Getting enough iodine is important. Without iodine, the thyroid gland is not able to produce thyroid hormone.Thyroid hormones affect various parts of the body. It is essential to your metabolism. Your metabolism affects your body's temperature, your heartbeat, your motility and how well you burn calories. If you don't have enough thyroid hormone all of your body processes slow down. That means your body makes less energy, and your metabolism becomes sluggish.

Low carb, remove grains, dairy free, no sugar....that's what it takes and you can make big changes in how your body functions. Get your energy from complex carbs, not refined carbs. Eat healthy fats which brings on fat burning pathways.

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Here is a list of very important functions of magnesium and how it relates to your thyroid gland health. Magnesium is responsible for converting the inactive T4 thyroid hormone into the active form of T3. This is extremely important because of the metabolism of your body cells by T3, not inactive T4.

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Bromide Toxicity Can Wreck Your Thyroid Function.Bromide toxicity can be a cause of hypothyroidism leading to HASHI’s. Because iodine is so important to proper thyroid function it stands to reason that if you have excess bromide in your body, which acts to displace iodine you will have a iodine shortage and potential reduced levels of thyroid function. So where do we get bromide toxicity? There was a time when iodine was added to flour, that stopped in the 1970's and in place of iodine, bromide was added. There is no benefit to adding bromide to any food. Bromide is also found in flame retardant clothing, furniture covering and pesticides. Bromide may be blocking your thyroid hormone production!