#408 ‒ AMA #89: Thyroid health: interpreting symptoms, diagnosing and treating dysfunction, and navigating the gray zone

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0:10Hey everyone, welcome to a sneak peek, Ask Me Anything, or AMA episode of the Drive Podcast.

0:16I'm your host, Peter Attia.

0:17At the end of this short episode, I'll explain how you can access the AMA episodes in full, along with a ton of other membership benefits we've created.

0:25Or you can learn more now by going to peteratiamd.com forward slash subscribe.

0:30So without further delay, here's today's sneak peek of the Ask Me Anything episode.

0:39Welcome to Ask Me Anything AMA episode 89.

0:42In today's AMA, we look at managing the thyroid, an unusually complex hormonal system that is, I guess, if anything, more nuanced and in some ways controversial than the management of other hormone systems.

0:55In this episode, we discuss the basic biology of the thyroid gland and how it's regulated by the brain and specifically the pituitary gland and hypothalamus.

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