Keeping Abreast with Dr. Jenn
Keeping Abreast with Dr. Jenn is a podcast dedicated to empowering women and promoting breast health through a functional medicine lens. Dr. Jenn is a leading functional medicine practitioner specializing in restoring health to the breast cancer population. She explores a range of topics related to breast health, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and holistic approaches to support overall well-being.
Whether you're a breast cancer survivor, a woman seeking to improve your breast health, a caregiver supporting a loved one, or you are just looking to thrive in this complicated world, this podcast is designed to meet your needs. Discover how functional medicine approaches can complement conventional treatments, support hormone balance, enhance nutrition, manage stress, optimize lifestyle choices, and promote overall well-being. Tune into Keeping Abreast with Dr. Jenn to gain the knowledge, tools, and resources to take control of your breast health journey. Remember, at the end of the day, breast health is health!
Note: The Keeping Abreast with Dr. Jenn podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider for personalized guidance and treatment recommendations.
Keeping Abreast with Dr. Jenn
143: The 5 Thyroid Tests That Change Everything and Why Your Doctor Only Runs One with Dr. Amie Hornaman
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In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons sits down with thyroid and hormone specialist Dr. Amie Hornaman to dismantle the standard of care that is leaving millions of women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and under treated. They cover what the full thyroid panel actually looks like, why T4-only therapy fails the vast majority of patients, and how the thyroid is connected to every other hormone system in a woman's body.
What happens when a competitive athlete starts gaining weight, losing hair, and can't get a single doctor to take her seriously? Dr. Amie found out in her 20s with 40 pounds of unexplained weight gain, six doctors, six dismissals, and one mentor who finally ran the right tests and changed the course of her life and career.
If you've ever been told your thyroid is fine while your body is telling you otherwise, this is the episode you've been waiting for.
What You'll Learn
- Why testing TSH alone is not a thyroid workup and what the five markers are that actually tell the full story
- What free T3, free T4, and reverse T3 mean and why reverse T3 is the most dismissed marker in the panel
- What thyroid antibodies TPO and TGA reveal about Hashimoto's and why your doctor's normal range is meaningless
- Why 95% of hypothyroid cases are Hashimoto's and why your antibodies may already be elevated even if your doctor says they are not
- Why your GLP-1 will stop working if your thyroid is not optimized first
- How estrogen dominance low progesterone high cortisol insulin resistance and low ferritin all interfere with thyroid function
- Why your insurance-based doctor cannot give you proper thyroid care even if they want to
- What the FDA's move against natural desiccated thyroid is really about and who benefits
- Why testosterone is protective against breast cancer and why women are being denied access to it
- What it actually feels like when your thyroid is optimized and how Dr. Amie gets patients there
Episode Timeline:
00:00 Show Intro
01:08 How Dr. Amie Became Dr. Jenn's North Star
05:02 Pain to Purpose: 40 Pounds and Six Dismissals
08:37 Where Conventional Medicine Gets It Wrong
16:58 Why Thyroid Disease Is at Epidemic Levels
19:14 The Full Thyroid Panel You Actually Need
36:43 Why T4-Only Therapy Fails Almost Everyone
40:27 The Hormonal Web Nobody Is Addressing
45:32 What Thyroid Optimization Actually Looks Like
52:22 The FDA Threat to Natural Desiccated Thyroid
59:42 Dr. Jenn's Testosterone Gatekeeping Story
01:05:22 The Importance of Prevention in Healthcare
Find Dr. Amie Hornaman
Website: dramie.com | Book: thyroidfixbook.com
To talk to a member of Dr. Jenn's team and learn more about working privately with Dr. Jenn visit: https://calendly.com/stephanie-1031/clarity-call
To get your copy of Dr. Jenn's book, The Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer, visit: https://tinyurl.com/SmartWomansBreastCancerGuide
To purchase the auria breast cancer screening test go here https://auria.care/ and use the code DRJENN20 for 20% Off.
Connect with Dr. Jenn:
Website: https://www.jennsimmonsmd.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJennSimmons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjennsimmons/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jennsimmons