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Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies:   WEBCLASS: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/webinar The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://FatigueFix.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ In this episode, I discuss the 7 Reasons You’re Still Tired and what you can do about it. Reason #1: You are eating the wrong foods Reason # 2: You are not drinking enough water Reason # 3: You are reacting rather than responding Reason # 4: The type of exercise you are doing is causing more inflammation Reason # 5: You are focusing on the negative Reason # 6: Your nervous system is not working properly Reason # 7: Your blood sugar is imbalanced  

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies: FREE WEBCLASS: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/webinar The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://FatigueFix.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ In this episode, you’ll learn how to discern the difference between supplements and quality supplements. I explain what a supplement is, why you may need them, how to get them and how to make sure you’re getting what you pay for with quality, efficacy, and synergy of ingredients. There is a difference.   

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies: NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://FatigueFix.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ In this episode,  Tiffany discusses the contrast between conventional wisdom and reality when it comes to dealing with a thyroid condition. 5 Things to make sure our thyroid is functioning at its best Optimize our thyroid hormones. Get the correct tests done. Find someone to help you analyze your results. Need to look at Free T4, Free T3, TPO, RT3, Anti-thyroglobulin.  Sex hormones like progesterone, adrenals, estrogens, testosterone. Nutrient deficiencies - there are nutrients specific to thyroid health zinc, selenium, copper, Vitamin A, Vitamin D  as well as iron, ferritin, iodine, etc.  Stress Management - perception of stress Blood sugar management

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies: NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym   Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   LOTUS WEI: https://www.lotuswei.com/?sca_ref=923360.Cw8C6MTj4D Use code PODCAST for 15% off your first order.  Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:  https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://FatigueFix.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ Today, we'll chat about something I've grown to love that  helps people keep calm during the chaos and be more focused in just a few days. They're called flower essences and I LOVE Katie Hess' Lotus Wei essences. To get yours, go here: https://www.lotuswei.com/?sca_ref=923360.Cw8C6MTj4D and use the code PODCAST for 15% off your first order.  From Katie of Lotus Wei: Most of us are multi-tasking, jamming our schedules, and spending 9+ years of our lives parked in front of the TV. Over a third of us have trouble sleeping, every single night. Even worse, Wifi signals + cell phone towers are sending unprecedented levels of electro-magnetic activity coursing through our bodies, every minute. We can't see it. But it's there — and it's making us sick, sad, and exhausted. At LOTUSWEI, we’re here to invite thousands — and eventually millions + billions — of people to take action, by working with flower elixirs. We want to make flower elixirs as widely understood + accepted as yoga, tai chi and meditation — with a flower elixir cabinet in every home and in every office.  

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies:   NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://FatigueFix.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ In this episode, Tiffany discusses her experience using a CGM and explains insights she has gleaned from this experience.  Today, I discuss the information I learned wearing a CGM for 3 months. The biggest takeaways have been the impact seemingly benign behaviors or foods have on your blood sugar.  Stress Sleep “Healthy” foods Alcohol Nightime  

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies: NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 Wednesday, March 22, 2022 at 11 am Central Time - The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:  https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://ThyroidBreakthrough.as.me/ SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ In this episode, you’ll learn about the ways to get back to basics with exercise when you struggle with a chronic condition.  Tiffany gives you 3 steps with regard to exercise so you don’t make your health condition worse. First, take a look at restorative type workouts such as nature walks, yoga, stretching, etc. Then, look at strength training and build up your strength, muscle endurance and help with hormone production. Then, when you feel ready, move on to more intense exercise if you like and listen to your body to determine your ongoing needs.    

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies: NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11 am Central Time - The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:  https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://ThyroidBreakthrough.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ This week Tiffany discusses the thyroid tests you absolutely need to have to start feeling your best by optimizing your thyroid function. Ask your practitioner to run a TSH, a Free T3, Free T4, TPO Antibodies and Thyroglobulin Antibodies as well as Reverse T3.  Also, it’s important to know the optimal ranges - not just the “normal” ranges to ensure you’re able to feel your best!

