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Josh and Jeanne Rubin are the founders of EastWest Healing. Josh and Jeanne have taken the concept of "food as medicine" to a whole new level. As pioneers in the area of restoring metabolic health, Josh and Jeanne are revolutionizing nutrition for thyroid health by teaching people how to use food as supplementation to reduce stress and build the most sound foundation for the body to heal.

In this episode we discuss:

• what is metabolism and how it relates to the thyroid
• the difference between functional hypothyroidism and hypothyroidism
• why you need glucose in the form of healthy carbohydrates for thyroid and metabolic health
• the causes of metabolic destruction
• why losing weight doesn't mean your healthy
• why carbs are not the enemy and what the real problem is
• why feeling well on a diet doesn't always mean your body is thriving on it

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Listen to the full episode here:How to Optimize Your Metabolic Health with Josh and Jeanne Rubin