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Welcome to the Thyroid Fixer podcast, where we dive deep into the world of thyroid and hormones, especially for you ladies navigating perimenopause and menopause, and really for anyone struggling with hypothyroidism, I'm your host, Dr. Amy, thyroid and hormone specialist and CEO of a global telemedicine practice where we prescribe the right thyroid treatment and bioidentical hormones to all 50 states and most of Canada, helping you become that badass human that you're meant to be. So if you're battling weight gain and hair loss, you can't lose weight. No matter what you do, your energy levels are plummeting and your libido left town. Then you're in the right place, and you have found your tribe. Remember, I want you to embrace every inch of that badass woman that you truly are. So if you're ready to dive in and fix things, let's get started. Let's talk about the power of berberine for blood sugar control and for moving you into a state of insulin sensitivity. Now, what does that mean? So when you are insulin resistant, we can look at your fasting insulin number on labs and see that's above a six. You can look at your glucose, your fasting glucose on your labs is that above an 85. Is your continuous glucose monitor that you're slapping on the back of your arm consistently reading above an 85. Is your hemoglobin A1c above a 5.2? If you answered yes to any of those. Oh, wait, let me also add in. Do you crave carbohydrates and sugar through the day? Literally, where your. Your body is screaming at you to go get something from a vending machine or eat something sweet, then that points back to your blood sugar and your blood sugar being out of whack and being on this roller coaster. Now, what this means for you is inflammation. It means weight gain. It means an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's. Now, if you're carrying around an extra 20 pounds, you're not really thinking about your BR and the health of your brain when you're 70 and 80. But I'm here to tell you the fastest way to age is to keep your blood sugar on that roller coaster and keep it high. To get control over our cravings, to get control over our weight, to be able to tap into our fat stores for fuel, we need to have steady, regulated glucose. And this is where Blood Sugar Fixer comes in. Blood Sugar Fixer was one of the OG supplements in the Fixer line. And I designed this because I kept seeing over and over again with the patients we were working with. Elevated insulin, elevated A1C, elevated glucose, inability to lose weight, carbohydrate, and sugar cravings. And this is where Blood Sugar Fixer comes in. It takes that wild ride, that roller coaster of blood sugar, and it squishes it together to a nice wavelike pattern. Steady, balanced, even, so that your cravings, you no longer get those cravings screaming at you. It allows your body to literally tap into the fat that you're grabbing on your stomach or your thighs, saying, gee, I really wish that this was gone. This big chunk. Yes, it taps into those fat stores and uses that to burn as fuel for energy. But you can't do that if you're a sugar burner. You can't do that if you're insulin resistant. You can't do that if your blood sugar is dysregulated. So what you want to do is bring in Blood Sugar Fixer. Now, I made it more economical. There's a lot of companies on the market that they only have their Berberine at 400 milligrams. Well, then you have to take three per day. The therapeutic dose is 1200 milligrams. I've also seen it at 1000 or 1200 milligrams. And if you take that all at once in one capsule, you might get some loose stool that becomes a little unpleasant to deal with. So 600 milligrams per capsule is what's in Blood Sugar Fixer. You take it twice a day, one with each main meal, and you will start to notice a difference, really, within a couple weeks of your cravings. And then as you are testing, you're going to see those numbers come into alignment. You're going to see the numbers come down on your CGM. Your A1C will come into that beautiful optimal range below a 5.2, your insulin will become beautiful once again, below a 6. And the bottom line is, you will feel better. You will decrease inflammation, you will lose weight, you will gain control of your carbohydrate and sugar cravings, and you will protect your brain. So that's Blood Sugar Fixer twice a day, one cap twice a day. That's it. The struggle is real when it comes to losing weight. Listen, I know because I've been there. You're trying all the things. You're doing the diet, you're tracking your macros, you're getting to the gym, you're going to the Pilates, you're doing all the things. But it's not working. It's not working. And this is independent of a thyroid problem. Maybe you have a thyroid problem. Maybe you have low hormones, or maybe you don't, and you're just like, I just have a really crappy metabolism that I am putting on weight or I can't lose weight no matter what I do. Then you need some help. But what you don't need is a stimulant fat burner of the old days where you literally thought you were having a heart attack. You need something that is actually going to work to increase your metabolism without jacking up your heart rate. Enter Thyroid Fixer. Yes, I know it's called Thyroid Fixer, but I named it after myself and the brand because