#23 Reversing Diseases & Optimizing Your Thyroid, Cholesterol, and Hormones
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Show Notes
Dr. Mark Sherwood is a Naturopathic Doctor (ND) who operates a full-time wellness-based medical practice in Tulsa, OK called The Functional Medical Institute. Dr. Mark treated 10,000+ patients with Covid with zero deaths!
Dr. Mark has completed training and certifications in age management, nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, peptide therapy, hormone therapy, stress management, GI health, and immunology.
All products, books, and supplements mentioned are available at https://www.ashleydeeley.com/mark
17:36: The size of your heart AND the size of your stomach (it may surprise you)
18:25: How many calories do you need? (And why calorie counting is a waste of time)
22:53: What ingredients or food to avoid
24:08: Cholesterol is good
24:35: What is LDL?
25:08: Worst thing to happen to American health
25:52: Statins
Statin drugs knock off HMG-COA (study here), 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) (pubmed)
26:30: When you lose hormones, you lose bone density, muscle, immune system resilience, and body fat goes up!
26:42: LDL is NOT bad
27:12: Cholesterol panel (do not focus on AMOUNT) is worthless
27:56: Cholesterol markers to look at:
Oxidized LDL
Lp-PLA2 (pressurization of vessel wall)
Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) (vascular stiffness)
Lipoprotein Fractionation
34:52: Medicines don't provide healing; they're designed to manage the disease process
35:04: God did not make us vaccine or medication deficient
36:39: Dr. Mark treated 10,000+ patients with Covid with zero deaths
37:54: Ideas and suppplements for Covid included:
Colostrum (link here)
Broccoli Sprout Powder (link here)
Vitamins A,D,E,K, and C (link here)
Omega fatty acids
Glutathione (precursor to glutathione is NAC, which I recommended over glutathione as your stomach acid will likely destroy liposomal glutathione. Best to have glutathione administered through IV)
45:25: Diagnosed with an illness or disease...? (Type II Diabetic) Once that diagnostic code is in your chart, it will stay in your health records and follow you forever. It can effect your health insurance and life insurance here and evermore
46:20: Thyroid conditions (Hashimoto's)
47:04: You CAN reverse thyroid disfunction (can take up to six months). Other autoimmune disorders can also be reversed
48:20: Thyroid medications are synthetic. Synthroid and Levothyroxine (T4 only medications)
49:30: Need a full thyroid panel to determine how thyroid is truly functioning:
Free T4
Free T3
TPO antibodies (peroxidase)
Reverse T3
TSH
51:06: Armour Thyroid and NP Thyroid medications are desiccated thyroid medications and therefore superior to synethic medications
52:17: Iodine (link here)
52:26: Mark recommends:
7.5 milligrams of potassium iodide
5 milligrams of iodine
Totaling 12.5 milligrams (good combo for thyroid support)
52:42: Iodine is breast and prostate protective
53:05: Desiccated thyroid as a tool for longevity?
53:27: Inflammation is part of every disease process
54:16: Grass-fed, grass-finished liver (dense with micronutrients)
55:48: Supps:
Vitamin D (anything test result less than 50 is not ideal) (link here); 1,000-2,000 IUD daily + MUST BE PAIRED WITH K2
Omega 3 fatty acids
