Magnesium plays a very important role in both regulating your immune system and your thyroid. In this video, we are going to discuss the importance of healthy magnesium levels in Hashimoto's and 5 big reasons why you need to make sure your magnesium levels are optimized!

Magnesium is one of 3 big nutrients that are required to prevent thyroid gland damage from thyroid gland inflammation, the other two being iodine and selenium.

Magnesium is used in over 300 different cellular processes beyond just the thyroid.

Magnesium deficiency is VERY common in those with Hashimoto’s for 3 mains reasons:

#1. the standard diet is naturally low in magnesium because it is depleted in the soil.

#2. Thyroid problems change magnesium metabolism such that you may not use it as well as normal.

#. Stress depletes magnesium and thyroid patients are more susceptible to stress.

4 Reasons patients with Hashimoto’s NEED magnesium

#1. Magnesium is needed to produce ATP which is necessary for iodine entry into the thyroid gland.

#2. Magnesium balances the immune system and may help reduce inflammation.

Magnesium deficiency won't cause Hashimoto's but it may make it worse.

#3. Magnesium impacts the TSH and using magnesium has been shown in studies to improve thyroid lab tests.

This effect is probably mediated through its effects on inflammation, thyroid gland damage, and the immune system.

#4. Magnesium is needed for glutathione production.

If you don't have enough magnesium then you may not produce enough glutathione which may result in more free radical damage to your thyroid gland.

#5. Magnesium is required for cortisol regulation and metabolism.

Because thyroid patients often have adrenal fatigue, replacing magnesium because very important.

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Testing for magnesium is not very accurate but luckily supplementing with magnesium is quite safe!

If you wish to check your magnesium level then you can order a serum magnesium or a RBC magnesium, however, both are not very accurate because they don't necessarily tell you what is happening inside of your cells.

Often, it's both safe and effective to supplement with magnesium as a thyroid patient.

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