Thyroid Health - a deep dive on how it works, what it does, how it goes wrong and what to do to keep it healthy

Saving Lives In Slow Motion

The thyroid is an important gland and with many functions. Up to 10% of people have a thyroid disorder and in this episode I look at common presentations and how to keep your thyroid healthy.

How thyroid hormone is made: https://www.ezmedlearning.com/blog/thyroid-hormone-synthesis-steps-pathway

Hashimoto’s Disease - a common cause of hypothyroidism (underactive): https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hashimotos-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20351855

Derbyshire goitre: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15719162/

Nutritional factors and the thyroid: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/multiple-nutritional-factors-and-thyroid-disease-with-particular-reference-to-autoimmune-thyroid-disease/DBA9BAD5847376FA5E099B7ACC7556A2

Iodine - a double edged sword: https://www.healthline.com/health/iodine-uses

Selenium and the thyroid: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37033262/

Ashwagandha: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2017.0183

Heavy metals and the thyroid: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3569681/

Lioyhyronine (T3): Many people cannot convert T4 to T3 (a defect in the de-iodinase enzyme that loses the iodine molecule): https://thyroiduk.org/if-you-are-hypothyroid/treatment-options-for-hypothyroidism/treatment-options-for-hypothyroidism/liothyronine-t3/

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