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What You Need To Know About Your Thyroid Health
When your thyroid levels are out of balance, so are you. Too much or too little hormone secretion in this gland can spell trouble for your overall health and well-being.
When the thyroid produces too little thyroid hormone, a phenomenon called hypothyroidism sets in(The Sluggish Thyroid Syndrome), a condition that is often linked to iodine deficiency. Identifying hypothyroidism and it's cause is tricky and always proves abortive because many of its symptoms are vague and overlap with other disorders.
People with a sluggish thyroid usually experience
- Lethargy; feeling like you don't have energy to exercise, a heavy or tired head especially in the afternoon, falling asleep as soon as you sit down when you don't have anything to do.
- Weight gain; easy weight gain or difficulty losing weight, despite an aggressive exercise program
- Hair loss; women especially would want to pay attention to their thyroid when unexplained hair loss occurs. If the loss of hair is due to low thyroid function, the hair will come back quickly with proper thyroid treatment.
- Sensitivity to cold; feeling cold at all time is also a sign of low thyroid function. Hypothyroid people are slow to warm up, and don't sweat with mild exercise.
Also, an overactive thyroid secrets too much of thyroxine, causing some of the body functions to accelerate. Some physicians may use the term thyrotoxicosis. This condition is more common in women. Several symptoms of hyperthyroidism are;
- Feeling restless, nervous, emotional, irritable, sleeping poorly
- Difficulty in concentration
- Irregular or lack of menstrual periods in women
- Weight loss
- Rapid, forceful, or irregular heartbeat
When untreated, it can lead to heart problems like atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, angina, and heart failure. In women it can potentially lead to difficulty in giving birth
4 things that wreck havoc on your thyroid are
- Gluten; Gluten along with other food sensitivities is a notorious culprit of thyroid dysfunction, as they cause inflammation. Gluten sensitivity can cause your gastrointestinal system to malfunction, so food you eat aren't completely digested, often leading to a leaky gut syndrome. These food particles can then be absorbed into your bloodstream, where your body misidentifies them as antigens (substance that shouldn't be there) and then produces antibodies against them.
- Soy; Soy is not the wholesome health food agricultural and food companies have led you to believe. Virtually thousands of scientific studies now link soy foods to malnutrition, digestive stress, immune system weakness, cognitive decline, reproductive disorders, infertility, and a host of other problems. On top of the damage it causes thyroid, soy phytoestrogens are potent anti-thyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease. However, properly or traditionally fermented, organic, and unprocessed soy products are fine, it's unfermented soy products that you should stay away from like soy cheese, soy meat, soy milk,e.t.c
- Bromines; Bromine are a common endocrine disruptor. When you ingest or absorb bromine, it displaces iodine, and this iodine deficiency leads to an increased risk for cancer of the breast, thyroid gland, ovary and prostate cancers. I addition to psychiatric and thyroid problems, bromine toxicity can manifest as skin rashes and severe acne, loss of appetite and abdominal pain, fatigue, a metallic taste in the mouth, and cardiac arrhythmias
Stress and adrenal function
Stress is one of the worst thyroid offenders. Your Thyroid function is intimately tied to your adrenal function, which is intimately affected by how you handle stress. When stress becomes chronic, the flood of stress chemicals (adrenaline and cortisol) produced by your adrenal gland interfere with your thyroid hormones, causing a whole gamut of heart-related issues like obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and/or unstable blood sugar levelsHere are simple ways that you can take I order to improve the performance of your thyroid :
- Identify and treat the underlying causes
- Load up on fresh iodine-rich foods i.e eat enormous amount of toxic - free sea vegetables or sea weeds.
- Minimize your stress levels
- Make an effort to limit your exposure to toxins
- Avoid all sources of bromide as much as possible
- Get adequate amount of sleep
- Exercise regularly.
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