Understanding the Thyroid: Why You Should Check Your Free T3
Feeling puffy, despite your clean diet? Are your hair and skin
dry and brittle? Are your workouts lacking because you’re just
too tired to really give it your all? Or do you have the
opposite problem - are you jittery and anxious all the time and
have problems putting on weight? Or have problems sleeping? Do
you experience heart palpitations out of the blue? If you
answered yes to some of these, it might be your thyroid.
Specifically, it may be your Free T3. We’ve all heard about
hypothyroidism. Usually, it’s in reference to how someone has a
“slow metabolism.” Yes, the thyroid hormones control the speed
at which processes happen in the body or your metabolism. You
can also have the opposite problem of too much thyroid hormone:
hyperthyroidism. If your thyroid hormones are out of whack it
can affect your energy levels, mood, athletic performance, and
body composition, in addition to many other things. There are
actually many thyroid hormones and the