by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
You might be surprised to know that the history of thyroid hormone replacement goes back over a hundred years ago when the first thyroid extracts were obtained from sheep thyroid glands and injected into humans. These were the first recorded treatments of what...
by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
You may be reading two things: 1. Fruit is good for you 2. Fructose is as bad as sugar so you mustn’t eat it. And both of these things are against a background of it being suggested that we should be eating five portions of fruit and veg a day as an...
by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Did you know that Iodine is essential for the manufacture of the hormone thyroxine in the body? Why is that important? Well because thyroxine controls the metabolic rate and affects growth and development. However, its most crucial role is in the development of...
by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
We know that Hypothyroidism affects about one million British women, with Hashimoto’s (where the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid) being the cause in about 10% of these cases. We are sure of this figure because that relates to the number of...
by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s estimated that one million people within the UK are on levothyroxine with the most common cause being hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) . This is the preferred drug because its administration most closely mimics glandular secretion and because its...
