Before you know how diet influences the proper functioning of the thyroid and which food or plants we can consume to improve its function, it is important to understand what is this gland that is in the neck.
This gland produces, from iodine, the hormones responsible for regulating the use and storage of body energy. Specifically, and as we are told from Melio, the thyroid gland produces two types of hormones, thyroxine or T4 and triiodothyronine or T3. The balance of thyroid hormones is important for proper metabolic functioning.
In fact, such important aspects as the rregulation of body temperature, energy consumption, appetite, sleep and even character depend on proper functioning of the thyroid.
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How does diet influence the proper functioning of the thyroid?
“When the gland produces more hormones than it should, a disorder known as hyperthyroidism; while the deficit production of the same gives rise to the hypothyroidism“, Explain Andrea Hernangómez and Andrea Báguena, nutritionists at Nutritienda.com
Both disorders require specific medical treatment, which includes a series of dietary modifications focused on mitigating the symptoms that may appear when these hormonal imbalances occur (weight gain or loss, loss of muscle mass, fatigue …).
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