When should you take your thyroid medication?
This question is asked by hypothyroid patients a lot. Actually, Researchers have found that the best time of day to take thyroid medication is best taken at night before you go to bed. They found that there were higher levels of thyroid hormone concentrations in the body and [...]
Let’s talk about that butterfly in your throat. Well, not your throat exactly, but your neck; below and behind the Adam’s apple. This is the thyroid gland, and it is this gland which directs metabolic function. It does so by secreting the two thyroid hormones: T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine). These hormones, in turn, regulate [...]
Have you been diagnosed with hypothyroidism or just have thyroid symptoms? First, lets discuss some symptoms of under-active thyroid which is weight gain, depression, sluggishness, feeling cold, mental slowness, heavy periods, dry skin, brittle and dry hair. Next, for a overactive thyroid gland symptoms are weight loss, anxiety, agitation, hyperactivity, hand tremors, feeling hot, light [...]
Thyroid patients and over the counter weight loss drugs sometimes do not mix well. If you have hypothyroidism and take one of the several over the counter weight loss drugs like Alli or have a prescription for Xenical, they can affect the absorption of your prescribed thyroid medication and end up making you more hypothyroid. [...]
An under active thyroid condition can be helped by following adding a few supplements to your diet and then tweaking it a little bit so that you can get your metabolism back up to where it should be. If you are suffering from hypothyroidism and weight gain, you can benefit from knowing the following 3 [...]
Have you suffered with several symptoms leading to the diagnosis of an under active thyroid gland? Is one of the symptoms that compelled you to seek a diagnosis sleep deprivation? Are you suffering from complete exhaustion, sweating all the time and have noticed you have a horse voice all the time? All of these are [...]
The thyroid gland is a small butterfly shaped gland in the neck with lobes on both sides of the trachea. This gland produces stores and releases two hormones, thyroxin and triiodothyronine, controlling the rate of metabolism in every cell in the body. Under certain circumstances this master gland of metabolism can produce too much or [...]
If you are suffering from a slow metabolism that is causing you to gain weight and have been diagnosed as having a hypothyroid condition, you are not alone. Statistics show that there are about 27 million Americans that have this condition. Most of them have been misdiagnosed and are not getting the help that they [...]
