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Modern Thyroid and Wellness

Modern Thyroid and Wellness

著者： McCall McPherson PA-C
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Unlock the latest insights into thyroid health and wellness with McCall McPherson, PA-C. Through expert interviews, personal stories, and actionable advice, this podcast dives deep into thyroid disorders, exploring how they impact everything from energy levels to mental clarity. Whether you're navigating your own thyroid journey or seeking cutting-edge solutions for optimal health, you'll find practical tips and holistic strategies to support your well-being. Join McCall as she empowers listeners to take control of their thyroid health and live a more vibrant life.Copyright 2026 McCall McPherson, PA-C 代替医療・補完医療 個人的成功 自己啓発 衛生・健康的な生活 身体的病い・疾患
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  • 96: Your Thyroid Is a Barometer: What Chronic Disease Can Teach Us About Stress, Environment, and Prevention with Kelly McKenna

    96: Your Thyroid Is a Barometer: What Chronic Disease Can Teach Us About Stress, Environment, and Prevention with Kelly McKenna
    2026/08/27
    What if your thyroid symptoms aren’t an isolated problem, but one signal from a body asking you to pay attention?In this episode of Modern Thyroid & Wellness, McCall McPherson sits down with Kelly McKenna, CEO and Co-Founder of End Chronic Disease, to explore thyroid health, autoimmunity, chronic stress, environmental exposures, nutrition, and what it really means to focus on prevention.Kelly’s health journey began with a celiac disease diagnosis in high school, followed by nearly two decades of autoimmune and chronic health challenges. In her early 30s, thyroid labs disrupted her plans to freeze her eggs and pushed her to ask a different question: instead of accepting hypothyroidism as inevitable, what might actually be driving it?That curiosity eventually changed both her health and career.Key Topics CoveredKelly’s experience with celiac disease, hypothyroidism, and Hashimoto’sHow childhood stress may influence long-term healthWhy sleep, nutrition, movement, relationships, and environment matterEnvironmental exposures and thyroid healthThe conversation around paraquat and chronic diseaseWhy prevention should begin in childhoodIodine, selenium, vitamin D, iron, and thyroid healthWhy Kelly calls her thyroid a “barometer” for her whole bodySimple strategies for fatigue and autoimmune flaresThe importance of boundaries and emotional healthBringing preventive health education into schoolsWhy chronic disease prevention requires both individual and systemic changeWhen Your Thyroid Becomes a Warning SystemAfter being re-diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, Kelly began closely observing how changes in sleep, nutrition, nutrient status, stress, and other aspects of daily life corresponded with her symptoms and thyroid labs.She focused on nutrients including iodine, selenium, vitamin D, and iron and experimented with dietary changes. As her thyroid markers improved, she noticed changes in her skin, digestion, fatigue, and overall wellbeing too.Today, Kelly describes her thyroid as a “barometer for my whole body.” When fatigue and familiar symptoms return, she views them as signals that her body may need more support, rest, or recovery.Stress, Environment, and Chronic DiseaseKelly also shares how growing up with a brother who experienced significant disabilities and frequent seizures created a chronic sense of uncertainty and stress, even within a loving family. Only later did she recognize how those experiences may have shaped her stress response.The conversation expands into environmental health, including paraquat exposure, ultra-processed foods, school environments, movement, and why the places where we live, work, learn, and eat deserve a larger role in conversations about chronic disease prevention.What If You’re Already Exhausted?When someone is already depleted, complicated wellness routines can feel impossible.Kelly recommends returning to basics. Her personal recovery toolbox has included restorative yoga, putting her legs up the wall, prioritizing sleep, simplifying food, gentle walking, acupuncture, positive experiences with people she loves, and examining emotional stress or boundaries that may be draining energy.The goal is to learn your body’s signals and build a collection of tools you can return to when you need them.About Kelly McKennaKelly McKenna is the CEO and Co-Founder of End Chronic Disease, an organization focused on chronic disease prevention, education, awareness, and policy change.🌐 End Chronic Disease 💼 Kelly McKenna on LinkedIn 📸 Kelly on Instagram @earth.to.kelly📖 Pre-Order Take Back Your Thyroid + Get a Free BonusPre-order McCall McPherson’s new book, Take Back Your Thyroid, and choose one free bonus:🎓 Thyroid Empowered Course, a $399 valueOR🩺 $150 off a new patient visit at Modern Thyroid ClinicPre-Order & Claim Your Free Bonus📲 Follow McCall McPherson & Modern Thyroid and Wellness💻 Website: modernthyroidclinic.com🐦 X / Twitter: @thyroidexpert🌐 Host Website: mccallmcpherson.com📺 YouTube: McCall McPherson Channel📘 Facebook: McCall McPherson PAC📸 Instagram: @mccallmcphersonpa
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  • 95: Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny: How Genetics Can Personalize Thyroid Health, Hormones, Metabolism, and Longevity with Kashif Khan

