| Underactive thyroid is one of the most misdiagnosed | | | | goiter, and for tumors. Medical treatments for thyroid |
| conditions today. | | | | disorders range from a daily dose of artificial thyroid |
| The thyroid is a small gland at the base of the neck | | | | hormone, called Synthroid, to radiation or surgery if |
| what controls the body's metabolism. Thyroid disorders | | | | there is a mass in the gland. |
| are usually caused by tumors, infections, or heredity. | | | | There are ways that you can help yourself stimulate a |
| The symptoms are many and varied. They include: | | | | sluggish thyroid gland. |
| unexplained weight gain or difficulty in losing weight, | | | | Even with a slow thyroid, you can increase your |
| moodiness, inability to focus, hair loss, skin rashes, brittle | | | | metabolism with exercise. Yoga is particularly good for |
| nails, fatigue, muscle cramps and biochemical | | | | thyroid sufferers. The thyroid gland is actually |
| imbalances. Sluggishness in the thyroid can affect all of | | | | stimulated by some yoga postures. |
| the systems of the body. It can even cause dementia | | | | Some foods are good for the thyroid. Artichokes |
| and eventual death if not treated. Unfortunately, it can | | | | stimulate the creation of thyroid hormones. Iodine in salt |
| also mimic many other diseases, which makes | | | | or seaweed can have a positive affect on the thyroid |
| diagnosis difficult. | | | | gland. Also, cheese contains L-Tyrosine, an amino acid |
| If you suspect that you may have a hypothyroid | | | | that the thyroid gland needs to produce the hormones |
| condition, you should have the levels of your thyroid | | | | that affect the metabolism of proteins. |
| hormones checked by an endocrinologist. General | | | | Look for supplements that contain the same |
| practitioners often don't have enough knowledge of | | | | ingredients as these foods. They are as effective but |
| thyroid levels to give you the best advice. You need to | | | | will not add fat. |
| be checked for enlargement of the thyroid gland, called | | | | |