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies:   NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 11 am Central Time - The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Join the FREEDOM KITCHEN SUMMIT TODAY! https://freedomkitchensummit.com   Get your FREE Whole Food Eating for the Busy Family here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/wholefood   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://ThyroidBreakthrough.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ In this episode, Tiffany sits down with guest, Lisa Jendza, to discuss her upcoming Freedom Kitchen Summit to help kids empower themselves to learn to cook and eat healthy. Tiffany talks with Lisa about how she’s working to empower kids to learn to cook and eat healthy foods to help them have a great baseline of nutrition knowledge while helping them connect the dots so they understand they are healthier for doing so. What results is an amazing level of confidence in the kitchen and food preparation that not only helps their health as well as their entire family! The Freedom Kitchen Summit is something any family can benefit from. You can register to be a part of this with the link above.

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies:   NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 12pm Central Time - The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Thyroid Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://ThyroidBreakthrough.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/   I keep talking about root causes and underlying issues that affect how our thyroid functions. Today’s episode discusses my experience with nerding out on wearing a continuous glucose monitor and the black and white information found with regard to stress and blood sugar. This all taxes our bodies more and causes more stress which can affect how your thyroid functions, converts thyroid hormone and, therefore, can affect how you feel and function when stress and dysregulated blood sugar is left unchecked. It is time to start addressing how life situations can affect how you feel in addition to everyday stressors. Don’t discount them and understand how to work with things that get thrown at you. Start a mindfulness practice, work on sleep improvement, and take midday breaks. Change what you’re doing now that amplifies the stress that is coming your way. 

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies: BOOK YOUR FREE CALL HERE>>> Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://ThyroidBreakthrough.as.me/   NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 11 am Central Time - The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Thyroid Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/ SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/  STAGE 0 - something is up; feeling tired, maybe a little anxious or sad in specific situations; maybe it’s harder to lose weight or maintain your weight; swelling in your hands/face/feet. You start to think you lack motivation, will power or are lazy. STAGE 1 - more fatigue, more depression, more exercise, reduce calories. Possibly starting some habits of disordered eating. Reduce more calories, you get sick more easily. STAGE 2 - we seek out help; told we’re normal not realizing your full thyroid function hasn’t really been tested. You’re told you’re just getting older and you should relax. You should get used to this. But there’s meds for x,y,z symptom so carry on… STAGE 3 - you’re still struggling but worse now. You have more of everything - depression, weight gain, stress, maybe have a baby or some other major life stressor, poor stress management, cravings increase, maybe dx’d with clinical depression, autoimmune conditions or really poor gut health.  STAGE 4 - you bring yourself back in to a healthcare professional. You finally get a diagnosis! YAY! You can take a pill for it. All is good…until it isn’t. STAGE 5 - You’re sick and tired of being sick and tired and decide to work with someone like me in the Thyroid Reset Method.

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies:   NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022 at 3:30 pm Central Time - The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Thyroid Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://ThyroidBreakthrough.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ Today, we’re talking about the top 5 issues thyroid patients deal with on a day to day basis. It can be so frustrating and feel so daunting and hopeless. I talk to many who have just given up and succumbed to the mindset of “this is my new normal.” We’re told we have a new normal which equates to feeling fatigued, gaining weight, having gut issues and feeling depressed and anxious. And, we’re told it’s fine because there are meds for all of that! And, most of us have tried all of them at one time or another. They rarely work in the long term.  I’m speaking not only from a professional standpoint here but also from a personal one. My story starts with being undiagnosed for several years and then eventually being diagnosed with thyroid cancer. My thyroid was removed and I totally thought the meds would make everything better for me. While I’m grateful they keep me alive, the thyroid meds alone didn’t keep me living.    So, let’s get to the Top 5 Issues Thyroid Patients have to deal with in order to function in life and what you can do about it.  1. Fatigue. This is the kind of debilitating  fatigue that only a thyroid patient understands. You can be SO tired that it hurts. I can only compare it to some of the phases of pregnancy…and try dealing with pregnancy fatigue on top of a thyroid condition? Not fun. 2. Weight Gain. Honestly, weight is a major issue people come to me for and something I’ve been frustrated with most of my life. I completely get it. But you may be surprised to learn that most people who come and work with me or join my programs care about this issue but it is typically secondary to wanting to feel good.  3. Poor Gut Health. Most people I work with have major issues with acid reflux, constipation, bloating, diarrhea or fluctuation between all of them. They take OTC meds to mitigate some of these symptoms. What I see a lot of the time is people not even knowing feeling bloated ISN’T normal. They think it’s normal to not go to the bathroom for days at a time just because this has been their experience for years. It is common for thyroid patients to have poor gut health in part because they typically have low stomach acid which makes absorption of their nutrients much less efficient.  4. Depression/Anxiety. I don’t think I’ve worked with or talked to anyone who has a thyroid condition who doesn’t feel some level of anxiety and/or depression. It seems that most live in one or the other but often it can slide between a continuum of anxiety on one side and depression on the other. Now, we all know there are times in life when we have reasons to be more anxious or depressed. What I’m talking about is long term, chronic feelings of depression and anxiety. Like fatigue, it can also be debilitating.  5. Aches & Pains. This is something I’ve only dealt with a handful of times. Unfortunately, this is not the same thing for many thyroid patients. I’m not sure the exact mechanism behind this but it results in pain in the feet, knees, muscles, as well as headaches. What I see clinically and biochemically is a cluster of nutrient deficiencies that stem from some of the other information we’v