it's my baby, it's my child. It's a product that I have been studying for 15 years and using it on patients for 15 years before I brought it to you. Thyroid fixer contains T2. And what this does, I call it the forgotten thyroid hormone. No, there's no tests for T2, but your body does produce T2 in small amounts. T2 will increase your basal metabolic rate, literally the amount of fat that you're burning at rest. It's also browning white adipose tissue. So this is why you jump into cold plunges. Or maybe you're like, I don't want to jump in a cold plunge to brown your white adipose tissue. That helps with insulin resistance, it helps with metabolism, it helps with inflammation, helps with overall health. So that's a good thing as well. And here's the other thing. With T2, it's not going to affect your thyroid. So many of you know, if you take T3, if we give you T3, or if you abuse T3 when you're not supposed to, it will have a feedback loop, a negative feedback loop on your thyroid. And you're going to either look like you're hyperthyroid or you're going to shut down your own Thyroid Production. T2 doesn't do that. It's working at the cell level to just simply increase your metabolism. That's a win all the way around, because now you're going to burn fat, now you're going to lose those extra LBs, and that's ultimately what we want. It also bonus, helps with ATP production at the mitochondrial level. This means steady energy through the day. No highs, no lows, no caffeinated Red Bull spikes, just really nice, steady energy through the day to keep you going. So you want to add in Thyroid Fixer and just literally watch your body Change over the next couple months. Because, listen, I mean, it's. It's time. Well, it's time all year long. I mean, there's no good time of year to lose body fat. We want to be in shape. We want to look, feel, and perform our best. Add in thyroid fixer and your body will absolutely thank you. And then you'll come back and you'll thank me. Does Synthroid T4 cause cancer? This question was brought to me in response to an Instagram post that I did updating everyone on my cancer journey. If you haven't seen it, bounce over to my ig. But in one of the posts where I was updating you all, that I'm finally turning a corner and feeling human again after my hysterectomy, the cancer's gone. I'm free. Someone replied to my post saying, well, you might want to check out Dr. So and so, because Synthroid and T3, all those synthetic thyroid hormones you're taking, cause cancer. And of course, the fighter in me immediately wanted to lash out, but I stepped back and I said, okay, let me keep an open mind and look into this, because this isn't the first time that I've heard this statement. Now, whenever we make a statement like that, we better back it in science. Now, I will admit my initial reply to this woman was, I take exception over doctors like Dr. So and so saying that and using scare tactics to basically push people into his program where he can't prescribe thyroid medication. And that's really what I see in this functional and integrative world. And I've said it before on other podcasts, the practitioners who cannot prescribe you those beautiful hormones that you need, practitioners who cannot give you the T3, the T4, the estrogen, the progesterone, the testosterone, those amazing, beautiful, natural, bioidentical hormones that you need. Well, they have to find another way to make money. And the way they're going to do that is by pushing quick fixes and detox protocols and fixing the cell protocols in order to get you to pay them. So one way to do that is fear. So I thought, you know, instead of completely destroying this doctor, let me back up and look at the research. Because whenever we make a statement, we need to stop, pause, take a breath, and look at all of the research. And I'm not talking just one study. I mean everything. Now, this is not the first time that I've heard this about the correlation of the causation, the correlation between Levothyroxine or T4 or Synthroid and cancer risk. The last time I heard this and the last time I spent any time looking into it, the outcomes that I found were exactly in line with the outcomes that I found yesterday. So nothing really has changed from the last time that I heard some jibber jabber about T4 and cancer. And I thought, well, you know, since I've just walked this cancer path, let's do everything we possibly can and gain all the knowledge so that I can pass this information on to you and help all of you avoid the big C in any way, shape or form. So then the question became, is this something that we have to worry about? What we're going to do is actually break this all down together. So we are deep diving. But don't worry, we're going to keep it simple. We're going to talk about how too much Synthroid might be quietly affecting your immune system and nudging cancer promoting pathways. And this is not fear mongering, it's about understanding the science so that you can take charge. Before we dive into that, we have to review what is reverse T3 because this plays a role. So when we're talking about T4, T4 has to convert and become T3. It has two paths it can go down. It can either go down the path of becoming the active thyroid hormone T3, or it can go down this other path and become something called reverse T3. It's the inactive thyroid