Thyroid Health

 

Times like these raise our awareness on the value of optimized thyroid function. Through diet and lifestle we can manage the health of our thyroid. 

Regardless of what you do on a typical day, go to school, work, or stay home, in each case you are being exposed to radiation. Whether you know it or not you are being exposed to radioactivity everyday of your life.

Nuclear radiation is all around us in the environment. Low-level radiation is found in the oceans and waterways, the rocks and soils, the plant materials and in the atmosphere surrounding the planet. The radiation that we are exposed to can be said to come from two sources, that which occur naturally and that which is due to the activities of man. More information can be found here: http://www.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/nuclear/exposure.html

Our daily routine should include thyroid strengthening breathing exercises and foods. The thyroid gland is controlled by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) produced by the pituitary (to be specific, the anterior pituitary) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) produced by the hypothalamus. The thyroid gland gets its name from the Greek word for "shield", after the shape of the related thyroid cartilage. The most common problems of the thyroid gland consist of an overactive thyroid gland, referred to as hyperthyroidism, and an underactive thyroid gland, referred to as hypothyroidism.

The thyroid is composed of spherical follicles that selectively absorb iodine (as iodide ions, I^-) from the blood for production of thyroid hormones, but also for storage of iodine in thyroglobulin, in fact iodine is necessary for other important iodine-concentrating organs as breast, stomach, salivary glands, thymus etc. (see iodine in biology).

Twenty-five percent of all the body's iodide ions are in the thyroid gland. Inside the follicles, colloid serves as a reservoir of materials for thyroid hormone production and, to a lesser extent, acts as a reservoir for the hormones themselves. Colloid is rich in a protein called thyroglobulin.

The primary function of the thyroid is production of the hormones triiodothyronine (T₃), thyroxine (T₄), and calcitonin. Up to 80% of the T₄ is converted to T₃ by peripheral organs such as the liver, kidney and spleen. T₃ is several times more powerful than T₄, which is largely a prohormone, perhaps four^[21] or even ten times more active.^[22

More on the Thyroid function and disorders from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid

Ayurveda offers the tools for keeping your thyroid function in top working order.

Pranayama breathing exercises that strenthen the function: http://www.yogamax.net/pranayama/ujjayi

Yoga asana's: http://www.holisticonline.com/yoga/hol_yoga_pos_shoulst.htm

Products to add to your diet:

http://www.bragg.com/products/seakelp.html

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http://www.kelpnoodles.com/products_mixed_sea_veggies.html

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Comments

[Pentaxyl]

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