Thyroid & Chronic Illness. What’s The Connection? with Dr. Eric Balcavage

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In this episode we speak with Dr. Eric Balcavage about Thyroid and it's link to chronic disease. Dr. Balcavage is the owner and founder of Rejuvagen, a functional medicine clinic in Chadds Ford, PA. He is nationally recognized speaker and educator on various health related topics including thyroid physiology, bile physiology, detoxification, oxidative stress, methylation and chronic illness. Dr. Balcavage is a Certified Nutrition Specialist (C.N.S.), a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Board Certified in Integrative Medicine, along with being a licensed Chiropractor in Pennsylvania. Dr. Balcavage is the co-host of Thyroid Answers Podcast. The podcast focuses on answering the pressing questions those suffering with chronic hypothyroid symptoms can’t get answered elsewhere. You can find his educational Thyroid Thursday videos on Vimeo and Youtube. Dr. Balcavage has made it his mission to change the way medicine looks at hypothyroidism. He is the co-author of the soon to be released book, Thyroid Debacle, The book co-written by Kelly Halderman MD, addresses the problems with current allopathic and functional medicine approaches to hypothyroidism as well as the solutions to restoring thyroid physiology. Learning Points: 1. How can inflammation affect the thyroid? 2. How is the current medical model inadequate in diagnosing thyroid issues? 3. How can standard thyroid testing be misleading in diagnosing thyroid issues? Social Media: www.rejuvagencenter.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rejuvagencenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drericbalcavage/