Are you are always tired, perhaps also feel the cold, generally overweight with thinning hair, water retention, and have poor skin quality? Have you been told, or suspect, your thyroid blood test (TSH/thyroxine) is out of range?
You might need support for your thyroid gland.
Thyroid disorders affect one in twenty people in the UK – could you be one of them?i
The thyroid gland is small, but mighty. It regulates how quickly our mitochondria produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the ‘energy currency’ of our body, and in doing so, underpins metabolism and the health of every body system.ii Its key tools are thyroid hormones that communicate with our body cells - thyroxine (T4) which can be converted to the more active triiodothyronine (T3).
If the thyroid functions too slowly, as in hypothyroidism, there is too little fuel to feed the fire and metabolism becomes sluggish. Yet, if the thyroid functions too efficiently, as in hyperthyroidism, there is too much fuel to feed the fire and metabolism starts to work too fast. As hypothyroidism is much more common, this is what we will focus on in this article.
Do you struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep at night? Do you often wake up feeling tired and groggy, or find it hard to concentrate during the day due to lack of sleep?
Difficulties with sleep are becoming a mainstream problem across a number of age groups. In our busy world of constant connectivity, it can be difficult to switch off and devote the time and space for sleep that the body needs, resulting in possible damaging health issues and further effects across broader aspects of life. With this in mind, we trailed our Sleep NutriPowder with a group of poor sleepers and we had some fantastic results. From falling asleep more easily and staying asleep for longer, the participants also found they woke up more refreshed, had improved relationships and better productivity during the day.
Bernie from our Clinical Nutrition team recently chatted to Liz Earle on her wellbeing podcast, to share advice on how to naturally support the body's detoxification processes.
