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

This is video #1 in my thyroid beginner series. This series includes videos which are only 5-10 minutes in length and designed to get you up to date on thyroid basics. Video #1 in this series focuses on what your thyroid does and the basics of how it actually works. Your thyroid is influenced by signals from the brain which tell your body to produce thyroid hormone which then acts on your cells. Anything which interferes with this process will results in decreased thyroid hormone and symptoms that you will experience! Thyroid beginner series includes: 1. What Does your thyroid do & Why is it so important? 2. Why is there so much controversy about thyroid treatment? 3. T4 (Thyroxine) Basics 4. T3 (Triiodothyronine) Basics 5. T4 to T3 conversion and why it’s important 6. The thyroid obesity myth 7. Reverse T3 Basics 8. Levothyroxine, Synthroid & Tirosint 9. NDT (Nature Throid, WP Thyroid & Armour Thyroid) 10. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis 11. Causes of Thyroid Disease 12. Hypothyroidism vs hyperthyroidism