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Jul 2024
48m 11s

Thyroid Health and Autoimmune with Dr. I...

Kayla Barnes-Lentz
About this episode

Today I am speaking with Dr. Izabella Wentz on all things Thyroid health and autoimmune. Dr Wentz in an expert on thyroid health and became interested in thyroid health when she was diagnosed with and reversed her Hashimoto's. We discuss what the thyroid does, what autoimmune disease is, and how to improve symptoms or reverse it.


About Dr. Wentz

Izabella Wentz is a pharmacist, author, and thyroid health expert. In 2009, she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune thyroid disease, which led her to investigate the root causes of thyroid disorders and develop a holistic approach to managing them. Wentz is the author of several books, including Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause and Adrenal Transformation Protocol: A 4-Week Plan to Release Stress Symptoms and Go from Surviving to Thriving.[1]


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