ALAN CHRISTIANSON, NMD is a naturopathic medical doctor who specializes in natural endocrinology with a focus on thyroid disorders. He founded Integrative Health, a physician group dedicated to helping people with thyroid disease and weight loss resistance regain their health. Named a Top Doctor in Phoenix Magazine, he has been featured in numerous publications and has appeared on national television, including The Doctors, Dr. OZ, CNN, and Today. He also trains other physicians in the United States and internationally on management of thyroid disease, weight loss, and hormone replacement. Dr. Christianson lives in Scottsdale with his wife and their 2 children.
Hello Dr Christian I was diagnosed as Hashimoto syndrome with high Anti microsmal Ab and high Antithyroglobulin...I had subclinical hypothyroidism with TSH of 8 and normal T3 and T4 in 2021 after I got covid illness and I started levothyroxine 3 years ago..My symptoms improved a lot after taking it and I started healthier lifestyle by decreasing gluten intake cutting down sugar in my diet and walking in the morning for an hour daily and I also do fitness exercise, weight lifting and resistance bands and I feel way better now most of hypothyroid symptoms disappeared and I've got in shape and even my memory improved..I believe I can tapper my levothyroxine dose but I'm osteopenic dianosed by Dexa and thanx God I don't have a history of fracture. By the way I'm a 42 yrs old female. I 'm afraid if I decreased my dose will it affect my bone density. U know that bone remodelling or bone turn over cycle needs optimum thyroid hormones to work well and build up stronger bones..Do you think I'm still a candidate for tappering my dose?
Too many advisess all over the internet.The more i listen the more confused i became.Why you talking about fermenting rice,it is still starch.How about others.I just did so many jars for the winter of lactic vermentation(cucs,zucchini),even adding peppers to some and it worked.All from my little garden,!00% organic and no starch you even can use the juice.The carnival diet?,too much fuss obout it,but do not miss what nature has for you to discover,use your brain,
Sir my biopsy report follicular adenoma in left thyroid and my hemithyriodectomy and doctor no consider me any thyroid pill he say half thyroid work all body Follicular adenoma -normal tumor or cancerous
I was started on Levothyroxine 40 years ago and don't remember why. I don't remember symptoms so it was probably just TSH levels. Over the years there have been only mild fluctuations in those levels and mild changes in Levo dose. My primary care physician for the last 20 years was aghast that I would even try to determine if the drug is necessary. I found primary research papers in which patients were removed from their dose for 6 weeks and tested before and after, and about half were found to have normal levels even without the drug. Nowadays LabCorp makes it easy for everybody to test themselves anytime for a reasonable price, and it is my plan to recreate that study.
I’m taking 5 mg of b5p in my magnesium supplement An my b complex has 10 mg of b complex which I stopped taking.. But I guess 5 my daily would be do rare to cause a problem
Hi Dr. Christianson, I asked my doctor to stop taking levothyroxine 88mcg (after 12 years) and she said since it was a low dose to just stay on it. So a few weeks ago I watched Dr. Child's video on how to taper 25% every 2 weeks. That's what I've done and I feel okay, but my blood pressure is elevated to 150s/90s, but my pulse is in the 60s. I read it could affect BP. I decided to take iodine 2% Lugols 2 drops daily and selenium. Do you think this is a good course of action? I do have my thyroid and take no other drugs and have no other comorbities. Thank you for any advice.
Side effects of statins are unbearable and i had to stop. I have been hearing about colchicine and might be a good alternative. The vexing question here is if statins work then why are we seeing a increase in heart disease despite so many statins being used. Many are pointing to increase in alzheimer's due to the use of statins and the brains need for Cholesterol.
Many don't do well on statins. Colchicine also has side effects to Consider. The brain does need cholesterol, but it manages its' levels internally unless the blood levels drop below 30 - lower than meds can drop it. I don't push statins but all studies I find show that they lower the risk of Alzheimers: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7687291/ I hope you find some helpful Solutions!
Thank you for this information! I was told excess iodine is peed out and not to worry. I’ve been taking a lot and I think I need to stop. I’m so confused but I’m glad to hear the other side of this information. I’m going to stop taking drops and kelp completely. All I want is to be healthy and lose weight. 😢
Of course you should never stop or change prescribed meds without talking to the prescriber. Many find that diet helps them need less methimazole for less time.
Ldn is helping me. My pain is much lessened. And Ldn is not a narcotic. Its an opiod antagonist. Also the Ldn trust website has hundreds of positve testimonials and studies about Ldn.
I started working out and my muscles in the leg takes time to relax after an intense work out. Is this normal for patients who have hyperthyroidism + graves ?
My ldl is high but my vldl is on the lower side of normal range. What are your thoughts on that? I do have slightly elevated TSH but discontinued levothyroxine with no noticeable negative results.
This is great information, and absolutely accurate. Thank you; looking forward to part 2. BTW Bob Harper had (has) high lipoprotein a, which is a particular risk factor Dr C points out in this video. People, get yourself tested for lipoprotein a. It’s not expensive, you need have it tested only once, and it’s worth knowing. Go to a good cardiologist, get a CAC, have a treadmill stress test, whatever you need to evaluate your risk.
