Today Dr. Martin Rutherford, DC, CFMP dives deep into the issue of gas, bloating, and distension, dispelling common myths and shedding light on what these symptoms might reveal about one's digestive health. He emphasizes that while occasional gas is normal, regular episodes indicate an underlying issue. By tracing when the bloating or gas occurs after eating, one can identify potential problems areas such as the stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, or even conditions like small intestinal...

In the latest episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford discusses the often-underestimated importance of vitamin D in maintaining overall health. He challenges traditional views about vitamin D, highlighting how common outdoor professions often still fall short on this essential vitamin. Dr. Rutherford suggests that low levels of vitamin D could signal autoimmunity, as it works in conjunction with an antioxidant to boost the T regulatory cells responsible for immune system regulation. He suggests...

In this insightful podcast episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford discusses the complex interplay between Hashimoto's disease and menopause. He identifies a trend of women in their late 30s and early 40s being misdiagnosed with early menopause, when in fact they are experiencing symptoms related to Hashimoto's, an autoimmune thyroid disorder. Dr. Rutherford emphasizes that Hashimoto's has far-reaching effects, influencing various physiological processes like gut health, adrenal function, and blood...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com In this podcast episode, Dr. Martin Rutherford delves into the topic of inflammation and its connection to autoimmunity. The discussion emphasizes that inflammation plays a significant role in various aspects of life, including triggers for autoimmune conditions. The host highlights that events like childbirth, surgery, infections, trauma, and stress can all initiate autoimmune...

In this episode, Dr. Rutherford delves into the intricate relationship between gut health and mental wellness, specifically focusing on conditions like depression and anxiety. Contradicting traditional medical perspectives, he asserts that these conditions should not be pigeonholed as purely mental disorders due to their substantial physiological influences, particularly emphasizing the role of gut health in controlling brain chemistry. Dr. Rutherford draws upon the groundbreaking research...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Salt, often overlooked, plays a significant role in autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Hashimoto’s. Not only does iodized salt affect thyroid health due to its iodine content, but salt itself can also trigger detrimental immune responses. Counterbalancing salt with potassium supplements can be a game changer in managing Hashimoto’s symptoms and maintaining blood pressure...

Today we are delving into the enigmatic world of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). SIBO is a condition where there is an excess of harmful bacteria in the small intestine. Our expert sheds light on the physiology behind SIBO and unravels the mystery of what causes it. Discover how the breakdown of the digestive process, starting with the stomach's failure to properly sterilize food, can set off a chain reaction that ultimately leads to SIBO. Understand the critical roles of...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Is your diet triggering your chronic condition or your chronic pain or your chronic fatigue? So the answer to that is, yeah, for sure, absolutely, there is no question about it. Any of those things that you are experiencing and you're not figuring out what is the right diet for you first before you try any of the billions of supplements that people are taking out there. Anybody...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com the importance of managing your stress response. I think people are starting to get that it's important to manage your stress response, a growing problem. I think most... I don't know, maybe I live my little world, but it seems like most people are probably aware of this, that it's important, we're going to talk about why. I mean, I've been in this a while now, quite a long time....

