Is protein good for hypothyroidism?
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Is Protein Good For Hypothyroidism?
Low protein intake is often contributing to hypothyroidism and hormonal disturbances. A protein-rich diet is extremely important for healthy thyroid function and hormonal balance. Your diet plays a huge role in your metabolic rate, and different types of diets can significantly affect your thyroid function either positively or negatively. BiochemNordic’s hypothyroid treatment program explains our thyroid promoting diet advice in detail.
Does Protein Affect Thyroid Function?
The thyroid gland produces two hormones two-third is T4 and one-third is T3. T3 is the active thyroid hormone that controls cellular energy production and T4 is a storage hormone, which is turned into the active thyroid hormone T3 in the body tissues, primarily the liver. Therefore the liver is an essential organ for thyroid function on the cellular level.
A good diet is necessary for a healthy liver and a protein deficiency significantly reduces liver function and its ability to activate the thyroid hormone.
According to Dr. Ray Peat, many people become hypothyroid because they continuously are on a protein-deficient diet, having only around 40 grams of protein daily, which is not enough. Generally, it is important to use a high protein diet daily in order to support liver and thyroid function. It is also important that the protein sources come from high-quality foods that support cellular energy production.
Importantly many protein sources that are promoted as healthy foods are not suitable in a thyroid supportive lifestyle as they directly suppress thyroid function.
In order for you to get enough high-quality protein into your daily diet, BiochemNordic has made a protein guide that helps you do exactly this.
The protein guide teaches you about how much protein you need per day to keep your liver and hormonal balance healthy, what high-quality protein sources support thyroid function as well as the protein content of the different food sources.
What Lifestyle Changes Can Help Hypothyroidism?
Our hypothyroid treatment method is based on the research of Dr. Ray Peat a leading expert on the interaction between lifestyle nutrition and hormones. If you are not yet familiar with the research of Dr. Ray Peat and you want to overcome hypothyroidism and hormonal imbalances using BiochemNordics natural treatment method we recommend getting our hypothyroid treatment program, which goes through all our diet and lifestyle recommendations for supporting thyroid function.
