Do you know someone that either knows that they have thyroid problems or unknowingly has symptoms of thyroid problems that lives their life similar to this?
- Currently takes or has taken in the past birth control pills (synthetic estrogen intake)
- Tries to eat "healthy" by eating soy and drinking bottled water (soy acts like estrogen and has isoflavones that can lower thyroid function and the plastics in bottles have estrogen-like chemicals that are released into the fluid, especially when heated)
- Eats tons of meat because they are on some diet (the animals are fed things like soy, so they have excessive estrogen like chemicals stored in their tissues)
- Even with their best effort, they can't seem to lose excess weight (estrogen is stored in fat cells. With extra body fat, that amount can really add up)
Besides #1, this can describe some men as well as females (well I guess some males too). All of the above can lead to excessive exposure to estrogen or estrogen-like chemicals which can cause thyroid problems.
Here's the facts: excess estrogen can increase TBG (thyroid binding globulin). Like the name implies, the thyroid hormone gets bound, changes its shape and can no longer be used by the body.
Translation = estrogen and estrogen-like chemicals can cause symptoms of thyroid problems.
This is just another example of how our world can influence our thyroid and thyroid hormone levels. You may even try to be doing good, but may be following some misguided advice.
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