.Checking your thyroid function is as simple as measuring your temperature . . .

Prefer iodine supplementation to thyroid replacement hormones, but if you insist on mainstream treatment at least choose natural dessicated thyroid hormones . . .

Hyperthyroidism occurs when overactive thyroid tissue produces TOO MUCH thyroid hormone (T3 and T4) . . .

Grave’s disease is associated with several characteristics . . .

Thyroiditis is the result of an attack on the thyroid gland occuring because of an autoimmune process, infection, medication, or pregnancy . . .

A goiter can be associated with:

Hyperthroidism / An overactive thyroid  / Excessive thyroid hormones
Hypothroidism /An underactive thyroid  /  Insufficient thyroid hormones
Normal thyroid hormone levels . . .

Underproduction of thyroid hormones can be a result of insufficient iodine intake or various forms of thyroiditis . . .

These are the 7 main steps in thyroid hormone production . . .

In the thyroid follicles, iodine + Amino acid tyrosine →  T3 and T4 . . .