How Thyroid affects Weight-Loss
Last Updated on by Sophie
Thyroid affects everything in our body produces many types of thyroid hormone. Thyroxine is the main hormone and plays important role in body metabolic function.
Thyroxine in converted by the body to triiodothyronine in the liver and kidney and this process is very important because it affects metabolism.
Triiodothyronine speeds up metabolism because its five times more active than thyroxine and makes it easier to lose weight.
If your liver and kidney fails to convert thyroxine to triiodothyronine your body will gain weight and you will find it difficult slimming down.
Ageing and zinc deficiency are main factors that interfere with thyroxine conversion to triiodothyronine and lower your metabolism.
Medications such as birth control pills, estrogen and beta blockers may also affect conversion of thyroxine to triiodothyronine.
It is a hormone factory for our body, its the largest glands that can produce and store hormones and it is critical for metabolism and regulation of many functions in our body, such as energy and heat production, tissue repair, regulating protein, carbohydrate and fat metabolism.
The gland is shaped like a butterfly and located somewhere at top in front of your neck. Our body produces more than one type of this hormone,
Symptoms of low thyroid production:
- Fatigue and/or insomnia.
- Dry hair and skin.
- Puffy face, swollen hand and feets.
- Hair loss.
- Brittle nails.
- Fatigue and insomnia.
- Cold hands and feet.
The good news that treatment for thyroxine deficiency is available, Eltroxin is a hormone supplement used to help increasing thyroid production and avoid the side effects of low thyroid such as weight gain, lack of energy, sensitivity and dark skin.
It will take weeks for Eltroxin to work and notice a change and the dosage is determined by blood test, your physical and health conditions.
Chest pain, high heart rate, nervousness, excessive sweating and heat intolerance are the signs too much of the hormone.
If you experience one of the signs that indicate you are getting too much d hormones you need to consult your doctor.
Do not buy over the counter hormone supplements and taking thyroxine when its not needed will not help you lose weight, and playing with hormone balance in your body may have fatal side effects.
Under-active thyroid must be diagnosed and treated by doctors and not over the counter.
Treatments for an overactive thyroid
The main treatments are:
– Medicine that stops your thyroid producing too much of the the hormones:
– Radioiodine treatment – where a type of radiotherapy is used to destroy cells in the thyroid, reducing its ability to produce hormones
– Surgery to remove some or all of your thyroid, so that it no longer produces the hormones
Each of these treatments has benefits and drawbacks. You’ll usually see a specialist in hormonal conditions (endocrinologist) to discuss which treatment is best for you.
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