ago. My Endo put my on methimazole. She was having me have ultrasounds once a year and check back every 4 months. She said the nodual was shrinking. I had many questions and couldn't not get in to see her for 4 months. I tried a second opinion and was lucky to get a cancellation from another Endo. She said said right away I need to have it burned out -radiation- or removed. Those were the only 2 options. I am terrified to have it removed. Why didn the other Endo say this in looking at the same charts. Also said I should not be on Methimazole more than 18 months. It's been well over 2 years... I don't know what to do and no luck finding another Endo without waiting another 4-6 months for an appt.
I just got dx with Hashimoto’s. The only reason I was able to get the test is because my sister has it. I’ve been begging for the antibodies test for years and told no. But once I was able to say my family member had it, they tested and I was proven right. I shouldn’t be this hard to get tested.
Yeah medical field sucks. I learned the only way to get tested further is you HAVE to claim a family member has it or it runs in the family. Ridiculous
@@sapfinebeauty4752 well I’ve been telling my doctors for at least 5 years about my sisters diagnosis. She really does have it.
@@Southernheathen13 which is insane it took that long. Some doctors just aren’t that serious about their patients health, while others are. More like a hit and miss with a doctor from my experience.
😊that's just how the allopathic world works! Just tell them you think it's heredity! They grab the ir test and prescription pads right away! For them that's just so easy! Nothing to think thru or experiments to do....sometimes they try to TELL you that you have a certain disease because it might be in the news currently! And that's without testing you!! This is past crazy! It's criminal!
@@sapfinebeauty4752
Doctors are now limited and controlled by the bean counters who of course have no medical training at all.
Its all about the 💰🤑 not the patients now
I actually had to explain this same thing to my VA doctor.. I wasn't losing weight.. I also asked to get off Synthroid and put on a natural hormone med, and he put me on Armor and I started losing weight..
Were you hypo or hyper
@@pastthefog6514 Hypo
I have a TSH of 40. Don't go back to the doctor for 2 more months . Getting my meds was like pulling a porcupines tooth . Im changing my diet , no gluten, sugar , fast food , alot of dairy. It helps but just have to get my meds right . My thyroid stopped working 20 years ago and I haven't been right ever since. :(
I’m so sorry! My TSH was 13 and I’ve got a knot in my neck but didn’t have til my dr started me on hormone replacement therapy in the form of a patch. Climara. Had all kinds of symptoms! Hair loss, lost 13lbs in 3wks, tired, no appetite, brittle nails, dry skin, red foot, toes blue numb and cold, swollen left leg up to my knee and more. I complained for a year and it took 9 months to get a scan of lump in my neck. Dr said it was Cortisol/stress and that Climara won’t cause hair loss. Funny I didn’t have these or a lump til I started it.
Today is day one without wearing a patch and I’m praying my TSH will be lower next week when they do labs. I didn’t ask if I should stop the HRT(Climara) but it’s my body the way I see it. lol The only physician I trust is God. He is The One that Heals us and I prayed for everyone in this comment section to be healed.
Made me sad when I saw your TSH was 40 😔. I pray that you will be able to get your meds with ease but really I’m praying you will be healed. Sending hugs your way ❤️🤗
Shouldn’t eat dairy…
I had Graves’ disease for 3 years, were the first 2 years was the peak of my treatment and by the second year I changed my endocrinologist that totally helped me all throughout the course of my treatment. He advised me to change my diet- less carbs less sugars, by then I made self research and found the keto diet! boom! With strict compliance to the treatment and with keto diet, I totally get off of carbimazole. He was flabbergasted of my transformation on my test results and looks that I gradually getting better every time I visit his clinic hence I suffered from exopthalmos and weight gain when I first consulted him.
Thyroid diseases are rarely discuss but greatly affects a large number people. Thank you Dr. Ekberg for the great and informative videos as always.
Congratulations on a great job, taking responsibility for your health. Glad you found keto and it helped you.
Can you please explain how did you fix your exopthalmos? It's something that really affects me ( Graves' disease). Thank you!
@@w1975b thanks. it helped a lot aside from loosing my gained weight. some of my friends and colleagues are also starting keto diet now
@@dddeeddddeeddddeedsswdddee4794 I have regular follow up with ophthalmologist, with focus checking the IOP. What I always do during sleep as per the advised of my first ophthalmologist is to keep higher pillows like 2-3, applying an eye lubricant ointment before sleeping and eye drops during the daytime as necessary, avoiding eye strains from bright lights of mobile phones and computers. also i suffered from CTS which i keep a maintenance of vit b complex until now and my arms with pillows elevated during sleep.
