Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Zinc Deficiency – Dr.Berg

Today , I wanna talk about a really important missing factor in subclinical hypothyroidism , and that is zinc deficiency .

Now what is a subclinical hypothyroid problem ?

Well , it's a situation where you have a slow thyroid but the blood values are still normal .

Okay ?

So if you're just basing this only on blood tests and 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 t 4 to t 3 .

Copper involved in the creation of 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 t4t3 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 .

See kelp or just take it as a supplement .

And lastly , I believe zinc 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 .