#188 Healing Your Thyroid with Dr Amy Gajjar
15th Mar 2023
It’s a subject that really requires some understanding and how you can’t simply ‘eat for your thyroid’ without appreciating the multiple insults to our thyroid glands from lifestyle factors, drugs, toxins, sleep, stress and our wider environment.
This is a hefty subject but my guest on the podcast today Dr Amy Gajjar is an expert with over 2 decades of experience treating patients and a rich understanding of integrative medicine.
Dr Amy is an Integrative Physician (GP) combining Functional Medicine, Coaching, Yoga and an Ayurvedic Lifestyle. She trained at the Imperial College School of Medicine in London and worked as a GP for several years. In Sydney, she has undergone extensive further training and is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and a Board-certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician. Her main interests are thyroid disease, gut health and autoimmunity. She has also completed courses in coaching, NLP, ayurvedic lifestyle, meditation and is a certified hatha and kundalini yoga teacher.
Dr Amy believes in taking a holistic approach to patient care, embracing all aspects of health – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
“Slow butterfly; how healing your thyroid transforms everything” is her first book and hopes to empower people living with Hashimoto’s/Hypothyroidism and inspire them to become the best version of themselves.
By the end of this podcast you should be able to understand what the thyroid gland does, how disruption of the gland can manifest in a variety of vague symptoms, what tests to think about, how to take control of your lifestyle to better manage low thyroid conditions with a practitioner.
We talk about:
- The spectrum of thyroid conditions
- Why poor thyroid health affects your gut, mood, weight, cholesterol, muscles and more
- We focus on Hypothyroid conditions and the differential diagnoses to consider
- Why conventional tests and treatment lack a focus on the root cause of issues
- The biology of thyroid hormone release from the pituitary gland
- Why disruption to normal thyroid hormone release leads to ‘hibernation’ symptoms
- Stress, Sleep, Movement, Toxins, Nutrition and Herbs
Episode guests
Dr Ameeta (Amy) Gajjar BSc(Hons) MB BS (London) FRACGP FACNEM
Dr Amy is an Integrative Physician (GP) combining Functional Medicine, Coaching, Yoga and an Ayurvedic Lifestyle. She trained at the Imperial College School of Medicine in London and worked as a GP for several years. In Sydney, she has undergone extensive further training and is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and a Board-certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician. Her main interests are thyroid disease, gut health and autoimmunity. She has also completed courses in coaching, NLP, ayurvedic lifestyle, meditation and is a certified hatha and kundalini yoga teacher.
Dr Amy is a lecturer , examiner and part of the education faculty for ACNEM, writer (blog and health/wellness magazines e.g. Fitness First, Prevention), and also enjoys presenting at community workshops, seminars, retreats and corporate events. She is also a Medical Advisor to “Dance Health Alliance”, a not-for-profit organization, that facilitates dance programs to improve quality of life and mind body balance for people with neurological conditions such as Dementia and MS.
Dr Amy believes in taking a holistic approach to patient care, embracing all aspects of health – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
“Slow butterfly; how healing your thyroid transforms everything” is her first book and hopes to empower people living with Hashimoto’s/Hypothyroidism and inspire them to become the best version of themselves.
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