hormone, it's your antithyroid hormone. And when your reverse T3 is elevated, it actually puts you into a survival mode state. Something called human dormancy syndrome occurs. And this is where your body basically thinks it's a bear in the winter and it goes into hibernation. And what that means is no more fat burning, no more energy production, Forget about your brain functioning or even pooping every day. You are in survival mode. So we never ever want reverse T3 elevated. And we have downloads all over the place on what the optimal range of reverse T3Is. But for right now, I want you to know that if reverse T3 is high, if it's elevate, if it's above a 12, if it is above a 12 on your labs, your body is in lockdown. The only thing that converts to reverse T3 is T4. So we can easily extrapolate from that, that high doses of T4, which are very, very common, can all push up reverse T3 levels. Now we can stack this, right? So we can stack that high dose of T4 that your doctor is giving you where they just keep raising Your value, Doc. I'm not feeling any better. Well, we started you on 50 micrograms of Synthroid. Let's take that to. And let's take that to 112 and then let's take that to 125 and they keep going higher and higher and higher and you feel no better. And then they're probably not even testing a reverse T3. But that's, that's on the side here. That's a side point. They keep adding in more and more and more T4. You stack that with stress, you stack that with inflammation, nutrient deficiencies, low iodine. And now you have an elevated reverse T3. And when I say elevated again, I'm not saying that it has to be red on your labs. It doesn't have to have a little H next to it. It, it's above a 12, it's elevated. In functional medicine, you are outside of the optimal range of reverse T3. Now, when reverse T3 is elevated and it puts your body in shut down mode and you are not burning fat, your brain's not functioning, your cells aren't functioning to produce ATP or any kind of energy whatsoever for you, your gastrointestinal tract slows down, digestion slows down, elimination and detox slow down, circulation slows down. Do you think that your immune system might also slow down? Okay, let's just put that out there. Now we've said that. Let's keep building on this and then we'll put it all together in the end. We Talked about reverse T3. I think it's also important to mention that with that elevated reverse T3, as I've said many times on many different shows, it acts like a bouncer at the club. So it's going to sit outside of your cell door and block T3 from actually entering the cell. We need T3. So now let's break down T3. T3 actually feeds your immune system. T3 helps immune cells, like dendritic cells wake up and fight. Fight infection, fight critical illness, fight cancer. But if you have low T3 and high reverse T3, which we see in critical illness over and over again, that's going to leave your immune system sluggish and not of its ability. Think of T3 as your morning coffee for your immune cells. It boosts their alertness. And reverse T3 is like decaf, takes away the buzz and it blocks the real coffee from working. So your immune cells are, are in a dormant state as well. When we go back to T4 and combine that with reverse T3 T4 and reverse T3 hook onto a cell surface receptor called integrin alpha V beta 3. Long word. But this triggers a pathway that encourages cell growth and blood vessel formation. A pathway the cancer tumors love. Just take that alone. So we're blocking T3 that actually activates your immune cells. So going back to that woman's statement on my Instagram post right there, she's 100% incorrect that T3 causes cancer, because that's not true. T3 boosts your immune cells. If T3 is boosting immune cells and T3 is lowering reverse T3 and T3 will ultimately lower your free T4. Because naturally, when you have more of the active thyroid hormone on board, your T4 need and your T4 level will be lower, as will your reverse T3. As long as you're not pounding the T4 over and over again on top of the T3, you need to make the right adjustments. But if T3 is. Is actually boosting your immune system and high levels of T4 and high levels of reverse T3 shut it down, then that's a 100 false statement. That T3 will cause cancer. Okay, let's just put that on the table right off the bat and take any stress off of you that you might have been sitting there thinking, oh, my God, does my lyothy cause cancer? No, it actually helps protect you. So looking at how thyroid hormones influence immune function and cancer biology at the cell level, E3 comes in and plays that vital role in regulating those dendritic cells which serves as an essential antigen presenting cell, bridging your innate and your adaptive immunity. We heard a lot about this back in 2020. Innate and adaptive immunity. So research shows that those dendritic CEL thyroid hormone receptors, and they respond to optimal physiological levels of T3 by upregulating key markers. And I'm not even going to go into what all those key markers are, but key markers that basically fight cancer. You may have heard of CD8, CD86, CD40, MHC2. And then T3 also increases Interleukin 12 production. You may have heard of that. And enhances the ability of those dendritic cells to promote native T cell proliferation and IFNY release. Oh, my gosh. What does that