Your thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland at the front of your neck that regulates metabolism (how your body uses energy) but also influences metabolic rate, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, gut motility, mental function, mood, menstruation, and fertility. Learn how to optimize your thyroid function.

In this episode of The Ultimate Health Podcast, Datis Kharrazian, Ph.D., D.H.Sc., D.C., M.S., M.M.Sc., F.A.C.N., discusses how Hashimoto’s attacks the thyroid gland, balancing thyroid hormones doesn’t fully address Hashimoto’s, infections that can cross-react with the thyroid how chemicals can impact thyroid function, and more.

Your thyroid regulates your metabolism, creation of proteins and tissues, hormone utilitzation, management of calcium between blood and tissue, and brain development. Learn about autoimmune issues of the thyroid.

Statistics show that almost 80% of all hypothyroidism is actually the autoimmune disease of Hashimoto's. Often times Hashimoto's does not get diagnosed if the practitioner fails to run the proper antibody test. If the correct diagnosis is determined, then the treatment is actually for immune dysfunction more than thyroid dysfunction.