LLN Episode #238: Risa Groux – Thyroid Disease Affects 1 In 8 Women. Get The Lowdown On Symptoms & Treatment

Grab Your Opportunity for a Free Call With Lynne Here. About Risa Groux: Risa Groux, CN is a Functional Nutritionist and Certified Autoimmune Coach in private practice in Newport Beach, California. She has always been passionate about nutrition and good health. Risa was so concerned about purity that she made her children's baby food from scratch. Today she is passionate about cooking and creating healthy, nutritious food. She works with a wide array of clients from professional athletes, adults, and kids to the Biggest Loser from season four. Risa works with issues like diabetes, autoimmune disease, cancer, digestion, thyroid, and hormone imbalances to name a few. Risa firmly believes that the body can heal itself with whole foods we obtain from the earth and sees living proof of that in her office each day. She looks at root causes using functional nutrition guidelines, blood and stool tests, and knows that weight loss is a side effect of wellness. In addition to her private practice, Risa has a line of non-GMO, gluten, dairy, and soy free products including the RGN 14-day Detox, collagen proteins, chocolate bars, and supplements. Through years of detoxing personally and in her practice, Risa can validate the benefits of decreasing systemic inflammation and increasing good gut health while removing toxins. Risa's expertise has been featured on Good Morning America's third hour, CBS in Los Angeles, KTLA, Good Day, and Hallmark Channel's Home and Family. FoodFrame, Diet is a Four-Letter Word , Risa's first book launched January 7, 2022. She is a frequent guest on numerous podcasts and sits on expert panels and speaking engagements from Nordstrom, Equinox, Big Canyon Country Club, Jewish Community Center and Williams-Sonoma. Was the inaugural Chair of the Move for Minds event for Maria Shriver. You can listen to Risa dive into nutrition subjects on her podcast The Diet Dilemma. Risa wrote a nutrition column for Coast Magazine online called Newport Beach Nutrition and has been published on Arianna Huffington's ThriveGlobal. Risa is a regular guest chef and presenter at Rancho La Puerta Spa. What We Discuss In This Episode: Risa shares how she reversed Hashimoto's Disease. Risa discusses the right diet type or eating lifestyle for someone with thyroid disease, plus the most common symptoms of hypothyroidism. Risa introduced functional nutrition, which takes a holistic approach to testing thyroid function beyond just TSH. She looks at 9 markers and stool/blood tests to uncover root causes like gut health and inflammation. Risa detailed her struggle with Hashimoto's and infertility until discovering genetic mutations and gut issues were perpetuating it. She reversed it by addressing each root cause through diet and lifestyle changes over 10 years. Common symptoms of hypothyroidism were explained, like hair loss, weight gain and fatigue. Doctors often miss underlying causes by only testing TSH, whereas functional medicine tests the full thyroid panel. Gluten sensitivity is often a result of leaky gut caused by a depleted diet and toxins. Gluten pokes holes leading to food sensitivities via molecular mimicry with other foods like corn and eggs. Healing the gut is key. Risa's detox program focuses on whole foods, collagen protein, and removing triggers like sugar and gluten to cleanse the liver and reduce inflammation. Participants feel renewed and often lose 4-7 pounds without calorie counting. Risa answered questions on remotely working with clients, testing for celiac and cross-reactivities, and accommodating vegetarian/vegan diets on her detox programs. She emphasized individualized plans. Risa gives us the low-down on the real story about gluten. Is it all hype or should people avoid it? Key Takeaways: Reversing Hashimoto's through functional medicine Symptoms of hypothyroidism Gluten sensitivity and leaky gut Risa's 14-day detox program Nutrition and autoimmune disease Resource from Risa Groux: 10% off the RGN 14-day detox with coupon code HW10: https://rgnmarketplace.com/products/risa-groux-nutrition-detox Connect With Risa Groux: Website: https://www.risagrouxnutrition.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/risagrouxnutrition/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/risagrouxnutrition Connect with Lynne: If you're looking for a community of like-minded women on a journey - just like you are - to improved health and wellness, overall balance, and increased confidence, check out Lynne's private community in The Energized Healthy Women's Club. It's a supportive and collaborative community where the women in this group share tips and solutions for a healthy and holistic lifestyle. (Discussions include things like weight management, eliminating belly bloat, balancing hormones, wrangling sugar gremlins, overcoming fatigue, recipes, strategies, perimenopause & menopause, and much more ... so women can feel energized, healthy, and lighter, with a new sense of purpose. Website: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthandwellnessllc The Energized Healthy Women's Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/energized.healthy.women Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnewadsworth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewadsworth Free Resources from Lynne Wadsworth: Grab your free call with Lynne. Want to be successful focusing on improved health & wellbeing? Maybe you'd like to increase your energy levels, have fewer headaches reduce or maintain a healthy weight, ditch the brain fog & belly bloat. 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