I have a friend who’s going through a pretty tough time, after life as they knew it was recently turned on its head. Right now they’re immersed in a storm they can’t see through to the other side of, and no matter which way you look at it, the pain and chaos surrounding them seems inescapable. I can tell they’re putting on a brave face and acting like they’re ‘ok’, but deep down I can see the sadness and anxiety simmering just below the surface, as they try to navigate their way through the mess and contemplate the fear of the unknown
Thyroid health is something I deal with everyday, not just professionally as a Nutritionist but because I work hard to keep my own thyroid happy, since being diagnosed 11 years ago with Hashimoto’s, along with a pituitary adenoma – code for a benign tumor on the master hormone gland. Every cell in the body has receptor sites for thyroid hormone, which is why thyroid hormones influence the function of every cell in your body! Their primary responsibility is to regulate your metabolic rate, which affects every system of the body. So in a nutshell – an unhappy thyroid can wreak havoc