Is Thyroid Optimization Hurting Your Patients? A Lecture on Thyroid Care In Functional Medicine

The reality is that patients are incorrectly being diagnosed with hypothyroidism, then overtreated with hormones, usually for life. The number of patients who come into my clinic after thyroid mismanagement has skyrocketed.

Sadly, this is one area where functional medicine is doing more harm then good. Please share this video with anyone that could be helped by it.

This overdiagnosis and overtreatment is based beliefs that are not substantiated by the majority of clinical literature. Let's dive into what has gone wrong with functional medicine, and learn a science and data driven approach.

00:00 The Thyroid “Optimization” Problem
01:39 The Myth of a Broken Thyroid
04:36 Subclinical vs True Hypothyroid
08:19 JAMA: 90% of thyroid prescription not indicated
11:18 When "Optimization" Makes Patients Worse
17:02 TSH does not diagnose hypothyroidism
20:14 Treating elevated TSH levels alone DOESN'T help
22:43 The Risks of Suppressing TSH
26:00 Thyroid Antibodies: What Actually Matters
28:18 Why GI Fixes Beat Thyroid Replacement
29:47 Case Study: It Was the Gut, Not the Thyroid
32:00 Life After Armor/Nature-Throid
34:57 Is there a role for Iodine in thyroid management
40:53 How to Safely Stop Thyroid Meds
50:20 Does Thyroid Hormone Shut Down the Gland?

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A thank you to Dr. Jeff Moss from Moss Nutrition for hosting this lecture and moderating the Q&A. https://www.mossnutrition.com