mean? It means that it's signaling your immune cells to take action. It's helping your dendritic cells, which is your body's early warning system, to activate other immune cells, the T cells, so that they can multiply and get ready to fight viruses and cancer. And it actually helps boost the production of Interferon gamma, which is a powerful molecule that helps your body target and destroy viruses, bacteria and cancer. So what can we take from that? T3 and optimal levels of T3 are fantastic. And lyothyrene and cytomel in their so called synthetic form, of course I call them biosynth because they are biologically identical to the T4 and the T3 that your body makes. And yes, I put Synthroid and Levo and Tyrcintosh into that category. So even the biosynthetic T3 of lyothyrene and cytomel is beneficial and actually helps protect you from cancer by supporting your immune system. I feel so much stronger in my workouts and I legit feel like I recover quicker from my workouts because I am now using every single day. Might appear. 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Now, again, kind of bouncing back to T4 and reverse T3. Thyroxine T4 and reverse T3, remember, they bind to that membrane receptor. And the activation of this receptor triggers these signaling cascades that drive cell proliferation and angiogenesis, a process that tumor cells exploit for growth. So we do not want that. That's something that's bad, something we want to avoid. So reverse T3 and T4 will bind to this growth receptor on your cell. And when this happens, it flips that switch inside your body. It's signaling the cells to grow and form new blood vessels. And this isn't necessarily helpful, like healing a wound. Cancer cells also love to grow. They hijack this system to grow faster and to spread. So when your body has too much T4 or your reverse T3 is high and not enough T3 is in the body, it can unintentionally help those bad cancer cells thrive. These hormones can also hide cancer from your immune system. So here's the scary part. Those same signals that promote cell growth, they also send out messages that tell your immune system, stand down, back off, we don't need you. They increase this molecule called PD L1, something that cancer cells use to hide from your body's natural defenses. Almost like camouflage. And then at the same time, your important watchdog immune cells, the one that the ones that actually tag the dangerous cells so the rest of your immune system can attack, they get weaker, and they stop doing their job. So what does that mean? Now you have a system where cancer cells are hiding and they can't be killed. And the watchdog cells that normally go, hey, there's a cancer cell over there. We better go out and attack. They're in the barracks. They're taking a vacation. That is. That is the perfect scenario for cancer to grow and spread. Now, I'm not saying this to scare you. Once again, I want to give you all of the facts. And in fact, this little deep dive that I just went down in the last 24 hours is interesting in that it's also giving all of us another leg to stand on with our doctors who want to push more and more and more T4 who want to refuse to test reverse T3, who tell you that T3 is bad for you. Now you can call bullshit. Now you can actually send them this episode, which they probably won't listen to, where I am literally sitting here staring at the studies, staring at the science as I record this, where it explains exact the different mechanisms and pathways that improper thyroid treatment and lack of testing can actually help produce cancer. All right, let's keep going. Let's dive into those studies where we can break down exactly what the fear mongers out there are grabbing onto to make their big, broad, scary statement that T4 and T3 in their synthetic forms cause cancer. Again, we have to look at the details and not make broad, swooping statements. There was a Swedish national cohort study done in 2020 with a 2025 update. This is a really large cohort of 8.6 million adults. And T4 use was used and they found that it modestly increased overall cancer risk. And the cancers involved were breast, colon, skin, ancreas and thyroid. Now, when you look at this study, the one thing that's missing is testing for reverse T3. Now, they are showing that levothyroxine treatment is linked to an elevated cancer risk, particularly in women, but they're not saying why. They're not really getting into the different doses of T4, assuming everyone was on T4 only. And again, tying it back to what we already said, if they are low in free T3, the participants are not currently on any kind of T3 therapy, which improves our immune system and helps protect the body. And they're only on T4, which activates all these different pathways, suppresses the immune system, keeps them hypothyroid, increases the reverse T3. Well, then that's the reason. So again, this study is showing a correlation, but they're not showing a causation because there isn't one. There's no direct cause, as in what is in this particular medication causes your body to form cancer. You know this isn't a glyphosate pill, right? This isn't a Roundup pill. We know if I gave you a Roundup pill every single day of your life, you probably would show some kind of cancer because there is a causation effect that we know already with the multitude of lawsuits out