As a health care practitioner, I am amazed at how often I hear about thyroid malfunction. It is estimated that 80% of the US population suffers with thyroid problems with 95% of those being hypothyroid, where there is too little thyroid hormone being produced. The other 5% of diagnosed thyroid disorders are hyperthyroid, as in excessive thyroid hormone production.
Thyroid hormone stokes our metabolic furnaces, causing increased heat production and energy formation. When thyroid production is low, energy levels as well as body heat are also low. This also causes the heart to function at a reduced level of efficiency, resulting in low oxygen state within our tissues and cells. This creates an environment prone to cancer development, because as Nobel Prize-winning doctor, Otto Warburg, pointed out in the 1930s, low oxygen levels are common among most cancer cells. Only now, almost 90 years later–is the medical community just barely starting to listen, but that’s another story. In addition, low thyroid is linked to high cholesterol, blood pressure abnormalities, other hormone dis-regulations, etc.
People with low thyroid levels often have a higher level of inertia and need a larger push to get up, get moving, and take proactive steps in their life. This is clearly evidenced in older people who move so slowly that it seems like every action is a huge chore. On the flip side, hyperthyroidism creates too much energy, leaving the individual hot, wired, and over anxious/stressed.
The thyroid gland becomes sick when it is:Toxic, Deficient, or both Toxic & Deficient.
Common Toxicities:
- Fluoride that is in our water, toothpaste, & pesticides.
- Soy Products: Three factors within soy that combine to block the production of thyroid hormone are Goitrogens, Genistein, and Phytates.
- Pesticides, Hydrocarbons, & Ionizing Radiation: All affect hormone function.
- Heavy Metal Toxicity: Heavy metals such as mercury (vaccines, amalgam fillings, fish, high fructose corn syrup, etc.) cross the blood brain barrier & have a high affinity for the hypothalamus.
Common Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies:
Iodine: An essential mineral for production of T3 & T4.
Zinc: Zinc is usually high in hyperthyroid disorders & low in hypothyroid disorders.
Selenium: Selenium is an active part of an enzyme needed for the thyroid gland to effectively produce the T3 & T4 hormones.
Nerve Supply: A deficiency in proper C7 (the nerve that brings life, healing, & function to the thyroid) nerve supply, forward head posture, and advanced spinal degeneration leads to an accumulation of abnormal thyroid cells that function poorly.
EPA & DHA are necessary for healthy gland function.
Vitamin D deficiency: Vitamin D and thyroid hormones both bind to similar steroid receptors. Vitamin D has a pro-hormone function, enhancing the bodies entire endocrine response.
Dehydration causes lowered thyroid metabolism.
Thyroid hormone abnormalities are a common day epidemic that is growing to extraordinary levels. The great news is that God created our bodies with an incredible ability to heal. Learn how to prevent or reverse thyroid problems and stoke your metabolism, your hormone function, and your ability to maximize energy production and maintain a healthy weight. And you do need to learn this.
A huge problem in the thyroid disorder epidemic is that conventional medicine seems unable or unwilling to properly address it. Of course, hypothyroidism is an accepted condition, but the go-to treatment is hormone replacement therapy. There are several problems with this. First, you’re given the wrong hormone. Thyroid medications give you T4. It’s still up to your body to convert that to its active form–T3. Maybe that’s not happening in your body for whatever reason. Second, when you get tested–if you’re lucky enough to have a doctor who will test you–the test is for your levels of T3. Again, this isn’t the active version of the hormone you need AND it’s more important to test for its opposite (in a sense) rT3, because that’s a better indicator of thyroid dysfunction.
In any case, you’re going to be given a hormone replacement drug that you will no doubt have to take for the rest of your life.
Your energy and weight are dependent upon correct conversion of the inactive T4 thyroid hormone into the active, fat burning T3 hormone! Chances are yours is being converted into the fat storing Reverse T3 hormone (RT3)! Unlock the secrets to lasting results when your T4 is converted properly!