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today we’re to talk about a really

important missing factor in subclinical

hypothyroidism and that is zinc

deficiency now what is a subclinical

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hypothyroidism you’re not looking deeper

you can completely miss this condition

now there are several really important

trace minerals involved in thyroid

function iodine in making the thyroid

selenium in converting t4 to t3 copper

involved in the creation of the thyroid

hormone but another one that’s not

emphasized is zinc zinc is not only

involved in the conversion from t4 to t3

but it’s also involved in the synthesis

of t4 t3 as well as the thyroid

stimulating hormone the hormone that

comes from the pituitary down to the

thyroid itself without enough zinc you

cannot convert these hormones and you

can’t make thyroid hormones now this

really is important if you’re getting

hair loss alopecia things like that and

if you don’t get enough zinc in your

diet you can take all of these take

thyroid hormones but you may not get

your hair back so zinc is very very

important the other problem is once you

have a hypothyroid condition you’re

gonna have a hard time absorbing zinc so

the fact that you have a slow thyroid

causes more of a zinc deficiency so to

make this simple if you have any thyroid

symptoms don’t forget about zinc one way

to get your zinc is to consume more

shellfish that would be a good thing

seek help or just take it as a

supplement and lastly I believe is ink

is probably one of the most important

trace minerals of all the trace minerals

it does so many different things in

addition to helping your thyroid so if

you’re not familiar with that go and

check out this video on this page

talking about this amazing trace mineral

zinc