There are a lot of different ways that you can naturally improve how well your thyroid functions and this one is probably the most overlooked of them all:

Managing your muscle mass.

Your muscle mass is considered a thyroid-responsive tissue and represents around 30 to 40% of your body mass.

Put another way, it may be one of the biggest targets of thyroid hormone action.

The more muscle mass you have the more active your thyroid will be.

On top of this, building more muscle mass has the potential to improve your weight, metabolism, and your thyroid all at the same time.

Interested in building more muscle mass? Here’s how to do it:

Inputs:

Thyroid patients should focus on 3 inputs: diet, thyroid function, and supplements.

For diet, you need to make sure that you are consuming enough high-quality protein at a rate of about 60 to 100 grams per day.

Thyroid input refers to thyroid management in the form of thyroid medication or natural thyroid treatments.

And supplements include additional treatments like creatine and protein powder which can make muscle building a lot easier and faster (they are not required, however).

Outputs:

The primary output needed to stimulate muscle growth is exercise in the form of strength training.

By managing both inputs and outputs, you will turn your body into a muscle-building, calorie-burning, thyroid-optimized machine.

Mistakes that thyroid patients make when trying to lose weight: https://youtu.be/F5_U5U5Axag?si=bK42h5NrXSX57v3j

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Disclaimer:

Dr. Westin Childs received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic medicine in 2013. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Childs is no longer practicing medicine and does not hold an active medical license so he can focus on helping people through videos, blog posts, research, and supplement formulation. To read more about why he is no longer licensed please see this page: https://www.restartmed.com/what-happened-to-my-medical-license/

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