Dr. Westin Childs Podcast: Thyroid | Weight Loss | Hormones

This video is all about the benefits of using a botanical known as guggul. Guggul also referred to as guggul extract or guggulsterone, are all variations of the same main ingredient which is guggul. Guggul is acquired from tree sap found in India and commonly used in Ayurvedic medicine. The reason I want to focus on guggul today is that it can potentially benefit several important systems in the body including your thyroid function. Guggul has been shown to impact the following systems in the body: - Liver - Thyroid - Heart - Cholesterol - Intestinal Tract - And many more Guggul has been studied in both humans and in animals but the results look very promising. Usually, when a supplement or nutrient works on several different systems it's because it impacts cellular factors which then have an impact on many different systems in the body. This is probably how guggul works. Today we are going to focus on 5 main benefits: #1. Ability to impact thyroid function. - Guggul seems to have the ability to