The first question is if you need thyroid meds. Your thyroid was removed or you have overt hypothyroidism meds are necessary. If your levels are normal but not optimal or you have sub, clinical hypothyroidism, they are rarely the best choice.
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Ray Peat said for twenty years that one of the most common first symptoms of hypothyroidism is a sharp rise in cholesterol with no obvious other reason
Dr Elizabeth bright wrote a book called Good fat is good for women in menopause which says that your Adrenals need animal fat to produce hormones that have decreased in menopause. She clears up many thyroid conditions just by a carnivore diet. I wonder if that's why I am so low in hormones. IV e been on a low fat diet my whole life. What are you're thoughts about this?
This is a bit of a misunderstanding. It's partially true in that hormones are made from cholesterol. What is not true is that hormones cannot be made of cholesterol is low. Your adrenal glands make their own cholesterol. As do your other glands.
Two years before i was diagnised with hyperthyroidism my Dr put me on meds for high cholesterol. I couldnt believe that i had high cholesterol because i ate relatevely clean and my blood works was impeccably perfect. Now that i have my thyroid removed can in 2024 i am believing that i shouldn't be on the cholesterol tabs any more which i plan to take up with my GP. Thanks Dr
Do you think there are too many so called specialists reporting that most people do not get enough Iodine and are there for suggesting we take what appears to me to be crazy high doses 12-25 +mg a day ? I can feel a change in my thyroid at just 210 µg and as a test I tried 1mg which luckily I reacted to quickly with a tight throat and 1 nights bad sleep ...I am interested at just optimizing health ...Thanks for all your work
Thanks for the kind words. Yes there are some unsafe ideas circulating about iodine. If you're curious, I explain in pretty good detail where they come from and what their shortcomings are. www.drchristianson.com/blog/the-iodine-controversy/
How Dr Brownstein insists on giving high iodine dosages to all patients with amazing results bc we are all deficient as he says, while other doctors say iodine is bad and still claim that they treat patients naturally.. Very confusing
@@msforce9 I understand. Here’s a detailed video I filmed explaining why there is a controversy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AfE93vlu36Q.htmlsi=9T0v2TfjN0dxT3li
My mom had her thyroid removed many years ago and has lived on Synthroid. My question is in a catastrophic event like an EMP where there’s a grid down situation and no way to get the medication. Is there any other natural supplements I can stock up on now like iodine? Selenium? or do you have to have a thyroid in order to absorb the iodine? Are you pretty much screwed if you run out of medication?
@@brandymoreno382 no, minerals would not replace the hormone. Thyroid hormone will be made inside a thyroid. many people keep an extra several month supply of medication’s for reasons like this.
@@asmajamal6211 there are a subset of people who have had a total third ectomy who function much better when their medication includes T3. This is not always predicted by T3 blood levels, however.
You have no idea how much you've changed my life! I picked up your audio book, Thyroid Reset Diet after getting diagnosed with "post partum thyroditis." They took my blood and slapped me with .25mg of Levo. After I blindly began taking it, I started feeling WORSE with new symptoms. Something in me was telling me that taking medication was not the right thing. After a few chapters into your book, I cut back on yellow and red light foods (I haven't fully eliminated all yellow) and I also told my doctor I wasn't taking the Levo anymore. Well; my TSH levels dropped from a 7 to a 5. Still not optimal but there's improvement. I still advise my doctors that I would like to continue without medication (although they were against it) and I'm working to go all in on the reset diet. I'm confident in your work and the power of diet to help me get through my Sub Clinical Hypo. Thank you for your god given purpose! ❤
@@marisolflores8529 thanks so much for the kind words! You’re right there’s a big disconnect between what we know about sub clinical hypothyroidism, and what doctors typically do.
@@valeriewestphal2507 here’s a video I made just for people like you who are confused about this conflicting iodine information. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AfE93vlu36Q.htmlsi=9T0v2TfjN0dxT3li
That’s all I can do is rest lay on the couch been seven months now and I’m not on any medication and my head bothers me and my back hurts all the time I don’t know what else to do I get sunlight I try to rest cause I can’t do much anywayso what do you do?
I have seen multiple Dr.s for my Hashimoto's, and changed my diet over a decade ago, and saw some improvement. But my T3 has always been low, and when I attempt to take Cytomel or liothyronine, it makes me crazy and super irritable. Even causes breakthrough bleeding, which I have never had and always had a regular cycle. My question is, why can't I tolerate T3? My doctors say that will help with my lack of energy, but I can't get my T3 up. And when I tell them how nuts T3 makes me, they have no answer, or say, "Hmmm, that's weird. Never heard of that". Any insight you have on this is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I have all symptoms of low cortisol around dusk time; but am and 3 pm cortisols are ok. Free steroid is low, ACHT is low normal, BP drops in the evening, one adrenal gland is "hyperplastic", was on high dose prednisone two years ago but tapered extremely gradually, afterwards Cortrosyn stimulation test was ok though the responses were not very high, and have been chronically hyponatremic for two years... Can you help and do a consult with me please?
