Dr. Elizabeth Boham

Then we often look at thyroid antibodies, and sometimes we'll even do things like reverse T3 and the reverse T3, total T3 ratio.

Then we often look at thyroid antibodies, and sometimes we'll even do things like reverse T3 and the reverse T3, total T3 ratio.

So the reverse T3 is a thyroid hormone that the body, when the body is, I always think of it almost as the brake that the body puts on itself. So when the body is saying, okay, I've got to slow myself down, it takes some of its T3, which is your active thyroid hormone, and it converts it to reverse T3, almost in a way to slow down our metabolism. It's a protective mechanism I think of, right?

So the reverse T3 is a thyroid hormone that the body, when the body is, I always think of it almost as the brake that the body puts on itself. So when the body is saying, okay, I've got to slow myself down, it takes some of its T3, which is your active thyroid hormone, and it converts it to reverse T3, almost in a way to slow down our metabolism. It's a protective mechanism I think of, right?

So the reverse T3 is a thyroid hormone that the body, when the body is, I always think of it almost as the brake that the body puts on itself. So when the body is saying, okay, I've got to slow myself down, it takes some of its T3, which is your active thyroid hormone, and it converts it to reverse T3, almost in a way to slow down our metabolism. It's a protective mechanism I think of, right?

And it makes sense that we have that in times of stress.

And it makes sense that we have that in times of stress.

And it makes sense that we have that in times of stress.

That's very true. So if there was a major stress going on, you'd want to have that mechanism in place so you didn't starve to death. But with a lot of chronic stress, which we see a lot these days, we can sometimes see high reverse T3. And the other thing we see a lot that causes that high reverse T3 is sometimes toxins.

That's very true. So if there was a major stress going on, you'd want to have that mechanism in place so you didn't starve to death. But with a lot of chronic stress, which we see a lot these days, we can sometimes see high reverse T3. And the other thing we see a lot that causes that high reverse T3 is sometimes toxins.

That's very true. So if there was a major stress going on, you'd want to have that mechanism in place so you didn't starve to death. But with a lot of chronic stress, which we see a lot these days, we can sometimes see high reverse T3. And the other thing we see a lot that causes that high reverse T3 is sometimes toxins.

So it can be a sign that we've got to look deeper and say, okay, is this person under a lot of chronic stress? How is their adrenal gland functioning? How are they, are they working to activate that parasympathetic nervous system, that calming nervous system, which helps the body heal. And then we look for toxins.

So it can be a sign that we've got to look deeper and say, okay, is this person under a lot of chronic stress? How is their adrenal gland functioning? How are they, are they working to activate that parasympathetic nervous system, that calming nervous system, which helps the body heal. And then we look for toxins.

So it can be a sign that we've got to look deeper and say, okay, is this person under a lot of chronic stress? How is their adrenal gland functioning? How are they, are they working to activate that parasympathetic nervous system, that calming nervous system, which helps the body heal. And then we look for toxins.

I'm not sure why they don't look at them enough. But the antibodies are giving us a signal that the body is attacking its own thyroid. And it's a sign that there's autoimmune disease going on in the body. And we've got to figure out that question. Why is that? Why is that going on? So I had a woman who came in to see me.

I'm not sure why they don't look at them enough. But the antibodies are giving us a signal that the body is attacking its own thyroid. And it's a sign that there's autoimmune disease going on in the body. And we've got to figure out that question. Why is that? Why is that going on? So I had a woman who came in to see me.

I'm not sure why they don't look at them enough. But the antibodies are giving us a signal that the body is attacking its own thyroid. And it's a sign that there's autoimmune disease going on in the body. And we've got to figure out that question. Why is that? Why is that going on? So I had a woman who came in to see me.

And she was 40, and she had been struggling with all those symptoms we talked about with low thyroid. She was cold all the time, her hands were cold, she was gaining weight, she was tired, she was constipated, she was losing hair, her eyebrows were thinning.

And she was 40, and she had been struggling with all those symptoms we talked about with low thyroid. She was cold all the time, her hands were cold, she was gaining weight, she was tired, she was constipated, she was losing hair, her eyebrows were thinning.

And she was 40, and she had been struggling with all those symptoms we talked about with low thyroid. She was cold all the time, her hands were cold, she was gaining weight, she was tired, she was constipated, she was losing hair, her eyebrows were thinning.