Dr. Elizabeth Boham

Right.

Yes, yes. And so if people aren't eating enough of certain foods, we might see nutritional deficiencies, or maybe if their digestive system is a mess, they're not absorbing their nutrients well. So we have to ask that question, why? Because sometimes that will just help the thyroid work better when we help support it nutritionally.

Yes, yes. And so if people aren't eating enough of certain foods, we might see nutritional deficiencies, or maybe if their digestive system is a mess, they're not absorbing their nutrients well. So we have to ask that question, why? Because sometimes that will just help the thyroid work better when we help support it nutritionally.

Yes, yes. And so if people aren't eating enough of certain foods, we might see nutritional deficiencies, or maybe if their digestive system is a mess, they're not absorbing their nutrients well. So we have to ask that question, why? Because sometimes that will just help the thyroid work better when we help support it nutritionally.

Or maybe it's an autoimmune condition, like you mentioned, Hashimoto's. And then it gets us thinking of a lot of different things, right? It gets us thinking about, well, why does this person have autoimmunity?

Or maybe it's an autoimmune condition, like you mentioned, Hashimoto's. And then it gets us thinking of a lot of different things, right? It gets us thinking about, well, why does this person have autoimmunity?

Or maybe it's an autoimmune condition, like you mentioned, Hashimoto's. And then it gets us thinking of a lot of different things, right? It gets us thinking about, well, why does this person have autoimmunity?

Yeah, it really is.

Yeah, it really is.

Yeah, it really is.

Well, you know, the body, when in an autoimmune condition, the body starts to fight itself off, right? So it starts to, it looks at the thyroid gland and says, okay, I'm gonna fight you off. I'm gonna attack you. And when it attacks the thyroid gland, the thyroid gland doesn't work as well.

Well, you know, the body, when in an autoimmune condition, the body starts to fight itself off, right? So it starts to, it looks at the thyroid gland and says, okay, I'm gonna fight you off. I'm gonna attack you. And when it attacks the thyroid gland, the thyroid gland doesn't work as well.

Well, you know, the body, when in an autoimmune condition, the body starts to fight itself off, right? So it starts to, it looks at the thyroid gland and says, okay, I'm gonna fight you off. I'm gonna attack you. And when it attacks the thyroid gland, the thyroid gland doesn't work as well.

and so then you get low well in many cases you get a low thyroid so what causes the autoimmune disease is the big question we always ask in functional medicine why right and and everybody's different right for one person it may be gluten we know gluten uh is associated with a lot of hashimoto's thyroiditis not all but some but my experience like you look at thyroid antibodies and you compare it with the gluten antibodies in that patient and it's about my thing is about 30 of the time

and so then you get low well in many cases you get a low thyroid so what causes the autoimmune disease is the big question we always ask in functional medicine why right and and everybody's different right for one person it may be gluten we know gluten uh is associated with a lot of hashimoto's thyroiditis not all but some but my experience like you look at thyroid antibodies and you compare it with the gluten antibodies in that patient and it's about my thing is about 30 of the time

and so then you get low well in many cases you get a low thyroid so what causes the autoimmune disease is the big question we always ask in functional medicine why right and and everybody's different right for one person it may be gluten we know gluten uh is associated with a lot of hashimoto's thyroiditis not all but some but my experience like you look at thyroid antibodies and you compare it with the gluten antibodies in that patient and it's about my thing is about 30 of the time

Yeah, I think it could be. It could be. It might even be a little higher. It depends because of the patients we're seeing. So we might be seeing more patients who have a lot of different digestive issues going on. And so I might see it even a little more frequently.

Yeah, I think it could be. It could be. It might even be a little higher. It depends because of the patients we're seeing. So we might be seeing more patients who have a lot of different digestive issues going on. And so I might see it even a little more frequently.

Yeah, I think it could be. It could be. It might even be a little higher. It depends because of the patients we're seeing. So we might be seeing more patients who have a lot of different digestive issues going on. And so I might see it even a little more frequently.

But we always think about the digestive system, right? You've got autoimmunity, you've got to think about what's going on in the digestive system. But then you think about, could there be an overgrowth of bacteria? Certain bacteria in either the digestive system or other parts of the body have been shown to trigger autoimmunity in some people.