@@carolcarol941 I thank you very much!!
I appreciate the vast amounts of educational material you share, Dr. Ekberg, but, equally, I appreciate your sense of humor. Keep up the great work!
I started taking 12.5 mg of iodine/iodide with a little K+ and Mg, and 1 gram of L-Tyrosine at bedtime. I already take a good MVM supplement with additional B and C. All hypothyroid symptoms were gone in about 2-3 weeks.
Then, did you kept taking it ?
Que es MVM?
@@lilianasanchez5472
Multi Vitamin Mineral supplement.
Mulit-vitamin/mineral= MVM
@@intsagiggig-ue5gd Yes. I take those supplements but no synthetic chemical prescriptions like Armour Thyroid and Synthroid.
May 2024 i was diagnosed with low thyroid had puffy face and hair thinning. For 3months i dont eat any carbs no sugar veg and fruit i do sourdough bread chips fries the works feel much better. I was 73.5 in weight. I am now 65 in weight will nit gi back to that life style again
Dr E. Your lecture on thyroid and Hashi was so explicit. In the 47years I’ve suffered with this disease (had half thyroid removed and never went on meds in ‘97 and searching for a provider to handle my case I may have just enough information to ask the right questions and not keep taking the same meds (8.8mcg) without having any relief! Thank you,thank you,thank you❤
Just want to also note that if your fasting you might think you have a thyroid problem but that is only temporary when you start eating again it fixes the thyroid issue you have when during fast or intermittent fasting. Its still healthy to intermittent fast the benefits outweigh any temporary side effects.
Barbara O'Neil, excellent teacher on everything biological.
I’m a Functional Med Nutritionist with a background in physiology. That’s one of the best overviews I’ve seen. Leave it to physiology to connect the dots. Excellent and clear work. Thank-you.
I am learning new thing every time you release a new video. Thank You for sharing this with us!
Thank you Frankston Safranek. That is the whole point, isn't it? 😀 I really appreciate your feedback and so glad you liked it. The greatest compliment you can give is to help me help more people by sharing the videos. 😄
Hello Doc , can you send me your address wher i could reach you.
I absolutely love how you explain how the body works! You are so informative!!
Just came across this video and I'm floored. My thyroid dx started in my teens & I've spent 40 years looking for answers. Pre-pandemic my then Dr - after several lab tests - simply said "well it certainly seems there's something autoimmune going on". That was it. My thyroid peroxidase result was 220 ... and this video shows max 34. My result was TWO HUNDRED TWENTY!! I'm absolutely floored that my Dr blew this off. They closed their doors during the pandemic & I basically gave up but the last several months I've had increased problems, most alarming has been some days my arms and legs become so weak the mere act of a shower and getting dressed takes hours. I have an appt with an endocrinologist but that's months away. Praying I'll finally get my answers and so glad to have this video to continue educating myself on this horrible disease. Thank you Dr. Ekberg, truly glad to be a new sub to your channel!!❤
Good luck to you. I haven’t found an endo that cares enough or listens to do more testing. They always just prescribe meds.
@@bml4646try going to a reputable functional medicine practitioner
My thyroid antibody was measured by a specialty lab in Bethesda MD. It came back as >3,000 -,unmeasurable.
My other thyroid panel was all “within normal limits”.
I’m often fatigued, 20 lbs overweight & unable to lose. Drs have been useless.
Don’t even test my antibody level anymore. “We know you have Hashimotos but you’re fine”.
35 minute dose of knowledge, with quite some complex interactions to explain, but as always well structured and comprehensible brought to us by Dr. Ekberg: thank you!
Wow awesome video! Your the only one the explain this issue truly in dept so far. Your amazing and God sent. Thank you so much.
Good information, but too late for me. Many years ago I was diagnosed with Graves Disease. The “therapy” I got from an endocrinologist was two doses of radioactive iodine. At this point, my thyroid appears to be dead and I have to take 100mcg levothyroxin every day for the rest of my life. No one ever even attempted to explain the thyroid problem to me.
I'm sorry you were a victim of mainstream medicine. It's worse because millions of others are in the same boat. A former coworker of mine had her thyroid removed and she took synthroid. I told her about coconut oil, which she started taking one spoonful a day. Her dose of synthroid had to be reduced. She didn't tell her doctor what she was doing (the doc probably would have told her to stop). I can't give you advice, but you can decide what to do with this info.
