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from Dr. Sharon R. Price, PhD., CN.

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10 symptoms that may indicate you have

"sub-clinical" low thyroid.

Has your physician looked at your blood work and said that your thyroid is functioning just fine, yet you are still experiencing symptoms such as:

fatigue, psoriasis, mood swings, depression, difficulty concentrating, weight gain, hair loss, ringing in the ears, constipation, or low libido?

These are just a few symptoms of hypo (low) thyroid.  Blood work to check for thyroid function is almost always minimal consisting only of TSH, Triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).  When those three tests appear normal (within laboratory range), but symptoms persist, we need to look deeper.

Getting to the deeper issue of hypothyroidism is critical and requires further examination of levels of Reverse T3, Free T3, Free T4, as well as checking for antibodies (auto-immune thyroid condition) formed by the immune system which interfere with thyroid hormone activity. 

One of my clients recently reported that her physician would not do an antibody panel to check for Hashimoto's (the autoimmune thyroid issue) because they did not know what to do for it anyway.

If your physician won't check, give us a call at Nutritional Direction... we will send you for lab work because we know how to support the body to relieve symptoms for this or any autoimmune condition.

Additionally, it is important to check for adrenal function because the adrenals and thyroid support one another and are responsible for at least 90% of metabolism.  Saliva testing is most accurate for adrenal cortisol levels.  See coupon below for $20 discount for a thyroid panel and a cortisol panel.

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