From Fatigue to Freedom: Healing the Thyroid Beyond Lab Tests

Thyroid trouble often starts as a whisper—tiredness, stubborn
weight, dry skin—until a closer look shows the tiny neck gland that
sets the body’s “speed” is out of tune. Basic tests can miss the
real issue, so checking active hormones and thyroid antibodies—and
hunting for triggers like stress, gluten sensitivity, toxins,
nutrient gaps, and gut imbalances—can reveal what’s really going
on. When understood this way, thyroid health is no longer just
about numbers on a lab report—it’s about restoring balance in the
whole system. With the right testing, nutrition, and support,
energy, mood, and metabolism can all return to their natural
rhythm. In this episode, I discuss, along with Dr. Elizabeth Boham
and Dr. George Papanicolaou, thyroid conditions such as
hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid autoimmunity and how
Functional Medicine practitioners take a different approach to find
the root cause of the imbalance. Dr. Elizabeth Boham is Board
Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical School, and she is
an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and the
Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center. Dr. Boham lectures on
a variety of topics, including Women’s Health and Breast Cancer
Prevention, insulin resistance, heart health, weight control and
allergies. She is on the faculty for the Institute for Functional
Medicine. Dr. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family
Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. Over time as the
healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive personal
care, Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began
training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional
Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health—a
practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. In August 2017,
I invited Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center and
we’ve been successfully helping people together ever since. This
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episodes can be found here:How To Treat The Root Cause Of Thyroid
Problems Is An Underactive Thyroid To Blame For Your Mysterious
Symptoms? A Root Cause Approach to Hyperthyroidism and Graves’
Disease