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I have a 32-year-old active female with adrenal fatigue, autoimmune disease, and digestive issues. I know Chris recommends to eat adequate protein, 40 to 50 grams, especially in the morning, but my client has great difficulty eating that much protein first thing in the morning. She has just started taking betaine and pepsin to help with digestion. I have suggested a smoothie with collagen hydrolysate, but two tablespoons is only about 12 grams of protein. Do you have any suggestions of how she could incorporate more protein into her diet that would be reasonably easy for her to eat first thing in the morning?

Laura Schoenfeld:  This is a perfect example of a question that is ideal for me and Kelsey to be answering....

How do you determine the dosage for LDN?

Chris Kresser: Well, the dosage that has been used in most studies is 4.5 milligrams, but almost every clinician that...

What kind of herbs and supplements do you use for Graves? Do you treat Graves the same as hyperthyroid?

Chris Kresser: Well, to the second question, Graves is an autoimmune disease that causes hyperthyroidism, which is kind of what...

A 39-year-old female patient in the first trimester of pregnancy, presenting with hyperthyroidism, prior history of subclinical hypothyroidism, and hyperemesis gravidarum. Do you have a preference in prescription?”—PTU is one drug that’s used for hyperthyroidism, for Graves, versus methimazole, which is another drug that’s used. Both are extremely hepatotoxic. PTU is more hepatotoxic, and methimazole, as Debbie points out, has risk of potential birth defects in the first trimester.—“The patient showed negative for Graves antibodies, but endocrinologist felt strongly that the patient did have Graves.”

Chris Kresser: Yeah, I have some personal experience with this, actually. Back when my wife and I were trying to...

I have a patient with ALS who sees a specialist, and when she mentioned possible gluten ataxia-type issues, the specialist didn’t think there was much to it. I have mentioned the Cyrex test. Besides Cyrex 3, what other tests should we run? I think there’s a neuro panel with Cyrex but haven’t used it much.

Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, absolutely. Agreed. I think the Cyrex Array 3 is a great test, especially if the patient...
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