161: What Causes Hashimoto's? The Hidden Trauma Link | Lizzie Ens

What causes Hashimoto's? Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition where your immune system attacks your thyroid, and one of the most overlooked root causes is trauma you never got to speak about. If you feel exhausted all the time, your hair is thinning, foods that never bothered you now do, or you ride a roller coaster of good days and crash days, your thyroid antibodies could be the reason. Here's the thing: most doctors only check your TSH and maybe your free T4. They skip your antibodies, so you end up guessing instead of testing.

On this episode of The Lizzie Ens Show, Lizzie Ens, functional nutrition coach, business owner, author, and speaker, gets real about her own experience with Hashimoto's and what she sees again and again with her clients. You'll learn why your immune system gets confused and starts attacking your thyroid, how unspoken trauma and abuse keep your nervous system under attack, and how much family history plays a role. Lizzie walks you through the Hashimoto's symptoms she watches for, why gluten and raw vegetables can flare you up, and how the peptide thymosin alpha 1 took her antibodies from around 300 down to close to reversal. You'll also hear why she never says "I have Hashimoto's," and why the words you use about your body matter for healing from the inside out. Test, don't guess, and start using your voice.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

What causes Hashimoto's, and why Lizzie sees trauma, abuse, and a suppressed voice as one of the most common root causes, both in her clients and in her own thyroid history.Why most doctors only test your TSH and free T4, and why you need your Hashimoto's antibodies tested to know if you are dealing with hypo, hyper, or autoimmune.How Hashimoto's actually works: your white blood cells mistake your thyroid for a foreign invader and attack it, sometimes leaving the gland with holes or nodules.Whether Hashimoto's can be passed down from your mom or grandma, and why family history does not mean you have to accept the same outcome for your own body.Why Hashimoto's fatigue often shows up as false energy followed by a multi-day crash, and how pacing yourself at events, on vacation, and during busy weeks protects you.How to lower Hashimoto's antibodies with nervous system regulation, daily vitamin C, cutting gluten, cooking your vegetables, and the immune modulator Moducare, plus why you have to troubleshoot.Why Lizzie's antibodies dropped from around 300 to close to reversal on thymosin alpha 1, and w