there, but with the information that's out there regarding glyphosate, we know it's a carcinogen. It is tagged as a direct carcinogen or a cancer causing molecule. Levothyroxine synthroid, tyrosine in and of itself and used in monotherapy. Okay, not my favorite. It's not going to get you optimized. It's not going to give you the best life ever. But it's not a causation of cancer. It does not directly cause cancer. There have been other studies like the Taiwan National Health database study in 2021 that had 600,000 T4 users versus 2.4 million controls. And they showed that T4 use was linked to roughly a 50% increased cancer risk for brain, skin, pancreatic and breast. Now, again, when we break this down, when we look at it, were they testing for reverse T3? Were they actually looking at the person's free T3 levels? What were these people on? Were they optimized? And this is where a lot of these studies fall short. Now, there is an interesting study that compared T3 users alone or in combination versus T4 only users. And they found no increased cancer risk for the T3 users alone or in combination. So this is how it actually broke down. And this is going to simplify all of these studies for you and then I'll give you the takeaways. T4 alone, mild to moderate increased risk dose and duration dependent. Now, okay, it's not perfect. They're not talking about the reverse T3 levels, but they're at least taking into account the dose that someone is on. Which increased dose of T4 will increase your reverse T3 and will decrease your free T3 duration. If you've been on T4 only for decades, which many people out there are, because it's standard of care, quote, unquote. If you've been on T4 only for decades, then yes, you are at an increased risk of cancer. And my suggestion would be get your shit together and get optimized. Work with someone who knows what they're doing with a thyroid. And absolutely, this is a shameless plug for what we do. Because we do it right, because we know what we're doing. And I will stand on a mountain every single day and shout it out that myself and my team, we know what we're doing when it comes to the thyroid and to optimizing you. We do it every single day. And I get so tired of all of these practitioners out there promising you the world and leaving you in the dust. So not only are they leaving you fat, foggy, tired, constipated, in pain, bald, they're also leaving you with an increased risk of cancer. And that, that is something to stand your ground on, isn't it? That is something you get a little bit pissed off about, isn't it? That is something to fire your doctor over, isn't it? And shouldn't that alone light a fire under you? That if you won't take the next steps to get optimized for your weight, for your hair, for your beauty, for your aesthetics, for getting through your day, for having any kind of energy or being able to remember your dog's name, Will you do it to prevent cancer? Will you do it so that you don't have to hear the C word? Okay, moving on. T4 high dose, it actually has a category. And even greater. Remember T4 alone and they didn't give the dose here. This is just a summary table. T4 loan mild to moderate increased risk dose and duration dependent T4 high dose, even a greater increased risk, especially in thyroid cancer survivors. Now, let's pause here on this point. If you've had thyroid cancer, what do we try to do with your tsh? We try to suppress it so that thyroid tissue cannot just grow back. 99.9% of endocrinologists and surgeons who remove your thyroid will put you on T4 only. Now, I have a whole separate podcast for my thyroidectomy patients, for my partial thyroidectomy peeps out there, for my radioactive iodine peeps out there, where I specifically dive into why you desperately need T4 and T3. And the summary of that is they removed your thyroid gland that once produced T4 and T3. They remove the main conversion gland of T4 to T3. T4 is inactive, T3 is active, and they only give you the T4 inactive thyroid hormone. It makes no sense. Just when I say that that paragraph alone, right, makes no sense. So in thyroid cancer survivors, we are suppressing your TSH or they, not we, we do it the right way. They are suppressing your TSH with high doses of T4. Well, that actually increases your risk of cancer. So as they're trying to prevent your thyroid cancer from coming back, they're increasing your risk of all cancers. And more specifically, because breast cancer kind of showed up on top here. Significant increased risk for breast cancer, but there was also an increased risk for all cancers. Now we go down to the next therapy type, which is T3 alone or T3 and T4 together showed no increased risk. And you want to know what's in the notes? Possibly protective with a lower mortality rate. I think we should say that again. T3 alone or T4 and T3 in combination showed no increased risk of cancer and actually showed to be protective, Lowering all Cause mortality. So what are our takeaways? High dose or long term? Synthroid T4 Levo tyresins compounded T4 T4 only use may increase your cancer risk. Reverse T3 plays a role in this by blocking the T3 receptors and activating growth pathways. Now, lyothyrenine, like this well meaning individual was trying to warn me about on Instagram because she got it from Dr. So and so who's using the fear tactic to boost his