Look up Dr Joe Dispenza testimonial a woman grew hers back and it was completely removed. The power of meditation, it takes repeated meditation to build the neurological path ways to make a new thyroid.
Why am I here.. I’m putting cayenne pepper on my thyroid. I’m also doing it to my heart as part of meditation is getting the brain and heart coherent.. and any help I feel my heart before I was destroyed by a psychopath.. which i have got to forget to get my heart feeling love again.
Wow. What a video I wish this was explained to me 30 years ago. Holler s. Chart should be taught in every high school. What an eye-opener.
I hope you know how many people you have helped, Dr. Thank you again.
A perfectly clear, beautiful and concise explanation of how such an important organ like the thyroid works in the human body. Thank you for making this video for us. You have a great talent and a God given gift for making the complexities of the human body simple to understand.
Dang! This guy is brilliant! I just learned so much! For 15 yrs I have gone round and round w several doctors about my thyroid. My numbers are either barely in the perimeters or a little outside the perimeters. I have all symptoms of thyroid issues(hypo) except I have run hot since my hysterectomy so cold, I am not. The other is my heart rate. It has always run higher than it should. I have a goiter, exhausted all the time, have nodules in my thyroid which hurt, dry course hair that is falling out, constant sore throat, dry skin etc. Finally after all these yrs my doctor puts me on meds. I take my first one and OMG I lay here for 1.5 hours feeling as if I'm having a heart attack. Call my doc and ask to change meds or better yet send me to an endocrinologist. Her response "Come back in 2 months. I will recheck your blood." What does that have to do w a reaction to the meds??" I am Hypo from all signs so why not send me to somebody who knows what they're doing??? Dang I wish I could see this guy!! I'm tired of this kick the can down the road attitude these doctors have!!! I just want to feel better!! 😢
I’ve tried iodine and he is right!!! It caused so many problems for me.
No one ever questions why so many people are having thyroid problems. It seems to me, that since we know the thyroid is essential for good health and runs so many systems, it would be targeted if an enemy wanted to strike.
What causes thyroid issues? Why do so many people have thyroid issues today?
I got hypothyroid and Hashimoto after root canal treatment
cortisol stress that’s what did it to me Graves’ disease for 10 years. My eyes can’t take it anymore. They burnt out my thyroid with radiation. I feel like I’m totally screwed.
Stress, anxiety, fear, anger stimulating fight or flight. These all cause inflammation which triggers autoimmune responses. What are bombarded with on a never ending basis?
It's also the chemicals they spray in the air which rains down into the soil plus we breathe in. It's also the flouridated, chlorinated water. It's also the tainted livestock poisoned with antibiotics, steroids, corn and soy. It's also the genetically modified crops treated with chemicals. The pasteurization process which turns dairy into poison. The soaps, laundry detergents, body washes, shampoos, conditioners, make up, antiperspirants, and (syn)thetic clothing we wear which leeches into our pours. The sunscreen that blocks our ability to utilize the sun's rays, plus the cloud seeding that clouds up the sky. The demonization of millennia old natural herbs and remedies and promoting petroleum based pharmaceuticals. The opposite of healthy food pyramid which promotes strachy wheat, breads, gluten, corn, soy, lectins, legumes while demonizing essential saturated animal and plant fats, pushes seed oils and (syn)thetic oils, margarine, not to mention the 24/7 exposure to EMF's from technology thats been integrated into our lives as necessity.
EVERYTHING about our lives has been carefully designed to alter our psychology, make us sick, fat, dumb, and dependent on the system, the medical and pharmaceutical industrial complexes.
It's no coincidence in the 21st century we were supposed to have spiritual enlightenment, world peace, and flying cars and instead all we got was war and cancer
@@dorotapilarczyk2683people don't realize just how significant our mouths are when it comes to our health. I was watching a documentary about how root canals are rarely done correctly and often are essentially festering, infectious wounds leaving us in a permanent state of inflammation from immune response.