    95: Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny: How Genetics Can Personalize Thyroid Health, Hormones, Metabolism, and Longevity with Kashif Khan
    2026/08/20
    What if the foods, supplements, workouts, and hormone therapies that work beautifully for someone else are completely wrong for your biology?In this episode of Modern Thyroid & Wellness, McCall McPherson sits down with Kashif Khan, bestselling author of The DNA Way, celebrity longevity coach, and two-time TEDx speaker, for a deep dive into functional genomics and personalized health. Kashif explains how DNA acts as an instruction manual for the body and why understanding those instructions may help explain why people respond so differently to the same foods, environmental exposures, exercise programs, supplements, and hormone therapies.Drawing from his own experience with chronic illness and years of genetic research, Kashif explores the relationship between genetics and lifestyle, including thyroid health, Hashimoto’s, women’s hormones, detoxification, metabolism, gut health, sleep, cognitive function, inflammation, and longevity. The conversation offers a different way to think about personalized medicine: instead of simply asking what disease you may be genetically predisposed to, ask how your biology works and what choices may better support it.Key Topics CoveredWhat DNA actually tells us about everyday healthWhy genetics are not necessarily destinyGenetics versus epigeneticsHow lifestyle, environment, and nutrition interact with genetic predispositionsKashif’s personal journey from chronic illness to genetic researchWhy two people can make the same health choices and experience very different outcomesGenetic differences in detoxificationWhy DNA testing is different from repeatedly testing hormones, cholesterol, or the microbiomeHow genetics may influence sleep and circadian preferencesPersonalizing nutrition and carbohydrate intakeGenetics, metabolism, and gut healthEnvironmental exposures and individual detoxification capacityWomen’s hormone health and estrogen metabolismGenetics, Hashimoto’s, autoimmunity, and thyroid healthWhy functional genomics goes beyond disease-risk scoresPersonalizing exercise according to individual biologyWhy nervous system regulation and gut health may need to come before advanced biohackingThe future of personalized medicine and longevityWhy understanding the biology underneath symptoms mattersDNA as Your Body’s Instruction ManualKashif describes DNA in practical terms as an instruction manual contained within the cells of the body.Genes provide instructions for countless biological processes, including producing hormones, metabolizing food, detoxifying compounds, and supporting cognitive function.The important difference is that everyone's instruction manual is slightly different.That helps explain why two people can follow the same diet, take the same hormone prescription, or perform the same exercise routine and experience dramatically different outcomes.Genetics Load the Gun, Environment Pulls the TriggerOne of the central ideas in the episode is the interaction between genetics and epigenetics.Your DNA does not change every time you change your diet or lifestyle, but the choices you make interact with the biological instructions you inherited.Kashif groups those choices into three broad areas:EnvironmentNutritionLifestyleEnvironment includes what you are exposed to. Nutrition includes food, supplements, and other nutritional interventions. Lifestyle encompasses factors such as exercise, work, and sleep.Understanding genetics, therefore, is not simply about predicting disease. Kashif sees it as a way to understand how your individual body processes the choices you make every day.Kashif’s Personal Health JourneyKashif did not enter genomics through a traditional medical or scientific career path.Around age 38, after previously considering himself healthy, he developed multiple chronic health problems, including severe eczema, psoriasis, gut issues, migraines, reflux, and inflammation.He received diagnoses and prescriptions but remained focused on a different question:Why did this happen?His search took him through traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, functional medicine, hormone health, the microbiome, and eventually genetics.Understanding genetic differences helped him begin connecting his individual biology with environmental and lifestyle exposures. His recovery ultimately inspired him to leave his previous technology consulting business and build a genetic research company.Why Your Detoxification Genetics MatterKashif uses his own GSTM1 genetics as an example of how individual differences can influence detoxification.He explains that glutathione plays an important role in neutralizing and removing unwanted compounds and that genetic differences can affect how those processes function in different areas of the body.In Kashif’s case, he discovered a copy number variation involving GSTM1, which became one piece of understanding why exposures that did not seem to affect someone living an otherwise similar lifestyle could affect him...
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  • 94: Menopause Is Not the End: How to Prepare Your Body to Thrive in Midlife with Lisa Jedan

