Adrenal/Thyroid Connection with Dr. Izabella Wentz

Medical Myths, Legends & Fairytales

Adrenal stress is real. It can hurt your thyroid and cause major symptoms like:

• Insomnia

• Mid-body weight gain

• Food cravings

• Fatigue

How do you know what can help it? We now have even more evidence that adrenal symptoms can improve with natural lifestyle therapy. My friend Dr. Wentz created a protocol that was successfully tested for over 900 people. Most saw marked improvement in adrenal symptoms in just a few months.

She has a new book out that explains the adrenal/thyroid connection and walks readers through the protocol. In this episode, she and I discuss why your adrenals matter and what you can do to help them.

As a pharmacy graduate, Dr. Izabella Wentz is fascinated by science and the impact of substances on the human body. After two years of researching Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism, she combined emerging knowledge with her quality improvement expertise to run rapid changes on herself, leading her to discover the root cause of her condition. She has summarized three years of research and two years of testing in her book: Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause.

If you experience thyroid symptoms, tune in to this episode as Dr. Izabella Wentz explains in simple terms how lifestyle changes can be used to identify and treat the underlying causes of adrenal fatigue.

Episode Timestamps:

0:00 - Episode overview

0:35 - Guest introduction

4:31 - Conversation regarding Dr. Wentz's move to Texas.

9:15 - Introduction to Dr. Wentz's trial, study, and survey.

10:33 - The connection between thyroid health and the adrenal side of thyroid care.

11:33 - Dr. Wentz's healing journey in addressing the symptoms of adrenal fatigue.

16:20 - Comparing the evidence and experience of the fatigue model versus dysfunction.

16:50 - The adrenal fatigue model, its association with other diseases, and its existence.

18:12 - Understanding adrenal dysfunction - how our body compensates under too much stress.

20:15 - Exploring how the body receives danger signals when deprived of sleep, insufficient calorie intake, and excessive stress.

23:22 - Solutions and practical steps to transition towards thriving and healing modes.

27:31 - Obtaining sunshine or utilizing a light therapy box early in the morning as one strategy.

29:49 - The potential of weight loss and a natural increase in metabolism to alleviate fatigue.

31:10 - How Dr. Wentz assisted patients in transforming their lives by modifying their lifestyles.

32:58 - At what point will the advantages of lifestyle modification become evident?

33:37 - Who should undertake all of the mentioned protocols?

34:15 - Where to get Dr. Wentz's books and other great resources.

34:47 - Episode closing

Dr. Izabella Wentz is a compassionate, innovative, solution-focused integrative pharmacist dedicated to finding the root causes of chronic health conditions. Her passion stems from her own diagnosis with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2009, following a decade of debilitating symptoms. As an accomplished author, Dr. Wentz has written several best-selling books, including the New York Times best seller "Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause," the protocol-based #1 New York Times best seller "Hashimoto's Protocol: A 90-Day Plan for Reversing Thyroid Symptoms and Getting Your Life Back," and the Wall Street Journal best seller "Hashimoto's Food Pharmacology: Nutrition Protocols and Healing Recipes to Take Charge of Your Thyroid

Health."

Her latest book, "Adrenal Transformation Protocol," is set to be released on April 18th, 2023. The book focuses on resetting the body's stress response through targeted safety signals and features a 4-week program that has already helped over 3,500 individuals. The program has an impressive success rate, with over 80% of participants improving their brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, sleep issues, and libido.

You can purchase Dr. Izabella Wentz’s books here -

Website: https://thyroidpharmacist.com/

Adrenal Transformation Protocol Book: Amazon

Catch Dr. Wentz at:

Facebook: ThyroidLifestyle

Instagram: @izabellawentzpharmd

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