'The Iodine Crisis' Lynne Farrow makes interesting reading
A couple of points the Medical profession doesn't know about. Goiters rarely occur here in the states, due to halogen poisoning. The Iodine receptor, when filled with other halogens, cause miscommunication (Usually comes across as some sort of body pain). However, it also prevents goiters from being formed. Fibromyalgia is in fact, Bromine poisoning, usually due to drinking acidic (bromine is that tart flavor) drinks like Mountain Dew for decades. As an aside, "almost all" apparent negative reactions to Iodine are in fact caused by a detox reaction. If it's not detox it means you are also deficient in in the other required co-factors needed for regulation of the thyroid. To Your Great Health!
@@pastthefog6514 uh....no
So do you think it would be ok to take iodine without causing too much of an autoimmune flare up?
I have had fibromyalgia for about 40 years but never drunk rubbish like Mountain Dew( 🇬🇧). Never smoked or eaten meat for years so cannot see that. Did have childhood trauma though?
That is so interesting. I want to learn more where can i?
@@cynthiastogden7000head injury?
So informative! Could you please do a video on hyperthyroidism? I know it’ll be really helpful to others.
Yes that is what Iam dealing with. Little information is our there about it
Me too🙏🙏🙏
Same
Please
I am so excited to have the privilege of listening and learning from this brilliant doctor. He is so easy to understand. He presents this information with clarity and gives hope that is so well needed in our afflicted society. He is truly a God send. Thank you Sten.
Very interesting! Physical activity and diet DO AFFECT your thyroid levels a lot, sometimes more than the hormone replacement dose. But here's my experience and I hope it helps someone. Iodine is used mostly by the thyroid but ALL cells in the body need a little too so even if your thyroid got removed or does not work anymore (like mine), iodine intake is essential. You see, I developed hyperthyroidism at 25yo while in service (I blame experimental drugs during the 1st Gulf War) and got radioactive iodine treatment so I've been hypothyroid since '97. Had the same Synthroid dose of 150mcg for over 20 yrs. Tried other brands but that's the one that works. Not having a thyroid messes with one's body so much. Mood, skin, temp regulation, muscle recovery. I hate it but hey, it is what it is. I have to take it exactly at 6am everyday on empty stomach and not eat anything for 2 hrs after, not even coffee or i'll feel lethargic all day. My lipid levels were all out of whack too because of my thyroid but it was also my diet which was lots of vegs, carbs and not enough protein and fat. I never put lots of weight because I limited my caloric intake and exercise often but, It wasn't until 7 months ago when I switched to %100 carnivore and increased my iodine and electrolyte intake, that my lipid levels improved a lot! (cholesterol in the 400s, HDL in the 60s and triglycerides came way way down below 100 from the 400s), My testosterone levels got to the higher normal range and muscle recovery and temp regulation improved. My TSH went from 7.46 to 2.43 and FreeT4 from .78 to a healthy 1.36 and T3 from 42 to 125, all without Synthroid dose change. I haven't felt this energetic since my 20s! I can speed walk one day 10 miles in 2.5 hrs and not feel at all worned out the next day. I attribute that to the Carnivore diet.
What iodine and electrolite drink u take plzz tell me,and carnivore diet also
@@tarintanjina9071 No iodine supplements but you may consider Lugol's brand iodine supplement. I just consume plenty of salt (Himalayan pink salt or Redmond Real Salt). I believe I get my iodine from the beef, and localyl farmed eggs (at least 6 a day) which should have more iodine than regular ones since is very cloise to the coast. Having a no working thyroid, I believe my iodine requirements is lower than somebody that still has a working thyroid. When it comes to electrolytes, I supplement with Redmon Relyte, LMNT or Dr. Bergs Electrolytes, I switch brands often but always unflavored. I believe that Dr. Ekberg also has his brand of electrolyte as well and. I hear is pretty good. Whatever you decide to get, just make sure it has no sugar, of course. When it comes to the diet, I eat all kinds of meats, mostly beef but also occasionally pork, chicken (the fattier parts only,highs or wings) and salmon as well as eggs and some cheeses. Carnivore has only one cardinal rule: Absolutely no carbs/starches/sugars/grains/veg oils at all. Check out Dr. Ken D Berry on YT on beginner videos. Is a really simple diet, actually not a diet since you get to eat as much as you feel, just not carbs. Best of luck.
God is good❤🙏🏻🙌🏼 That’s amazing!! So glad you’re feeling better!! God bless you ❤️
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So much information these days, imagine how many people suffered and died due to lack of this information in centuries gone by?! We are truly blessed to have this medical data in our time. Thanks to Dr.Sten Ekberg and doctors like him. I have hypothyroidism and if I am off my game I know it's my thyroid.