    94: Menopause Is Not the End: How to Prepare Your Body to Thrive in Midlife with Lisa Jedan
    2026/08/13
    What if menopause wasn’t something to fear or simply endure, but a transition you could actively prepare for?In this episode of Modern Thyroid and Wellness, McCall McPherson sits down with Lisa Jedan, creator and host of MenoPositive, to challenge the long-standing narrative that menopause automatically means decline. After a successful career in PR and marketing, where she helped build brands and shape stories, Lisa turned those same skills toward changing the conversation around women’s health and aging.Lisa shares what she has learned from interviewing experts across conventional medicine, Chinese medicine, longevity, breathwork, nutrition, and women’s health. The message she hears repeatedly is clear: hormones do not operate in isolation, and the earlier women invest in their health, the more options they may have as they age.Together, McCall and Lisa explore strength training, nutrition, metabolism, thyroid health, Hashimoto’s, mindset, digestion, protein, fiber, sustainable lifestyle changes, and why midlife may become one of the healthiest and most fulfilling chapters of a woman’s life.Key Topics CoveredWhy Lisa created MenoPositiveChanging the narrative around menopause and agingWhy menopause preparation should begin before symptoms become overwhelmingHow thyroid health and reproductive hormones overlapLisa’s personal experience with Hashimoto’sWhy women often put themselves lastMoving from perfection toward small, sustainable health changesWhy strength training becomes increasingly important during midlifeBuilding and preserving muscle for healthy agingProtein, fiber, metabolism, and digestive healthWhy regular bowel movements matterSimple ways Lisa adds flaxseed and sprouts to her dietHow mindset may influence the menopause experienceBuilding trust with yourself through consistent habitsMoving beyond biohacking toward “bioharmony”Why wellness optimization can become exhaustingThe importance of sleep, movement, and nutrition before advanced optimizationWhy your best years do not have to be behind youChanging the Menopause NarrativeLisa began her career as a dancer and performer before moving into PR and marketing, where she built a career around storytelling and changing narratives.When she entered perimenopause and menopause herself, she noticed that the cultural story surrounding this stage of life did not match her experience.So much of the messaging centered on loss, decline, and everything women should expect to go wrong.Lisa wanted a different conversation.That desire became MenoPositive, a platform and philosophy built around educating women about hormone changes while showing them what they can actively do to support their health.After interviewing experts from a wide range of disciplines, Lisa says one message consistently emerges: menopause does not have to equal decline.Why We Should Prepare for MenopauseLisa makes a compelling comparison: we prepare for pregnancy, retirement, and marathons, so why do so many women arrive at one of the biggest biological transitions of their lives without preparation?Historically, women have often been taught to wait until symptoms appear and then figure out how to manage them.Lisa wants to reverse that approach.Instead of asking, “How can I manage these symptoms?” she encourages women to ask how they can prepare their bodies for a more positive menopause experience.For Lisa, this is not about perfection. It is about preparation and beginning wherever you are.Thyroid Health and Menopause Symptoms Can OverlapLisa also lives with Hashimoto’s, giving her firsthand experience with how difficult it can be to distinguish thyroid symptoms from hormonal changes during midlife.Mood changes, libido concerns, fatigue, brain fog, and changes in how the body feels can appear across both thyroid dysfunction and perimenopause.One of the biggest lessons Hashimoto’s taught Lisa was to become curious about what her body was communicating rather than automatically accepting symptoms as her new normal.McCall emphasizes that thyroid hormones and reproductive hormones do not exist in isolation. Understanding both can be especially important as women move through their 30s, 40s, and beyond.Why Women Need to Put Themselves Back on the ListWhether a woman is the CEO of a company or the CEO of her household, Lisa observes that women often place themselves third, fourth, or fifth on their own priority lists.Midlife can offer an opportunity to change that.Lisa encourages women to believe they deserve to be healthy and to recognize that investing in themselves does not require changing everything overnight.Cooking one additional vegetable, adding a little movement, or making one sustainable change can begin shifting the trajectory.McCall connects this idea to the power of small habits. Tiny actions may seem insignificant in isolation, but when repeated consistently, they compound.Strength Training as a Midlife “Secret Weapon”For Lisa, two changes ...
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