Links/Guest Contact Info/Freebies:   NEXT WEBCLASS: https://tiffanyflaten.click/live-training-1 Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022 at 11 am Central Time - The 3 Steps to Reclaim Your Thyroid Health and Crush Your Fatigue w/out Crazy Dieting or Beating Yourself up at the Gym    Get YOUR copy of the Rock Bottom Thyroid Treatment: https://www.rockbottomwellness.com/book   Get your FREE 5 Easy Ways to Help Conquer Sleep & Banish Fatigue Guidebook here:    https://tiffanyflaten.click/guide   Facebook Group - Nutrition for Thyroid Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutritionforthyroidhealth/   Schedule your FREE Thyroid Breakthrough Session today by clicking here:  https://ThyroidBreakthrough.as.me/   SUPPLEMENT STORE: https://rockbottomwellness.ehealthpro.com/ Alcohol and thyroid health - I get asked about this quite a bit and people are really concerned whether they can continue drinking alcohol when they are working with me to get their thyroid health in check. We often hear you can have everything in moderation. Sometimes, that’s just not true, when you are not balanced and struggling with some kind of flare as in autoimmune thyroid conditions.   Alcohol directly affects the hypothalamo-pituitary axis - think serotonin and dopamine - in the brain and is the reason why  in some it can cause dependency. This axis directly affects thyroid function through a series of reactions. But one thing you need to understand about your health is that EVERYTHING is connected. Our bodies don’t work in parts. Conventional wisdom and set up of our medical systems, IMO, have forgotten this part. We have a specialist for everything but it’s often forgotten that a dysfunction in thyroid hormone can potentially affect female hormones…but it’s written off that there are different pathways so one doesn’t affect the other. This is just one example. Ok, back to it.  It’s not 100% conclusive but studies show peripheral thyroid hormone levels - T4 and T3 - are lower when there is chronic alcohol consumption. Abstinence of alcohol for a few weeks gets hormone levels back to normal.  Alcohol is known to have a direct toxic effect on the thyroid gland. Ethanol ablation is actually a treatment option for some thyroid cancers - an example of the toxic effect.  Just like any study, there can be conflicting evidence. Moderate alcohol consumption can actually reduce thyroid cancer risk.  But as I’ve mentioned before, when I work with people, I have to look at the whole picture…what are the complaints, what are the symptoms, what are the primary goals, what is going on in the lifestyle? How bad do you feel?   With that in mind, my main concern is how well the thyroid is optimized. Alcohol has to be processed by the liver. So does our thyroid hormones. The liver is involved in the conversion of T4 to T3 hormone and when we consume alcohol, processing our macronutrients and other body processes are put on hold to get that alcohol (a toxin) out of our system. Alcohol becomes the primary fuel for several hours after consumption.    Then, we need to address our stress and rest in order to give the thyroid underlying support. When we consume alcohol - even occasionally - our sleep is regularly interrupted or at minimum, not restorative and is actually pretty poor.    So, what can you do?  1. Remove it completely to get to the root of your thyroid problems and to help resolve them. 2. Work to improve your liver health with healthy, whole foods, filtered water, lots of plant foods that are full of antioxidants, add turmeric to your foods with good black pepper for better absorption.  3. Do a specific liver detoxification/gut health protocol to clean out your body so you can start from scratch. 4. Experiment with alcohol to add it back and pay attention but take note of your sleep and other factors and how it affects you during the day. 5. Try to use better quality alcohol when possible - organic wines