Elle Russ - The Paleo Thyroid Solution: Stop Feeling Fat, Foggy, And Fatigued At The Hands Of Uninformed Doctors - Reclaim Your Health!

ELLE RUSS

With in-depth commentary from integrative physician Gary E. Foresman, MD

Copyright 2016 by Elle Russ. All rights reserved.

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Russ, Elle 1973

Paleo Thyroid Solution/Elle Russ

ISBN: 978-1-939563-24-8

1. Thyroid Health 2. Diet 3. Weight loss

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(Thyroid education for science dummies and math haters.)

(What the heck is happening to my body, and how do I get to the bottom of it?)

(Kick hypothyroidism to the curb!)

(The forgotten stepchildren of thyroid health.)

(2.5 million years of right.)

(Its all about cortisol and glucose.)

(Moving onward and upward.)

(Winner at the finish line.)

I am filled with the utmost gratitude for the man responsible for helping me change my life and saving me from a future riddled with weight issues, food addictions, adrenal problems, suboptimal thyroid hormone metabolism, and declining health.

Mark Sisson, you are my hero!

I suffered for a total of five years of my life due to undiagnosed hypothyroidism and Reverse T3 hypothyroidism. Unfortunately, my story is not unique, because like millions of thyroid patients, I was unable to find a doctor or an endocrinologist who was informed enough to fix my hypothyroidism. After two miserable years of being undiagnosed, I finally took my health into my own hands and became my own doctor. It was a scary place to be, feeling neglected by the medical community and the more than fifty highly regarded physicians I had spoken to. If I had trouble finding a doctor to help me in Los Angeles, I cannot even imagine how hard it would be to go through this ordeal in the smaller towns and cities throughout the United States.

When I decided to reject the dead-end mainstream medical journey I was on, my body and health were deteriorating so rapidly that I spent every day in full-blown misery, riddled with more than thirty hypothyroid symptoms. Trying to start with a clean slate and be open to all possibilities, I ordered my own lab work, bought thyroid hormones from assorted Internet resources without a prescription, and headed down a more holistic path to wellness. And it actually worked. It worked phenomenally well, for a while.

I was hit with a second bout of hypothyroidism in 2011 called Reverse T3a once rare though increasingly common thyroid issue that many doctors have no idea how to test or fix. For the second time in ten years, I was on my own again, having to doctor myself back to health. Once again, I was successful.

Even though I am a writer (focused on TV and filmHollywood stuff), I never had the intention of writing a thyroid book or anything health related. However, it seemed that everywhere I went I would run into someone suffering from hypothyroidismeither undiagnosed or unsuccessfully treated by their current doctor. We would somehow land on this topic without any prompting from me. After speaking with and offering help to over a hundred former strangers with thyroid issues, it began to feel like a calling. My close association with Mark Sisson and the Primal Blueprint movement made it clear to me that my calling is about integrating paleo/primal lifestyle methods to stimulate holistic healing of assorted thyroid conditions that, frankly, the medical community is failing to address through traditional means.

One of the worst symptoms of hypothyroidism is insidious weight gain and an inability to lose excess body fat, despite devoted efforts to hard workouts and restricting calories. After I was optimized on thyroid hormone replacement and over the challenge of my second bout of hypothyroidism, I tried every diet and lifestyle plan out there, to no avail. I started to believe a common and monumentally destructive misconception that some doctors pass on to their patients: You have hypothyroidism, so you will always struggle with weight issues.

While its true that even after people optimized on thyroid hormone replacement have eradicated 99.9% of their hypothyroid symptoms, they often just cant lose that excess weight without struggle, there is a solution.

And there is more to the Paleo Thyroid Solution than the ability to effortlessly lose stubborn excess weight. Adopting a paleo/primal lifestyle is the quickest and surest way to optimize thyroid hormone metabolismfor everyone with thyroid problems and for everyone without thyroid problems. Every human being has a thyroid gland, and as the master gland of the body, it plays a critical role in all metabolic processes. If thyroid hormone metabolism is not up to par, anyone one can be thrown down the spiral slide into a pool of weight gain and is at risk of developing an assortment of thyroid-related health problems.

Hypothyroidism, Hashimotos disease, and Reverse T3 issues are on the rise. It is imperative that doctors who treat thyroid patients learn all they can about the latest treatment protocols in order to help their patients get well. In the meantime, I am overjoyed to present you with hope, encouragement, and a detailed plan to fix hypothyroidism. And if youre overwhelmed right now, if youre feeling lost and scared and unsure whether youll ever make it through, please turn to and we will start you on your own journey toward achieving vibrant health.