business. Myothyronine T3 appears totally safe with no increased cancer incidence or mortality. So the clinical considerations from this study, number one, avoid that TSH over suppression in thyroid cancer survivors with T4 only. We can get TSH suppression with T3 as well, which, remember the T3 and T4 therapy type showed no increased risk. So why don't we just do that? Because this poor person has already had cancer once. Already heard that C word once. Why do we want them to hear it again? Monitor reverse T3 and free T3 to assess tissue level thyroid function. Wow. That's not something I've ever said, is it? Oh my God. Something I say every day. And that should be done on every single thyroid test. And if your doctor is not testing reverse T3 and free T3, and I don't care if they're functional, conventional, integrative, alternative, naturopathic, you got to run. Because if they're not testing reverse C3 every single time, if they're not testing free T3 every single time, they don't know what they're doing with the thyroid. Consider combination therapy if you're symptomatic on T4 alone. Wow. Go figure. Again, something else I've been saying forever. T4 Only when we're talking about those other symptoms that affect us daily. The weight gain, the hair loss, the fatigue, the brain fog. T4 only only works in 2%. Of those with hypothyroidism, 98% need T4 and T3. 100% need T4 and T3 to reduce your cancer risk. Apparently there's 2% out there that they're not gaining weight and their brain is functioning and they're pooping every day on their T4 only. Good for them. We give them props. The only thing I would say to those people in that 2% would be to watch your cancer risk. Because just because you feel good doesn't mean that your body's happy on the inside. And if you're walking around with an elevator. Reverse T3 and low free T3 while you may not have debilitating symptoms, you are at an increased risk of cancer. And then just get your labs done often. Get them all done, like I just said, and get them done often. And really take a step back and look and make sure that you are in the optimal range. Yes, optimally. In a perfect world that goes by, how do you feel if I ask you those four most important words that every single practitioner should ask you, especially when they're looking at your labs, because you're more than a lab value. They should be asking you, how do you feel when they ask you, how do you feel if you feel amazing and you have zero symptoms, that's fantastic. We're not going to change a lot, but I do want you to come over here and peek at your free T3 and your reverse T3, and let's make sure that those are as close to optimal as possible, just for that extra layer of protection. So, in summary, lyothyrenine, levothyroxine, cytomel, Synthroid, Tyresin, levoxal, Tyresin, sole, do not directly cause cancer. They are not carcinogenic. Anyone that makes that big, bold statement, I want you to unfollow them, unsubscribe and block, because they are spreading fear for whatever motive they have and they haven't even taken the time, like I just did, to step back and look at all the different studies out there. What do those studies say? How do they break it down? How are they coming to those conclusions? Is there something in Synthroid that directly triggers your body to produce cancer cells? No, no, it's that too much T4 is keeping you in that hypostate. It's keeping your immune system suppressed, keeping your T3 that is so beautiful and so protective to your immune system, that active thyroid hormone that gives power and wakes up your immune cells to help them spot those, the bad guys, the cancer cells, and attack them. Keeps it healthy, keeps it active. That's the information that we need to know about you. But I don't want you in fear as you pop your Synthroid every morning, hopefully with a little bit of T3. I don't want you to live in fear based on someone's big, bold statement. I want you to be okay, live in peace. But the takeaway from this is that you need to look at how optimized your thyroid is. And possibly from this information, it might make you stand your ground a little bit more with your doctor. It might cause you to find a new doctor. Book a call with us, take steps so that you can not only live a better life and reduce or eliminate all of those hypothyroid symptoms that are totally consuming consuming your day. But so you can also put another layer, another layer of protection on your body against cancer. So I am happy to say to that person, to Dr. So and so, and to everyone out there that my T3 only use for the last 18 years did not cause my endometrial uterine cancer. It didn't. I'm pretty. I'm I'm a hundred percent positive on that. How about that? I am 100%. As I've stated in previous podcasts, no one really knows what directly causes cancer. It's a variety of different mechanisms, from a genetic predisposition to it to environmental to emotional trauma, thoughts, cortisol, all of it. So for someone out there to stand there and say a thyroid hormone causes cancer, they have their head up their ass. They need to really look at cancer. They don't even have to go into cancer research. How about just a basic Google freaking search and see that there are so many different pathways that trigger these cells to mutate and basically go crazy. 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