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What makes your thyroid tick?
A healthy thyroid; for instance, relies on a few factors:
-- Stable levels of other hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone. "Too much estrogen, such as from the birth control pill, will create too many thyroid-binding proteins," says BodyEcology.com.
-- Beneficial gut bacteria. "Antibiotics wipe out these good microbes, which account for around 20 percent of the conversion of T4 to usable T3," said the site.
-- A healthy liver.
-- Good adrenal gland function.
"Clearly, with so many pathways available for the production and conversion of thyroid hormones, there are a lot of opportunities for something to go wrong," says BodyEcology.com.
There are other things that affect thyroid health, says pharmacist Suzi Cohen.
"People with high insulin levels face a greater risk of thyroid problems because it can cause thyroid resistance; the thyroid hormones can't get into the cells or aren't as effective as they should be," she writes, making reduction of excess insulin levels "critical."
Learn more:
http://www.naturalnews.com/041983_thyroid_disorders_natural_remedies_iodine.html#ixzz2eW6FrvEq
