The Hypothyroidism Revolution PDF / Program Diet System Cookbook Free Hypothyroidism Revolution Tom Brimeyer | Page 54

The Importance of Thyroid Health
Your thyroid is well known for playing a crucial role in a number of extremely important
processes within your body. For example, you are probably well aware of the role it
plays in your metabolism and your ability to lose weight. But that’s thinking on a broader
superficial level.
Let’s think for a second on a much
deeper level.
When it comes to the cells of your body,
your thyroid plays the crucial role of
regulating the amount of energy that
each cell produces. And each cell must
maintain a certain level of energy in
order to remain healthy. For example,
two of the most important organs within
your body, your brain and heart, rely
heavily on your thyroid in order to
maintain their energy and continue to
function properly 24/7.
But that’s just scratching the surface of
the importance of your thyroid. It goes far
beyond that.
Science is now beginning to understand that dozens of disease processes involve cells
that are unable to produce energy efficiently as a result of hypothyroidism. This
ultimately results in a metabolic defect within your cells which stops your cells from
naturally healing and instead promotes unhealthy and damaged cells to divide into new
unhealthy cells, which then kick-starts the entire disease process. This process is how
the formation of cancer begins and is also common among inflammatory diseases,
degenerative diseases, developmental diseases, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency,
stress, and even aging.
Because this inefficient energy production and metabolic defect are largely caused by
your dysfunctional thyroid, it becomes much easier to see and understand how
hypothyroidism is involved at some level with all of these diseases, including cancer.
So, when it comes to correcting or preventing health problems and disease, a
healthy thyroid is essential and far more important than you probably realize.
7