ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In Part 1 of our conversation with Cyndi Dupuis, functional medicine nutritionist and founder of A Living Balance, we’re talking about what your routine bloodwork may be missing—and why “normal” labs don’t always tell the whole story.
Cyndi breaks down the difference between functional medicine and conventional medicine, what a functional medicine evaluation actually looks like, and the key lab tests women should consider asking for, especially in midlife and after cancer.
We take a deep dive into thyroid health, including why testing TSH alone may not give you the full picture. Cyndi explains free T3, free T4, reverse T3, thyroid antibodies and Hashimoto’s, plus how iron, ferritin, zinc, selenium, vitamin A, chronic stress and cortisol can affect thyroid function.
Cyndi also gets personal about what happened when chronic stress and overworking began showing up in her own health—and why supplements and prescriptions aren't always the answer when you haven't addressed the underlying problem.
In this episode: functional medicine, thyroid testing, women’s health, Hashimoto’s, hormone health, chronic stress, inflammation, gut health, nutrition, breast cancer survivorship and midlife health.
And don’t miss Part 2, when we get into HRT, hormone replacement therapy and the different types of estrogen.
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