After being diagnosed with Hypothyroidism thirteen years ago, putting on an extra 25 pounds on my 5’6, 120 pound frame became a nightmare. I had no idea what Hypothyroidism was. I couldn’t even prounouce the name correctly. My doctor rambled that it had to do with the metabolism and infection of the thyroid and on ...
When considering the practice of a healthy diet most people fail to consider one of the most important elements needed for healthy weight control and bodily function, iodine. Iodine is required for production of the two important hormones produced by the thyroid gland that regulate metabolism. While deficiency of iodine used to be common before ...
It was about 2 years ago when I started feeling really slowed down. I was about to go to work and I felt a little dizzy, light headed and just couldn’t seem to get myself together to go to work that day. I remember telling my wife that I just felt really really sluggish. The ...
Thyroids put out the hormone thyroxin, which helps with many areas of the pony or horse’s health. But if the thyroid glands put out too little, the horse will be ill and listless. It’s unusual for an adult horse to get goitre or hypothyroidism, or under active thyroid glands. It is generally far more common ...
The thyroid a gland that helps to control the metabolism by controlling hos the body utilized energy from the food we eat. A butterfly shaped bland located at the base of the front of the neck, the thyroid gland is essential for the for the functioning of the organs of the entire body. Thyroid conditions ...
We all have heard the talk about the thyroid and we know that if it is not functioning correctly we can feel pretty bad. But do you really know why we have a thyroid, what its function is and how to tell if something can be wrong with it? Most people don’t. The thyroid is ...
