Is your thyroid making you tired?
If you feel cold and tired all the time, there’s a good chance your thyroid is to blame,
One out of five women and one out of ten men have thyroid problems. That’s 30 million women and 15 million men. And half of them suffer needlessly because their doctors completely miss the diagnosis or don’t treat it properly.
You don’t have to suffer from thyroid induced exhaustion.
Are you tired and sluggish? Do you have trouble getting going in the morning? Are you constipated? Do you have dry skin, dry, coarse hair, or hair loss?
If the outer third of your eyebrows are thinning that could mean low thyroid function. This is one common symptom that signals a possible thyroid issue.
Or maybe you have depression, high cholesterol, low sex drive, fluid retention, poor memory, and trouble concentrating. All of these symptoms are potentially related to low thyroid function or what we call hypothyroidism.
Symptoms can be vague and subtle, therefore, easy to miss. These symptoms can negatively affect your quality of life. However, when you correct your thyroid function, you can get rid of these symptoms. You can actually get your life back and feel better.
One potential cause of your constant fatigue might be an iodine deficiency. Without enough iodine, your body might not be making adequate amounts of thyroid hormones.
A diet that consists primarily of plants is particularly problematic when it comes to iodine intake—especially if your protein source is from soy. While most nutritional charts indicate that many plant foods can be excellent sources of iodine, the soil in which they are grown is actually the determining factor.
Seafood, kelp, and seaweed products are good sources of iodine, and they’re becoming more popular in this country. Iodized salt can also help, but many people have switched to sea salt—which really isn’t a good source of iodine.
One of the primary ways to reverse the situation is the addition of iodine to the diet.
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