What is the function of thyroid hormones?
Thyroid hormones set metabolic activity and are thus responsible for the speed at which every enzyme action in the body takes place. Thyroid hormone balance in the brain is crucial for maintaining physical and mental health. They have a direct effect on the majority of organs found in our body. These hormones regulate how many calories you burn, how warm you feel, and even how fast our heart beats. Thyroid imbalance not only affects your weight, but also your mood, emotions, behavior, sex life, menstrual problems in women, infertility, depression and anxiety disorders. In short, their function is to regulate our bodys metabolism. Symptoms of thyroid imbalance can mimic other hormonal imbalances, therefore as many as 13 million Americans may be undiagnosed and/or misdiagnosed. What happens when I have too much or too little thyroid hormones? More than 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with thyroid disease, and another 13 million people are estimated to have undiagnosed thyroid pr