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Managing a Thyroid dump, I'm taking that the person that asked this question means I get an exacerbation. All of a sudden I got thyroid hormones running into my body, and although the question didn't expand upon the symptoms, I would assume you maybe get shaky, jittery, anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, tremors, those types of things when you get this thyroid dump, and it was...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So, vitiligo and Hashimoto's. So, vitiligo's a skin disease. It discolors. Those of you who are looking at this already know that, and there's varying degrees of it. And I'm not sure if you're aware that it's pretty much accepted now. The studies are largely, largely, largely pointing to the fact that it's an autoimmune problem, which we have supposed for quite some time because we...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com "I'm eating as well as a human being can possibly eat, but I'm still having my Hashimoto's symptoms." And I actually see this a lot. I see it a lot now, because in the day when we first started doing this, and all we knew was ... we told everybody, get off of gluten, casein, soy, corn, and eggs. That's what we did. And those were allergies, they weren't sensitivities. At that...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So today's topic is can a concussion cause Hashimoto's? So the answer to that is it can trigger Hashimoto's. So Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease. People who are looking at this probably already know what Hashimoto's is. It's an immune attack against your thyroid. And you can have silent autoimmune disease. You can have silent Hashimoto's for your whole life and never get...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's exercise intolerance or exercising too much. So this is a topic that I have to address quite frequently. One of the main reasons is to my right, and if I point this way about that far, there's about 30 miles is Lake Tahoe, which is one of the biggest beautiful, most beautiful places on earth, and lots of crazy people are up there. Those crazy people are people who run...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Are My Supplements Working? And this is one that, when presented to me, I was actually excited about doing because this is a challenge. I work in a field in which we use diet, lifestyle and a variety of different supplementations from herbs and botanicals to nutraceuticals, to vitamins, to minerals, and so on and so forth, combined with diets. So I work with this every day. It's...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Can I get Hashimoto's if I wasn't born with a thyroid? So the answer to that is I don't know exactly for sure the answer to that because I've never met anybody who's been born without a thyroid. Certainly have never treated anybody who's been born without a thyroid. But let's follow this through because I've also way more frequently gotten the question of if I have my thyroid...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com There's no medication specifically for Hashimoto's. There are medications in and around Hashimoto's, so I'll go with that. The number one medication that is used, mostly by alternative functional medicine practitioners, is low dose naltrexone. Low dose naltrexone goes in, dampens the inflammation, creates an effect in your system that increases your endorphins, makes you feel...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Hashimoto's and COVID. So, we're going to take this from the perspective of what I'm observing, not from "I'm the expert of the universe", or I don't have any axes to grind here, so we're not going to get into anything that I think is going to get me kicked off of the air or whatever it is that we're on here. So, COVID, so a lot of people are asking me, okay, a lot of people I...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Okay, so I've just been informed that somehow we have not covered glyphosates in Hashimoto's. I'm not sure that's a hundred percent correct because it is on my list of the... Well, when I gave the list it was 39 different triggers of Hashimoto's. Now it's 42, but it is on that list. So most of you know, glyphosates as all the bad chemicals that are on our vegetables and our fruits...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Why does Hashimoto's cause fatigue?  Because, it's your thyroid, that's why. So, your thyroid is... It's funny, I was involved with a group years ago that was in the early stages of trying to figure out fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. My mentor is... If you've watched many of my videos, is Dr. Datis Kharrazian. He's the guy who figured out that most of these chronic fatigue...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Are IBS and Hashimoto's related? The answer is yes. Irritable bowel syndrome, that is when you have intermittent constipation and diarrhea. You can have where it is more IBS-C, which is IBS, more leaning towards constipation, or IBS-D, which is meaning it's more leaning towards diarrhea, but usually some combination of both. Look, and the way that happens is, it will seem obvious...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com So we're going to go today with the three main things you need to focus on if you have Hashimoto's. Why three? Okay because there's like 40 triggers, and we have these triggers in some of our presentations. But sometimes people will just say, "Hey, listen, I can't do this. I can't do the whole thing that you're trying to tell me to do so what would you tell me if it could only...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com "Can Hashimoto's cause anxiety?" Oh, yeah. Hashimoto's and anxiety are like this. It's my position, I practice functional neurology. I've been in functional medicine practically from the beginning of functional medicine. That, anxiety is not a mental disorder. Now everybody's talking about the HPA axis and the over-firing of the amygdala. That's great. We've been talking about it...

For more information on this topic or to schedule a consultation please visit us at http://WhatIsHashimotos.com Does Hashimoto's cause insomnia? Oh, yeah. We have a questionnaire that we have people fill out to 289 questions, one of the sections is on hyperthyroid symptoms. So, it has anxiety and inward tremors, and it has heart palpitations for no reason at all, and a number of things, and night sweats. And one of the questions is, do you have insomnia? This is in the Hashimoto's thyroid...