I’m a 62 and I was just diagnosed with low thyroid my way off chart trying to find a natural way to help my thyroid thanks for video
How can I thank you enough for this information! So very sad to say, but very little good help from local physicians, but with your help I can move ahead with healing. What you do is probably life-saving!! And certainly life-changing!
Thank you, thank you for this! I have improved every health marker except my thyroid! I reversed type 2 diabetes got off all medications including high blood pressure but my thyroid TSH is still off. Have been on levothyroxine for years with no improvement. This video was one of the clearest on hypothyroid on UA-cam. It was clear and understandable and now I know what to go over with my doctor.
Hello Maria how are you doing over there?
Don't forget your thyroid needs iodine and selenium.
Filtering your water is super important!
Please discuss thyroid nodules and how to get rid of them.
I am one of those guys without a functioning thyroid . Been on Levythyroxine for at least a year now . Recently I have begun the OMAD and 2MAd methods of eating only whole foods and have noticed an improvement in my energy and decrease in body aches that my thyroid meds never gave me .
Complete and perfect explanation. I'm following this excellent doctor here in Brazil and learning a lot!
Same!
Your comprehensive knowledge of thyroid function is impressive. I wish I could find a doctor here that approached treatment the way you explain. It's just hit or miss balancing labs with a T4 replacement.😒
Dr. Ekberg, thank you for all your help. You have been one of my great champions through my health journey, along with Dr. Mandell "The Motivational Doc", Dr. Eric Berg, Dr. Ford Brewer, Dr. Robert Lustig, Dr. Peter Attia, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Dr. Chris van Tulleken, Dr. Boz and her fantastic *Sardine Challenge*, Andrew Huberman, and Joe Rogan for introducing me to so many cutting-edge health, nutrition, wellness, and longevity experts
Thank you for this.... the sad state of things in the United States is most General DRs don't even know this... my general doctor tried to tell me that the thyroid is independent of everything... I had to correct him and went into basically the chart you have above showcasing how the Thyroid effects everything as well as needing to have your gut and liver clean as it effects your brain, thyroid, pituitary gland, adrenals, etc.... he was dumfound.
My doctor is even less informative or maybe reserved to say things in general.
@@道-p2e they all are these days. Even the old guys. The real best doctors seem to be few ... too few. The best ones have retired.
@@kaleidoscope8743 Dr. Ekberg is the best. To prevent illness, not to wait and receive sick patients only!!! Hope my thought on the doctors is wrong.
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lawrence, thats been my experience with doctors as well..its both sad and shocking that they are so poorly trained, yet try to give health care to people.. just wow!
I have a thyroid issue I use to be able to sing in church but since the thyroid happened I can’t sing anymore
😢Yes, exactly!
I have the same problem. You probably have a throid nodule pressing on your larynx. I can feel a lump when I swallow, but not all nodules are felt.
For me, probably stress changed my voice.
I have hashimoto and I have never heard or read such an acute , good and clear explanation of thyroid issues. You are exceptional Dr ekberg!
What is your TPO level?
You may want to read Dr David Brownsreins book on iodine. Hashimotos can be lack of iodine, selenium, B1, B2.
@@stuarthutt3740 All the naturopathic doctors I seen they say iodine is bad for Hashimoto. They recommend selenium supplements.
@@nickbardan3867 yes, selenium is more concentrated in the thyroid than any gland. Selenium acts as a brake on the oxidation of H2O2 and TPO converting iodide to iodine in the thyroid. B1 and B2 can also be deficient. Therefore lack of selenium is a major cause of hashomotos but iodine is a cofactor. If you add selenium to reduce the antibodies that's great but if you don't address low iodine levels which is almost everyone you are not optimizing health. The challenge is there is no good test unless you do 24 50mg load. Another test is fluorescent xray of the thyroid. The thyroid can hold 50mg iodine. If the person is below 5 they are severely deficient.
@@stuarthutt3740 my TPO was 49 last year in May. They recommend selenium. After I took selenium supplements for about 2 month, my TPO in April this year was 365. I don't know what to make of it .Did I make it worse because of selenium? Should I try iodine instead ? Nobody knows anything 😔
Just wanted you to know how much I enjoy your videos...you do such a great job of explaining things in an easy way to understand.
Must be Friday - eaten so bad this week - must try harder! Thank you for the brain boost. Have a most brilliant weekend everyone. ⭐⭐⭐