In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Eric Balcavage, who is a renowned thyroid health expert and author of the Thyroid Debacle. He also lectures around the country on various health topics including stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine, thyroid dysfunction, methylation dysfunction, and more. We are going to talk about his take on thyroid health. In this podcast, Dr. Balcavage and I discuss: How the conventional notion of thyroid disease might be seriously misplaced Why low-thyroid output might actually just be a healthy adaptive response to a less than ideal environment (and not really a disease at all). “Greenwashing medicine” and why even functional medicine doctors are as guilty as conventional doctors of failing to address root causes What is cellular hypothyroidism and how it shows up Iodine - friend or foe? Four practical strategies to reduce your symptoms