In this episode, Julie and me were lucky enough to be joined by biochemist, Silicon Valley executive, professional pilot and Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner Toréa Rodriguez. We discuss how Hashimoto’s thyroiditis grounded her dream job, her experience working with Chris Kresser and what exactly she's doing now to get back on track. Toréa has opened up a list for you to sign up to work with her. 05:20 Initially decided against the endocrinologist 06:00 A completely natural approach didn't work 06:27 Elevated antibodies diagnosed Hashimoto's 07:00 Toréa has a massive amount data from blood work on her thyroid 08:00 Symptoms are the last thing to show 08:25 The lab work reveals issues before they become a real problem 09:00 The benefits of functional medicine 09:33 Sensitivity is a current limitation of hormone testing 10:21 Started synthetic meds 11:00 Wasn't feeling any better, lab results still abnormal 11:21 Trial and error titration 11:45 Frustration 12:00 Treat the symptoms, if that doesn't work we'll cut it out 13:00 Toréa has spoke to many people that have had a thyroidectomy 13:20 Chris Kresser 13:43 Understanding the complexity of the condition 14:45 Dividing complexity 15:13 Health care vs disease care 16:19 Kresser ran lots of labs and spent two hours doing the interpretations 16:50 Adrenal fatigue, iron deficiency anemia 17:00 Granola bars and a vegetarian diet weren't cutting it 17:30 Put onto a strict Paleo reset diet and reintroducing meat 17:49 Within 30 days felt so much better 18:00 The transition from vegetarianism 18:41 Resilience 19:31 Vegetarianism seemed like a healthy choice 19:52 Hypoxia 21:00 Oxygen deliverability is a deal breaker 21:24 Why Toréa is no longer working with Kresser 22:00 Dr Cowan in San Francisco 22:26 Being the middle man didn't work 22:50 Quit being a pilot 23:00 Stable results were still elusive 23:36 Glandulars didn't work 24:00 Alan Christianson NMD 24:30 The role of diet in treating Hashimotos 24:50 Tried reintroducing dairy didn't work completely 25:21 Gluten is definitely a no no 25:42 Now eating an autoimmune protocol 26:00 Skin is clearing up within a week 26:15 What is AIP? 26:30 The Paleo Mom, The Paleo Approach 27:00 Leaky gut 27:45 Great book for maximizing nutrient density 28:00 Functional Diagnostic Nutrition 28:30 Which tests to run first 29:00 Diet, rest, exercise, stress reduction and then supplements 29:22 BioHealth 205 Adrenal Stress Profile 29:39 Toréa has struggled to make progress with adrenal fatigue 30:00 Is running further tests to uncover hidden root causes 30:45 Root causes vs symptoms 32:00 The importance of gut health 32:15 Women and Hashimoto's 33:00 Women's hormones are more fragile 33:45 Sara Gottfried 34:30 What you can do to help yourself 35:00 Nurturing 35:00 Take time for yourself 36:00 Falling down the hormonal flight of stairs 37:00 Toréa has the knowledge AND the time to take care of you 39:00 Getting started with lab testing