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The thyroid is the main control organ that controls how our body uses energy, synthesizes proteins, proteins and also determines how sensitively your organism reacts to other hormones.
There are many things that affect the ACTIVITY of the thyroid. Today we will talk about those substances that have a large effect on it and act very toxically.
The following 7 things are commonly found in households and adversely affect your thyroid or can even destroy it.
Risky foods
Pesticides. Studies have shown that married women have a much higher risk of developing thyroid disease than other women. The cause is probably the increased use of some of the substances listed below. Many household cleaning products, especially those with antimicrobial properties or garden weed cleaners, reduce thyroid function and increase insulin resistance.
Soy and soy products
Phytoestrogens found in soy reduce the activity of the thyroid enzyme peroxidase, which is responsible for the formation of other hormones. Soy can disrupt the normal function of the thyroid by reducing the body’s utilization of iodine. It does this by blocking the process by which iodine is incorporated into thyroid hormones.
Fluoride
Fluoride According to some sources, 2 to 5 mg of fluoride per day over several months was able to significantly reduce thyroid function. This problem mainly concerns people who live in areas where fluoride is added to the water they draw into a glass at home. It is recommended to avoid such water and also not to use toothpaste or dental rinses containing fluoride.
Bromine and Bromide
Bromine is very toxic to the thyroid. Unfortunately, today it is present in large quantities in household products – from cleaning agents, through pasta to home electrical appliances, carpets and furniture varnish, where it is used as a substance to make them flame-retardant. Even often healthy patients have high levels of these brominated flame retardants in their blood, which is not quite right.
Chlorates are a by-product formed during the burning of aviation fuels, rocket fuels, and ordinary pyrotechnics. They are also used in automobile airbags. Chlorates are often found in the water used to irrigate agricultural crops, through which they then enter the human body.
Halogens
Halogens Excessive exposure to halogens can disrupt the transport of iodine in the body. Halogens are the 17th group of elements of the periodic table, which besides fluorine also include chlorine, iodine and astatine. These are chemically similar elements that participate in the same reactions in the organism and can thus replace or displace iodine, because they bind to the same receptors as it. Halogens enter the body through food, water and air.
Plastics Plastics are harmful not only to the environment but also to our body and organism. Antimony is often released from plastics.
