The Hypothyroidism Revolution PDF / Program Diet System Cookbook Free Hypothyroidism Revolution Tom Brimeyer | Page 60

Another rather simple and immediate way to reduce your stress hormones that most
people don’t know about is to balance your blood sugar levels. One of the roles of the
stress hormone, cortisol, is to break down protein in order to raise your blood sugar
when it drops too low.
By balancing your blood sugar and maintaining that balance, you can not only keep
your stress hormones at bay, but you can also help keep free fatty acids out of your
bloodstream to help boost your thyroid function and metabolism.
Lastly, it’s important to balance your sodium levels. When you’re hypothyroid, then you
lose sodium easily. Low sodium levels drive adrenaline up. So, adding enough salt to
your diet is a very important and overlooked part of the puzzle.
Solution #3 – Restore Your Liver Function
I have already mentioned this previously but here I will go into a little more detail. It is
important to understand that this is a major problem that you must correct to overcome
hypothyroidism.
Your thyroid gland produces mostly the non-
active thyroid hormone (T4) and a little bit of the
active thyroid hormone (T3), which your body
can use immediately. But 2/3 of the active
thyroid hormone that your body uses is
converted from T4 by your liver. So, if your liver
is congested then it can’t convert these
hormones and you quickly become hypothyroid.
But that’s not the only problem.
Because your liver can’t convert it, the T4 tends to accumulate in your body. This build
up of T4 works against your thyroid as well because your body sees it and tells your
thyroid to slow down and stop producing so much thyroid hormone which pushes you
further into hypothyroidism.
Another problem that occurs with a congested liver is that your liver loses its ability to
properly store sugar. It is this stored sugar in your liver that plays an important role in
helping you to maintain steady blood sugar levels throughout your day.
When your liver can’t store sugar, your blood sugar levels tend to fall, which puts your
body immediately into a stressed state. And this kick-starts the whole stress hormone
reactions that I just discussed above which you now know, also leads to
hypothyroidism.
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